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THE FORUM Vol. 6, No. 10. Death of Mrs. Abner Naylor. A Prominent Society Lady.—An Excellent Musician. Mrs. Abner Naylor, 830 S. 3d street, who died at midnight, Monday. May 10, 1909, was born 53 years ago. She was educated in Jacksonville, Illinois, and graduated from the conservatory of music in that city, with distinction. She was married in this city twenty-nine years ago and had since made this city her home, where she took an active and conspicuous part in church, society and lodge work. She was a cultured and refined lady, highly learned in music, having taught the art since graduation. She was dearly loved by all who knew her and was a model lady and uncheckered christian. She leaves to mourn, Abner Naylor, a devoted husband; A.W. Naylor, a loving son, and his wife and children; a mother, one sister, brother and foster daughter and a host of friends. She was a member of Shiloh Court and Order of the Eastern Star and the Woman's Club, under the auspices of which societies the funeral was conducted. The funeral services were held in this city and at Jacksonville, in the former city. Wednesday at 1.30 p.m at St. Paul A M. E. church, Rev. T. Price officiating, and in Jacksonville on Thursday. The floral offering was beautiful and immense. When the casket had been placed in position before the altar by Mr. Rhoden, the undertaker in charge, the choir sang, "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone." Prayer was offered and the choir sang "Rock of Ages," Dr. Magee then read from the XC Psalm; song by the choir Rev. T. Price then preached the sermon. The ritualistic funeral ceremonies were performed by the orders in charge. Then the obituary was read by Mrs. J. C. McClain and the resolutions for the Eastern Star were read by Mrs. Carrie Lee-Hamilton, a finer nor more sublime set of resolutions were ever heard before, and effort bespeaking the ability of the lady. Miss Justine McKinney sang the final funeral dirge, whose solemnity was effective and touching. After the last rites were said, with order and precision, the undertaker passed the people around that they might look upon the remains for the last time, then the body was borne to the depot and taken to Jacksonville where the funeral proper was preached and where interment was made. The survivors have the sympathy and condolence of all their innumerable friends. The Young Men are planning to open a first class club house. H. H. Long is President, John H White, Secretary and Otis Browder, Treas. "Be ye doers and not sayers only." Colored Teams Want Games The Merchant's Blacks. an aggregation of colored base ball tossers, will leave tomorrow for Cascade where they will play. The club is desirous of meeting amateurs on the diamond. Write Everett Washington. Mgr., 716 E. Washington St. There will be a business meeting at the New Hope Baptist church on the corner of 8th and Miller street, Sunday, May 16, at 3 30 p. m. The object of this meeting is to ascertain what we shall do to make our future life happy. Everybody, young and old, great and small, are welcome to this meeting. All pastors and their members are extended a special invitation. Bloomington Notes. Mrs. Frank Harber left Wed nesday for Galesburg to visit her husband. Mrs. Chas. Caldwell and neice Minnie Caldwell, left Thursdhy for Vandalia, Mo, to be at the bedside of their sister and aunt. The members of the Third Christian church will give an interesting program at their church Saturday evening, at which time the cards out for lifting the debt off the church will be called in. Elder Hancock will preach his last sermon Monday evening. Misses Leorah Walker, Alberta Wyche, Etta Green and Blanche Hoagland: Messrs, Jas, Walker, Albert Hoagland and Walker Duff, visited in Springfield. Friday a week ago. Walker Duff won first in all four events participated in. The party attended the Business Men's League party at Masonic hall the same evening. Mrs. Geo. Hoagland was indisposed the early part of this week Miss Leorah Walker entertained the Elete Thimble Club last week. The Club met with Mrs. Lizzie Johnson the past Thursday. The Mother's Section of the Woman's Club will meet Monday afternoon May 17, at the residence of Mrs. Sellers. All members are requested to be present. The joint program of boys' andegirls' club will be rendered May 24th. W. C. Reporter. Reception in honor of Louis F. Finney, C. M., and the visiting Knights and Daughters of the Tabernacle will be given at the Masonic Hall, Thursday. May 20. Quite an interesting program will be rendered. The public is invited. Admission 10c Clyde Donaldson and Joseph Smith were presented with two gold medals by the Peerless Athletic club. Both boys represented the Springfield high school in the Corn Belt Meet, Friday May 7. Mr. Davis, formerly barber at G. W. Jones' shop, is now with Grady & Webster. --- A Call. SATURDAY Progess of the Business League. The Negro Business Leauge has been the instigation of several new business enterprises