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THE FORUM VOL. 4, NO. 31. Normal News Notes. Mrs. Filmore Headly has returned from Chicago after a pleasant visit with her brother George. The barbacue held at the Beth el M. E. church, was a decided success in every way. Miss Rankin of Macon, is attending the Normal department at, the university. She was the guest of Mrs. Carter Harris. Little Misses Louise and Roxanna Davis have returned to Normal and are at the home of their aunt, Mrs. Bradshaw. They will resume their studies in school. Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Curtis are the happy parents of a baby boy born last week. Bloomington News Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Withers will be glad to accommodate you at their restaurant on West Grove street. Home cooking and everything inviting. Elder George Hoagland is attending the convention at Jacksonville. Miss Edna Stearles is visiting her brother in Atlanta. From there she will go to Springfield. Charley Reaves who has been employed at Docatur, is visiting his parents. Mrs. F. Rush of W. Monroe street, is entertaining her sisters, Mesdames Ada Jones and Katie Turner of Centralia, Mo. Mrs. Wm. Caldwell and her daughter, Galena, have returned after a month's visit with her sister in Missouri. Revelation Rhoades is attending high school. Miss Della Blanton and sister, Lucile, spent several days in Clinton last week, visiting Mrs. Caldwell. Mrs. Wm. Caldwell and daughter, Jeanette, of Clinton, are visiting Miss Della Blanton. William Caldwell is entertaining his aunt, Mrs. Joseph Brooks of Mexico, Mo. THE WHITE CITY CELEBRATION. Your attention is called to the fact that, as the White City closed September 8th, the management has been kind enough to grant their Amusement Park free of charge to the Emancipation Committee as a place for celebrating the Forty-fifth Annual Proclamation of the Emancipation. Forty-five years ago, September 22d, Lincoln issued his conditional protocol, hence the choosing of that date instead of January 1st, when the same went into effect. The White City offers all conveniences, and women and children may go there and spend the day for 10 cents. The committee has prepared a magnificent program and selected men of national repute to appear on same. At night Arion Hall will be used for the finale. See bills and Special Emancipation Edition of Forum next week for full particulars. --- "Be ye doers and not sayers only." A TRIP TO DIXIE, OXFORD, MISS. By E. L. R. (Continued from last week.) A. E. Caruthers is also a progressive colored man. He has a large family, and is striving to give all a practical education. He owns a nice and valuable property for that town, and has studied law at odd hours so as to have a general knowledge of legal jurisprudence. He is an ardent friend of Booker T. Washington. Will Collins is one of the finest bakers in the South, having done the entire baking for that town for the last 18 or 20 years. He owns a nice home, and his estimable wife and daughter, Lena, are quite refined, his daughter having spent three years at Rust University. Fred Barr has a beautiful home near the I. C. depot. He is a fine painter by trade. W. H. Hurd is quite a progressive young man who owns his home. He teaches school and does carpenter work, and believes in forwardness. A. W. Pegues, H. C. McEwen, S. W. and C. S. Rogers are progressive farmers, the Rogers brothers also teaching school six months of the year. The city school is under the principalship of I. J. Ellis and F. C. Neilson, but has deteriorated for some cause since Prof. A. C. Boone left. Messrs. Neilson and Ellis, being able men, hope to resuscitate the school and get it back to tenth grade, where it stood during its more progressive time. Mr. Neilson is fully able to do so, and declared to the writer that, as he is now co-principal, steps would be taken to rehabilitate the school. He also declared that the white people were even ready to aid. Mr. Bishop, one of the School Board, and D. J. Sultan have always been ready to co-operate with the colored people for advancement. We must first strike for liberty ourselves, if we would be free. By all means, let us have a good school at Oxford, as of yore. H. C. McEwen has bought and paid for 100 acres of good land, and has bought another farm. He is one of the most progressive farmers of La Fayette county. (To be continued.) Quincy News. Mesdames Capt. Byrd and John Mosby departed Tuesday evening for Shelbina, Mo., to visit a sister of Mrs. Mosby. Quincy was glad to shake the hands and welcome the two visitors from the Capital City. Mrs. Byrd is one of Quincy's best ex-teachers and all were pleased to see her. Mrs. Mosby was one of the ladies who organized the Art Club in Quincy and is much missed. While in our city they were entertained by Mrs. B. Golden. Mesdames Green, John Pleasant, S. Shoemaker. R. M. Johnson, Bertie Binglow, F. B. Mundy, L. Howell, Sadie Brown. Johnson-Stevens. Tha wedding of Miss Arminta Stevens to William Johnson will occur Thursday evening, Sept. 19 at 8:30 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents. John Worsham and wife, 315 N. 14th St. The Rev. C. H. Jones officiating Miss Beulah Worsham, sister of the bride, maid of honor and Virgil Mottley, best man. Following the wedding there will be a reception at the home of the bride's parents. SEPT. 14. Marriage was A Surprise Harry A. Donaldson and Miss Jeannette Taborn were united in marriage last Sunday in St. Louis, Mo., surprising their friends who did not know that even an engagement existed. Both are prominent in social circles. The groom was a member of the High School Class of Feb. 07. The bride is a member of the Jolly Twelve Club. May they live happy ever after A Real First Class Restaurant. A. S. Johnson conducts a real first ciass eating house at 1024 E. Washington St, Their cooking is the very best—service unsurpassed—everything kept in neat style. We can candidly endorse the place and invite visitors and home people there with the assurance that they will be well pleased. Try a meal aud you will be convinced. Look Out For The Cars!!! Editor of The Forum: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to ask some questions of the colored people in this city. How can we as colored people afford to patronize White City? This is the place where no person of color is welcome during the open season, but now, when no other people on earth want to go to White City, the Negroes of Springfield are asked to enter this jum crow park and play second fiddle. We do not desire, as a race; any special privileges, nor do we care to go where we are not wanted But we believe in a square deal, and if we can't go to see and hear the attractions at White City during the summer, when our wives and children desire an evening's outing, why go now? Let us be men, and like men, refuse to go to White City. And besides, the committee in charge of the celebration at the White City had the temerity to hire a band from out of town, while here in our own city we have a good band composed of our own boys (and a union band at that) who make good music, and play for union prices. This home band will be at Lick Creek, six miles south on the Interurban where Hon. W. T. Vernon, the Register of the Treasury, the greatest orator alive, will speak at 1.30 p. m., on Monday, September 23, 1907. Come! out to the Lick Creek Park! Hear Vernon, catch fish and hear our own band! Follow the crowd! CHAS. S. GIBBS. 