Savannah Tribune

VOLUME XXVIII Arm Nearly Severed With Razor FIGHT BEGAN IN BABERSHOP Great Excitement Caused by Cutting—Timely Arrival of Physician Saved Man's Life—Woman Stabbed Sister. Considerable excitement was occasioned on the lower part of West Broad street Tuesday night between the hours of nine and eleven. The scene of first excitement was in front of Rivers' barbershop, in the Williams building. It seems as if one of the barbers, Edw Scarboro, who had just recently been employed there, was performing a sleight of hand trick with a half dollar, when through failure to perfect the trick, the piece of money fell upon the floor. At this juncture, one of the spectators, O. Prothro, 456 Montgomery St., it is alleged, observed the half dollar, picked it up and jestingly retired to the outside, returning shortly and handing it to the proprietor of the shop. In the meantime, Scarboro, who went into the rear of the shop, returned to the front of the store, and inquired of Prothro why he took the money outside, not knowing, it is said, that it had been given to the proprietor. This brought on an argument between the two and Prothro picked up a cuspidor as if to strike Scarboro. He was persuaded to refrain from using it, and was rising up from setting it on the floor, when, suddenly, Scarboro struck him in the face and the two clinched. The two belligerents were then parted, Prothro being placed in the yard of the barbershop, while Scarboro was advised to leave the shop. In the meantime Prothro had seized a piece of two by four scantling, which he found in the yard, jumped the fence, ran out to George street to Winis, and then to West Broad, where he met Scarboro and a friend at the corner. He immediately attacked Scarboro with the scantling and was about to strike him over the head when the latter whipped out a razor and slashed him across the face. After being cut Prothro dropped the piece of wood, ran to the barbershop, grabbed up a cuspidor and again attacked Scarboro, who this time almost severed his left arm from his body. The two continued to pass blows for a few seconds and then Prothro, weak from loss of blood, fell to the ground. Scarboro then closed his razor, walked to Minis street and has not been heard of since. But for the timely arrival of Dr. C. B. Tyson, who happened up a few minutes of the cutting, the wounded man would probably have bled to death. The doctor stopped the flow of blood which was gushing forth in a wide stream and finally got him in condition to be sent to the Georgia Infirmary. It was stated yesterday that the injured member will probably have to be amputated. No sooner had the excitement from this fight subsided when at the Savannah Pharmacy, a woman, Annie Lloyd, was brought in for treatment with a deep cut across her face. The wound was made by the woman's sister in a row which occurred at No. 909 Cuyler street. The wounded woman was removed to Georgia Infirmary where she will recover. V. M. C. A. The Y. M. C. A. has passed the experimental stage now and is doing good work. It is a reality. Young men are flocking to it every Sunday. "Simple Life" is the topic for Sunday. Everybody invited. Ordination Service at St. Stephen's On Friday morning next, February 14, the Rev. A. M. Forsyth of St. Mary's, Ga., will be ordained to the priesthood in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Habersham and Harris streets. The service will begin promptly at 10:30. Archdeacon Bright will present the candidate and Bishop Reese will preach the sermon. The ordination service in the Episcopal Church is most solemn and interesting, and the public is cordially invited to be present. The Savannah Tribune Over Home News, Boaufort, S.C. Mr. C. M. English of Charleston, S. C., was a welcome visitor in the city a few days last week. Captain W. I. Allen attended the officers meeting of Uniform Rank, K. of P, which met at Columbia, S. C., Jan. 30th. The uniform rank is making preparations for a grand time when they meet at Sumter, July 22. Miss Essie Washington and Mr. Cassie Cleveland were married at the home of Rev. Wallah, pastor of the F. A. B. Church, on Sunday night Jan. 26th. This was a surprise to their host of friends. Reception later. Major Geo. A. Reed, our popular postmaster, is the happy father of a bouncing baby boy of twelve and a half pounds. Prof. J. S. Shanklin of the Port Royal Industrial School gave us his subscription to The Tribune for three months. Prof. Shanklin is doing a great work at the Port Royal school. The revival at the F. A. B. Church was a grand success. Thteen were baptized on last Sunday. One of the most delightful dances given in Beaufort for some time was that given at the Auditorium on Friday evening of last week, in honor of Prof. Powell and his sister, Miss Sarah Powell. Music was furnished by the Beaufort Orchestra. Pluto's punch was served with social teas which were delightful. Cross Pin Social Club is to have a smoker on Feb 12th, Lincoln's birthday. Among the Masons The minutes have been sent only to the W. M. of Lodges whose election returns have been received to date. Others not receiving the minutes will understand that the election returns have not been received. Annual reports and fees are due in the Grand Secretary's office before March first. Each Lodge is expected to make a larger report this year than ever before. Nothing in the world can make up for the loss of a human being who loved you. The motto of the United Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England is "Audi, Vidi, Tec"—"Hear, see and be silent." Try it. No advanced inducements are offered men to enlist under the Masonic banner, but any worthy person who seeks of his own accord will find a welcome, regardless of his creed or nationality. Square and Compasses. Masonry no longer is engaged in the erection of lofty edifices in timber and stone; but it is actively employed in the moulding of human character, the development of the inborn qualifications in man that might otherwise lie dormant. "Our Lodge rooms are dedicated to Masonry and should be as sacred as our churches," said the Grand Master of Canada. He disapproved of the desecration of Lodge rooms by dancing and card playing, although he thought that those amusements were well enough in their proper place. He also thought it beneath the dignity of a Masonic Lodge to give a minstrel show. The term "clandestine" is very much misunderstood by the majority of Masons. Many confound it with the term "irregular." A Masonic writer classifies them as follows: "A clandestine Mason is one who receives his degree in a lodge unlawfully existing. "An irregular Mason is one who received the degree in an irregular manner, in a lawfully constituted lodge. "A clandestine Mason cannot be healed, as it has no Masonic standing. "An irregular' Mason has Masonic standing, and it is only necessary to correct the irregularity in his making."—The Square and Compasses. The example of every Mason is dependent upon his personal habits and conduct. It is what he does that fixes his influence and not what he says. If his personal deportment is right, his example is good and his influence elevating and uplifting. Though the words of the wise be as nails fastened by the Masters of assemblies, yet their examples are the hammers to drive them in to take the deeper hold. A father who whipped his son for swearing, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1913 Lincoln's Memorial Exercises To-morrow AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Prof. S. A. Grant to Deliver Address—Beach Institute and First Congregational Sunday School to take Part—Interesting Program to be Rendered. On to-morrow night at eight o'clock the Golden Jubilee of Emancipation, a service for Lincoln memorial, will be rendered at the First Congregational church, Habersham and Taylor streets. This service will be of unusual interest and most likely a very large crowd will be in attendance. A very pleasing program has been arranged for the evening and the exercises bid fair to eclipse those of last year which so pleasingly entertained the large crowd that was out to witness them. As last year, the greater part of the program will be rendered by the students of Beach Institute and the pupils of the Sunday School. The principal address of the evening will be delivered by Prof. S.A. Grant of the Georgia State Industrial College. The following program will be rendered: Lincoln's favorite hymn. Congre gation. Scripture, "The Year of Jubilee." Prayer. Hymn. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Republic. Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" by Master Tracy Parks. Recitation "The Hand of Lincoln" by Miss Lucilla Andrews. Ogissima Bucina Andrews Chorus, Beach Institute Lincoln's Unfinished Work, Reading by the school Original Poem, "The Golden Jubilee of Emancipation" by Mr. E. W. Sherman B. W. Cherman Chorus - - Beach Institute Address, "Abraham Lincoln" by Prof. N. A. (Grant) Prof. S. A. Grant. Anthem - by Church Choir Remarks by Prof. John McIntosh, Supt. of Sunday School. Offertory Selections. "Cauzone Amorosa," by Miss Gladys Lull Beach Institute. Lull Beach Institute. Offering for the American Missionary Association. Sionary Association. Music, "America," Congregation. Benediction St. Phillips Church. West Broad and Charles Streets. Rev. J. A. Gapks preached on the eleven o'clock service on Sunday. The Communion service on Sunday was well attended. Rey Singleton's discourse on Sunday night was much enjoyed. On tomorrow at 11 a. m., the Rev. A. L. Murry, Presiding Elder of the Jersey City conference, will preach at St. Phillips. There will be a young people's meeting at 6 p. m. Pansy Court of the Wise Men of the East will attend service at St. Philip on tomorrow night. Pledge day is also tomorrow at St. Philip, don't forget to come out and do your duty. The ten night fair and Mock conference will close on Monday. Our many friends made it quite a success. We are under many obligations to them. Rev. Singleton attended the A. M. E. Church, Bishop's Council at Charleston, S. C., this week. The following services on tomorrow (Sunday): prayer meeting 8:30 a. m., preaching at 11 a. m., Sunday school at 3 p. m., A. C. E. League at 6:30 p. m., preaching at 8:15 p. m. February 12, 1913 February 12, 1913 Come, let us honor Lincoln, The ruler all humane Who loved men not for color But [character and brain. Not any mean or selfish act Did Lincoln ever do, Supremely good and honest And loyal brave and true. A patriot grand and noble, A statesman wise and great, Who knew that human thraldom Would wreck the foremost State. "The Union first," said Lincoln, Not less he loved the slave, "That I may break these fetters I must the Union save." The highest honor to him, Who dared to touch the pen That human souls who chattels were Might have the chance of men. All honor then to Lincoln, The statesman all humane Who never honored color, But always brawn and brain. H. Pearson, State College and swore himself whilst whipping him, did more harm by his example than good by his correction. Example is the school of mankind; they will learn at no other. Noble and elevating examples stir up to noble accomplishments and the very history of life and public soul inspires a man with generous thoughts.—Missouri Freemason. Merchant and Miners Wharves Destroyed LOSS ESTIMATED OVER MILLION DOLLARS Two Blocks Water Front Burned—All Yamacraw Threatened—Capt. Starr and Engineer Middleton of U. S. Launch. Tybee Distinguished Themselves During Fire. One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the river from broke out early last Sunday morning and continued throughout the entire day. The fire was accompanied by a series of explosions on the Baltimore wharf of the Merchant and Miners Transportation Company which enveloped the wharves for a block each way in a mass of flames, and eventually spread in every direction. The flames were fanned by a stiff wind and this caused the burning cinders to be carried in all directions over Yamacraw, and for a time it was feared that this whole section of the city might be destroyed. However, the firemen, after several hours of arduous labor, got the fire under control and succeeded in preventing it from crossing River street. During the first few hours of fire the inhabitants of Yamacraw who lived nearest the fire began packing their household effects preparatory to getting out, while those in the remote parts of this section kept a sharp look out for flying cinders. It is estimated that the loss from the fire will aggregate more than a million dollars. Capt. John Starr and Engineer Ragies Middleton of the U. S. government launch Tybee played a very conspicuous part in saving a considerable portion of the freight that was on the lighters tied to the burning wharves. Upon being telephoned of the fire, Capt. Starr, who lives at 523 Gaston street, east, immediately went down to the river and boarded the Tybee. Engineer Middleton was on hand. The two go' the launch under way and although the fire on the wharves was burning fiercely and the heat was almost unbearable, Capt. Starr and Engineer Middleton hashed their launch to one of the lighters and towed it to safety. This they did a second time, and then, finding it impossible to carry on the work by themselves, blew for help. Several men responded and three more lighters were carried to safety. In this way Capt. Starr and Engineer Middleton, together with the men who assisted them, saved many thousand dollars worth of goods from the flames. Capt. Starr and Engineer Middleton are two of the best known colored men in this branch of the government service. Revival Services at Butler Presbyterian Church. The revival services which have been going on at Butler Presbyterian Church for the past two weeks have proven very profitable. There have been a number of accessions to the church and much interest was taken in the meetings. The attendance each night was very gratifying. Rev. C. L. Butler of New York, who conducted the services, leaves the city today. Special Notice. The Past Chancellors' Committee will hold its regular meeting Sunday, February 9th, 1913, at 5:30 p. m., at Masonic Temple. All P. Cs are requested to be present. Card of Thanks. Mrs. F. Dudley wishes to thank the many friends, both white and colored, at Limerick, Ga., for the kindness to her dear father during his long illness. Social Happenings. Mrs. E. A. Delegal of 529 Gaston street, east, was delightfully entertained with a surprise birthday party on Monday night, February 3rd, 1913. There were many relatives and a host of friends present. Mrs. Delegal received several useful presents. Dainty refreshments were served. Just What's Wanted-Free. Negro Baptists Plan for Semi-Centennial Services. The Negro Baptists of the country, two and one-half million, will hold Semi-Centennial Services in connection with the September meeting of the National Baptist Convention. Progress of the Denomination during the last fifty years, will be shown by exhibits, statistics, pictures, and other material evidences. This was the decision reached Wednesday, January 29. by the Executive Committee of the National Baptist Convention at a called meeting held at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. A Commission, composed of one member from each state, will cooperate with the Baptist bodies of each state, under the direction of the President of the National Convention, and collect the materials for the exposition. Details will be worked out by the Commission, President G. E. Morris, concurring. The project will be financed by private donations and public subscriptions. The Executive Committee pledged $1,000, including $200 pledged by Dr. Booker T. Washington, $100 by Dr. E C Morris, $50 by Dr. Jordan, and $25 by each of the other members of the Committee. The Commissioners will be appointed by President Morris. In all probability the meeting of the Convention will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The Executive Committee was unanimous in the opinion that the exposition should be held. By special invitation Dr. Washington remained with the Committee throughout its session and of fered important suggestions which were freely accepted. It was carefully estimated that it will require $2,500 to fin the exposition scheme. The meeting was attended by Dr. E C. Morris, President, Little Rock, Arkansas; Rev W. C. Parks, D. D.; Vice-President Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rev T. O Fuller, Assistant Secretary, Memphis, Tennessee; Rev A J Stokes, Treasurer, Montgomery, Alabama; Rev J. P. Robinson, Chairman Home Mission Board, Little Rock, Arkansas; Rev T. J. Searcy, Chairman Education Board, Memphis, Tennessee; Rev R. H, Boyd, Secretary Publishing and Home Mission Boards, Nashville, Tennessee; Rev P. James Bryant, Chairman Baptist Young People's Board, Atlanta, Georgia; Rev L. G. Jordan, Secretary Foreign Mission Board, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rev C. H. Parrish, Chairman Foreign Mission Board, Louisville, Kentucky; Prof J. D. Crenshaw, Editor Union Review, Nashville, Tennessee; Rev A. A Cosey, Member Benefit Board, Mound Bayou, Mississippi; Prof R. B. Hudson, General Recording Secretary, Selma, Alabama. Evangelical Ministers' Union The Evangelical Ministers' Union met Tuesday with Rev W V. Daughtry, presiding. Devotional services were conducted by Rev E. D. Giddens After having addressed the throne of grace the 5th Psalter was then read' The topic of the day was the sermonic report which was given by Rev W V. Daughtry. The sermon was excellent. The program committee made their report. Feb. 11th, "The Influence of Abraham Lincoln on Modern Civilization by Rev. J. T. Richards; Feb. 18th, sermonic report; Feb. 25th, "The sons of God and the daughter of Men, who are they." Come out next Tuesday. Visitors always welcome. Fox Full Dress Banquet On next Tuesday night, February 11th, the Fox club will give a full dress banquet at the Harris street hall. This affair will be one of the sweltest banquets given by the Fox and a large crowd will undoubtedly be on hand. Adelphin Branch Officers Installed. On Tuesday, January 21st, at 9:30 the officers of the Young Adelphia Aid and Social Club Branch were installed by Mr. William Brown. Many interesting speeches were made. The officers who were installed are as follows: Mr B. G. Densler, Jr., president; Mrs. Lenora Ellis, vice-president; Miss Lula D. Batcheller, financial secretary; Miss Helen E. Melrose, recording secretary; Mrs. Laura Belle Pinckney, treasurer; Mr. Eawrence Mosely, chaplain; Mr. Alex. Belt, judge advocate; Miss Maria Cuthbert, chair of health; Mrs. Justine Morrell, chairman of ways and means committee; Mrs. Ophelia Gardner, clerk of order. After the installation dainty refreshments were served. Chapel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Harden and 50th, Streets. On Sunday February 9th, the second Sunday of the month, there will be holy-mass and sermon at 10.a. m. Sunday-school will take place, immediately after mass. Georgia Infirmary Buys New Site TO MOVE IN BROWNSVILLE IN TIME New Site Comprises Entire Block—But Two Squares'From Charity Hospital—Creditable 'Building to be Erected As has been expected for sometime, owing to the objections of the residents in the neighborhood to its existence there, the Georgia Infirmary, situated at Abercorn and Thirty fifth streets, will eventually move to a site in Brownsville which it purchased last week Ever since the section, in which the hospital is now situated, became thickly settled there have been various schemes on foot to get the institution away from there, and the objections to the institution have caused quite a deal of discussion from time to time. A short while ago, it was suggested that it be moved a block or two east of its present site. This caused a storm of protest from the property owners in and around that neighborhood and the matter was not heard of again until last week when the new site was purchased. The newly acquired property, which is at Lavinia and Florence streets, comprises an entire block, being 200 by 260 feet. The block is bounded on the north by Thirty-fifth, on the south by Lavinia street, on the east by Florence street, and on the west by garden street. The new property is but a few blocks from Charity Hospital, the only other Negro institution of the kind in the city. The establishment of the two hospitals in the same section of the city, to be ex- within two blocks of each other, has occasioned some comment, many people believing that the new hospital might serve to better advantage in another section of the city. It is stated that a modern hospital building in every respect will be erected on the site, which cost $8,500. A-bury M E. Church. Services and attendance were good last Sunday. The pastor, Rev. W. V. laughtry, preached morning and evening. At 11 a. m, his text was from G. m. subject, "How to make good speed." Sunday night he preached from 2 Timothy 1:1:6 subject "Command of Resources." Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather-a large crowd attended the services Sunday night and communed. Dr I. L. Thomas, Field Secretary of the Home Mission and Church Extension Society of M. E. Church was with us Wednesday night and delivered a great lecture to a very appreciative audience. His subject was "Mountains to Climb." District Superintendent E. D. Giddens will preach tomorrow at 11 a. m. and hold the first quarterly conference Monday night. Dr C. C Jacobs, Field agent of the Board of Sunday schools of the M. E. Church, will preach Sunday night. Everybody is invited to come and hear these distinguished ministers. Beth-Eden Baptist Church Gordon and Lincoln Streets. Rev. N. M. Clarke, pastor of Beth- Eden Baptist Church, will begin a series of special sermons from the book of Revelation, tomorrow morning at the church. The seven letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor will be treated one by one and the opening of the seven seals in the same way. These sermons will be continued for one month after which revival services will be conducted. The order of services tomorrow is as follows: 6:30 a. m., early prayer meeting, 11 a. m., preaching, 3:30 p. m., Sunday school, 6:30 p. m., B. Y. P. U., 8 p. m., preaching. All are invited to attend. Right Rev. Bishop Kelley will preach in St. Benedict's Church. Gaston and East Broad Streets. On Sunday February 9th, Bishop Keiley will open the holy season of Lent at the evening service, when he will preach a special sermon and give solemn benediction of the most blessed Sacrament. All the members of the parish and their friends are invited to attend that service and hear our good bishop. In the morning the usual masses will be said at 7 and 8 o'clock, and high mass and sermon at 10:30. Sunday school after the last mass. The monthly meeting of St. Mary's Aid Society will take place after the evening devotions. Special Lenten services are held every Wednesday and Friday night. Next Wednesday Father Eugene of the Benedictine College will preach. Father Eugene is an eloquent speaker, and a large congregation will come to hear him. On Friday we shall have the beautiful devotions of "The Way of the Cross." Last Wednesday Father Dominic preached an impressive sermon, in which he strongly exhorted the faithful to spend well the holy season of Lent. DECLARES CHINA SHOWS LITTLE IMPROVEMENT HOW SPANISH BEAUTY PICKED HER HUSBAND HOW SPANISH BEAUTY PICKED HER HUSBAND NEW MINISTER TO BELGIUM IS WELL OUALIFIED NEW MINISTER TO BELGIUM IS WELL OUALIFIED LORD VICTOR PAGET'S BRIDE TO LIVE IN FLAT "What is happening in China?" was asked J. O. P. Bland, who is now in the United States by invitation of the Lowell institute at Harvard, where he is delivering a course of lectures dealing with China and her people. T. H. He went first to China in 1883 and served the Chinese government for thirteen years thereafter, acting as an official in many parts of the great empire. In recognition of his services he was given civil rank of the fourth class and was subsequently decorated with the order of the double dragon. "China shows little improvement," he replied. "Armed forces of eight foreign nations guard alien interests in Peking and watch the way to the sea. The prosperous settlements of Shanghai, Hankow and Tlen-tsin are administered by Europeans. The only reliable asset China has possessed for use in the European money market during the last thirty years has been the imperial maritime customs, a service under the direct supervision of foreign accountants. "Foreign control has been extended to the railways of the north and several other lines, every dollar of expenditure being certified by foreign accountants, given full responsibility by the Chinese directors. Later loans negotiated under the inspiration of German policy were not thus safeguarded, and resulted unhappily. China, therefore, is not mistress of her own house; that house is mortgaged and there is a bill of sale upon the furniture. No strong-armed man is present on the premises. "The Chinese Republic," Mr Bland continued, "is not really a republic in that sense in which Americans understand the word. No effective republican government has been established; the quiet which now marks Chinese affairs is by no means due to satisfaction with political condi- "The most beautiful girl in Spain"—she really isn't a girl any longer, but a wife—was in New York the other day. She is Josephina Ferrada, wife of a Havana banker, and she was on her way from Cadiz to join her husband in the Cuban capital after a visit to her old home in Madrid. WILLIAM H. While a girl in Spain she had just a hundred suitors. She was at her wits' end to know what to do with them. Her parents complained that they trampled down the lawns and the flower beds and gave the old people no rest, since they were constantly importuning the elders for permission to pay their addresses to the girl. Finally one bright day in Spain the girl called her hundred together. "I love you all," said the girl to her army of admirers, "and may the Virgin forgive me, but I cannot decide between you." Mr. Theodore Marburg, the newly appointed minister to Belgium, has to Belgium, has sailed for Brussels and his daughter, Miss Christine Marburg, accompanied him. A dinner was planned to have been given him at the Hotel Belvedere in Baltimore, but at the last moment it was abandoned for the reason of the recent death of the Countess of Flanders, mother of King Albert. The Marburg-home in Baltimore has been the scene of lavish and kindly hospitalities for some years. The universal conflunt is that President Taft Lord Victor Paget, brother of the marquis of Anglesey, was married to Miss Olive May, the pretty Gayety girl. Only the immediate relatives of the couple attended the ceremony. A. As told by previous dispatches, Miss May's final consent to the marriage was obtained only on the strict understanding that she would be welcomed as a Mr. Yeast—How does the novel begin? Mrs. Yeast—Oh, with an awful fight. "That's rather unusual for them to be married at the beginning of the book, isn't it?" tions. Republican ideas are not in the least understood by the mass of the Chinese people, and, therefore, it cannot be said that they have really been accepted. "The greater portion of China's vast population is at present quiet, because it has been very busy, gathering the greatest crop known to the empire in recent years. They are philosophers—the Chinese people. Happily engaged at harvesting, they do not take the time to go to war, and, while they have labored, Yuan Shi-Kai, the president of this nominal republic, has been modeling a government rather on the plans followed by the late dowager empress than on those which Americans know as republican. In other words, he has established a new autocracy to take the place of that which he helped to overthrow." "You do not then believe that 'China is awakened' or that a new ern really has dawned in that part of the Orient?" "There is a Chinese proverb admirably expressing by its metaphor the real condition," Mr. Bland replied. "It runs: 'The Yellow river may change its bed, but its waters will remain as muddy as before.'" "These facts are significant: "A year ago the present vice-president of the republic advised Yuan not to proceed with the development of his republican ideas, but to seize the throne." "Yuan's execution of the Wu-chang conspirators last August was in accord with monarchical, not republican traditions, and met with the full approval of the people. In other words, the ancient despotisms are continuing under new names as fundamental features of the present Chinese government." "Then popular representation is not a part of the present plan." "It is impossible in China, and will so remain for many years to come. History and biological science allike emphasize the folly of believing that a sudden and radical change in the Chinese race can be brought about. Without such a change a true republic is impossible." The hundred cheered. "So there is only one thing to do," she said. "And that's to marry me," each suitor shouted. "It is impossible to marry all of you," returned the girl, smilingly. "So I propose this: Let my devoted hundred go out into the world. You are all young men. Go out and make your fortunes. I will marry the first man of you who returns with a competence which will support me in the manner to which I am accustomed." The devoted hundred did not wait to hear more, but made tracks for the quater world. The man who afterwards became her husband went to Cuba and, in order to win a competence first, became a banker. He returned with the evidences of his wealth about him, and the girl, true to her promise, wedded him, for he was the first. Senora Ferrada had with her on the liner the proof that her husband had really won a competence. When she boarded the ship in Spain she gave to the purser $15,000 in hard cash to keep for her and $30,000 worth of jewels. has never made a wiser choice than in giving the post to Mr. Marburg, who is in every way so fit to be a diplomatist. Just fifty years old, he is in his mental prime. Not-only is he the author of the various philosophical works mentioned in the little sketch of him already published, but he is also one of the promoters of the peace movement which just at the present moment is awakening so much interest in New York by the presence of the Baroness von Suttner, the woman who inspired the founding of the Nobel prizes. In one of the several "les envois" to him, it has been written that his diplomatic career on account of change of administration may be brief, but that after all it may be better, because he has so much to do here in this country, in the way of finance and literature—Town and Country. amination that the marquis, as head of the family, has notified her that he intends of his own volition to make a substantial settlement on her. Lord Victor does not intend to nor can he, lead an idle life, and directly at the conclusion of their honeymoon he will enter the stock exchange firm of Bourke, Schiff & Co., which already has a member of the nobility on its staff in the person of Viscount Acheson, who married Mildred Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ridgely Carter. Mr. Carter was formerly secretary of the American embassy here. Lord Victor and his bride will make their home in a small flat in Kensington. Slight Oversight. Mrs. Shopley—Oh, Henry, I bought the loveliest set of books today on the installment plan. All I have to pay is $1.50 a month. Shopley—For how many months? Mrs. Shopley—Mercy! I forgot tc, ask. FISHERIES BUREAU Important Federal Department Had Very Small Beginning. Work Is Under Three General Heads of Scientific Investigation, Fishery Inquiry and Fish Culture—About 350 Persons In Bureau. Washington.—Fish, being one of the most important foods, has been the subject of consideration since the achievement of our national independence. But while several states had fish commissions, and the American Fish Culture association, now the American Fisheries society, was in existence prior to 1871, no branch of the government was charged with this question until that year. But matters of importance arising of both a foreign and domestic nature, congress was influenced to pass an act creating the office of commissioner of fish and fisheries in 1871, its duties being to prosecute "investigations and inquiries on the subject, with a view of ascertaining whether any and what diminution in the number of food fish of the coast and the lakes of the United States had taken place; and if so, to what causes the same is due; and also whether any and what protective, prohibitory or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premises." Although nothing was attached to the position of commissioner of fish and fisheries but "honor and glory," a man, regarded as pre-eminently qualified for the new position was found, and Spencer Fullerton Baird, then assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was given the appointment. Commissioner Baird entered upon his duties at once, and continued as the head of the commission until his death in 1877. Succeeding him came Dr. George Brown Goode, eminent as an ichthyologist and fishery expert, who had been Prof. Baird's assistant. After less than a year's time, however, Dr. Goode voluntarily gave up the commissionership, to devote his entire time to the National museum, of which he was director. Next came Commissioner Marshall McDonald, practical fish culturist and inventor of important mechanical appliances now used in the hatching of fish all over the world, who like Commissioner Baird, served until his death, in 1895. Commissioner McDonald was the first salaried head of the commission. Following him came Capt. John J. Brice, a retired naval officer, who held the office for two years, and was succeeded in 1898 by George Meade Bowers, the present commissioner. Until 1903 the bureau was known as the "United States commission of fish and fisheries," and was an independent institution of the government, responsible directly to congress. In that year it was included in the new department of commerce and labor, becoming the United States bureau of fisheries. From the outset the work of the bureau naturally fell under the three general heads of scientific investigation, fishery inquiry and fish culture. This same classification, extended and perfected, enters into the organization at the present time. Approximately 350 persons form the present personnel of the bureau, of whom all but about 90 are at outside stations, laboratories or on vessels. The land owned and occupied by the bureau at its fish cultural and biological stations covers an aggregate area of 12,000 acres, with a value of $240,000. Improvements and equipments at these stations represent more than $1,000,000, while other property of the bureau includes four seagrass steam and sail vessels, 20 steam launches and 150 small sail, power and row boats, which, with equipment, are valued at about $300,000. Six fish transportation cars are worth $45,000. The aggregate investment of the national government in property devoted to the fishery service, is thus about $1,535,000. And for its work and no salary for its head! At the time of the formation of the bureau artificial propagation of fishes was not contemplated, but was instituted by an act of congress a year after its establishment. The fishes to which attention was first given were the shad, Atlantic salmon and whitefish. The work proved so popular that it was extended annually, and soon overshadowed all other branches. The policy followed by the bureau, 'as enunciated by Dr. Goode, has been that it is better to expend a small amount of public money in making fish so abundant that they can be caught without restriction and serve as cheap food for the people at large than to expend a much larger sum in preventing the people from catching the fish that still remain after generations of improvidence. A few days ago the treasury department gave out a news item, that tucked away in They Took Him the strong vaults of the treasury Literally. there was $34.72 for every man, woman and child in the United States—that amount being the per capita division of the reserve fund now held there. In the period of two days Director of the Mint Roberts received 500 letters from all parts of the country in which the writers demanded that they be sent their $34.72 forthwith. One man, writing from the distant west, asked that his be sent in one dollar bills and pennies. Director Roberts is objecting, because what he said was taken lit erally. Pythisis Fight Very Costly. tistical statement of expenditures in this movement just issued by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. These annual statements are based largely on reports received from anti-tuberculosis agencies throughout the country. The figures are estimated where actual reports are not available. The expenditures during the year for sanatorium and hospital construction and treatment make the largest single item in the total, amounting to nearly $16,800,000. This is an increase of nearly $5,000,000 over the same group of expenditures for the year 1911. The anti-tuberculosis associations and committees spent over $765,000, while dispensaries and tuberculosis clinics spent over $500,000. More than $115,000 was spent for the maintenance and establishment of open-air schools and fresh air classes, which is more than double the amount spent for this purpose in 1911. Official, state and municipal expenditures outside of the maintenance of institutions, which are included in the other totals, amounted to $280,000. In addition to these figures, about $500,000 was spent by hospitals for insane and penal institutions in caring for their tuberculous inmates. Provision is to be made by the American Institute of Architects for a meeting hall in connection with its prop-orty, the historic Octagon House, at the northeast corner of Eighteenth street and New York avenue. A year ago two houses adjoining the property on the north were purchased, thus providing an additional frontage on Eighteenth street by fifty feet. Glenn Brown and Bedford Brown were authorized to make preliminary studies of a plan for the proposed enlargement. At first it was proposed to preserve the old stables, which, following the pattern of earlier days, are of generous proportions, but it was found that they could not be used as offices or as a lobby to the meeting hall. In order to attain the objects of the improvement—namely, offices, meeting hall, exhibition hall and banquet hall—the plan which the architects regard as the best is a simple treatment reproducing the proportions of the two upper stories of the Octagon with a recess in the angle, making it a part of the garden, where statues and memorial tablets may be placed. Closed colonnades will connect the new building with the Octagon, which is designed to be used for exhibition purposes and will be shown only on the garden side. Under the meeting room will be a banquet hall, with reception, hat and cloak rooms. 