in the city Mr. Sallie has opened a furniture store as have Hughes and Woods. TERRE HAUTE (IND.) NEWS. Terre Haute was visited by quite an electric storm, last Saturday. Sunday afternoon at the Free Will Baptist church, the Odd Fellows and Household of Ruth had their annual thanksgiving sermon preached by Rev. Franklin of Saulters Chapel. The program rendered was commendable to the colored race. Quite a large crowd was out. Monday night at Free Will Baptist church. Rev. Manly, D. D., of Indianapolis delivered a great lecture entitled "My Red Top Boots." We only wish that more of our folks had been in attendance. Friday night at Spruce Street church, there will be a grand program rendered. The Wednesday p. m. Club, met with Mrs. M. E. Turner at 2120 Spruce street. Mrs. Ira Jones has been indisposed this week. There will be a literary entertainment at Saulters chapel on Thursday night. Dr. Jones contracted for two more houses this week. East End Notes. News is not so plentiful this week. Everything is quiet. Health is number one. Classes A and B were represented at Buffalo Hart last Sunday but owing to the inclement weather, were not able to organize a Sunday school as they had intended doing. They will attempt the organization later on. Things look like there might be some wedding cake in Springfield soon. The East End Man watching every move. I think I can keep up with the E. Mason street end of it, if I can get some good fellow to watch the W. Williams street end. I think this is pretty straight hint, but I can't say just when but I know there is something going on. Bishop C. T. Shaffer preached an aqle sermon at St. John last Sunday evening, but we people at St. John hear good sermons every week. We have the man who can deliver the goods, that's Rev. G. W. Jones. The young converts at the Union Baptist church last Tuesday night certainly gave us a royal entertainment. They made a hit and if they keep that up, they will certainly be useful to the church 1909. Resolutions of Estella Chapter No. 3. Read By Mrs. Carrie Lee-Hamilton. Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in His wise Providence, to remove from our midst our highly esteemed and much beloved sister, Mrs. Elnora Naylor; and Whereas, By this simple touch of the unseen finger of the Death Angel, the erthly career of Sister Naylor closes, in whose death Estella Chapter No. 3, has lost a bright and shining light, whose place will be hard to fill; and, Whereas, Estella Chapter sustains a great loss in losing a faithful member, devoted friend and unswerving advocate of the principles of truth, faith, wisdom and charity; and Whereas, Her womanly bearing, her incessant labor of love, her broad charity and sympathy of soul; and, Whereas, She was a devoted wife and mother, an affectionate daughter and loving sister, whose unfaltering faith in Him who worketh when none can hinder; and. Whereas, During her life she strongly advocated intellectuality: the loftiest ideals and the surest religious advancement in the ability of mankind to obtain; Resolved. That we deplore the death of this loving, deserving sister and commend her spirit to Him who has seen fit to have the Angel record the fatal mandate and summons her to "join that innumerable caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm, where each shall take his chamber in the silent hall of death," and which she has approached "like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." Resolved, That we will emulate the good work of this dear sister, whose footprints will ever remain on the sands of Time and hope to meet her in the great beyond. Resolved, That Estella Chapter tender its sympathy to the bereaved family; further be it Resolved, That a copy of this our expression of grief, be sent to the beloved family and a copy be recorded in the minutes of the Order. There is no death, What seems so is transition This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portals, we call Death." The article in the last edition of The Forum with reference to colored property owners keeping their premises in good condition as being one of the solutions to the race problem, we accept as being true. It tells its own story. It is true, white people do not want to live by the side of colored people, nor does a decent colored man want to live by the side of a filthy colored man, hence you can't blame the white man for not wanting to live by him.