1907. 15C A MONTH Hymen's Altar. Married at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, September 10, at the bride's parents' residence. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Obanion, three and one-half miles east of the city, Rev. Houston performing the nuptial ceremony, James N. Smith and Rosie E. Obanion. The wedding was a home affair and was witnessed by seventy-five friends and relatives of the couple. Promptly at 8 o'clock to the strains of Loengrin's wedding march played by Miss Grace Nelson, the bride's maids, Miss Ada Smifh, a sister of the groom, descended the stairway, followed by the bride and were met in the sitting room by the groom and best man, David Smith, under an arch of smilax, roses and incandescent lights, where the ceremony was performed. During the ceremony Miss Nelson rendered "Love me and the World is Mine." The house was prettily decorated for the occasion, palms and roses and carnations being used in profusion. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served. The bride was charmingly gowned in blue liberty silk, trimmed in real val lace and inserting and carried an arm boquet of white roses. The bride's maid wore white Paris mull trimmed in real val lace and carried an arm boquet of pink carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were the recipients of many beautiful presents. They will be at home to their friends after Oct. 20, at Lanesville, Ill. Lincoln, Ill. Rev. E. T. Cottman held his fourth and last Quarterly Meeting for this year Sunday. The Sunday School scholars with the assistance of some of the members of the Booker T. Washington Club rendered a fine program to aid the Mite Missionary Society, Tuesday evening. Tom Artis of Elkhart was seen on Lincoln streets this week. Quite a few are preparing to attend the Annual Conference at Chicago. Mrs. Washington of Springfield was the guest of her new married daughter, Mrs. Tom Cecil, Sunday Rev. J. Bass will close his years work as pastor, with great success, Sunday. Mrs. Cottman was the surprise guest of Rex Bass and her husband, Sunnay. (To be continued.) The Forum has opened a Business Men's Directory.—Cheap THE FORUM weekly magazine paper devoted to the interests of the whole people. Entered as second-class matter, February 24, 1904, at the postoffice at Springfield, Ill., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ROGERS & BARBOUR Proprietors One Year ..... $1.50 One Month ..... 15c Per Copy ..... 5c OFFICE: 305 1-2 & 6: Sixth St. Phone Main 998 THE FORUM'S STAFF. B. L. Rogers, Editor and Manager. Will H. arbour, Associate Editor and Secretary. Thompson Bros., Branch Office. EDITORIAL Saturday Sept. 14, 1907 Governor Vardaman of Mississippi, in the course of an address in Jackson, repeated a pithy saying of the famous Bishop Wilberforce. "Bishop Wilberfore," he said, "was out driving one day when a man on horseback stopped him, and, thinking to have a joke, asked: Excuse me, Bishop, but could you tell me the road to heaven?' Certainly, sir,' the bishop answered. 'Turn to the right and keep straight on.'"—Ex. Point is well taken, but is it possible that Vardaman can tell a joke without stigmatizing the Negro? A colored man preaching on the streets says— "If colored people will stay in their places and behave themselves they can get along north or south." We would be pleased to have this sanctified(?) brother explain what he means by "their places." This is the same old obsolete doctrine of the south. We believe that if every man would attend to his own business he would of necessity, be in his own "place" and no where else, but often times othe people come out of their places into another's place and interferes. This brother is half shot. Royall and Williams. We take great pride and feel it a source of pleasure to call the attention of the public in general and the colored people in particular to O. V. Royall and A. M. Williams, attorneys at law here in our city. We are proud to see our people forging to the front and commend them to the public hoping that when you have legal work you will be reciprocal enough to call and place your work with them. Mr. Royall is a Harvard graduate and can handle your business with as much credit as any lawyer in the city and Mr. Williams has demonstrated that he is able to do whatever he undertakes. They have a suite of three rooms whose walls are lined with reports and other legal works, guaranteeing that nothing is wanting for information. You should not have cause for divorce but when such is inevitable, they are the best divorce lawyers in the city. Let us have a better social life. THE EFORUM Deneen and His Appointments All over the state the appointments made by Gov. Deneen show that the man always looks at a man's fitness for the place to which he is appointed. He has used sane judgment throughout his three years as chief executive of the state. He was state's attorney for Cook county for eight years and has had sufficient comingling with the people to make him a man of wide and varied political experience. He does not even consider a man's color in our opinion, but his fitness and his moral standing. He has a goodly number of colored people under him here at the capitol and over the state, mostly men of unquestioned standing in the community from which they come. While we desire even more recognition, Deneen has made as many if not more appointments among our people than any other governor. Men like Supt. of Insurance Potter are a credit to our state and as the head is, so are its tributaries. Whenever you put a good man at the head, he will invariably cause all of his subordinates to be even as he. Some time ago, we spoke of the colored men holding office at the state house, since that time, there have been two other young men appointed whom we are glad to speak of, as we did not or could not when we gave an account of the appointees. These men are: Thos. Warrick of Cairo, insurance clerk; and B. H. Lucas of Chicago, state coal weigher. These two young men, we feel proud of, because if we but had more men whose aims were dire ted as these men's are, it would speak well for the race and cast a brighter light on the future escutcheon of our welfare. One of the outrageous things that a race or community of peo can do, is to commit adultery or this common thing of illegal cohabitation. It goes on to a frightful extent here in Springfield and the police and other officers seem not to interfere. Such a condition of affairs lowers the status of a people faster than any other depravity we know of. The law on this most vital question should be enforced as vigorously as any other point or more so. Some of our people are living in open adultery and posing as leaders and respectable people. These kind of people are an abomination and a curse and the brand of disapproval should be upon their forehead. There are fake preachers on the street as well as other kind of fakirs. We candidly believe that some of them are honest and honorable in what they say and do and vice versa. A man not at all versed in the use of grammar will have conceptions and ideas as well as any other man, but it is a shame for such people to exhibit their ignorance on the highways. Some of them are fakes in our honest opinion. Fake Street Preachers. TUCKER'S Board and Lodge First class accom Regular meals at hours 206 Nor TUCKER'S PLACE. Board and Lodging House, First class accommodations Regular meals at regular meal hours. 