1913 naval construction program. Bids were asked for five 5-inch and 10 4-inch guns. The Washington yard bid was $7,202 each for the 5-inch and $6,370 each for the 4-inch guns. The Watervillet Arsenal, New York, which was the second lowest bidder, offered to construct the 5-inch guns for $8,130 and the 4-inch for $6,709. Both the navy and army establishments, however, were far below bids submitted by private corporations, which were as follows: Bethlehem Steel company, $11,350 for the 5-inch and $9,680 for the 4-inch, and Midvale Iron Works, $10,950 for the 5-inch and $9,280 for the 4-inch. The 1913 construction program will call for about 32 5-inch and 50 of the 4-inch bore. They will be used on the Battleship Pennsylvania and other war craft to be built, including six destroyers, two oil fuel ships, one tender for destroyer and one submarine tender. Need for a "culinary cruiser" for shore work in the navy is to be impressed on congress by Dr. "Culinary Cruiser" Charles P. Stokes, surgeon general of the service, who wants the legislators to make appropriation for a "woman dietician." The new adjunct to the navy would be given charge of the female nurses in the various naval hospitals, in so far as their duties as cooks are concerned, and would have more or less of a roving commission. General Stokés is convinced that she would save her salary and expenses many times over in showing the nurses the proper methods of preparing hospital menus, instructing them how to purchase supplies and pointing out means to avoid waste. He would have the new official divide her time between the hospital here and those in Annapolis, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Increase In Hog Breeding. Six million more meat animals were slaughtered in the United States in 1912 than in 1911. Of these 5,000,000 of the animals were hogs. About 60 per cent. were killed under Federal inspection, and the remaining 40 per cent. was the product of local slaughter houses, where there is state inspection or none at all. The Federal inspectors condemned 203,000 entire carcasses and 463,000 parts of carcasses, the most prevalent disease leading to these condemnations being tuberculosis. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS The recent endowment which fell to the lot of Tuskegee Institute through the influence of Dr. Washington adds still another star to the increasing popularity of the famous school of which he is a founder and principal. The efforts of the distinguished Tuskegean are being abundantly rewarded by the beneficences of friends and well-wishers who have watched his upward career. There are noble men and women throughout the land who have done wonderful service in behalf of race upbuilding, but no single individual has ever wrought so mightily in promoting the progress of a people. Despite many drawbacks which have hampered the march of the negro, he has been wonderfully led along the line of material development to a degree of accomplishments as tend to arrest the attention of mankind. Great plans have been mapped out and many devices spoken of by means of which the problems which confront us might be readily solved, but a study of the situation will reveal the fact that only a few of them have been brought into effective execution. The wizard of Tuskegee has placed into successful operation a machinery, for human elevation, so vast in its magnitude and far-reaching in its usefulness, as almost to revolutionize the educational system of the country at large and wield a powerful influence upon those of other parts of the world. Criticisms severe in their utterances have been plentifully launched against the work which he created, but despite their severity and the flaws imputed to the operation of the system, nothing to supersede it has ever been produced and exhibited to the gaze of man. Booker T. Washington is the man of the hour. This is a practical age in which we live. Theorists may launch their speculations, but unless deeds support their theories, nothing can be accomplished in pursuit of race salvation. Idle dreams build fanciful castles and people them with happy souls, but when the bubble bursts the hollow cavity reveals nothing save the presence of air. The practical doer husband his forces, hurls them against obstacles which obstruct his passage, and removing them from his pathway, erect a monument of eternal glory to himself and great usefulness to his fellowman. Doctor Washington has built such a structure. He has dedicated to posterity an imperishable name; and after his departure will leave on record and in existence the most stupendous example of human skill. The recent donation of $60,000 for a number of years proves the faith of those who seek to encourage the work and lighten the financial burdens of that heroic man whom trials and tribulations could not overthrow in his efforts to make good his life's career. We honor the brave and true. We reverence the earnest performer of noble acts, and when time shall have produced more Washington to lead the race to development along various lines, the future will open opportunities. We may talk of the best means of doing good, but after all, the greatest difficulty lies in doing it in the proper spirit; speaking the truth in love, in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, with the meekness and gentleness of Christ. Many anxious sinners have been known to drop the subject of religion in consequence of a speaker addressing them in an angry tone. For keeping food or dishes warm a Pennsylvania man has patented a cabinet to be fastened on top of a steam or hot water radiator. More wholesome advice than the following has never before been compressed in so small a space. We commend it to young men—we mean the working ones—everywhere. Don't watch the boss—watch yourself. Don't stand still—keep moving up. Move up—then get your hand on the next rung above. Keep ahead of your job—not behind it. Rest to recuperate—not to stack up. Be honest with yourself—then you will be honest with the boss. The old bachelor says a girl after a man's own heart is usually after some other fellow's. The enemies of Dr. Booker T. Washington may hound him as much as they please, but he is getting the money just the same. For five years a special gift of $60,000 is to be given him for his work at Tuskegee. Moreover, Mr. Washington pleads the cause of his people in an earnest, conservative, helpful manner, for which he should be applauded. Negro churches are supporting 200 home missionaries, and 100 missionary stations, and contributing $50,000 annually for foreign mission work. Our foreparents, though slaves, entered into the festivities of the festive season and ggt about as much enjoyment out of it as did the master. The principal amusement was singing, patting and dancing, and all to the accompaniment of the banjo, the king of instruments in the hands of the negro. And this is natural enough, since the banjo is said to be the invention of the negro. The rehearsal of this achievement in the verse of one of the dialect poets will fittingly close this sketch. The invention is'said to have taken place while the ark was floating about on the world of water. Says our poet: "De ark she kept, ajsalling an' sailing; De lion got his dander up, and like to broke dalin'." De sarpints hissed; the panters yelled; till, whut wid all de fussin'. You couldn't hardly heah de mate a-bossing an' a-cussin'. Now, Ham, de only nigger whut wuz runnin' on de packet. Got lonesome in de barber shop, an' couldn't stan' de racket; An' so, for to amuse himself, he steamed some wood and bent it. An' soon he had a banjo made—de fust dat was invented. He wet de leather, stretched it on made springs and screws and aprin; An' fitted in a proper neck—'twas very long and tap'rin'; He took some tin and twisted him a thimble for to ring it; An' den de mighty question riz: How was he gwine to string it? De possum had as fine a tail as dis dat I'm a-singing. De hair's so long and thick and strong —jest fit fur banjo stringin'; Dat nigger shaved 'em off as short as wash-day dinner graces; An' sorted ob 'em by de size, from little E's to bases. He strung her, tuned her, struck a jig—was "Nebber Mind de Wedder." She soun' like forty-lebben bands a* playing all together. Some went to pattin', sorr to dancin', Noah called de figgers. And Ham he sot and knocked de tune, de happies' ob niggers. Now sence dat time—it's mighty strange—dar's not de slightest showin' Ob any ha'r at all upon de 'possum's ) tail a-growing; An' curl's, too, dat nigger's ways: his people nebber los' 'em. Fur whar you fin' de nigger—dar's de banjo and de possum!" During the recent hurricane in the West Indies a young Jamaican boy and his pet dog were blown one hundred miles out to sea and landed on a small island, from which they were rescued recently by the crew of a passing ship. Both dog and boy were hungry, but otherwise were none the worse for their unexamplied experience. Both had certainly been "moving some." Let the negro learn to do and act for himself and not depend entirely on others. We must show an impulse of commercial activity and endeavor to excite a spirit of industry among ourselves and with enterprising genius raise our standard to the highest rank among commercial nations. There are negroes in Kansas City who openly boast of their indifference towards the business efforts of their own race, the drug stores, grocery stores, shoe stores and theaters, yet these same people expect the sympathy and support of the race in all their own enterprises. They never stop to consider how weak and groveling they are. They never pause to think how utterly despicable they are even in the eyes of those to whom they cater in preference to their own race. Shame on the knocker.—Kansas City Sun. The "knocker" and his kind will eventually discover that the negro who snubs the enterprises of his own race is cutting the limb on which he sits. But the most hopeful sign about this business is that thinking people everywhere are taking notice. All have their eyes on the "knocker" and his brother who vigorously supports race efforts with his mouth only. North Carolina should be given the blue ribbon—she has not had a lynching for 60 years. The example she has furnished should be followed by her sister states throughout the southland. Even the community that needs shaking up would draw the line at an earthquake. Our people should get a little more of this world's goods. Poverty is no sure and certain sign of religion or any of its attributes. Religion is intended to make people happy. The man, therefore, who gets a decent portion of this world's goods will realize some of heaven here and now. About the only time we believe in dreams is when they come true. Re a S Ts OP eee tg pot as Re ee : Se NTE ey Re es Ee RO eS REE NN NOY SRP REM SR ERR RGR PS RA BY Spee | * eee eer oe OnE TD tse Fee eee ee ee eee .. per Te eee ee Ss Grey eee hae : os Soe ee Pee ape eee eyo ee : ss | . SHOULD WATCH THE LAWYER| BIG MONEY PAID STAGE FOLK| QUEER FACTS ABOUT VISION REWARD FOR HONESTY 1%, But, Mr, Hewett, pardon my De are 5 — ' —— question, but how do you propose te g / Motherin-Law of Client Has Suspl- | Seemingiy There Ia No Limit to Sal-|One May Be Excused for Hardly Bo pay this sum? The Indemnity com- . clona of Attorney Who Advined aries If the Performers Can Heving All That He Sees, — pany does not like to foreclose. Have Ce A Client Not to Get Divorce. Draw the Crowd. Even In Daylight. Young Politician Who Refused] you any work in view after your pres- cy a — . — —_— A e t task $": § ‘Did you see the lawyer?" her| ‘There seems to be scarcely any| If om a screen of black velvet Bribe Is Given a Coveted [io ain» cal Hewett, Jooking full , | mother asked. limit to the sums that enterprising| placed at a distance of teh feet from Nominati = at the smiling visage of the financier. . “Yes.” amusement managers are prepared to| the spectator large letters are pasted, lominations “Too bad!” sighed Pleat. “Of course, “ B “What did he say?” pay the leading favorites of the pub-|come blue, some red, they will not your unfortunate afiiation with the 41 > “He cald I had a very poor case. | lic, though meanwhile scores, if not| appear to be at equal distance from By: H.W). EGBERT: ® | opposing party would preclude me, if <7 Ese Ys He told me that nearly every man | hundreds, of real artists find it difi-|the eyes. To some persons the red | ,_ It was to be a close election in PoF-1y should Pin the lection, from con fs Sx lost bis temper sometimes and said {cult to obtain an engagement. Mile. letters will seem nearer than blue let-| trsbure—on that everyone | “9S siderin, our interests. it you were LH 5 MRO harsh things to his wife. Did father | Gaby Deslys, who is now touring in| ters, while to other persons the con-| éreed. Higgins had represented the se rad ine Reutenion is sae Gee LES. @ ¢OCr ever treat you that way?” Canada, 1s sald to have signed con-| trary effect will be manifested. city in the legislature for Sfteen| Secor now—you wouldn't change Your BRVP- M “We are not discussing your fath-|‘tracts for her American tour at the| To produce this years, but Higgins had got out of the ” a ie LO ASF, effect both eyes coat?’ No, of course not. But, Mr- pas c fa 1 Ss er. Did you tell him that George had | rato of $5,000 a week, which 1s an im-| must be employed. When one eye ta | Same and gone to New York to settle | Howett, I understand that Mr. Blake Re Hy AB \s refused one night when be didn’t get | provement of $2,000 a month on the| closed the letters are all seen at the | there, and the opposing party hoped | 4, resigning from the water commls- ' ~ (ei home until after 8 o'clock to explain?” | salary she deigned to accept a year|same distance. On opening the other | ©, Snatch the victory. Thelr candi-} ston, a strictly non-partisan bod {fi os; Yes. “And he sald T would bave to| ago. In Parls prices are going up.!eye one tet of letters immediately ap- | 2#te Was Pleat. a man of reputed !n-| suppose La ose: eopolated to’ eae em y PB a get specific evidence if I hoped to ob. | and one or two of the big halls have| pear to take a position in advance of | *eérity and much wealth, the owner | ceeq Min st guce by” Governor i: \ OCS f\ tain divorce engaged for the winter season from| the others. of the huge elghteen-story Pleat bulld-| Brigea?» once” Aiea pe “What ald he mean by specific evi-| two to five “stars” at salaries up to| The explanation offered for this ef- | 5+, Which could not have been match: ett fp ee a ) red Gj 5 dence?” $100 and $120 an evening for a minl-| fect is that a sorte of streets ed for size within five hundred miles was’ $5.000 oe ae ecg MA Sa cai asked lm that. He explained | mum of from £0 to 100 representa: tlusion 1s produced tn the eye itself, | Of St Lous. And Pleat had been the} “rhat would Involve no sacrifice of 1 Z at I would have to be able to swear | tions. depending upon color. The image it | 0st successful mayor the city had] principle on my part?” he asked, mots- SIMPLE CURIOSITY OF MAN Just Wondered If Description of Pin Fitted One Lost by His Friend— Hadn't Found It. “Why are you looking so glum?” “My wife was downtown shopping the other day, and she lost a pin that had belonged to my mother.” “ “That's hard luck.” “Yes. I wouldn't have taken $1,000 for it. It won't be worth that much to anybody else,,but I valued it high- ly on account of the associations. I sau’t understand why a woman wants to wear Jewelry when she goes shop- ping, anyhow.” “Was it a diamond pin?" “Yes.” “A small cluster in an old-fashion- ed setting?” “Yes, yes!” “Was there a small gold chain at- tached to it?” “Yes, that's it.” “And was the monogram 'M. B. W. engraved on the mounting?” “That's the very one. | Where ts ae" “I don’t krow. I was just wonder- ing whether it was your advertise »ment that I had secn in the ‘Lost and . Found’ column.” ~ Satisfied. “Are you satisficd with what the old year has brought ou?" . “Yes. I may say that I amy.” “Has your salary been raised during the last twelve months?” “No.” ¢ + “Have you won high honors of any kind?” “No.” . “Have vou-gained an Important ad- vantage of any kinds” “Not that I can think of at this mo- ment.” “Yet you are satisfied with what the year has brought you. Do you think you ought to be?” “Yes. The year has brought me twins, and I think I know when I have enough.” “Busty Engaged, “So you are in favor of sending a man to Washington for only one term?” ~ “Well,” replied Farmer Coratossel. “I dunno. I favor it, but I guess it’s mighty liable to"be a one-term’ system for our representative. When you give a man strict orders to revise the tariff, fix up the currency and do whatever he kin to promote the inl- tlative an’ referendum and ‘man suffrage, he ain't lable to have a whole Iot o” time left to hustle around an’ git reelected.” DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. - Nam UT ae tay i. J LAF qa cay OG? \\ Gm eX } YY) Ny rs 7 a 4 h oY ij i ! i i fa HN aX lates EF \wacttlin’ ¥ “Was Maude good as Juliet in the amateur theatricals?” “Well, the audience applauded wild- Jy when she died.” Re Ne ee gee ta Re “Won't you have a cigar?” “Thank you. Why, aren't these the cigars I gave you a box of?” “They are. And I am merely be- ing religious n giving you one of them.” “How?” “They are the sort of which the serlpture speaks when it says ‘It is better to give than to recetve.’