—East End Man. Society and Local MORTUARY F. D. Moss, a young man of the city, who had been ill for over a year, alternately, died last Sunday and was buried Tuesday. Don't fail to hear Rev Smalley tomorrow at 3 o'clock P. M. Let everyone attend the literary entertainment at Masonic hall Tuesday evening. Special Epworth League services at Grace M. E. church tomorrow at 7 p. m. Don't miss it. Don't fail to hear Rev. Smalley tomorow at 3 p. m. Miss Orlean McCracken, the daughter of Rev. N. J. Mc. Cracken, is in the city the guest of Mrs. Ida Lewis. Miss Blanche Hoagland, representative of The Forum at Bloomington, was in the city last week, attending the Corn Belt Oratorical Contest, as were her brothers and other 'rooters' for Duff. The Junior society young men gave a surprise on Lloyd Jones last Wednesday evening. The Business League meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday nights of each month at 1024 E. Washington street Young Men's Progressive League. Friday evening May 7, the above named social club gave another one of their select affairs, the attendant's being invited parties only. The affair was given in honor of The Busy Tweleve Club, and was a superb one. The hall was beautifully illuminated and decorated, the blending of which reflected a gorgeous ap pearance. The attendant's declare it was the finest of its kind ever before given. There were many visitors from out of the city. Rev. S. C. Manuel. former pastor of Union Baptist church here, but now of New Albany, Ind., is visiting in the city and will preach at Union Baptist church tomorrow evening. A Fine Musicale May 25th. The young ladies amateur club will give their initial musicale interspersed with recitations and songs on Tuesday evening, May 25th at St. Paul church. We hope the public will kindly encourage these young misses with their presence for the aid of the above church. We are informed it will be a rare treat. Those taking part: Instrumental Helen Clem Voice Leota Singleton Violin solo Allene White Voice Blossom Barton Recitation Leona Watson Vocal solo Margurite Slater Instrumental—Hortense Mosby Quartet 4 young men Recital Cora Taylor. of Ky. Duet Ethel and Edith White Instrumental solo—Hazel Davis Voice Clara Blackwell Recitation Mrs. Josie Camp Vocal Bennie Chinn Admission 10c. Refreshments in the lecture room. --- ```markdown ``` Something New Everybody is invited to attend the K. of P's. 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Everyone who likes high class musical renditions and dramatic recitals, should be there. Don't miss it. Admission 25. Notice! Notice!! THE LAW FIRM OF ROYALL AND GIBBS DISSOLVED. I, Chas. S. Gibbs wish to inform my friends that Mr. O. V. Royall and myself have mutually agreed to discontinue our partnership. I desire to say that the relations between Mr. Royall and I, are, and to all intents and purposes, congenial, and will continue to be of the friendliest kind and that I regard Mr. Royall as a competent lawyer and a perfect gentleman. I will maintain my office at the present address, 2231 S. 5th street, until further notice. Dr. Jas. E. Henderson, after an absence of ten days, has returned to the city. Neal & Brown's restaurant will move in a few days to the Masonic Hall where elegant quarters are being prepared. Hon. S. B. Turner, of Chicago, was in the city this week on business. I --- Chas. S. Gibbs. Colored Skin made Lighter. 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Short orders meals by ticket, $3 00. Out of city trade so prepared to serve for banquets and socials of MEAL & BROWN, Proprietre To give the best meal; the bestservices and the best and most courteous attention to patrons. Regular Meals a specialty. Short orders served 21 meals by ticket. $300. Out of city trade solicited. We are prepared to serve for banquets and socials on request. NEAL & BROWN, Proprietresses. The East End Shoe Store HAS OPENED 1707 E. Capitol Ave It is offering SHOES at special p and hope to sell 250 pairs of Sh by June 1st. 707 E. Capitol Ave. fering SHOES at special hope to sell 250 pairs of Sh by June 1st. 1707 E. Capitol Ave. It is offering SHOES at special prices and hope to sell 250 pairs of Shoes by June 1st. Come and get the advantage of 10% discount J. P. ROBERTS, Prop. J.B.OSBY REAL ESTATE J.B.OSBY REAL ESTATE Farm and City Property Bought, Sold and Exchanged If you Are Thinking of Buying a FARM or city HOME, please call and see me. 52212 E. Adams St. Bell Tel. 423 Brown's aurant in St. in new quarters. the best in city ters, we extend a spe- n to the public. meal; the bestserv- and most courteous utrons. Short orders served Out of city trade solicited. For banquets and socials on request. WN, Proprietresses. Capitol Ave. ES at special prices 250 pairs of Shoes June 1st. Illinois. THE FORUM A weekly magazine paper devoted to the interests of the whole people. Entered as second-class matter, Feb- uary 24, 1904, at the postoffice at Springfield, Ill., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. BOBERS & BARBOUR Proprietors One Year.....