206 North 14 St. New Telepnone, 1478. If you're in doubt let us lead trump to you? The "Imperial., is always the proper hat-- never alike two seasons together--except in price ---$3.00. PETER MYE 529 North Side For Fine Commercial Work HAMANN The Printer PETER MYERS & CO 529 North Side Square 305 SOUTH SIXTH ST. Telephone 998 Capital La Does Good Work, Quick Work and We solicit your patronage, and make to all Our Mo Don't forget we patronize the Forum 723 E. 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Each Bottle is GUARANTEED to Give satisfaction. PRICE 25 Cents EOR SALE BY All Druggists. [Name] Harry A. Donaldson, S. H S. Feb. class 07, who was married last week to Miss Taborn The affair was quite a surprise THE FORUM JOHN VETTER, Ice, Coal and Wood. RESIDENCE, 1005 E. Carpenter, Prompt Deliveries. Ice can be ha The Home tion At The The Emancipation Celebr the "White City" East of city convenience imaginable is t and various other attraction season will be in operation ORATOR OF THE DAY: HON. JNO. Everyone is cordially invi "ad"/next week and complete Ice can be had at any time. The Home Celebration. At The White City. The Emancipation Celebration in the city will be held at the "White City" East of city, take Capitol Ave., Car. Every convenience immaginable is there. The famous figure "8" and various other attractions used during the White City season will be in operation ORATOR OF THE DAY: HON. JNO. C. DANCY, of Washington,, D. C. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Watch for big ad/next week and complete Program, Divine Services at the Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church. On Fifteenth between Washington and Jefferson streets. Bible Reading, 11 to 12 a. m. Preaching at 8 p. m. Instruction in the chief parts of the Christian doctrines every Wednesday at 8 p. m. One and all are cordially invited to attend these services. Rev. Jas. H. Doswell, Pastor. $1.50 io East St. Louis every Saturday and Sunday ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM. De Witt County, Illinois—Waynesville. One fine piece of residence property. Modern house in good condition $450.00. Easy terms. One hundred and forty-five acres rich farm land in fine state of cultivation, one mile from Waynesville, no house, $150.00 per acre, easy terms. One hundred and sixty acres $3 \frac{1}{2}$ miles from Waynesville, improved, twenty acres in pasture, at $115.00 per acre. Rents for $900.00 per annum. Terms easy. C. H. JONES, 116 S. 7th St., Springfield, Ill. The Stalwart Protective League. Meets First Monday of each Month at Odd Fellow's Hall, South Fifth Street. R. S. DONALDSON, Pres. DR. J. H. MAGEE, Secy. St. Augustine's Mission. 1420 South Grand Ave., East. Services every Sunday. Sunday School, 4 p. m.; Divine services, 7:45 p. m. All are invited. Conducted by Rev. Jefferson. FOR SALE. Don't borrow the Forum. BOTH PHONES. Old, 2248r3, New, 2212. at any time. The Celebration. White City. ation in the city will be held at take Capitol Ave., Car. Every here. The famous figure "8" used during the White City C. DANCY, of Washington,, D. C. limited to attend. Watch for big Program, A farm and two town lots ig Texas, near san Antonio, for only $210 Get it now; monthly payments For information address, William Maier, Springfield, Ill. 972t M. Our candidate for State Treasurer, one of the most popular men in the state. "The Greatest Fair on Earth," Sixty Thousand Dollars in Cash Premiums. The most complete Fair Ground in the world. For information and premium lists address the Secretary. GEO. H. MADDEN, President J. F. PRATHER, Treasurer W. C. GARRARD, Secretary 9 7 2 t And a first-class meal, patronize BROWN & NEILL' Restaurant /26 East Washington Street Regular Meals, 20c SUNDAYS: 25c. ROY SEELEY, Attorney at Law. 523 $ \frac{1}{2} $ North Side Square. Both Phones 1503. FOR GOOD BREAD Try. Hartmann Brothers, 900-902 E. Wash. St. Both Tel 527 --- NO Gov. Deneen. Our candidate for re-election. Pronounced to be one of the ablest and most sagacious men in the state. REISCH BREWERY CO City Brewery Their Bottle Beer is Fine Bock's Special Can't be Beat Try it! PALMIST. Come have your past, present and future foretold. Readings are reasonable. Satisfactions guaranteed. Mrs. Wm. Irwin, So. Lee St. Bloomington. Ill. Insurance Statements, Total expenditures ..... $ 13,962 21 LEDGER ASSETS Mortgage loans on real estate$ 73,030 23 Cash in bank ..... 158,331 65 Bills receivable ..... 151,045 95 Agents' debit balances ..... 9,229 02 Other Ledger assets ..... 4,385 23 Total leger assets ..... $ 396,022 08 NON-LEDGER ASSETS. Interest accrued ..... $ 3,171 59 Gross assets ..... $ 399,193 67 DEDUCT ASSETS NOT AD- MITTED. Agents' balances ..... $ 9,229 02 Other unadmitted assets ..... 155,431 18 Total ..... $ 164,660 20 Total admitted assets ..... $ 234,553 47 LIABILITIES. Total unearned premiums..... $ 4,614 51 Interest due or accrued ..... $ 36 Salaries, rents, bills, etc. ..... 669 91 Commission and brokerage ..... 1,845 90 Total liabilities ..... $ 7,215 68 C. K. HALLOWAY. President. W. E. Plunkett, Asst. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of May, 1907. (Seal. Marvin Evans. Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the Southern National Insurance Company of Austin, in the State of Texas, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock paid up in cash ..... $ 100,000 00 INCOME. Premiums received during the year ..... $ 54,347 79 Interest ..... 1,838 25 Total income ..... $ 6,186 04 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid during the year $ 8,878 34 Commission or brokerage ..... 12,714 81 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employees ..... 6,242 84 Rents paid during the year.. 305 00 All other taxes, licenses and insurance department fees. Amount of all other expenditures ..... 9,779 43 Total expenditures ..... $ 37,997 42 LEDGER ASSETS. Mortgage loans on real estate $ 115,413 47 Cash in bank ..... 45,104 67 Agents' debit balances ..... 7,670 48 Total ledger assets ..... $ 163,188 62 NON-LEDGER ASSETS. Interest accrued ..... $ 2,930 73 Other non-ledger assets ..... 2,809 91 Gross assets ..... $ 173,928 56 DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED. Other unadmitted assets ..... $ 2,809 01 Total admitted assets ..... $ 171,119 35 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid ..... $2,168 17 Losses in process of adjustments or in suspense ..... 2,846 18 Total ..... $5,014 35 Deduct re-insurance due or accrued ..... 774 67 Net amount of unpaid losses 4,239 68 Total unearned premiums ..... 