™ Time's: Ravages. Wiseman—I see Paris is going to spend $50,000,000 to make herself more beautiful. Tronicus—Quite a sum for paint, cosmetics and the like, but old beau- ties have to use them.—Judge. A Sign. “I gueas she realizes that she is a confirmed old maid.” “There's always hope. Why do you say that?” a “{ notice she has quit buying mis- tetoe.” SHOULD WATCH THE LAWYER Mother-in-Law of Client Has Susp: clons of Attorney Who Advised Client Not to Get Divorce. “Did you see the lawyer?" her mother asked. “Yes.” “What did he say?” “He said I had a very poor case. He told me that nearly every man lost bis temper sometimes and sald harsh things to his wife. Did father ever treat you that way?” “We are not discussing your fatb- er. Did you tell him that George had refused one night when he didn’t get home until after 8 o'clock to explain?” ‘Yes. And he sald I would have to get specific evidence if I hoped to ob- tain a divorce." “What did he mean by specific evi- dence?” “I asked him that. He explained that I would have to be able to swear that George was where he had no right to be that night.” “Well, for goodness’ sake, does he think you could be out following your husband around all the time? Did you tell him that George had nearly $2 less when he got home that night than he had when he went away in the morning?” “Yes, I told him that; but he said It didn't prove anything. He even adyised me not to try to get a divorce ‘and to be reasonable.” | “Reasonable? Mabel, that man fen't all right. Oh, how 1 pity his poor wife. She seems so bappy, too. The poor, blind thing! It only shows that all men are ‘alike. I must tell her, the next time I see ‘ther, to look out for him." MISUNDERSTOOD. SRS “Sy LE YE SNe Gp S ARS. ONG LEY PR SS Mh bs’, ee 3 A OMe WAZ tif df of f 4 a J Oe *e Gio i A 1 es fo Kas oy we. i A 7 NEPA “Have you and your husband never had any spats?” “My husband has a pair, but I wouldn't wear the nasty things.” Muffled Knocks. “Mibbs, I'm glad to see you living in a respectable nelghborhood. Have you got over your feeling of strange- ness yet?” w “It’s fine to be able to ride in your own automoblle, isn't ft, old chap? 1 suppose they demand a chattel mort- gage on one of these machines when they sell it.” 7 “This picture doesn't look a bit like you, Miss Oamley, but it's very, pleas: ing to look at” “Gumvell, you write a beautiful hand; I've seen your signature at the bottom of so many promissory notes, you know.” ’ “I wish I had as much money as you have, Rogers; I'é—er—spend a little of it oceasfonally.” 3 Kicking With the Tide. " Percy ‘Haughton, the football coach, was talking abdut queer football games, “There was a ‘Thanksgiving day game in Philadelphia," he safd, “that was played in a deluge of snow and rain, with Franklin field a foot deep in cold, gray slush. : “The Cornell man, who won the toss, sald rather bitterly before the game began: “Do we have to play in this field? “*Yes, of course you do,” was the impatient replys ‘Come, come, you've won the toss, which end do you take?’ “ ‘Well’ said the Cornell man, shak- ing his head at the gray waste of wa- ters spread before him, ‘well, I guess welll kick with the tide.’"—Philadel- phia Press, Favorlte Fiction. “It will be no trouble at all, I assure you.” “Yes, sir. This gas engine will start just as “well in cold weather as In warm.” “{ knew him when ho wasn’t: knee high to a grasshopper.” “I shall take great pleasure in do- ing all I can™to secure the position for you.” | “My friends, I don’t want you to ‘vote for me if you disapprove of my record.” No Faith Healer, “Oh, mother,” sobbed the young wife, “I've discovered that John does not trust me!” “Why, my child, what has he done?” “Well, you know, I cooked my first dinner for him today and he invited a friend to dine with him.” ‘The sobs broke out afresh. “And, ob, mother, the man he invited was a doctor!"—Pathfinder. Why He Switched. “I notice, senator,” sald the beau- titul girl, “that you are advocating a good many things which you sald four years ago would ruin the country.” “Yes.” “What has caused you to belleve in them?” “I don’t believe in them, but the public seems to.” if BIG MONEY PAID STAGE FOLK Seemingly There 1a No Limit to Sal arles If the Performers Can “Draw the Crowd.” There seems to be scarcely any limit to the sums that enterprising amusement managers are prepared to pay the leading favorites of the pub- lic, though meanwhile scores, if not hundreds, of real artists find it difi- cult to obtain an engagement. Mlle. Gaby Deslys, who is now touring in Canada, 1s sald to have signed con- tracts for her American tour at the rato of $5,000 a week, which is an Im- provement of $2,000 a month on the salary she deigned to accept a year ago. In Paris prices are going up. and one or two of the big halls have engaged for the winter season from two to five “stars” at salaries up to $100 and $120 an evening for a minl- mum of from 60 to 100 representa- tons, Probably the first to initiate the enormous fees that have now become common was Adelina Patti, who 27 years ago asked $3,000 to sing three little ‘songs of five minutes each at the Eden Concert in Paris, which works out at $200 a minute. As for Caruso, who has beaten all records, he recetves $200,000 a year by con- tract from his impressario for singing 80 times. He fe not allowed to sing elsewhere in public without M. Cou- ried’s permission, but the phonograph still pays him $400 a record, and this Is the minimum for private perform- ances. It ts by no means the maxi- mum, however, as was seen when Caruso was present as a spectator at the Metropolitan, of New York. A Mr. Smith offered him $1.500 to come and sing two songs in his drawing- room. “Impossible.” replied the tenor. “I am here to rest and enjoy myself." Mr. H. Smith then doubled his offer, and sald: “Only a quarter of an hour and the motor car is at the door.” Twenty minutes later, in time for the next act, Caruso was back at the opera With $3,000 In his pocket that he had not exerted him- self very seriously to earn, Miss Mary Garden can command $50,000 ber season, in New York, M. Renaud $40,000, and now we sce Mile. Gaby Deslys with $60,000 for three months. Modern Jacobites’ Queen, The accession of the new regent of Bavaria is interesting to the Pritish public, as his wife, the Princess ‘Therese, is the lady whom the White Rose people, the Jacobites of these days, declare to the lawful queen of England. This is because she is a dl- rect descendant of Charles I. but, as is well known, the line she repre- sents was barred from the throne by the Act of Succession. The princess has felt both annoyed and amused at the efforts of the White Rose league to win her good graces. A lady of the Vavarian court once received a letter from the league on which was a stamp bearing the head of the prin. cess as queen of England, and also, to satisfy the postofiice, another stamp with the head of the British sovereign. She showed the. philatelic curlosity to the princess, but the princess, far from being touched, ex- pressed the opinion that the sender ot the letter -must be mad. German Emperor the Modern Nimrod. A German sporting magazine has just. been looking into the shooting record of the German emperor, which has been made public during the 40 years that he has held a gun, and the result has been the com- pilation of some astonishing statistics. In the course of this time the cm- peror has shot 2,094 red deer, 1,872 fallow deer, 3,442 wild boar, 955 roe- buck, 17,988 hares, 2,686 rabbits, 121 chamois, 532 foxes, three bears, 12 elk, six European bison, three rein- deer, two moufilons, six badgers, an otter, 10$ cock, 24 heathcock, three “bronze” turkeys, two guinea fowl, 28,578 pheasants, 867 partridges, 95 grouse, five snipe, two woodcock. 87 wild duck, 826 heron and cormorant, a whale, a pike, and 528 under the head of various—a total of 70,845 head. This {s a record that will take some beating. Historic’ Postoffice Going. London’s old general postoffice ts being torn down, and within six months will be n0 more. It was built between 1825 and71§29, on the site of the old church and sanctuary of St Martins-leGrand. Possessed of an {m- posing Ionic portico, and _ supplied with great clock, the genéral post. offide was a fine structure, but it was not large enough to accommodate the vast machinery of the central office, and another great block of buildings was erected on the elte of the old Blue Coat school. 7 Australlan Justices of the Peace. Strange people are made Jaypees in Westralla. Went up county to a farm- ing center a while ago to defend in a slygrog case. Two J. P.’s arrived on time, and the court waited for the third to drive in, Wanting to return by the midday train, I asked the on- cer in charge if he would object to the two hearing the case. He looked sad and said: “We're waiting for the penman. Neither of these two can write.—Sydney Bulletin. See Money In Fox Farms, Now that it has become generally known how to breed foxes in captivity, fox farms are springing up in Canada in all directions, and henceforth it would seem that the production of costly fur is only a problem for the animal husbandman. One fox farm recently visited on the banks of the St. Lawrence contained 18 animals, for which the owner demanded $75,- 900. << QUEER FACTS ABOUT VISION One May Be Excused for Hardly Bo Meving All That He Sees, Even In Daylight. If on a screen of black velvet Placed at a distance of teh feet from the spectator large letters are pasted, some blue, some red, they will not appear to be at equal distance from the eyes. To some persons the red letters will seem nearer than biue let- ters, while to other persons the con- trary effect will be manifested, To produce this effect both eyes must be employed. When one eye is closed the letters are all seen at the same distance. On opening the other eye one tet of letters immediately ap- Pear to take a position in advance of ‘the others. The explanation offered for this ef- fect is that a sorte of stereoscopic illusion is produced In the eye itself, depending upon color. The image if a blue object Is shifted by the eye toward one side and that of a red object toward the other side. If on looking ut blue and red letters on a black background placed ten or twelve feet away you see the red let- ters nearer than the blue, screen off one half of the pupil of each eye on the outside and you will see the red letters retire behind the blue ones. If you screen the pupils on the side toward the nose you will see the red letters advance apparently still furth- er ahead of the blie ones. If, on the other hand, you naturally see the blue in advance, Screen the inner side of the pupils of your eyes and the red will come to the front. Beautiful effects are produced with one eye alone when, instead of letters, réd or blue rings are pasted on @ background of the opposite color. Placing red rings on blue paper and using the right eye with the fnner side of the pupil covered, the appear- ance is that of circular red hillocks resting on a blue ground, To produce this effect in its highest degree the paper must be held to the left and sloping In that direction. When the outer side of the pupil is screened the red rings will become circular trenches in the blue paper. Jerusalem's Own Council. We usually think of Jerusalem as it existed In Biblical times, and {t comes almost as a shock to find that it is governed on up-to-date and ‘progres- sive lines, Jerusalem has a munict- pality coreposed of ten members, half of whom are chosen every two years, the term of office being four years. From these ten the governors of the Province of Jerusalem selects one to be the president or mayor. The prest- dent is the only member receiving a ‘salary, which {s about £13 a month. |The members of the municipal coun- ‘ei ortcommission are chosen by the | whole city, but are apportioned in ac- ‘cordance with the different races and Teligions. Their duties are largely ad- 'visory, the president exercising most }of the power. All property owners who are Ottoman subjects have a right to vote for the commissioners. The municipality does not concern itself with schools,, courts, police ete. (these are provided by the government of the Province of Jerusalem); Its principal functions are the care, repair, lighting, and cleaning of the streets; sanitary and quarantine Inspection and over- sight, Including the public slaughter- house, the maintenance of a petroleum storage warehouse, and a munfclpal hospital and other charitiable institu- tons. What He Knew. A young Highlander who had be- come a member of the London police force was advised by his comrades to try to get into the pipers’ band, as he would thus receive extra remunera- tion and have lighter duties. lie demurred on the ground that he had scarcely any knowledge of music, but was persuaded to try on being told that he would be instructed In his work. On appearing -before the conductor, he had to admit that he had no instru. mental skill, and that his knowledge of music was slight. “Do you know how many beats are in a bar?” at length asked the con- ductor. - “No, sir,” confessed the aspirant; “but—with sudden inspiration—"I could tell how many bars dre in a beat.” He was barred. cP a ee een Strange as it may seem, the Af- ghans are the only Astatic nation who do not think that It 1s infra dig for a man to dance at wedding feasts and other ceremonial occasions, as witness the Bakr-Id celebrations in Calcutta. the Afghan treads the light fantastic toe. In one of the principal and com- mon Afghan dances, 20 or 30 men form a circle and go through the evo- lutions of the dance with swords in their hands. The only musical instru- ment used in the dances {s the drum, which directs the dancers. The beats are rather monotonous with their rat- tat-tat, now slow and then furlous. The dance {s, however, very impres- sive, witnessed by torchlight, the swords gleaming in the darkness. In Kaffir Land. ‘A taste for European clothes, cheap furniture, European food, bicycles, tin trunks, etc., Is reported to be de veloping among the colored native population of South Africa, according to the official trade report. Hitherto trade with the natives—known as “Kafr truck” trade—has comprised chiefly cheap goods. such as beads, cotton baskets, brass, copper and natives are now earning better wages and this is develeping their taste— London Globe. REWARD FOR HONESTY Young Politician Who Refused Bribe fs Given a Coveted Nomination. . By H. 5 ERHeRY. Q tersburg—on that everyone was agreed. Higgins had represented the city in the legislature for fifteen years, but Higgins had got out of the game and gone to New York to settle there, and the opposing party hoped to snatch the victory. Their candi- date was Pleat, 2 man of reputed in- tegrity and much wealth, the owner of the huge elghteen-story Pleat bulld- ing, which could not have been match- ed for size within five hundred miles of St, Louis. And Pleat had been the most successful mayor the city had ever known. He had cleaned up Por- tersburg; he had wiped out the slum districts; he had forced through the ordinance for resurveying and regrad- Ing the city streets in spite of an an- tagonistic city government. Higgins’ Party secmed lkely to‘nominate Ben- ton to succeed him, and Pleat hoped to snatch the victory out of his hands, And it seemed probable that he would, for Benton would stand little chanco against the forceful’ ex-mayor. But there was no man of known abil- ity within the party ranks to sueceed Higgins, and Benton was a compro- mise cand{date. Benton would probably be nominated the following week, and Pleat’s adherents counted the victory as won. This was the situation as it outlin- ed itself to Roger Hewett. - Hewett was a surveyor by occupation, but un- til the passing of Pleat's ordinance he had only paid bis office rent by mortgaging the little home which he and his git] wife bad purchased with their small capital when they were married, a year before. The house Was mortgaged to the Indemnity com- pany, and Pleat had a controlling fin- ger in this, as in most other indus- ‘trial and commercial enterprises in Portersburg. ‘ ‘The convention which was expected to nominate Benton had been in ses- sion some days and would notcom- plete its labors until the following week. Although he knew the folly of antagonizing Pleat further, Hewett had been assuming a leading part in its delfberatfons. Pleat had, indeed, openly conveyed his sense of displeas- ure. He had used more subtle meas- ures also. That morning the manag: ers of three banks had refused Hew- ett an increase upon his mortgage, although the value of the property warranted ‘this. He must wait till after election, they told him. And Pleat’s company could and probably would foreclose within a week. “Mary,” sald Hewett to his young wife, “the situation seems to be this: If I crawl to, Pleat and get out of poll- tics he'll probably let us stay on in our Httle home and perhaps throw me some work later. If he gets into the legislature ho can undoubtedly turn the screw in elther direction. If I don't crawl—well, we'll have to look for another home.” “I want you to do what {s right, dear,” his wife answered, and put her arms lovingly