$1.50 One Month.....15c Per Copy.....5c OFFICE: 305 1-2 B; 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. Gemann The Printer 1051 8o. 6th St. EDITORIAL Saturday, May 15 1909. Girls be chaste and blessed are your days all the days of your life. Every man must hoe his own row or the grass will subdue his crop. Young man, make right thinking your chief aim and you will do right—but first differentiate between right and wrong. Go into business and make a place for yourself. O young man for great things must be wrought by you, not the other fellow. A thing let every one ever remember, what Bishop Shaffer said of the man who had not a good character; such an one cannot stay long in one place, be cause he's afraid to become known. But ah! Never stop your children nor allow them to stop school until, at least, the foundation shall have been laid Opportunity will come and you will not be prepared to salute him. The crops over the counties of Sangamon, Macon and Champaign are in a very good condition and with a cessation of rain for a while, the future prospects for this year are better than many a year. Authorative information tells us that Vardaman had only 30 hearers when he spoke at the University of Illinois a few weeks ago, an institution composed of 4000 students. The pap rs there denounced the vilifier. After all has been said and orators have made the foundations upon which the building stood tremble, you can but turn to these propositions: "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." And "As a man thinketh in his heart (mind). so is he." There is no alternative. If the correspondent to the New York Age from Liberia is to be believed the colored people in that Republic are lagging and droning behind, possessing abundant fertile fields but too igno rant and lazy to make good use of them. It seems that more progress should be made from the fact that Liberia is greatly assimilated with the progress of Europe and America. It is time Liberians were striving to farm on the modern plan and we hope Tuskegee will send out some missionaries there and wake them up. The country is tropical and several crops can be raised annually. Another thing Bishop Shaffer taid that should never be forgotten is this: That back of every success, either visible or invisible, there is ability, either innate or acquired or both. It is not sufficient, he declared during that memorable address, to be merely a good moral man, obeying the law, and treating everybody as nearly right as you can; there is more required—knowledge, wisdom and learning. Prepare for the coming of opportunity that you may be able to grab him by the forelock as he passes by. ANOTHER WORLD'S FAIR. It is already announced that there will be held in Boston in 1920 a Ter centennial Exposition in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. This early beginning may be considered assurance of success, and success of something magnificent. No more suitable or more propitious a place could be selected than Boston, the corner stone of liberty and the cradle of freedom—where the "first born" were slain and where justice knows no class or creed or race—Boston, where towers high and conspicuous, the Bunker Hill Monument and the inscribed names of the heroes whose blood stains paint red the very pillars of Fanueil Hall. On to Boston. BISHOP SHAFFER'S LECTURE. Bishop C. T. Shaffer of the A. M. E church, delivered a lecture at St. Paul A. M E, church this city last Monday eveing to an appreciable audience. His subject was "The Demands of the Hour." His was a masterly delivered address, teeming with profound logic and seasoned with rich historic evidences to aid. A finer lecture I believe few there never heard before. He is a ripe scholar and commands as elegant a supply of the English language as one need wish—a real logician whose rhetorical finisbings are as fine as gold. Unassuming and unpretentious, but eloquent and sublime, he holds his hearers enraptured under the outpouring of his luxurious flow of well selected and enunciated sentences. He is an orator in the class with Gov. Hanly, Dr. J. W. E. Bowen and H. T. Kealing. Those who were there and heard him are blessed with an eternal heritage that shall be a guide and guard forever. Who doubts the wisdom of everything he said to the point? The lessons drawn or the points emphasized on are: Prepare for the hour when the opportunity shall come; get a sturdy, unassailable character; get education; opportunity passes every man. The A. M. E church may well feel proud of her Shaffer. Springfield citizens who heard him bear witness to these encomiums. Blessed be the name of the man. TUCKER'S PLACE. Board and Lodging House, First class accommodations Regular meals at regular meal hours. 206 North 14 St. H TU H TUCKER, Proprietor Imperial 5 Hats You won't find styles near as swagger. 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You must not kill any prairie chicken or grouse for a period of four years from the first day of July 1907 or any wild turkey, pheasant or partridge for a period of six years from July 1, 1907. You must not net, trap or ensnare quail, prairie chicken, pheasants or partridges at any time or under any circumstances, unless authorized to do so by the State Game Commissioner. You may kill wookcocks and mourning doves only from August 1st to November 30th, of each year. You may kill grey, red fox or black squirrels from July 1st to November 15th of each year. You may kill all kinds of snipe and plover from September 1st to May 1st of each year. You may kill wild geese, ducks, brant, coots, rail or other water fowl