28,802 40 Total liabilities ..... $ 33,042 08 IRA H. EVANS, President. W. H. FOLTS, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of March, 1907 (Seed) Leffler R. Corbitt, Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the Indiana Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Company of Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. No capital, purely mutual. INCOME. Premiums received during the year ..... $ 102,440 $5 Interest and dividends ..... 2,712 $7 Amount received from all other sources ..... $88 $3 Aggregate income ..... $ 105,541 $5 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid during the year ..... $ 43,779 $6 Dividends paid during the year ..... $ 20,316 $1 Commission or brokerage ..... $ 134 $3 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employees ..... $ 7,664 $6 Taxes, repairs and expenses on real estate ..... $ 663 $4 Amount of all other expenditures ..... $ 6578 $1 THE FORUM Aggregate expenditures ... $ 79,437 01 ASSETS. Mortgage loans on real estate $ 52,350 00 Market value of bonds ... 10,200 00 Cash in bank ... 20,696 64 Interest due and accrued ... 974 89 Gross premiums in course of collection ... 6,492 24 Total cash assets ... $ 90,813 77 OTHER ASSETS. Amount of premium or deposit notes ... $ 307,538 52 Aggregate assets ... $ 398,352 29 LIABILITIES. Amount of unpaid losses ... $ 5,000 00 Total unearned premiums ... 51,256 42 Unpaid dividends ... 34 41 Return premiums ... 43 39. Total liabilities ... $ 56,334 22 Net amount of premiums or deposit notes ... 307,538 52 Net cash surplus ... $ 34,479 55 Aggregate assets ... $ 398,352 29 MISCELLANEOUS. Risks taken during the year in Illinois ... $ 238,725 00 Total premiums received during the year in Illinois ... 18,969 12 Total losses incurred during the year in Illinois ... 5,062 15 C. C. FOSTER President. F. B. FOWLER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of May, 1907. (Seal) Edmund V. Herod. Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the Travelers Indemnity Company of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock paid up in cash ... $ 250,000 00 INCOME. Premiums received during the year ... $ 4,206 32 Interest ... $ 3,615 26 Total income ... $ 7,821 58 EXPENDITURES. Commission or brokerage ... $ 1,472 21 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employees ... $ 525 00 All other taxes, licenses and insurance department fees. ... $ 2,110 00 Amount of all other expenditures ... $ 4,806 05 Total expenditures ... $ 8,913 26 LEDGER ASSETS. Mortgage loans on real estate ... $ 104,680 00 Loans on collateral security. ... $ 52,500 00 Book value of bonds ... $ 125,899 50 Cash in bank ... $ 28,328 82 Total ledger assets ... $ 311,408 32 NON-LEDGER ASSETS. Interest accrued ... $ 3,287 72 Market value of bonds over book value ... $ 25 50 Total admitted assets ... $ 314,721 54 LIABILITIES. Total unearned premiums ... $ 2,056 80 Total liabilities ... $ 2,056 80 S. C. DUNHAM, President. JOHN L. WAY, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1907. (Seal) L. Edmund Zacher, Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the First Russian Insurance Company of St. Petersburg, Russia, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of deposit capital stock paid up in cash ..... $ 200,000 00 Book value of bonds ..... $ 506,200 00 Total admitted assets ..... $ 506,200 00 PAUL, E. RASOR, United States Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of February, 1907. (Seal) Chas. Morrow, Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the United States Branch of the Russian Re-Insurance Company of St. Petersburg in Russia, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of deposit capital ..... $ 200,000 00 LEDGER ASSETS. Book value of bonds ..... $ 512,300 00 Total admitted assets ..... $ 512,300 00 PAUL, E. RASOR, United States Manager. U. S. Manager. U. S. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of February, 1907. (Seal) Chas. Morrow, Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement United States Branch of the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association of Norwich, England, on the 31st day, of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of deposit capital ...$ 485,000 00 INCOME. Premiums received during the year ... 1,222,276 77 Interest, rents and dividends ... 68,842 79 Amount received from all other sources ... 44 25 Total income ...$1,291,163 81 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid during the year.$ 722,911 62 Dividends paid during the year ... 96,979 63 Commission or brokerage ... 157,016 36 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employes ..... 161,163 76 Rents paid during the year ..... 7,660 58 Taxes, repairs and expenses on real estate ..... 1,088 02 All other taxes, licenses, insurance department fees, legal, etc ..... 45,057 69 Amount of all other expenditures ..... 29,372 27 Total expenditures ..... $1,221,249 93 LEDGER ASSETS. Book value of real estate owned by the company ..... $ 78,570 00 Mortgage loans on real estate ..... 100,055 50 Book value of bonds and stocks ..... 1,656,348 77 Cash on hand and in bank ..... 123,349 37 Total ..... $1,958,323 64 Deduct clerks' fund ..... 9,984 88 Total ledger assets ..... $1,948,338 76 NON-LEDGER ASSETS. Interest due and accrued ..... $ 24,327 07 Due for re-insurance ..... 20,667 93 Gross premiums in course of collection ..... 196,124 54 Gross assets ..... $2,189,458 30 DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED. Depreciation from book value of real estate, bonds and stocks ..... $25,971 72 Gross premiums in course of collection ..... 20,247 84 Total ..... $ 46,219 56 Total admitted assets ..... $2,143,238 74 LIABILITIES. Amount of unpaid losses ..... $ 403,926 43 Total unearned premiums ..... 598,650 99 Unpaid dividends ..... 20 37 Salaries, rents, bills, etc. ..... 35,316 21 Commission and brokerage ..... 29,765 24 Re-insurance premiums ..... 12,792 76 Total liabilities ..... $1,080,472 00 H. S. ROBINSON, President. C. S. GILMAN, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of May, 1907. (Seal) Frederic R. Eaton. Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement United States Branch of the London Guarantee and Accident Company, L't'd., of London, England, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of deposit capital ... $ 275,000 00 INCOME. Premiums received during the year ... $1,465,348 80 Interest and dividends ... 57,331 89 Profits from sale or maturity of ledger assets over book value ... 449 29 Total income ... $1,523,129 98 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid during the year $ 624,072 33 Remitted to home office ... 107,791 72 Commission or brokerage ... 396,206 41 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employees ... 113,941 57 Rents paid during the year ... 8,962 71 All other taxes, licenses, ins- urance department fees, legal, etc ... 42,703 27 Amount of all other expendi- tures ... 9,750 67 Total expenditures ... $1,303,428 68 LEDGER ASSETS. Book value of bonds ... $1,756,313 76 Cash on hand and in bank ... 169,538 36 Total ledger assets ..... $1,925,852 12 NON-LEDGER ASSETS. Interest accrued ..... $ 22,287 31 Gross Premiums in course of collection ..... 280,637 23 Gross assets ..... $2,228,776 66 DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED. Depreciation from book value bonds.