about his neck. “Just do what {s right, Roger, and—never mind the home.” That had happened yesterday. Now Hewett sat in his barely furnished office fronting on the city square, studying some blue draught sheets that lay on the desk. But he was thinking harder than he was studying. Nobody but Hewett knew that the great Pleat building encroached a foot and a half upon the city sidewalk. No- body else cared. Nobody else would ever have dreamed of resurveying that section of the financial district of Portersburg. Yet this error meant that Pleat would have to shear off a foot and a half of his great building down a vertical Ine of eighteen sto- ries. He would merely have to remain si lent. If his report went in it might or might not pass unnoticed. He knew that the chief surveyor, a creature of Pleat's, would at least withhold the discovery for a few weeks, until Pleat had carried the municipal and state tickets to victory. Then the ordinance would either be repealed or never act- ed on, and Hewett’s report would be so much waste paper, He had hardly reached his office the next morning before the telephone rang. Hewett took down the recelver. Pleat was at the other’end. “O, Mr. Hewett,” he said, “would you be so kind as to step over to my office at once?” The tones were suave and bland—too suave for one of Pleat's overbearing disposition, the ‘surveyor thought, Hewett stood con- sidering. “Til be over in five minutes,” he answered, after a moment's pause. “You can see me at once?" “At once and alone,” Pleat an- swered. He was as good as his word, despite pany does not like to foreclose. Have you any work in view after your pres- ent task 1s completed?” “No, sir” said Hewett, looking full at the smiling visage of the flnancier- “Too bad!” sighed Pleat. “Ot course, your unfortunate affiliation with the opposing party would preclude me, if I should win the election, from con- sidering your Interests. If you were offered the nomination as state sur- veyor, now—you wouldn't change your coat? No, of course not. But, Mr. Hewett, I understand that Mr. Blake is resigning from the water commls- sion, a strictly non-partisan body. Suppose you were appointed to suc- ceed him at once by Governor Briggs?” Hewett’s heart leaped. The salary was $5,000 a year! “That would involve no sacrifice of principle on my part?” he asked, mots- tening bis dry lps. “None whatever,” answered Pleat. “You would simply lay down your Present office forthwith and step into your new one during the course of a day or two. Of course your successor would take over all your duties.” ’ Hewett knew what was coming. “For Instance, you would probably de willing to recall your report of yes- terday upon the survey of White street, which will not be acted on officially until the next meeting ef the survey board?” Hewett rose up. t “You can’t buy me that way or any way, Mr, Pleat," he answered, taking his hat, and he saw Pleat's face grow purple. For a moment the financier hesitated; then ‘he came forward with the agility of a boy. He was trem- bling. too. “For $20,000," he whispered, and began plucking at his sleeve. “Come here! It’s in my desk! Don't be a fool and cut your own throat, young man, Who's backing you in this? My God, it will cost me a quarter of a mil- lion ff that report goes through. Your last chance!—and I'll make it $30,000, $40,000, any price within reason. Look here! It's all in bills and gold. Come and let me show you!” Somehow Hewett escaped from the room. “His last view was of the old man standing before his desk and tossing great bundles of bills hither and thithef like an infurlated-child. ‘Men came to see Hewett that after- noon and the next day and the next, and, in guarded language, unfolded varlous propositions to the effect that he should make peace with Pleat. Hewett showed them to the door. Om the third day the Indemnity company served him with a foreclosure notice. Then he told Mary everything. “You have done right, dear,” she said, “You couldn't have done other wise. And I'm proud of you. couldn't live here happily if you had sold your soul to Pleat. We'll make another home somewhere—but one can never make honor of dishonor.” ‘ They packed their things and en~ gaged @ couple of rooms in a poorer part of the city. Hewett knew that his occupation was gone. He did not even go down to his office. But that. afternoon, going to the convention frem his new abode, with the reek of new paint In his nostrils and bis heart weighed down with bitterness, he made his last speech for Benton. It was the last day of the session and the nomination would be made that afterncon. As Hewett mounted the platform he became aware that there was an indefinable unrest In the air. The delegates were watching him and whispering together; something was brewing, someone had, mooted something—everyone in, the hall knew It except Hewett. | He did not know now Ditterly he spoke, nor the impassioned nature of his plea for piirer politics, a clerner civic spirit. He thought that he was urging Benton's election on these grounds, but In reallty he was plead- ing for his lost home and the homes of all’ who had to choose between dfs- honor and the happiness of those they loved. ' He did not wait for the nomination; but, his duty done, left the hall. Out- side the representatives of three pa- pers were waiting for him. “Mr. Hewett!" one of the men began. He shook him off and left him. He tramp- ed two miles through the rain, went up to his rooms, and sat down dls- mally upon the unpacked furniture. Men were tramping up the stairs. ‘The door was thrown open. Mary stood there; with her were a half- dozen men. He knew their faces; he had seen them at the convention. His brain was whirling. Who were they? The well-known names escaped him. “Mr. Hewett,” sald somebody, “the convention ime tenilered you the nom 3 * Che Savannah Erikune, 7 Established 1875. By JOHN H. DEVEAUX Published by SOL. C. JOHNSON Editor and Proprietor JAS. H. BUTLER Asso. Editor and Manager Published Every Saturday ‘ 1009 West Broad Street. Phone 2171. Subscription Rates: Qne Year - - - - - - $1.25 Six Months - - - - - 6 Three Months - ~ - - 50 Remittance must be made by Express or Post Office Money Order, or Register- ed Letter. Advertising rates given on application, Satered at the Post Office at Savan- gah, Ga., as Second-Class mail matter. Sarorpay, Fen. StH, 1913. . Whatever may be said deroga tory of the character and habits of the Amoricrn Negro, it is a fact that he has his first time to organ- izo or hold a convention of his ho- boes, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding . February twelfth, nineteen hun- dréd and thirteen, will mark the one hundred and third ann.versary of tho birth of the great emancipa- tor, Abraham Lincoln. In oder that we may do honor tothe mex- ory of this illostrious man who proved, without doubt, his great love and friendship for our people, fitting and appropriate exercises should be held in all of our schools and churches. We would like to see among our people a rousing, country wide celebration of the birth of Lincoln, that will be in keeping with his illustrious life and the great things that he was -atle to do for his country and for our race, Again do we note that another feeble attempt has been made dur- ing the present session ot Congress to gebit to consider the advisibility of pensioning the ex-slaves = We cannot see for the life of us why anything should stand in the way of the passage of a Jaw of this na ture ff our country. is indebted to any of her individuals for ser- vice, then it must be to the ex- slaves who served ber faithfully, nou only im times of peace and plenty but in tunes of war and ad versity as well. It is said that the nutls of justice grind slowly. Lo th case of the ex-sluyes, this is certainly true. Perhaps ib is the purpose or aim of our legislators to wait a few years longer when all of the ex-slayes will be gathered to their fathers; to pass a law pen- sioning them for their service to their country. The prayer of the ex-slaves_ is, now or never—vwill our levislaters so act? those whoattend the lecture-re- citul of Madam Hacckley recently held at the Georgia State College, Werc much impressed with the spires of optimism and hope in the future of the tface that seemed to permeate berentire being. Madain Hacckley gave tt to our people that they should not allow it to be charged at their door that they Jack race pride. On the contrary, she said that we should conyratulate ourselves on the fact that we are identified with a race of so noble a heritage aad with,so grand 2 _nis- tory. Madam Hacckley made it plain to all that she was proud of tho race and its associations. She urged her hearers to exhibit their pride by holding their heads and hodies erect, their shoulders back and having a general carriage of body that will suggest life and purpose. Inall that she said we heartily agree. Why some of our people should go around with bowed heads und bodies and a look that admits defeat wea have never been abletosee. It isa true state- ment, that aman is never down un- til he is ready to stay. If one loses in aconflict there is no reason why he should bemourn himself for the remainder of his life. We should look up. We should aim high. Weshould never give up in a competitive struggle until we are thoroughly conquered and then only long enough to get ourselves in trim again. We agree with Madam Hacckley that there is too small an exhibition of independent race pride by our people. If we let the world know that we are proud of ourselves then the world -will_ respect us the more. The words of Madam Hacckley rang true and we sincerely trust. that our people will catch the spirit of this consecrated woman and thus inereuse their pride of race. * That Presidort-elect Wilson is amar witha will of his own.and is determined to do his duty to all alike as fur as he is able to see it, is nttested by his recent as- surances to the New York fivening Post anent his prospec- tive action toward the bill now before congress, H. R., 1262. to repeal the. statutes which author- zed the formation of the fqur Negro Regiments—the 9th and L0th Calvary and the 24th and 25th Infantry, if the same is pass- ~d by congress ‘According -to he Post, President-elect Wilson has given the assurances that he will not tolerate any movement which has for its object the elimi- nation of the four regiments of Negro troops from the army. Since Mr. Wilson’s election to the presidency. more and more have we come to admire him as a man of courage and conviction; a high class gentleman whose ideals are too high to stoop to the petty things which are the ever present gods of the demagogi¢ and Negro hating whites and ‘the notoriety seeking politicians with which it is our misfortune to have our tountry infested. We, at the present time, are very much in- clined to the belief that our peo- ple are going*to get a_ squire deal at the bands of President Wilson. We believe that President Wilson, besieged no doulst as“he will be, by Negro hating firebands who may think this the opportunity of | their lives to have us “legislated off the map,” by means of his great and magnetic personality will be able to lift himself nbove the clamorous appeals of the Negro. haters for class legislation and’ sppear to the world as a truc-re- presentative of a government of the people, by the people and for the people, When it comes to’ down right long winded parliamentarianism or extended points of order, it seems that our people stand head and shoulder aboye all others, be it suid to their credit or discredit. Much to our regret, it seems to to be getting beyond our people in deliberate bodies assembled to transact their business with neat- ness and dispatch. On the contra- ry, long drawn out discussions and points of orders on the most trivial matters cause them to hold sessions of two. three aud sometimes four or live hours duration for the con- sideration of matter which could be decided upon, if gone at intelli- gently. iyamuch shortertime. As a result, nest of the intelligence which should be found amdng our people in their slelinerate Posies is Hast leaving them. It seefus to be an innate desire or intention on the part of every colored man who is connected with a fraternity “to be heard” on every subjector ques- tion brought up in‘the meeting which he attends, regurdless*as to whether or not he has yiven the subject any previous consideration. He seems to feel that by availing himself of évery opportunity to speak, he increases his prestage with his brethren and his reputa- tion as a deep thinking and re- sourceful parliamentarian, Thus he speaks on any and every subject rejoicing in the fact that the eyes of the brotherhood are turned to- ward him and that for the present aay least, he 1s the centre of their temporary ‘waze. And too, the ‘presiding officer feels that his po- sition requires that he must shine also as an intellectual and parlia- mentary luminary. As a conse- quence, prefactory remarks of in- creasing length =:ccompany his pre- sentation of subjects of the most minor importance. Instead of di- reciing legislation he feels that it is bis primal duty to influence it. Hence he literally ‘‘talkS himself to death” in his effort to carry things as he wishes them to be carried. This is especially true if he has the gift of gab. While all of this is going on, the meek and lowly of those disinclined to talk unless they have something to say worth while, must sit and wait and observe while the same thing is gone over again and again. This way of doing business ought to be discontinued. When banks and trust companies representiig a capital of $1,200,000 or more, can meot in their directory meeting and transact their business of a month in an hour, it seems to us that organtzations representing a much smaller outlay of brain and capital ought to be able to transact their business in a proportinate space of time. ‘Thasooner our peo- ple learn how to deliberate, the bet- ter will it be for them. The offic: ers of our organizations, business, social, fraternal and religious must bear in mind the fact that talking siesta to death on x subject does noi bring about the best re- sults, our would be parlismenta- rians would do well to remember the same.” The timo when one can sit for two, three or four hysurs over businessthat can be well look- ed after in a half an hour or hour, is 2 thing of the past. Let us do as we should; open our meetings on time, consider carefully and pointedly the subject matter on hand, pass our opinion on same, if need be, and then dispatch our- selves to our ‘various destinations. Let's do business in a business way devoting our time to the business SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. 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SMALL Diyision Passenger Agent Savannah, Ga. on hand, sowing extruneous mat- ters toe take cage of theatelves and briddling our tong * «© 2a ot away as to prove that w+. immune to anything that sso s of verboma- pia. . Resvlutions. | Resolutions by Solomon Temple Chapter No. 95,0 E.S, on the death of its Worthy Matron, Mrs. Deborah Collins. . 5 Whereas, God in His infinite wis- dom and mercy saw fit on the morning of Nov. 23rd, to call trom ber earthiv duties ‘to resf and peace eternal, our beloved W M, Sister Deborab Collins, we believe that she now enjoys the presence of a Living Saviour and Sol- omon Temple Chapter bows ia humble submission tothe will of Him who doeth all things for the best, We deeply sympathize with the bereaved family and especially the two dear children who shall miss, so much the tender care and loving guidance of a Christian, mother. | Resolved, that a copy of these reso- lutions be spread onthe minutes of the Chapter and a copy be furnished the bereaved family. “We shall sleep, but not forever, There will be a glorious dawn, We shall meet to part, no never, On the resurrection morn.”” Mrs. P. Pinckney Mrs. Josephine Singleton . Mrs. Mary E Harper A Committee Fifteenth AnnualGeorgia State Industrial College Farmers’ Conference Thursday and Friday, Februnry 20- * 21, 1913 The fifteenth annual Georgia State College Farmers’ Conference will take Bisce in Meldrim Auditorium, Georgia tate College. Savannah, Georgia, Thursday and Friday Feb. 20th-2ist. The farmers from all over the State of Georgia are cordially invited to be present as the guests of the College All subjects relating to gencral agri- cultural questions will be discussed by experts in the various liues of agricil- ture, Donot fail to come, Any one desiring further information on_ the subject may write the undersigned. * R. R. Wright? President, Ga. StateCoilege. Savannah,Ga F.B. B. Church. On Sunday morning quite a number of friends accompanied Rev Wrigat to Nicholsonboro, where he conducted the services at the Nicholsonboro Bap- tist Church, of which he is pastor. The prayer meeting was conducted b Dea- con T, Brown. Rev. Wright read for ‘the Jesson Ps.im 103. His text was from 1 Peter 1:2, the subject was “Have you Faith in God” The ser- [mon was filled with excellent lessons and good advices to all The message Was truly weil received. The choir ‘sang “I’ma cluld of the King” Rev. Wright led the hymn “1 Joye thy eingdom Lord.” {fe tenderly invited those who feit the need of prayer to the mercy-seat. A large crond bowed and prayer was offered. The members and friends surprised Deacon Mack with a neat littlesum of money. He is the oldest Deacon on the staff and has been sick for more than a year. After a very impressive communion, ‘dinner was served at the homes of Mrs. Grayson and Mrs. Brown. We return- ed to the city having spent a most de- lightful day socially and_ spiritually. At night Rev. Wright read for the les- son, Roman 10. His text was from Rev. 19:8. ‘The Church’’ was the sub- ject. He preached a most excellent sermon The choirsang ‘‘I’ll be there” Rev Wright led the hymn “Show pity Lord.” He invited those who felt the need of prayer to the mercy-seat. A large crowd accepted the invitation and prayer was offered. We most cor- dials invite you to come down at any time. You willsurely enjoy our ser- vices. - Dr. L: 8, Parks. DENTIST oS 240 Barnard Street, Specialist in Gold and Bridge Work Savannan, ua. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and. workman- ship. Gold crowns and, bridge. work. White Porcelain Pivot and Gold Crowns mounted on the natural roots, Golt Fillings, Cement Fillings, and Silver or Acialgany Fillings. From nine to a full set of teeth $8.00 and$10.00 Broken plates mended and teeth added.