from September 1st to April 15th of each year. You must not kill wild geese, ducks, brant, coots, rail or other water fowl after sundown or before sunrise of each succeeding day. You must not kill wild geese, ducks, brant, coots, rail or other water fowl from any steamboat, sailboat, electric or gasoline launch, or from any sinkboat, box or sneakboat, or artificial blind in the open waters of this State. You must not kill wild geese, ducks, brant, quail, pheasants, partridges, prairie chickens, grouse or squirrel for market or commercial purposes. You must not sell, buy or have in possession for the purpose of selling, or transport for the purpose of sale, any wild geese, ducks, brant, quail, prairie chickens, grouse or squirrels that have been killed in the State of Illinois. Yon must not at any time kill more than twenty wild ducks, geese, brant, coots, rail or other water fowl, or more than fifteen quail or other game birds in one day. You must not kill, catch or have in possession, living or dead, any wild bird or part of bird other than a game bird, except English sparrow, crow, crow black-bird or chicken hawk, and you must not purchase or expose such birds for sale. You must not destroy or remove from their nests the eggs of any prairie chicken, grouse, quail, wild turkey, pheasant, partridge, duck, goose, brant or song bird. You may kill for commercial purpose and transport for sale or market all kinds of snipe, plover, mourning doves and rabbits. You must not offer for sale or transport for the purpose of selling any snipe or plover or mourning dove after the expiration of five days next succeeding the first day of the closed season; nor can you sell the same during the first two days of the open season. Inhabitants of this State may receive game coming from other states where it is lawful to kill and ship out of such states, and expose and sell on the market such game between the first day of October and the first day of February of the following year. We are with the right, as was Lincoln, and the right will win. PRICES FOR POLITICAL 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, Parties will please enter into no business transactions for this paper with anyone save authorized agents Please don't put the collectors off When the collectors come, pay them. The Negro Business Men's League meets every two weeks. We have extended an invitation to all manner of business people and you have no excuse. All hunter's licenses, whether resident or non-resident, expire on the first day of June of each year. You must not use or attempt to use the license of another person, or in any manner make any change in any license for the purpose of transferring the same, under the penalty of prosecution for forgery. Owners of farm lands, their children or tenants, may hunt and kill game on their own farms during the open season when it is lawful to kill game, without procuring a hunter's license, but they must not hunt beyond the lines of their own farms without a hunter's license. The State Game Commissioner, his wardens or deputies, may hunt. ensnare or entrap game birds and animals and transport them to sections of the State where a scarcity of these game birds or animals exists. for the purpose propagating and restocking said sections of the State. You must procure a license before hunting rabbits but they may be killed and sold in any number and in all sea- You must not at any time use a ferret for the purpose of hunting, capturing or killing any game, animals or rabbits. The title to and ownersnip of all song birds, game birds, and animals protected under the game law is declared to be in the State. JOHN A. WHEELER, State Game Commissioner. SPRINGFIELD, ILLS. June 1, 1908. REISCH BREWER'YCO City Brewery Their Bottle Beer is Fine Bock's Special Can't be Beat Try it! Call at Thompson's, 81' East Wash ington st for colored papers. CHAS. S. GIBBS Attorney and Counsellor at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 223½ S. 5th St. Rear of White Dental Parlors. Old Phone 1963 The Eureka Comb It is an assured fact that there is now on the market, a COMB, Scientifically Made of Hardened and Highly Polished Metals. Copper and Brass, associated together, conducts an influence over the scalp and hair. A phenomena, through its working ability, bringing the crimp hair straight and silky in appearance, causing a rapid growth, a permanent cure for dandruff, stopping the hair from falling, making natural straight hair, light in weight and airy in appearance. The best hair dryer. 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If you want the best results, buy the best Pomade—it will pay ou. Look for this name Charles Ford Press on every package. If your druggist cannot supply you with the genuine, we will send you One bottle regular size for - - - $ .50 Three bottles " " " - - 1.40 Six " " " " - - 2.50 One bottle, small " - - .25 We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S.A. When ordering send Postal or Express Money Order. All orders shipped promptly on receipt of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 153 East Kinsie St. Chicago, Ill. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. --- ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM—CARS leave Springfield: East. North. South. 5:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. *5:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. *6:40 a.m. 6:00 a.m. *7:00 a.m. 7:15 a.m. *7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. *8:40 a.m. 7:30 a.m. *9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. *9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 9:30 a.m. *11:00 a.m. *12:40 p.m. *11:00 a.m. 12:00 m. 2:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. *1:00 p.m. *2:40 p.m. *1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. *4:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. *3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. *3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. *6:40 p.m. 3:20 p.m. *5:00 p.m. 9:25 p.m. *5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 11:40 p.m. 6:00 p.m. *7:00 p.m. *7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 11:20 p.m. 11:00 p.m. †11:30 p.m. * Limited. †Sleeper. All others local. NO DUST DIRT SMOKE CINDERS Mrs. Amanda Stanton of 409 E. Taylor St., Bloomington. Ill., has lodging rooms for men. Call in the evenings. Call at this office for type-writing, work, $305\frac{1}{2}$ So. 6th St. Old phone 998, short hand and general stenographic ones URE CO. 6th St. BODY. No extra charge for our payment when sick or out ors cannot touch us in terms home with new Furniture ned Rooms. Buy from Jones at our terms: 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. 'Don'tWorry Twelve' is composed of the elderly married ladies-meets weekly. THIMBLE CLUB. Meets every two weeks on Friday. Besides needle work a social and literary program is rendered. GERTRUDE WADE, Pres. MARTHA CHANDLER, Secy. Lodges and their meeting nights and place of meeting will be carried for 25e the month. We have all manner of lodges here. If you desire special write-ups of social or church affairs, with all details, no condensation, etc., see the manager, as there will be some charges. 50,000 Pieces Of New China The reason that we can make such a startling announcement as this, lies in the fact that we have purchased the entire import sample lines of three of the largest factories in Europe and now have the whole immense shipment on display. We have not spent hundreds of dollars in decorating the interior of our store with flowers and plants but instead we have spent thousands of dollars in bringing to you this mammoth showing from the home of the world's greatest artists, thinking that nothing could make oux store any nearer a Paradise for Spring Shoppers. Your One Great Opportunity to See China Such as You May Never See Again No two pieces alike in the entir eline and:— Not another piece will be in the United States till the arrival of Fall imports about Nov. 15 Your One Such a One Great Op uch as You Ma KEISA ur visit o late. The Home Don't put your visit off till it is too late. WE WANT S Five Hundred New Subscribers and therefore, make the following libera The Forum will be sent one year. One Dollar to any person, the Forum sent 1 year for $1.75, or the Forum one will be sent for $1.50. The For t for $1.50, Old subscribers who pa is luxurious offer also. Don't put 30 days from the first publication o NEW SUBSCRIBERS New Subscribers Must Be by July 31st, 1909. Subscribers and must have them, and will, allow liberal offer for the next 30 days: At one year, beginning from date of payment on, the Forum and the New York Age will be the Forum and the Colored American Mag- . The Forum and The Freeman will be subscribers who pay up all back dues may share in Don't put it off. This will only hold good publication of this offer. In write WE WANT SUBSCRIBERS Five Hundred New Subscribers Must Be Had by July 31st,1909. We want new Subscribers and must have them, and will, therefore, make the following liberal offer for the next 30 days: The Forum will be sent one year, beginning from date of payment for One Dollar to any person, the Forum and the New York Age will be sent 1 year for $1.75, or the Forum and the Colored American Magazine will be sent for $1.50. The Forum and The Freeman will be sent for $1.50, Old subscribers who pay up all back dues may share in this luxurious offer also. Don't put it off. This will only hold good for 30 days from the first publication of this offer. The Forum, 305 S. 6th St. Speaking At g Tomorrow At Speaking Tomorrow At Masonic Hall 4 P. M. Law & Order League Rev. Verden Remember For further information write The line contains the following articles It Opportunities You May Never ISACKER The Home of Exclusive Chin Successor to Overaker & Keisacker BERS A LONG FELT WANT PLIED. --- Salads Cake Plates Fancy Plates Nut Bowls Berry Dishes Chocolate Pots Fruit Dishes Cups and Saucers Sugar and Creams Tea Pot Celery Trays Olive Dishes Spoon Trays