$85,694 51 Gross premiums in course of collection 6,578 59 Total ..... $ 92,273 10 Total admitted assets ..... $2,136,503 56 LIABILITIES. Amount of unpaid losses ..... $ 771,894 21 Total unearned premiums ..... 568,610 02 Balance taken in advance of premiums, etc., not included above ..... 7,312 50 Salaries, rents, bills, etc ..... 4,049 77 Commission and brokerage ..... 73,380 18 All other liabilities, contingent reserve ..... 100,000 00 Total liabilities ..... $1,525,246 68 MISCELLANEOUS. Total premiums received during year in Illinois ..... $ 447,513 05 Total losses incurred during the year in Illinois ..... 181,171 44 A. W. MASTERS. United States Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of January. 1907. (Seal) H. M. McConnell. Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Company of New York, in the State of New York, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. Amount of capital stock paid up in cash ..... $ 250,000 00 INCOME. Premiums received during the year ..... $ 457,340 45 Interest, rents and dividends ..... 33,798 74 Amount received from all other sources ..... 56 07 Total income ..... $ 491,195 26 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid during the year.$ 159,315 73 Dividends paid during the year ..... 50,000 00 Commission or brokerage ..... 155,911 30 Salaries, fees and all other charges of officers, clerks, agents and employees ..... 58,315 64 Rents paid during the year ..... 1,186 81 Taxes, repairs and expenses on real estate ..... 11,144 48 All other taxes, licenses, insurance department fees, legal, etc. ..... 26,683 16 Amount of all other expenditures ..... 5,542 59 Total expenditures ..... $ 468,099 71 LEDGER ASSETS. Book value of real estate owned by the company ..... $ 245,763 18* Book value of bonds and stocks ..... 507,531 91 Cash on hand and in bank ..... 24,989 44 Total ledger assets ..... $ 778,284 53 Interest accrued ..... $ 1,500 00 Market value of real estate, over book value ..... 149,236 82 Other non-ledger assets ..... 3,464 61 Gross Premiums in course of Gross assets ..... $ 891,544 23 DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED. Depreciation from book value of bonds and stocks $19,898 91 Other unadmitted assets ..... 3,464 61 Special deposits to secure liabilities in Canada ..... 73,618 00 Gross premiums in course of collection 5,870 74 Total ..... $ 102,852 26 Total admitted assets ..... $ 788,691 97 LIABILITIES. Amount of unpaid losses ..$ 8,342 06 Total unearned premiums ..... 261,424 56 Salaries, rents, bills, etc. ..... 6 75 Commission and brokerage ..... 27,729 18 All other liabilities ..... 13,501 18 Total liabilities ..... $ 311,003 73 Less liabilities secured by special deposits ..... 67,201 51 Balance ..... $ 243,802 22 MISCELLANEOUS. Total premiums received during the year in Illinois ..... 35,474 40 Total losses incurred during the year in Illinois ..... 13,626 48 WILLIAM T. WOODS. President. CHARLES E. W. CHAMBERS. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1907. (Seal) A. A. Leach. Notary Public. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. Annual statement of the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company of Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana, on the 31st day of December, 1906, made to the Insurance Superintendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock paid up in cash ..... $ 100,000 00 INCOME. Steam Dying, first-class repairing and modern pressing establishment Leland Hotel Pantatorium.... French Dry Cleaning, Steam Cleaning First-class work guaranteed to Certificate of membership to Pressing club, $1. 12 garments. All work called for and delivered. Give me a call.. OLD PHONE 834. An Advertisement in TheForum Brings Instant Results. Miss Snowden, graduate of the HIGH SCHOOL Is Prepared to do stenographic work of all kinds. See her or call at 305 south sixth Buy Kansas Wheat Lands Direct from owner at bargain counter prices. Bring us your typewriting and letter-writing, rates good. Wilson and Carter Proprietors. An Advertisement Brings Insta Miss Snowden, HIGH S Is Prepared to do sten kinds. See her or call Buy Kansas Wh Direct from owner a pric Do you know that a single Crop f wheat in Western Kansas will pay the purchase price of the land on which it is grown and profit besides? I have several thousands acres of choice wheat land in the counties of Ellis, Trego, Grove, Wallace, Lane,Greeley, Kearney and Morton bought exceedingly low during hard times which I now want to close out at once and which I offer to sell far below or We must not spend so much money on Excursions. Bring us your ty ter-writing, THE Kentucky Kitchen New Restaurant & Lunch Room Will be run on first-class plan. Home Style Cooking a Specialty. 821 East Washington St. MRS. BELL JACKSON, Prop. THE FORUM t-class repairing missing establishment Pantatorium.... ELAND HOTEL Steam Cleaning, guaranteed to Ladies and Gents ing club, $1. 12 garments. All vered. Give me a call.. PHONE 824. nt in The Forum ant Results. graduate of the SCHOOL monographic work of all at 305 south sixth as meat Lands at bargain counter ces. I WANT TO DEAL WITH PUR CHASER DIRECT. Write me for full particulars ho w I can save you money. Lee Monroe. N. E. Corner Sixth and Kansas, Avenues, Topeka, Kansas. Capitol City Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., meets every second and fourth Monday night of each month in Masonie hall on North Eighth street. Special meetings made known by K. of R. & S. pewriting and let rates good. Please don't put the collectors off by telling them you want to see the editor. We employ them because we have not time for that ourselves. When the collectors come, pay them. VIRGIL MOTLEY, Solicitor. Get in the reading habit-Colored papers are for sale at: J. E. Thompson, L. F. Osborne's Pool Room, The Pekin Cafe, Brown & Neal's Restaurant, Elk I. Cafe. At these places you can secure the New York Age, Boston Guardian, The Freeman, Richmond Planet, The Voice, The Colored American Magazine, The Forum, Etc. dinary market prices. Time Table of Springfield Consolidated Railway Co. Cars for North Fifth street will leave Fifth and Monroe every 7½ minutes from 6:07 a. m., until 8:00 p. m.; every 10 minutes from 8:00 p. m. until 11:20 p. m.; owl cars will leave Cars for South Fifth street will leave Fifth and Monroe every 7½ minutes from 6:07 a. m. until 7:45 p. Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:00 a. m. until 11:24 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:48 p. m., 12:00 midnight and 12:24 a. m. Cars for North Seventh street leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:00 a. m. until 11:24 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:48 p. m. and 12:24 a. m. Cars for Spring street leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:08 a. m. until 11:20 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:44 p. m., 12:08 and 12:30 a. m. Cars for East Carpenter street leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:08 a. m. until 11:20 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:44 p. m., 12:07 and 12:30 a. m. Cars for South Grand avenue leave Fifth and Monroe every 15 minutes from 6:07 a. m. until 11:22 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:45 p. m., 12:07 and 12:30 a. m. Cars for Lawrence avenue leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:00 a. m., until 11:36 p. m.; owl cars leave at 12:00 midnight and 12:30 a. m. Cars for North Ninth street leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:00 a. m. until 11:36 p. m. Cars for East Capitol avenue leave Fifth and Monroe every 12 minutes from 6:00 a. m. until 11:36 p. m.; owl cars leave at 12:00 midnight and 12:30 a. m. Cars for South Eleventh and Rutledge streets leave Fifth and Washington every 15 minutes from 6:07 a. m. until 11:22 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:52 p. m. and 12:22 a. m. Cars for West Washington street leave Fifth and Monroe every 15 minutes from 6:00 a. m. until 11:15 p. m.; owl cars leave at 11:45 p. m. and 12:07 a. m. Cars for Governor street leave Fifth and Monroe every 15 minutes from 6:07 a. m. until 11:22 p. m.; owl cars leave at 12:30 a. m. Cars for South Eighth street leave Fifth and Monroe every 15 minutes from 6:00 a.m. until 11:15 p.m. Dr.C.H. JONES, Contractor -- Builder Real Estate Rentals and Loans. Manager Peerless Ideal Portrait Co business Letters, Deeds. Wills and Mortgages drawn. All business confidential. Office: 116 South Seventh Street. MELL PHONES: Res. 2595 r 3 office, main 3437. Dr. S. A. WARE. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. OFFICE:—627½ East Adams street. HOURS: 10 a. m. to 12 m. 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. 7 p. m. to 9. Phones:—— Calls promptly made. Subscribe for the Forum. Property in all parts of the City offered for the very Lowest Prices and best Terms. Loans made on Property or Anything of Value. S.trictly Confidential Ladies Business solicited PHONES: Office 2322 Res. 1769R2 A. Morris Williams, Williams' Bldg. 11th & Washington FINE CARD ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM. Bast Bound for Decatur, Clinton and all intermediate points. *5:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 a.m. †12:00 noon. †6:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. †8:00 a.m. †2:00 p.m. †8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. †9:00 p.m. †10:00 a.m. †4:00 p.m. †11:00 p.m. Springfield & Northeastern Traction Co. Northbound. Southbound. 5:00 am 3:30 pm 5:00 am 3:30 pm 6:30 am 5:00 pm 6:30 am 5:00 pm 8:00 am 6:30 pm 8:00 am 6:30 pm 10:00 am 8:00 pm 10:00 am 8:00 pm 12:00 noon 11:00 pm 12:00 noon 11:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm Cars leave Springfield for Lincoln— *500, 7.00, 9.00 and 11 a.m. 1.00, 3,00, 5,00, 7.00, 9.00 & 11 p.m. *500 a.m. Daily except Sunday. Southbound, for Carlinville, Gillespie, Staunton, Litchfield, Edwardsville, St. Louis, and all intermediate points: *5:00 am *10:00 am 3:00 pm 7:00 pm *6:00 am 11:00 am $4:00 pm $8:00 pm 7:00 am $12:00 noon 5:00 pm 9:00 pm $8:00 am 1:00 pm *6:00 pm 11:00 pm 9:00 am *2:00 pm 12 Midnight Sleeper *Daily except Sunday. †Limited cars, stopping at towns only. †Limited cars, making all stops. §"Corn Belt Limited" to St. Louis. NO DUST DIRT SMOKE CLINDERS MORTON'S SALOON 817 E. Washington St. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. SCHLITZ BEER 8 J. MORTON, - G. J. BEARD, Proprietor, Dispenser. STAR THEATRE Open Every Night Best Vaudeville Seen in the City. Prices: 10 cents, box seats, 25c. 811 E. Washington St. Springfield, Illinois A Grand Entertainment. Given By Lincoln Monument Lodge No. 1824 AT HALL ON So. 5thSt. Wednesday, Sept. 25, Come one and all and have a good time. All delicacies of the season FREE Plenty of music. Enancipation Celebration Chautauqua This is an age of progression. The world is growing wiser. The Negro race is a component part of this creation and must keep pace with this progress. Forty-five years ago, the 22d of September, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring that upon the succeeding 1st day of January, 4,000,000 Negro slaves would be free and independent. Since that time, each year, for these forty odd years the colored race has been celebrating that emancipation. While the inspiration for the celebration is as great as ever, the manner of the celebration is indeed a time worn custom and if we would sustain our claims to progress, some manner or form of improvement must be injected into our Emancipation Celebration. With this thought in mind, a committee of citizens of this city have arranged for an Emancipation Celebration Chautauqua. the first of its kind ever held by colored people and an occasion that promises to eclipse anything that the most fastidious mind could conceive. A beautiful grove, seemingly constructed by nature for this occasion, has been secured, located about six miles from Springfield on the Interurban road on the banks of Lick Creek and is being fitted out for a typical chautauqua grounds. Exercises at the grove will begin Saturday, September 21, and continue over Monday. the 23d. Sunday being the 22d, fitting and devotional exercises will be held. The churches of this city will unite in services during the afternoon. On Monday, the Hon William T. Vernon. Registrar of the Treasury, of Washington, D C, will be the chief orator. Mr. Vernon holds the highest position of any colored man in the gift of this government, is an able, scholarly man, the race's representative and should receive a rousing ovation from the colored people at the home of Lincoln. Truly the spirit of our great emancipator, will feel the satisfaction of a life's sacrifice to know that one who at the time of the issuance of his proclamation THE FORUM Entertain- ent. On By nt Lodge No. 1824 ON So. 5thSt. y, Sept. 25, and all and good time. In FREE Plenty of music. Come early James Sims, Sec'y. tain- PA St. 25, and ne. nusic. In Con Bill o Oat M Baked Ham a Chas. A J M = Suits M was a slave in the south, is now one of the nation's great men and has come to his burial ground to pay him tribute. Odd Fellows' Band will furnish music every day and a fine orchestra will be on hand at nights. Full particulars with the program for each day will appear later. Committee- Chas. S. Gibbs, Thos. R. Thompson, Fred R. York, Dr. S. A. Ware, S. J. Morton, Louis Baker, Otis B. Duncan. RENICK VIRES, Gen'l Mang NEWS. The find In OXFORD, MISS., NEWS. Sir-In your trip to Dixie, speaking about real estate, I know space would not allow you to mention us all, so I wish to ask if you noted the modern and palatial residences of Will Collins, L. A. Dooly, Fred Barr, Tom Saddler and Ed Wortham? I see modesty forbade you to describe your own paternal dwelling, which is all O. K. in structure. I see you forgot to mention my property-personal enough—a large family. Did you see that fine span of match horses driven by "Old man Anderson Hurst?" Herd Bros. owp good property in town and country. "Freedmen Town" can boast of several negroes of wealth. But of course, as you are up there in the North, we down here in Dixie appear as pigmies to you. That's right, E. L. R., "aim at the stars and you reach the tree tops." Aim at the tree tops, as we do, and you reach the ground kerflop. Prof. G. W. Humphrey, who worked seven years in the pension department, Washington, D. C., and whose wealth is rated up in the thousands, is stopping at Taylor, Miss. Now Jas. K. Vardaman is not afraid of me in the least, "and dat's what makes me say what I say and do what I do." Vardaman's voice is heard no more calling men to the fray by his incendiary utterances. Circuit Court begins here Monday, and I tell you if the negroes in this town would use more discretion, more common sense, the petty lawyers, the magistrates, the bailiff and the one-eyed tiger would all go broke—yes, dead broke. F. C. N. The Forum has opened a Business Men's Directory.