§ 11 Gold Crowns Guaranteed 23} K Gold. £ Bell Phone 1244 Subscribe : to the | Ro poe B._. -N. and learn what the NEGROES of the city are deing!, ; . St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Harris and Habersham Streets. 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AW—About our contract all must know, - L—Law is the same for high and low. A—A dozén years haye past and gone, 5—Since we began this work alouve. . =. sS—toome times our way was very dark, ©O— Onr crew stayed in our little bark, -- C—Commander DRISKELL knew his men, J—In their manhood he could depend. . s&-~All over the state his men he sent, ‘U'—To tell about this great event. X—In all these years we ve stood the test, (<}—Onr contract now is called the best. IN—Now, see one of our Agts to-day or phone 1470, District Manager, 509 W. Broad Street, § or write Wm. Driskell, Secretary-Manage Ave., Atlanta, Ga 2 : Pekin Theatre HOUSE OF FEATURE FILMS Monday February toth 2 Reels > 2 Reels ““A Classical Eclair’’ Tuesday Februafy ith An Intenst Drama Without a Match ae : An Open Road 2 Reels 2 Reels. * | Wednesday February 12th | Extraadded attractions, the greatest of all classics ae “Queen of Camargue” - In Three Parts 2, Parts . 2 Parts “A Shadow of The Past” ‘ A’ Broncho Feature ‘Thursday February 13th 2 Reels . 2 Reels The Silver Plated Gin Friday February ath 1 a A DOUBLE HEADER a “The Mosaic Law” | . Thrilling and Sensatinal 4 The Frontier Providence | ~ 101, Bison 101 Bison Saturday February 15th ~ . “Rose of Old (Mlexico” - . Dates are now open for— . = LINCOLN PARK _ Apply Pekin Theatre 7 W.. J- Stiles Col. F. M. Coheu spent a few days in Americus, this week on business. Miss Mitte Hern of Atlanta is in the city spending a few days with friends. Miss J. A. Morrison and Mrs Edith Butler ofacon are in the city en route to Tampa, Fla, where they will attend the wedding of the former's sister. Mrs. Mae E. Bolton and son of Charleston S C, are in the city visiting relatives. Miss Helen Anderson of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting Miss Rosa Carter, Magne street Mr. William Roston of Raleigh, N.C., is in the city en route to Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Georgia Ford of Atlanta, is visiting Mrs. Ada Middleton, Waldburg street, west Miss Annie Miller of Americus is among the visitors in the city. Miss Miller is enroute to Baltimore, Md., where she will visit her brother. Mr. Henry Johnson of Waycross, is visiting in the city. Mrs. J. N Coleman announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Sadie D. Lambert to Mr Albert V. Lancelin, which took place on Thursday morning last. Misses Ada Alston and Susie Moore of Jacksonville, Fla., were in the city Tuesday enroute to Richmond, Va., where they will visit relatives. Friends of Mr. James Riley, Henry street, west, will be pleased to learn that he has fully recovered from the painful accident which befell him on the 20th, of last month. Mr. Audie Sutton and Mr. Charles Henderson of Newark, N J., were among the visitors in the city this week. Miss Georgia Hill of Rome, is visiting Miss Marion Williams, Hall street, east. Miss Mamie Butler, Huntingdon street, west, informally entertained last Monday afternoon for her guest, Miss Madeline Brooks of Atlanta Mr. J. C Miller of Americus is in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, East Broad street. Mrs. J R Jones has returned to her home in Philadelphia, after having spent two months visiting relatives and friends in Savannah, Augusta, Spartanburg and Laurens, S. C. She was the guest of honor at many entertainments here The many friends of Miss Charlotte Jenrosz of 514 Cuyler street, were indeed sorry to hear of her serious illness and are glad to know of her convalescence. Mr John S. Hogan of New York City, and Mrs Elen Grinage, of this city, were united in matrimony at St Phillips parsonage on Wednesday evening, the 9th. A select party of friends witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. R H Singleton. Their home will be 511 Robert street. Mrs Eliza Jones who has been living in Jacksonville, Fla. for sometime is in the city ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Gadsden, Duffy street, west. Mrs Anis Fening and Ada Thomas will leave the city for St. Augustine, Fla., on Monday 10th. Lenten Preachers at St. Stephen Bishop Nelson of Atlanta, Wednesday, February 26th, 8 p.m. Rev. G. L. Whitney of Augusta, Monday, March 3rd, 5 p.m. Rev. C. B Wilmer, of Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday March 11th, 8 p.m. Mrs. C. H. Graham arrived in the city yesterday from New York. I wish to thank my young friends for the surprise they gave me on Friday evening, January 31st, 1913. George R. Rice. March 3rd, Monday. Dance by Royal Bucks Aid and Social Club at Harris Street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. February 12th, Wednesday Afternoon Dance by the Metronome Orchestra at Masonic Temple. Tickets 10 cents. February 17th, Monday. Ministers Wedding at St. Philip A. M. E. Church. Ticket 15 and 10 cents. February 18th, Tuesday. Dance by Lone Star Lodge No. 6, K. of D. at Mechanic Hall. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. February 12th, Wednesday. Entertainment by Queen Esther Lodge No. 159 S. J A. at Harris street Hall. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. February 19th, Wednesday. Mock Trial at F. A. B. Church. Tickets 10 cents. March 5th, Wednesday. Wayside Picnic at Masonic Temple by Carpet Club of Beth-Eden Baptist Church. Tickets 15 cents. February 18th, Tuesday. Fourth Annual Entertainment by Tomochichi Lodge No. 7972 at Masonic Temple. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. February 18th, Tuesday. 18th, Anniversary by the Evening Call Aid and Social Club at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. February 10th, Monday. Dime Social benefit of Winter-green Aid and Social Club, at 512 Hartridge street. February 18th, Tuesday. First Spring Dance by Savannah Auto Boys at Masonic Temple. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. February 24th, Monday. Fourth Annual Entertainment by Star of Bethlehem Lodge No. 32 G. U. O. of A. K. of A. at Harris street Hall. Tickets 15 cents March 5th, Wednesday. Wayside Picnic'by Carpet Club of Beth-Eden Baptist Church. Tickets 15 cents. Death. Mr. Ned Drayer, one of the oldest citizens of Limerick, Ga., departed this life last Tuesday morning, January 28th. The deceased was well known throughout Liberty county. He was ill about three months. Mr. Drayer was a native of Limerick, Ga., and was one of the most highly respected men in his community. He was a member of the F A B Church and also a member of the Freedmns Lodge, Odd-Fellows. He is survived by a wife, a daughter, Mrs. F. Dudley, this city, a sister, Mrs. Frazier also of this city, and many other relatives Marriage Announcement. Mr and Mrs. C. C. Hill announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ruby Hill to Mr. J. W. Brooks. Mr. Speaker-Fellow Citizens. I accept with pleasure the honor of again introducing to you this year-one of the most brilliant, safest and most carefully conducted industrial life and health insurance companies known throughout this great commonwealth. The Ga Mutual Industrial Life and Health Insurance Company of Augusta, Ga (applause) The speaker continued Within the next few days, dear friends, you will have the pleasure of reading for yourselves the annual report of the various sick and accident companies of the state which under the laws must be made to the Insurance Commissioners, then if you will compare the business acquired by the Ga. Mutual in its four years of operation along side the business acquired by other good companies during a period from ten to fifteen years, you could scarcely conceive the wonderful progress made by this great company in such a short period of time. (great applause) (To be continued) Branch Office 509 W. Broad St., Savannah, Ga. H. T. Singleton, Dist. Mgr. —Ad The Guaranty Recommended. Savannah, Ga., February 5th, 1913. Guaranty Mutual Life & Health Ins. Co., Savannah, Ga. Please permit me to say a few words concerning your Company. My advice to all of my people who do not carry any Insurance is to join the Guaranty Mutual Life & Health Insurance Company, for it will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless It is a good colored Insurance and my advice is that all colored people patronize this Company, for they will do what they promise, and won't give you any trouble by dodging around your home as some of the white Insurance Companies do. I am writing this letter to the public concerning this Company, because they have treated me and my neighbors fairly, and I feel that my people should patronize this Company, as by doing so they will be greatly benefited, so my advice to those that do not carry any Insurance, and those that carry Insurance is to join the Guaranty Mutual Life & Health Insurance Company. Yours sincerely (Miss) Addie Roberson, 517 Robert St, Savannah, Ga. ad SPECIAL OFFERING REAL ESTATE 1 Two-story house on Wheaton St., 8 Rooms in first-class condition $3500.00. $500 Cash, $20 per month. 1 Two-story, 7 Room house and large lot, 38th, St., West. $1800 Cash. 1 Four room cottage lot 50 x 100 feet on Hill street second door from Bull street. Only $1800. The lot is worth the price. A few other bargains G. H. Bowen Phone 4096 605 West Broad St Bargains in Real Estate 4 beautiful lots 36th street near Burroughs. Finest residential spot in the city for Negroes. 11 beautiful lots on Montgomery street in growing part of the city size 30 x 105, and 30 x 157. Price $300.00, $10 down or $5 per month no interest. I can supply you with many other valuable pieces of property in the city; improved and unimproved. Geo. W. Jacobs Phone 3713 817 West Broad Street STEAVE'S BICYCLE BABY CARRIAGE TIRES AND REPAIRS A SPECIALTY Aff Work Guaranteed Bring around your, work boys, you all know Steave Oglethorpe Ave. & Jefferson St. S. E. PARRISH, Proprietor PHONE 2812 Henry Mears Feed Co HAY & GRAIN OF ALL KINDS 508 W. Jones St. Come and take a look at our Stock or Phone your order and it will be delivered promptly. Phone 3461 HALL LANE W:ST BROAD ST MONDAYS — AND — THURSDAYS From 4 o'clock till 11:30 p. m Every Week Night From 7 p. m., to 11:30 p. m. Pictures changed daily Prices Never Change Many Big Features Coming I have tried to make every day a cracker jack program so any you can come you won't be disappointed. The Show ShopF or The People BAKER THE MOVING PICTURE MA Land Is The BASIS Of All Wealth And when it can be Bought at a Low Price ON EASY PAYMENTS In a Great City like Savannah, where it is bound to Grow in Value, it behooves every sensible person to buy it. CANN PARK LOTS FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE DESIRABLY SITUATED AND IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR INCREASE IN VALUE, NO; RAILROAD CAN ENTER THE CITY WITHOUT FURTHER INCREASING THEIR VALUE. The Value is there NOW and it will GROW In a year or two the same lot will sell for $500. Another bought at $225 and wants $550 and will get it. Another at $175 and will sell for $400, no less. Bed Rock Prices Now, Good Profit Later. Another Chance in Lots where the Great A. M. E. 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This Life Insurance feature is a great advantage to the LOT BUYER and is WORTH CONSIDERING. The sale of these properties is controlled by our office, and we will take great pleasure in showing buyers the lots and telling them particulars. Automobile to the properties. See them, and your time will be well spent. Savings Invested in LAND will MAKE YOU RICH. G. H. BOWEN, Real Estate Dealer CASTRO MUST LEAVE COUNTRY Secretary Nagel Denies Admission to Venezuelan. THE KILLING OF PAREDEZ. Former President's Refusal To Answer Whether He Was a Party to the Crime the Reason For Order For His Deportation. Washington. — Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, was denied admission to the United States as a visitor by Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The Venezuelan's unwavering refusal to answer the question whether, while president of his country, he was a party to the killing of General Paredez was the cause of Secretary Nagel's order for his deportation. The Cabinet minister sustained the adverse report of the immigration authorites against Castro on the ground that his declination to answer "may in itself constitute an admission by or admitting the commission of a felony. The immigration law bars from entry any person convicted of or admitting the commission of a crime involving moral turpitude, providing it is not purely a political offense. The Secretary held that the murder of Paredez was not a purely political crime. Compelled To Answer. Further, the Secretary declared that an alien was compelled to answer "yes" or "no" any pertinent question regarding his admissibility. If permitted to refuse he maintained that "the immigration service might just as well adjourn." The alleged information against Castro was furnished the Department of Commerce and Labor by the State Department, and Secretary Nagel, in his decision, frankly admits that, but for the State Department's action, Castro probably would have been admitted without question. "Cliprano Castro's former position as president of Venezuela," he added, "would, under ordinary circumstances, have furnished further inducement for such action." The Immigration Bureau," he declared, "had followed the same course in this case as in that pursued in any other where official warning had been given regarding the character of an alien. "It is officially charged," said Mr. Nagel, "that Castro, while president of Venezuela, and in full possession of the authority of that state, directed the killing of Paredez without trial or hearing of any kind, Paredez at that time having been made a prisoner while engaged in a revolt against Castro." Information Specific. The information that Castro ordered the killing of the General under these circumstances Mr. Nagel declares to be specific and confirmed by authenticated copies of original telegrams. The Secretary admitted that decisions in extradition cases seem to hold that such a crime would be political, "although this view has been questioned by high authority." Consideration, he added, however, must be given to the fact that the alleged offense was not committed by a person engaged in a revolution against constituted authority, but "by the president of the republic in full control of the authority of the state, who denied the benefit of the very law which he was charged to preserve." Also, the Secretary pointed out, that the immigration law was amended in 1903 so as to exempt offenses "purely political and not involving moral turpitude." CIGARETTE COSTS FOUR LIVES. Stump Thrown In Wastebasket In Hotel—Three Injured. Chicago.—Three men and women were burned to death, three men were seriously injured, one probably fatally, and several more suffered minor injuries in a fire at Marco Hotel. The victims were trapped in their beds by flames and smoke and never got out of their rooms. Of the injured, several were hurt by jumping from windows on the third and fourth floors. Many others were trampled on and bruised in the rush to escape. The fire is believed to have been caused by a cigarette thrown in a waste-paper basket in a room where a party of men were playing cards. DOG'S VOICE HAUNTED HER. Girl Confesses To Burning Barn and Causing Death Of Canine. New Brunswick—Haunted by the memory of a watchdog's howls, Julia Sohlosser, 15 years old, confessed that she had burned the barn in which the animal perished. The loss was $5,000. HATPINS BRING FINES. Fifteen Girls Forced To Pay $10 Each For Unprotected Points. Adelalde, Mo.-Fifteen women and girls were fined $10 each in police court for wearing unprotected hatpins, and one who refused to pay was sent to jail for seven days. E. AEC. HARD RAPS FOR MEDIATION PLAN Compulsory Arbitration Attacked by Labor Leaders. GOMPERS IN FIERY SPEECH. The National Civic Federation Is Endeavoring To Perfect a Model Statel Medi- New York.-The theory of compulsory arbitration received many hard raps at the session of the National Civic Federation, which had under discussion the general subject of the arbitration of labor difficulties. The federation is endeavoring to perfect a model state mediation act. In a fiery address, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, roundly denounced the effort to make 'arbitration compulsory.' "This proposed act," said Mr. Gompers, "is infamous to the last degree. You cannot take from a laborer the right to stop work if he chooses. "The united men of labor will abide no such act. We will fight if need be to keep such manacles from our wrists. Again and again," he continued. "we have withheld strike orders in the hope of conciliation. But the right to strike as a last resort against hardships shall not be taken from us. How else can our conditions be remedied. We cannot depend for relief on the sociological and mental slumming expeditions of faddists and the dilettanti." In discussing the proposed mediation law, previous to Mr. Gompera's speech, Marcus M. Marks, chairman of the mediation department of the Civic Federation, said the United States was very backward in providing machinery to prevent conflict during the changing conditions of labor and capital. His department was considering the Erdman act, a model state mediation act and an improvement in the relation between government employees and the respective federal, state and city governments. He discussed each act in detail. Oscar S. Straus, former minister to Turkey, told of the operations of the mediation board appointed to adjust the difficulties between the engineers on the Eastern railroads and their employers as illustrating the difficulties under which boards of conciliation and arbitration labor. A. B. Garretson, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, paid his respects somewhat caustically to a board of arbitration of which Mr. Straus' was chairman. He said the board was composed of men who were theorists and not practical. A telegram was ordered sent to Senator Borah, at Washington, urging the prompt confirmation of the reappointment of Dr. Charles P. Nell as United States commissioner of labor. FLED FROM SURGEONS. Bollermaker Rings From Operating Table and Goes Home. Newport News, Va.—Ernest Carpenter, a sturdy bollermaker, was carted off to a hospital ready to die unless operated upon for appendicitis, the ambulance surgeon said. At the sight of the glistening instruments and white-robed attendants, he rose from the sterile slab, gathered his clothing, pushed aside the nurses who sought to restrain him and went home. He had a good night's sleep, ate a hearty breakfast and was busy as usual working a steam riveter on his job a little later. THE CUBAN ELECTIONS. Hopes Of the Liberals Receive a Rude Shock Havana.—The hopes of the Liberals that the Supreme Court would pronounce in their favor in the proceedings brought to determine the constitutionality of the law under which the recent elections were held have been shattered by the opinion of the prosecutor that the court is adverse to their contention. MANY ARE INJURED IN STRIKE BATTLE Spectators Victims in Clash With Deputy Sheriffs. STARTED BY PIECE OF COAL Bullets Pass Through Sheriff's Hat and Coat—Official Declares That Women Incited Men To Riot. Pittsburgh.—One man was shot dead, one mortally wounded and 12 persons injured in two riots at Rankin, Pa., six miles south of here, where 1,500 employees of the wire mills are on strike. The dead man, George Kenasko, was not a striker, but a by-stander attracted by the fighting. His body was taken to the morgue. Three of those shot are guards employed by the American Steel and Wire Company, a Steel Corporation subsidiary, the others were spectators. Two women and one child were severely clubbed. Not a striker was injured, as far as can be learned. Sheriff Judd Bruff was shot at repeatedly, a bullet knocking off his hat. Another pierced his overcoat. Two deputy sheriffs were shot in the back and two unknown negroes received bullets in their legs. All the injured men were taken to Braddock General Hospital. Rioting began shortly before 5 o'clock. One account says that General Organizer Thomas H. Flynn, of the Federation of Labor, was addressing 1,000 strikers in a public hall in Fourth street. Down near the wire mill a mob of strikers and sympathizers attacked Sheriff Bruff. The din of the firing attracted the men in the meeting. They poured into the street and walked right into the hall of bullets fired by the guards. The screams of the wounded and the continued firing frightened the mob and it dispersed. In the thick of the battle, in front of the public hall, Organizer Flynn rushed up to Sheriff Bruff. "In God's name, call off these men and stop them firing those guns," cried Flynn. Flynn declares Bruff answered: "You get out of this town at once or you'll get the same thing." The deputy sheriffs and strikers collided on Hawkins avenue, one of the principal streets of Rankin borough, which adjoins this city. The county officers, armed with revolvers, and rifles and the strikers armed with revolvers and stones, battled for one hour within an area of two street squares. The rioting and shooting ended when the deputy sheriffs retreated within the fence of the mill. A BRAVE BOOKKEEPER. Fress Himself and Drives Off Two Bank Robbers. Edmonton, Alberta.—Working himself free of the rope with which he had been bound, Clare West, a bookkeeper of the Bank of Nova Scotia, reached for his revolver and drove off two masked robbers who were rifling the safe. The pair fired several shots at West as they dashed out, one bullet lodging in his arm. NINE WIVES ALLEGED. Somerset Lawyer Accused Of Being a Very Much Married Man. Somerset, Pa.—Esther Spielberg got a divorce from her husband, Attorney Nicholas Spielberg, who, she said, had married nine-women in as many cities. X-RAYS KILLS DOCTOR. Blood Poisoning) Follows Burning Of Hands By Invisible Light. Paris.—Dr. Paulin Merry, former Deputy, died from burns on the hand inflicted by Roentgen rays. Blood poisoning set in, necessitating an operation from which the scientist failed to rally. MILITANT WOMEN THREATENT TROUBLE English Suffragettes Are Angered by Defeat. TREACHERYISCHARGED. Decision By the Speaker Of the House of Commons Moves the Prime Minister To Withdraw the Franchise Bill. London—England is on the brink of another campaign by the suffragettes in comparison with which former outbreaks of the militant women will appear insignificant. The women believe that the politicians have played a carefully studded trick upon them, and the decision of the government to drop the franchise bill is likely to entail serious consequences. In the House of Commons the Speaker, Right Hon. James William Lowther, in response to an inquiry by the Prime Minister, announced that if any of the amendments to the franchise bill giving women the vote should be adopted, he would be obliged to rule that they made it substintially a new bill, which would compel its withdrawal. Mr. Asquith thereupon announced that the Cabinet had decided that under such circumstances it would be useless to proceed. This was announced to a crowded house, which displayed more interest in the subject than had been shown in the last stages of the Home Rule bill. The Premier repudiated the suggestion that the government had been guilty of sharp practice regarding the question of woman suffrage. He declared the members of the Cabinet had honestly endeavored to carry out their pledge to challenge a decision from the House. The government, he continued, had now pledged itself to give to a woman suffrage bill introduced by a private member next session the same facilities as it had given to the controversial government measure, allowing members complete freedom to vote in accordance with their individual predilections. SENATORS ELECTED. Key Pittman, Nevada, Democrat. Representative Morris Sheppard, Texas, Democrat. Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, Republican, re-elected. Benjamin Tillman, South Carolina, Democrat, re-elected. Judge William II. Thompson, Kansas, Democrat. Judge W. M. Kavanaugh, Arkansas, Democrat. Congressman William Hughes, New Jersey, Democrat. A. B. Fall, New Mexico, Republican, re-elected. The deadlock in the New Hampshire legislature still continues. ALFONSO GREETS WILSON. A Message Of Good Will Through Marques Inclan. Trenton, N. J.—President-elect Wilson received personal greetings from the King of Spain through the Marques de La Vega Inclan, the royal commissioner, delegate to select a site for the Spanish exhibit at the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. It was the first message Mr. Wilson has received from an European ruler. The envoy, besides conveying to the President-elect the King's personal message of good will, expressed in behalf of the King a deep interest in the exposition at San Francisco. He told the Governor that Spain had been planning a similar exposition for the same year, but now intended to postpone her world's fair until 1918. The President-elect inquired if it were true that King Alfonso would visit the United States soon and learned that the laws and customs of Spain made it practically impossible for its monarch to leave the country for any length of time. BOARD BLAMES CAPT. GILBERT For the Disaster In the Cresapeake Bay. Norfolk, Va.—Holding Captain Gilbert, the master of the steamer Julia Luckenbach, responsible, the local steamboat inspectors, Tapley and Bray, in their decision, not only exonerated the master and pilot of the British steamship Indakuala from all blame, but highly commended the master and crew of their conduct at the time of the collision between the two vessels in Chesapeake Bay, which resulted in the sinking of the Julia Luckenbach and the drowning of 16 people on the morning of January 3, 1913. TWENTY-SIX PERISH. The German Bark Pangani Is Sunk In Collision. Havre, France.—Twenty-six of the crew of the German bark Pangani perished through the sinking of that vessel by the French steamer Phryne, off Cape de La Mague, in the English Channel. The vessels collided in a fog and the Pangani sank so rapidly that only four of those aboard were saved. SPORTS WRESTLING Zbyszko in his training for Cutler put much attention on "sparring" for holds. Gotch has definitely agreed at last to take on Zbyszko in the last week of April, provided that the Pole defeats all the smaller fry in the meantime. AQUATIC Richard-Arnst of Australia, famous as the world's sculling champion for years, is an applicant for the position of rowing coach at Penn upon the expiration of Ellis Ward's contract. Penn retains Ellis Ward as rowing coach for another year. The advice of older alumni having prevailed against the impatience of younger oarsmen who wished to see a change made. President Pilkington of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen advocates a new system whereby all of the crews will be coached by one man. Charles Courtney, the famous producer of Cornell crews, is slated for the position. HORSE RACING August 'Belmont's stable of thoroughbreds won upward of $50,000 on the English turf the past season. Nancy Hanks, 2:04, has not produced a foal since 1908, but is thought to be with foal by Siliko, 2:11 1-4. C. K. G. Billings' recent purchase, the trotting mare Icon, 2:10, is believed to be with foal by Willy, 2:05. A. J. Welch promises some innovations in the arrangement of classes for the 1913 grand circuit meeting at Readville. "Speck" Erskine has been engaged to train the horses of Cobb Brothers, the owners of Direct Hal, 2:04 1-4, and Mainsheet, 2:05. The Bradford (Ont.) trotter Dr. Wilkes, 2:11 1-4, owned, trained and driven by R. W. McIrvine, won $4,250 in nurses the past season. The following drivers marked two or more of the 2:10 trotters of 1912: Thomas W. Murphy, 6; E. F.-Geers, 5; W. R. Cox, 3; C. Daniels, 2; J. H. Dickerson, 2; Alonzo McDonald, 2; B. Shank, 2; A. L. Thomas, 2. 0 For the first time in history a horse has been awarded a first prize three months after its death. The Eel (2:02 I-4) died at Columbus just after the meet there, and last week was awarded the first prize instead of second owing to the passing of the national board on a disqualification case. BASEBALL Monte Cross is a candidate for the job as manager at Reading, Pa. Manager Griffith has twenty-five men signed up for the coming campaign. Manager Jimmy Callahan says the Naps have one great man in Shortstop Chapman. Jimmy McAleer, owner of the Boston Red Sox, says Milan is the king of all fielders. Connie Mack has released Infielder Mathes to the Syracuse club of the New York State league. The document Larry Gardner of the Red Sox signed will keep him with that club for three seasons. The veteran Otto Williams is now slated for the job, of managing Indianapolis' farm at Springfield in the Central league. The Cleveland Naps have the greatest quartet of southpaws in the country in Gregg. Willie Mitchell, Lefty James and Nick Cullop. "Considering," remarks Fred Clarke, "that Chance has won four pennants and two world's championships, doesn't it seem superfluous to ask whether he's a good manager?" PUGILISM Eddie McGoory has promised Nate Lewis, Brown's manager, a match with Knockout Brown if any club thinks well enough of the bout to stage it. The National Sporting club of London wants Willie Ritchie to meet Freddy Welch in London. They are willing to put up a good offer for the bout. Nolan says that Wolgast, McFarland and Rivers are three best matches for his protege, Willie Ritchie, and that he prefers Wolgast as Ritchie's opponent. When Hugh McIntosh quit the fight game to take care of his long string of theaters the sport was loser of an aggressive, square promoter, many critics say. Jesse Willard has been coached by Bob Fitzsimmons to land his blows more effectively. Both the big Texan and the quondam champion believe that he will annex the heavyweight title. Eddie McGoorty proposes in turn to take on Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus, and the Illinois Thunderbolt, and thereby demonstrate that he is the only real middle in the muddle. Eddie says weighing down to 158 is child's play for him. 1 Former Lightweight Champion Pugilist Threatens to Retire From Ring Unless Given Return Match by Willie Ritchie, the Present Title Holder. BILLIARDS Slosson attacks conditions under which he, Yamada and Morningstar were called on to play in Pittsburg. The tables were in a damp sub-cellar and the ivories had been treated with some preparation to protect them from the atmosphere, but which rendered their resillency greater. Young Jake Schaefer, son of the old-time wizard of the cue, is running a billiard parlor in Madison and making a success of it. They are picking Koji Yamada to win in the next two years. The Jap has proved wonderfully adept at ability to learn from the men he has played. He has absorbed billiard knowledge from Sutton, Hoppe and Slosson. And he will be a world beater in a couple of seasons. Champion Alfredo DeOro and Thomas Hueston will play for the pocket billiard championship. Harry Hart of Brooklyn has put in a challenge and will meet the winner. Charles McCourt of Pittsburg defeated Frank Jones of Philadelphia, 50-to 38, in the National Three Cushion Billiard league tournament at Pittsburg. FOOTBALL Sumter Marks, the Tulane quarterback, one of the most popular men in the New Orleans institution, has been elected captain of the 1913 eleven. Speed Elliott, head coach of the Virginia eleven, is an advocate of a heavy schedule for the Charlottesville team. Most of the other colleges generally squeal at seven or more games. Curiously enough, Bill Jungeau, who as coach brought Wisconsin's first championship since 1901 to the Badgers, played his last game for the college in the ranks of that 1901 championship team. Swarthmore, though invited by Yale, Harvard and Princeton to schedule football games for 1913, has declined all three on the grounds that the schedule would be too heavy a one for the team to undertake and still do justice to the big games already listed—those with Penn, Penn State and Cornell. At a meeting of the Bucknell athletic board the following players were awarded the football B: Captain Jordan, Hearn, Teamer, Shafner, Richardson, Dunkle, Sturgis, Cruikshank, Gdnale, Kelser, Topham and Reading. At a meeting of the "B" men William Kelser, of Mount Carmel, was elected captain for 1913. MISCELLANEOUS Dr. T. J. Foster, a veterinary surgeon at Monticello, Ind., uses a motorcycle in responding tc calls. The eastern collegiate teams are advocating changing the basket ball rules to eliminate rough tactics. James E. Sullivan will be director of athletic sports at the 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Ike Lovell, wearing the insignia of the Irish-American Athletic club, set a new mark for the 50-yard indoor hurdles in Gotham, when he clipped the world's record to 6 3-5 seconds. Dr. Esther Williams has forbidden the girls of Sage college, Cornell's feminine adjunct, from participating in intercollegiate basket ball. She says that the nervous strain is too great. The Canadian laww.bowling team to tour Great Britain next summer will be gone six weeks, leaving between June 3 and 10, and returning in time for the more important tournaments in Ontario. Emil Hauser, former Carlisle captain, and remembered before his Carlisle days as one of the Hauser stars of Haskell, will don the moleskins again with the Washington Athletic club of Seattle. Norman P. Tabor of Brown, regarded by John Paul Jones as the best miler in America, will be a Rhodes scholar at Oxford next year. The English university gains a crack track man in the young Rhode Islander. Two sides are said to exist to Gordon Brooke's refusal to desert Swarthmore for Penn. One is that the Garnett met the $10,000 offer of the Quakers and the other is that the board of trustees at Penn insisted that his offer be withdrawn. An Advertisement in This Paper Helps you, helps your town and helps the paper The affable H. B. Wright is still with us and expects the continuous patronage of his friends. 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Advertise in this paper THE HIGH COST OF LIVING has not affected our job printing prices. We're still doing commercial work of all kinds at prices satisfactory to you. New York Modistes Make Display of Light Materials. Mild Season Is Having Its Effect— Long Shoulder Line Not Entirely to Displace the Klimono Sleeve —Ruslan Costumes. NEW YORK.