—Cheap Enough for all to Advertise. The PARK The Dreaming PARK - SALOON Fine Wines and Liquors In Connection with the Bill of Fare is served Oat Meal 5c Wheats Baked Beans 5c Pies Ham and Eggs 10c Pork Chops 10 and 809 E. Chas. Anderson & J. W. N. MERCH Suits Made to Order --Price Cleaning, Dying I Guarantee Satisfaction World Pantatorium J. W. KIN 116 S. Seventh St., The finest brands of W. Imported Cigars. 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It is a high class weekly of fact and opinion—strong conservative editorials on all subjects of importance Religion is; do right—Politics, Republican, (conservative) Uncompromising for right, justice and liberty. E. L. ROGERS Spring E. L. ROGERS, Mgr. 3051-2 S. 6th St. Springfeld, Illinois. J. W. MCKINNEY MERCHANT TAILOR ==Circulation Counts== Agents wanted in all towns. Copies for sale at Negro business houses. Advertising rates in paper. For further particulars, write Sherman Can Beat Caldwell. Now that L. Y. Sherman, the lieutenant governor of Illinois, is a resident of the 21st congressional district, we have a man who can beat Congressman Ben F. Caldwell, the present incumbent, whose term expires March 4, 09, but who must run again and be voted for at the election to be held in Nov. 1908. Mr Sherman has held many important positions over the state and is one of the ablest lawyers of the state, a shrewd politician and considered the ablest parliamentarian in the country. The Forum will be pleased to have Mr. Sherman become a candidate for Congress and feel sure that a man of his sagacity and known worth, can be elected. This district will fell highly honored to even have Mr. Sherman run for the place and will be still more honored should he be elected. It is conceded that Sherman is one if not the ablest politician in the state. He is a scholar of note and an historian of rare distinction. He is known over the entire state as a potential factor in the political arena. He has been a candidate once or more for governor and has served on the bench with special distinction. As speaker of the Illinois lower house, he was considered the best Illinois ever had As lieutenant governor, he is ex-officio prosiding officer of the senate. In case Sherman is elected to Congress, he will be the best westerner we know of to succeed the Hon. Joe Cannon as speaker of the national house, and Mr. Sherman can fill that place with as much dignity and solemnity as his honor, Joseph G. Cannon, the man from Vermillion county. We move that Sherman be the unanimous choice of the Republicans of the 21st Congressional district. Ex-Senator Mason. Wm. E. Mason is gaining ground every day in his fight to succeed Albert J. Hopkins, the Reed Smoot adherent in the United States Senate. It seems as if Hopkins' blunder is to cost him his seat in the senate and well it should after the protests made by the loyal women of our state against Smoot having a seat in the senate. Hopkins erred. We know of no better man to wear the senatorial toga than exSenator "Billy" Mason. His record in that body is vividly remembered and we see no reason why he should not be elected. We desire again to call your attention to H. Rhoden, undertaker and embalmer. He will give you courteous treatment and good service. Try him anyway. In this issue of the Forum, the astute, witty and able Oxford, Miss, editor, is calling our hand for lack on our part of mentioning more of the colored people there who are property owners. In reply we desire to inform him that that article was 'to be continued' and in this issue will be found mentioned a goodly number written before brother F. C. cas-turated us. No sir nothing THE EFORUM done by our people in Dixie is a pigmy because we are in the North. Material progress and moral worth are the same and represent as much in one section of the country as in the other. We see better opportunities for our people in many parts of the South than here, and only see that they need to be aware of them and get a more thorough education and diversify their farming, The Oxford editor sounds an efficacious truth in regards to what he says of the courts, our people support the courts; lawyers, and magistrates by their petty jelousies and frequent trials." Again we urge that every educatable child be found in the school room. Dr. J. A. Wheeler Game Commissioner Probably there is not a more sagacious politician in Illinois, than Dr. J A. Wheeler of Auburn, our creditable and efficient state game commissioner. Dr. Wheeler has filled this responsible position most ably and has the state game farm in a better condition than ever before it is a beautiful place and a remarkable one. This farm is considered one of the finest in the country. It takes such a man as Dr. Wheeler to meet the requirements encumbered upon such an officer. Dr. Wheeler is a real successful man politically, having never been defeated for office; yet having held many places of importance, elected by the people. He served one term as a member of the legislature, being elected November 6, '02 He is the present mayor of Auburn, and has served in that capacity for several consecutive terms. He was secretary of the state central committee and in all these positions, filled the places not only creditably, but satisfactorily. What Dr. Wheeler aspires for he generally gets and is therefore a rod and staff to the Republican party instead of an office seeker. The leaders of the Republican party are considering Dr. Wheeler as the best and most available man to put up for sheriff of this county to succeed Charles Werner. While there is some time yet before a vacancy occurs, it is not too early to consider a man for that important place. If he should accept, there is no better man to be found in the county for that place. In fact Dr. Wheeler is capable for most any place and is a credit to our party. We shall make a visit to the game farm soon and have a serial article thereof. These Emancipation Celebrations. It will be observed through this paper that there are to be two emancipation celebrations on September 23d. But we do not think there should exist the least friction, as one is a chautauqua, held for three days and the other is only one day at the White City. The chautauqua will be held six miles south of the city The Forum's columns are freely open to all and we hope all will have good crowds. Bell Telephone: Northwestern University Medical School, Class '83. Main 337. Dr. Jas. E. Henderson HOURS: {9 to 11 a.m. Diseases and Ailments of Women, a 3 to 5 p.m. 7 to 8 p.m. Specialty. Ambidexter Institute The Fall Session of Ambidexter Institute opens on Monday, Sept. 2, 197. Ample room for board and tuition, moderate. Pupils from outside city room in Institute Building. Dr. J. H. Magee. president. P. O. Box 71 Springfield, Ill. E. L. Rogers, Editor-in-Chief and Business Mgr. Will H. Barbour, Asst. Editor. MISS JOSEPHINE SNOWDEN. Proof Reader and Stenographer. Office Clerk, Bookkeeper and Collector. Springfield. Miss Allene White, Contributor. Mrs. E. L. White, Contributo. 