—We are having such exceptionally mild weather for the season her in New York that summer costumes seem really inviting from the standpoint of home use as well as with the thought of the southern wardrobe. Wherever one turns, summer fabrics are shown and summer gowns are seen. Ordinarily at this season, they are appealing-only for the future, but today the gowns of volle and crepe, the dainty creations of embroidered net and all the pretty, summery costumes seem quite well suited to the sunshiny weather. Materials in themselves are ravishing. Many of them are indeed so elaborate in their borders and in their embroidered designs that only the simplest styles could be suited to their making; consequently, there are a great many gowns shown that are self trimmed and a great many skirts and blouses requiring almost no labor for their making are exploited. That we are to have the drooping or long shoulder line has been an established fact for some time, but women who admire the grace of the kimono sleeves will be glad to know that a great many summer gowns will be made that way. In some instances, the long sleeves will be joined to the bodice portion well below the shoulders but there are a great many costumes that show the genuine kimono model and it is so pretty and so generally becoming that we must all be glad of the fact. Long Sleeve Effects. When the long sleeves are plain and joined to the bodice portion, the effect is much the same as if all were in one, save that the joining allows the use of dainty trimming and sometimes of a shaped outline. Already we are wearing long sleeves with low necks for the dinner hour and it is probable that long sleeves with round necks will make a somewhat important feature of summer fashions. Some of the sleeves are quite close-fitting below the elbows and are finished with frills over the hands; others again are gathered into cuffs or bands; and there is almost limitless variety in the treatment at the point of joining. All the disturbances that have been occupying the European world for the past few months have had a marked influence upon incoming fashions. Bulgarian colors appear in a great many of the embroidered effects. The simple, somewhat crude use of bright tones that is familiar in semi-oriental countries appears and the belted, or Russian costume will be a pronounced favorite. In Varying Materials. It will be worn made of linen and similar materials for the street and it will be worn made of volle, crepe and all the dainty fabrics for indoor occasions. In some instances, the blouse is a genuine one drawn in at the waist line by means of a belt, but often the effect is obtained by the use of a deep peplum or short tunic and, in these latter, are found many possibilities for the use of bordered materials. Pronounced borders, those that give a wide striped effect or any very distinctive design of the kind, do not lend themselves to the double skirt with marked success but among borders are to be found delicate and dainty embroideries, the most fascinating bits of color and treatments of many kinds that are well adapted to the kimono idea. Some of the handsomest toilettes that are exploited in readiness for the southern exit are absolutely simple so far as cut is concerned. A beautiful gown, for example, is of white volle richly embroidered in white and the border ap- pears like a succession of narrow pyramids. The skirt is a perfectly plain, straight one gathered at the upper edge. The blouse is in kimono style and is made with the lower edge of the border turned up toward the neck and, below the belt, there is a straight tunic of the border. It is very handsome. The effect is almost that of an allover embroidered gown, yet the effect has been produced by the simplest possible means. Straight skirts that are laid in narrow plaits are seen, too, and skirts that are tucked at their upper edges for bordered materials are shown in interesting and fascinating variety and designers must needs use them to get the best results. Vogue of Straight Skirts. Straight skirts always make the simplest means of utilizing such fabrics and are sure to be in demand but borders are not always wide and many of them allow of cutting off and are used for the treatment of various original styles with the result that numberless costumes of varying sorts are designed therefrom. While, in a general way, the straight lines prevail, all sorts of flat plaited skirts are shown and there is evidence of a greater amount of material than was used last year while combinations are new and often interesting. There appears to be somewhat of a revival of the jumper idea among other features and a curious combination of that garment with Bulgarian coloring is found in an over blouse of sheer, white crepe with the sleeves and guimpe of the same material richly embroidered in Bulgarian colors. A very beautiful street costume of cotton ratine is ecru in tone. The skirt consists of a deep closely fitted yoke to which is attached a straight flat plaited skirt. The yoke, however, is allowed to fall over the plaits to give something of the tunic idea. There is a bodice with close fitting kimono sleeves which terminate a little above the elbows and to these sleeves are joined long ones of crepe embroidered in Bulgarian colors, the joining being made on an oddly shaped line. The coat is high waisted, with the belt that is almost universal, but it is much cut away at the front and is sleeveless, with big armholes and drooping shoulders. Dainty frills of lace finish the neck and the sleeves. That Oriental Influence. Bits of richest oriental coloring appear upon dull tones and upon white as background and everywhere there is evidence of the influence. Even the daintiest muslins are apt to give evidence of the oriental influence and a great many curious effects in trimmings are to be noted. Metal buttons appear upon finest crepe, for example, and illuminated leather trimming appears upon crepe suiting and even upon crepe of lighter sorts. It is a season of odd effects, of the unusual in many ways, but it also is a season of much charm. A great deal of red is shown upon white gowns and red sashes are conspicuous. For the daintier gowns of evening and dinner occasions, embroidered nets are much liked. Pannier Gown of Cashmere de Sole. The pretty gown illustrated is made of navy blue cashmere de sole—a material whose softness of texture makes it particularly adaptable for the season's draped gowns. Drapery in the form of a fichu hides the blouse of this gown and is edged with a narrow plaiting of self-tone messaline and caught at the front with crossed straps of navy blue velvet. The long sleeves are cut with quite some fullness at the elbow and with the effect of a light cuff, which is also trimmed with the plaiting. The skirt is a modified pannier draped beneath a flat loop and end of three-inch velvet which hangs in the center front from the girdle to below the knee. HINT FOR SAVING OF TIME Clever Wrinkle on Threading Ribbon or Tape Through Lingerie Worth Learning. There are little time-savers of the tollette which are worth learning. In threading ribbon or tape through lingerie, a wooden match makes an excellent substitute for a bodkin. It is, however, possible to do without threading the ribbon at all and, when about to send the garment to the laundry, a piece of narrow tape should be tied to the end of the ribbon and the latter drawn out of the thread holes, leaving the tape in its place. The knot is then unfastened and the set of lingerie can be sent to the wash, the ribbon being replaced on its return in exactly the same manner. In the case of those whose lingerie is entirely ornamented with rows of ribbon-run heading this plan may save many quarters of an hour during the week. SatIn Hats Match Coats. Exceedingly chic little hats of white satin, faced under the brim with black, accompany white satin coats, patterned exactly after the mannish, three-quarter walking coat which has been so popular this winter. One of these white satin coats with walking hat of white satin to match has just been packed into a trunk bound for Panama. The coat will be worn over frocks of white crepe de chine, white cotton crepe and of lingerie fabric, with buttoned boots or pumps of white buckskin. A Hat Fastened With a Chin Ribbon. A Georgette hat, with the long line toward the back predominating, has a narrow black velvet ribbon which passes under the chin and fastens above the left ear. A row of dull, faded roses twined about the crown, and a small stiff knot of black velvet formed the only trimming. More Than Forty Thousand Species of Pest Known. Elite of Insect World, Wonderful In Structure and Metamorphosis Breaths Through Holes In Their Sides-Also Have Great Strength. It has been said that there are as many files as there are fruits. This is not literally true; nevertheless, there are some 40,000 known species, of which 3,000 to 4,000 inhabit the British Isles, says English Mathematics. The diptera, as the name implies, are two-winged insects; but the rudiments of a second pair still remain in the form of diminutive drum-shaped appendages, known as the balancers. Their use is not definitely known, but experiment shows that, when damaged or destroyed, the flight of the insect is seriously impaired, becoming an ascending spiral, but otherwise directionless. In the house fly there are complicated glandlike organs at the base of the balancers, also of unknown function. A suggestive form of fly which affects the coats of red deer when securely lodged thereon casts or bites off its wings; hence, if red deer were as numerous as man a gradual diminution in the use of wings would arise and ultimate disappearance of these organs might ensue. Some familiar process probably marks the evolution of the common flea, which is a wingless type of dipteron. Flies are the elite of the insect world, both as regards structure and metamorphosis. This latter is more complete than in any other insect, because during pupation the whole of the organs of the larval stages are dissolved into a creamy fluid (essentially a return to the egg stage), and from this arise the very different organs of the imago or perfect insect. The eggs are laid in organic refuse, and in this land of plenty the young grubs eat vigorously, grow quickly, form a hard case with loose top segment which is finally pushed off to allow of the exit of the perfect insect. As this emerges from the pupa so it remains during life. It never increases in size and the small files of the spring are different species to the larger ones of a latter season. Like all insects, flies are divided into three segments—head, thorax and abdomen, with their appendages. They breathe through holes in their sides (spiracles), which are the entrances to a complete system of tubes, a valve at the end of each opening preventing the expulsion of air, which canthus travel in one direction only. The air is pumped through these tubes by the aid of an ingenious pumping device situated at the opening to the tubes, the walls of which are surrounded by rings of a horny substance, to prevent them from collapsing, and by blood vessels, through which the air is forced, finally leaving the body through the skin. This perfect aeration of the blood explains the strength of files, they being able to support sixty or seventy times their own weight. Spiracles are associated with the buzzing noise commonly thought to be generated by the motion of the wings. If the wings are removed the sounds are produced with equal loudness. The tongue, or proboscis, is furnished with fine tubes, which exude a saliva, thus dissolving sugary substances, which, if too large, can be broken up by small teeth, thus facilitating the formation of a slurp. Their eyes are each compounded of 2,000 six-sided facets, each at the summit of a tube, at the base of which is connected a nerve fiber. There are three smaller eyes forming a triangle above and below these, with the apex toward the front of the head. Their use is unknown. If varnished flight is not affected; but if the compound eyes are varnished the power to direct flight is seriously deranged. Experiments show that files are more responsive to air currents (denoting the approach of danger) than to light, and depend more upon this than upon vision. In proof of this, if a wasp is placed in a glass tumbler, the bottom of which is turned to the light and the open end placed in shadow, the creature will exhause itself in its effort to get out at the closed end, and remain indifferent to the easy exit at the other. This is not so with the house fly. If the open end of the glass be covered efforts will be directed more or less equally all over the glass; and, if a movement of the cover is made sufficient to leave space for the exit, the fly is immediately sensible of the draft through the space, and makes a hurried departure. Files are more easily caught by slow movements—a fact known to some of its insect preys, who feign death to secure the near approach of an intended victim. The nose, or organ of smell, is centered in two feathered antennae, each of which is covered with several thousand pits, each associated with a nerve fiber. The beautiful mechanism of the organs of locomotion were next surveyed, and the fly's ability to walk upside down and up smooth glass was attributed to the presence of a gummy secretian on two pads at the base of each foot. Consequently, any surface—such as the sides of a milk bowl—covered with a greasy material offered no foothald. The hairs of their bodies point downward, and thus the leg and wing rubbing which one sees continuously of particles of dust and parasites. $15.00 Suits | Pants $3.98 PATE'S DRUG STORE We want to express our deep appreciation to the readers of The Tribune and the public generally for their generous patronage during the year just closed. We wish you a most Happy and Prosperous 1913—Our business policy has alwry been fair and honest dealings to all alike. During 1913 we want you to come to us with all of your Drug Store wants. No store in town has a more complete line. We save you money on prescription and many other things. A y business like ours built on truth and honestly m st grow. We sell stamps and our phone is at your se vice. Pate's Drug Store Open Day and Night. Special Delivery Service. Phone Your Wants. Phones 4710 and 4711 HALL and WEST BROAD STS. JOB PRINTING The Royall Undertaking Company (Incorporated) Funeral Directors and Embalmers Finest line of Coffins, Caskets and Robes. White and black Burial cars. Office and warerooms 325-331 Jefferson street. W. R. FIELDS, Manager Residence Phone 4241. Livery Stable Attached. Office Phone 67 D. J. Wilson, 719 West Broad Street Phone 2328 They are delicious and just the thing for you to have for lunch W. H. LOGAN PrOp 417 EAST BROAD STREET We make a specialty of framing diplomas, marriage licenses and pictures of all sizes. Work neatly and promptly finished. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices cheap. Enlarging pictures a specialty. Orders called for and delivered. For First-Class CAFING & LODGING Meals served in up-to-date style and nicely furnished Rooms Call on Mrs. LIZZIE ANGLERS 321 Bay St, W, Cor Montgomery Hall For Rent St. Mary's Catholic Hall 36th, and Harden Sts Best hall in Savannah For Fairs, Meetings & Festivals Apply to Rectory 518 E. Gordon Street or to W. J. Smith 535 E. Anderson St Rent only to responsible Parties. C. C. Middleton, M.D. Physician ane Surgeon Office : 505 Charlton St., east Office Hours 9-11 a m 2-4 p m 7-8 p m PHONE 86 Protect Your Horses', Feet Have Them Shod by the The Cresceus Horsesboeing and 'Clipping Shop 315 JEFFERSON ST. Phone 3509 NELSON A. CUYLER E. SEABROOK FUNERAL DIRECTOR I wish to call your attention to my new place of business at 514 West Broad street, E. Seabrook, Funeral Director and Embalmer. Polite attention as heretofore to all patronage. We now carry the largest line of Coffins. Caskets and Burial Robes in the city and our rates are reasonable. Our new Chapel for Funeral services are the most modern and up-to-date there is in the state and I have also two of the most commodious Halls for Lodge or Societies meetings in the city. Remember them over Seabrook's 3rd floor. Chas. H Royall and Stubbs C Pughsley Licensed Embalmers for E. Seabrook 514 West Broad Street SAVANNAH, GA A. J. M. MONROE & COMPANY Funeral Directors and Embalmers JAMES BACON Manager Prompt and courteous attention given all business entrusted to us. Everything of the latest style The latest styles in hats and feathers of all kinds CES REASONABLE. GIVE US A TRIAL. Fored Millinery Store 464 W BROAD ST. THE BEST PLACE In Savannah R MEN'S GOOD SHOES PRICES REASONABLE. GIVE US A TRIAL. Colored Millinery Store 464 W BROAD ST. --- B. H. Levy, Bro. Co. PRICES R Colore 464 THI FOR I B. MAX COOPER Because I have the Spurs. Second, I know the built ofa man. Fourth, A judge of woolens. me of woolens I handle, you would get up and crowd louder than I do. Drop in and see our Latest Patterns in FALL AND WINTER GOODS. First-class workmanship guaranteed Our prices will interest you. Phone 1211 Prices $3.50 up AMUSEMENT COLUMN. ComingEvents in the Social World NOTICE—Articles in this column one cent per word. February 17th, Monday.. First New Year Dance by Crescent A. and S. Club at Harris street Hall. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. March 11th, Tuesday. Brotherhood Union Dance at Masonic Temple, Admission 6 cents. March 19th, Wednesday. Dance by the American Eagle Aid and Social Club at Harris Street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. February 10th, Monday. Dance by the Ducks Aid Social Club at Harris Street Hall. Tickets 25 cents. February 28th, Friday Second Dance by the L BS Club at Harris Street Hall Tickets 25 and 40 cents. February 20th, Monday Annual Ball by Hyacinth Aid and Social Club at Harris Street Hall Tickets 20 and 35 cents February 21st, Friday Mid-winter Entertainment by Mt Moriah Lodge of Masons and Mt Moriah Chapter No 37 Eastern Star at Masonic Temple Admission 25 cents February 29th, Wednesday Dance at Masonic Temple by Young Adelphia Aid and Social Club Admission 25 cents. February 26th, Wednesday. Midwinter Soiree by Eureka Club at Masonic Temple. Admission single 35 cents. Double 50 cents. February 10th, Monday. Dance by Brotherhood Union Ladies Branch at Mechanic Hall. Tickets 15 cents. February 10th, Monday. Beginning of a three night Fair by Joshua Company B. U. R., K. of P at Masonic Temple. Tickets first night 25 cents, after 15 cents. February 28th, Friday. Entertainment by Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 15 A. F. and A. M. at Masonic Temple. Tickets 23 and 40 cents. February 10th, Monday. Mid-winter Party by Juvenile of Myrtle Household of Ruth No. 112 at Duffy street Hall. 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A fine line of cigars, pipes and tobacco. Shoes shined and repaired. Dealer in second handed shoes Clothes cleaned, pressed and repaired Hot, cold and shower baths. H. A. MANZO, Gen'l. Mgr 145 West Broad St. The Up-to-date BARBER SHOP Hair Cutting, Shaving, Shampooing BUMP AND WART TREATMENT WORK GUARANTEED. W. H. PRINCE, Proprietor 508 W. Gwinnett St Sav'h. Ga. The Acme Bicycle Store Dealer in New and Second Handed Bicycles. Tires and Supplies. Expert Vulcanizer of Bicycle Tires Vulcanizing 75c K. HALPERN, Proprietor, 463 West Broad St. Phone 1340. Staple & Fancy Groceries -CALL AT-- Carr's Grocery Company 1711 Ogeechee Ave Polite Attention. BestService Ocean Wave Cafe Meals at all hours. Quick lunches served in up-to-date style. Open day and night J. S. Lloyd & Son 42 Habersham St. Dr. J. W. Jamerson · FIRST-CLASS DENTIST All Work Guaranteed 623 WEST BROAD STREET Between Charles and Oak St. PHONE 2098-J ART SCHOOL Simm's Fine Art School —Has Opened At— Has Opened At 817 West Broad Street Savannah Ga., Prof. F. Simms Art Instructor The profession of Portrait Paint such as enlarging pictures and taking photographs, is taught in 3 weeks so you can do gook work. Payments not required in advance, but are arranged to suit you. Call up and see about taking essons at once. You will enlarge 2 life size portraits during the course worth $4.00 each. YOUNG·BROS. NEW STORE Ewd G. Young, Manager Over 10 years of experienced. Cor, 36th and Burroughs Sts. is the place to get your Groceries and Meats and Confectionary, Cigars and Tobacco Premiums are being given away. Come and get one. Telephone orders promptly attended to. PHONE 4291 Job Printing, oe = ie = Sas a8 Ze