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State and National offices.....$10.00 County offices ..... 5.00 Mayor of Springfield ..... 5.00 Regular write-ups, 10 cents per line. Ten-line notice one time, with announcement, free. your paper in the afternoon on Sat- urdays. The Forum has opened a Business Men's Directory.—Cheap Enough for all to Advertise. Office: 107 $ \frac{1}{2} $ W. Side Square, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS The Forum's Staaf. Points of Interest [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit]. We want it always distinctly understood that we take no person's nor set of persons' private differences up through this paper. "Oh, Douglas! Thou hast passed beyond the shore, But still thy voice is ringing o'er the gale— Thou'st taught thy race how high her hope may soar, And bid them seek the heights, nor faint nor fall." Paul Laurence Dunbar on Fred Douglass. The Clubs, Social and Otherwise. Ladies' Sunlight Social, meets every Wednesday at the residences of its members, discusses art, culinary, and home circle questions. St. Paul Sewing Circle meets every Thursday at Lecture room of St. Paul church, discusses all important home circle questions. Mothers' Literary, meets every month, auxiliary to St. Paul Sewing Circle. The Woman's Club, meets every week, is the oldest club—has been and is a rescue club for the fallen, a philanthropic agency, this club has a social and juvenile section, Mrs. C. H. Morgan is president, Mrs. Higginbotham is chairman, of the social section; Miss Clara Blackwell is press reporter for this club. The None-Such, is a social club among the younger society folk—meets every Thursday. The Don't Worry, is a club composed of the elderly married ladies—meets weekly. Lodges and their meeting nights and place of meeting will be carried for 25c the month. We have all manner of lodges here. "It is no benefit to have given me something, but it is a benefit to have enabled me to obtain something for myself."—Emerson. Parties will please enter into no business transactions for this paper with anyone save authorized agents The greatest of all newspapers is the daily Globe-Democrat, of St. Louis. It has no equal or rival in all the west and ought to be in the hands of every reader of any daily paper. It costs by mail, postage prepaid, daily, including Sunday, one year, $6.00; 6 months, $3.00; 3 months, $1.50; daily without Sunday, one year, $4.00; 6 months, $2.00; 3 months, $1.00. Sunday edition—a big newspaper and magazine combined, 48 to 76 pages every Sunday, one year, $2.00; 6 months, $1. A subscription for the Globe-Democrat, at these prices, is the best possible newspaper investment. Send your order today or write for Free sample copy to Globe Printing company, St. Louis, Mo. See special "long time" campaign offer of the Twice-a-Week issue of the Globe-Democrat. Two years for -1.25, elsewhere in this paper. Clarkson, Modern Druggist 213 South Sixth Street. Pure Drugs and Toilet Articles Come one Come all Chance. Buy a lot in in Wilberforce, Green Co., Ohio, the Mecca of Prosperous and Fashionable Negroes 187 iots have been subdivided out of "The shorter place," and are being sold by a colored syndicate. Terms $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. Prices of lots range from $120 up to $250.00. Now is the time to buy as an investment. A W. NAYLOR & Co., Wilberforce Green Co. O., Dr. J. H. MaGee. Western Manager, Springfield, Illinois. Plat etc can be seen together with other information at Forum office. J. T. Wyn has returned from a trip to Providence, Ky., where he was called on the account of the death of his mother. Mrs. Arminta Davis Ryder and Miss Retta Davis have returned from a pleasant visit in Chicago. Mrs. Susan Vaughn of Decatur attended the grand session Heroes of Jericho in this city this week. Now the best boarding restaurant in the city—the Pekin, 1024 E. Washington St., A, S Johnson Proprietor—has home style cooking. Remember the law firm of Williams & Royall when in trouble. Mrs. Thomas Warrick left this week for a few week's visit at her home in Cai o. H. H. Long is improving his premises. Mrs. Outland of S. Spring St., who has been indisposed for over a month, is improving. Miss Louise Wilson returned last week after several days visit in Bloomington. A. W. Naylor has returned from a business trip to New York. Watch for the State Fair Special at Masonic Hall, Oct. 3rd. All members of Capital City Lodge are requested to be present at the next meeting night. Remember the law in respect to missing more than one regular session a month. E. L, ROGERS, K. of R, S. The Woman's Club will meet Monday, Sept. 17, at 2:30 p, m. at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Morgan, 820 S. Spring St., for the ection of officers. Heroines of Jericho. The grand session of the Heroines of Jericho of Illinois, convened here this week this being their 31st session. A program was rendered Tuesday evening at the reception and was a musical treat. Addresses were made by the grand officers. The McKinney sisters are to be praised for their musical ability; also the White sisters. In course of her short but able and pro- and Local Delmonico Cafe One of the best in city 107 S. 8th St under new Management. We invite the 'public and we will serve you nicely and promptly. ED. JASPER. Furnished rooms at 416 E. Madison Street, Springfield, Illinois. Mrs. J. E. SMITH, Proprietress. Telephone, new, 1457. found remarks. Mrs. Ida Dempcy of Chicago, complimented the colored people of the city for their masonic hall and advised that cohesion be the race's motto or rather she declared that cohesion in all things for good would be the only solution of the race problem. Butler Sisters. Lunch Room The Butler Sisters have opened a lunch room at 814 E. Washington St. and asked that we call your attention to the fact, and invite you to pay them a call. They solicit your patronage and deserve it: 3 little girls striving to make a legitimate livelihood. We hope that all who read of this place will call and give them aid. Sunlight Social Circle. The Social Sunlight Circle met with Mrs. Page on E Mason St. Wednesday night and a full attendance of the members were present. The annual election of officers took place and A. V. Smith was again chosen president. The full details will be published next week in this paper. The club will meet with the president, 1409 E. Jackson street, next Wednesday night. Petersburg News Mrs. G. Loomis of Springfield, is visiting here this week. Opal Tate of Bloomington, is visiting relatives here. Lynn Steveson of Mason City, was a visitor here Sunday. Eliza Foran of Bloomington, visited here Sunday. William Penick visited in Jacksonville, Sunday. Jessie Crawford of Bloomington, was the guest of her grandmother this week. Mrs. Bettie McCurdy of Peoria was the guest of her parents last week. 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