Hair Receivers opportunity to y Never See ACKER'S of Exclusive China A LONG FELT WANT NOW SUPPLIED. Volumes have been written, orators have exhausted their store of language and newspapers have written long editorials, endeavoring to point out a way that would lead to real success for the Negro of this country. It has been said that the Negro has no pride in himself, and that a race without pride can never make real success. This is true; and yet the foundation of pride must always be a knowledge of one's history. When the Negro knows himself, he will be proud of himself, and having had his pride once aroused, success is fully assured. We find no hesitancy in saying that nothing has been done since emancipation that has aroused the Negroes of this country to a sense of their own importance, or injected stronger hope into the hearts of his friends, as the great Negro exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition, that was conceived in the mind of Col. Giles B. Jackson, and carried to a most remarkable and successful termination. Senators, governors, diplomats, representatives and the president himself, were loud in their praise. Col. Jackson, not content with this achievement, believing as he does that thousands upon thousands of our people were unable by reason of the shortness of time and the stringency of the money market, to see this great exhibition, he has decided to put this in permanent form. He has called to his aid the well known D. Webster Davis of literary fame, and together they have written "The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States," as gleaned from the great Negro exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. This book is destined to be of incalculable benefit to the race, placing, as it were, the Negro exhibit into every home by means of numerous cuts and illustrations. The reading matter is not only fascinating and entertaining, but instructive and reliable. The price is merely nominal ($1.00, $1.50 and $2.50), and it seems to us as a matter of race pride that the newspapers of this country should do all in their power to encourage the placing --- Powder Boxes Marmalade Jars Mustard Pots Syrups Water Pitchers Coffee Pots Remember It is impossible for us to even give you a hint at the thousands of articles which you will find arranged for your approval See China Again Bring your friends! You will find courteous clerks who will enjoy showing you thru the store. of this book in every Negro home and into the hands of every school boy and girl. It is confidentially expected by the editors that this book will be adopted in the schools of the various States as a text book, and certainly nothing fairer or better could be done to uplift the people. We commend this book most heartily to the reading public and urge that they purchase it in large numbers, for only by this means can the publishers find result for their painstaking and arduous labors of love for the good of the race. It is a complete history of the race from its origin to the present time and deals with every possible phase of the Negro question from every point of view. It shows his remarkable progress along social, economic and industrial lines, his accumulation of property, his business enterprises, his schools and colleges, all backed up by statistics obtained from the most reliable sources. It is absolutely astounding to see what has already been accomplished, and the dullest and most pessimistic soul must receive inspiration from reading this splendid volume. The editors are calling for 10,000 agents to sell this book. Liberal arrangements will be made by writing to Giles B. Jackson or R. T. Hill, 602 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. I wish every Pythian "brave man" would take a copy of the Pythian Monitor. There is an article in the December number on "Reclaim Your Suspended Members" which is worthy of attention. In the January issue E. L. Rogers will have an article on "Pythianism and Our Duty" and other matter pertaining to our Springfield lodges. All who desire this Pythian paper can secure a copy at J. E. Thompson's grocery store or Neal & Brown's restaurant. That Negro Business Men's League is the timeliest thing of the last decade organized here. Hear Rev. Smalley Masonic Hall, Sun. May 16 3 pm... “An Ideal Lite.” MEN ONLY FREE. THE FORUM Is row the Leading Colored Paper in the City. dd J Has the largest and best circulation. 4 Goes among infvential people EXTRACT FROM TAFT'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE JULY 28, 1908. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, ADOPTED AT CHI- CAGO, EXPLICITLY DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR COLOR, AND JUST AS EXPLICITLY DECLARES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT, AND WITHOUT RESERVATION, IN LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS NEED- LESS TO STATE THAT | STAND WITH MY PARTY SQUARELY ON THAT PLANK IN THE PLATFORM, AND BELIEVE THAT EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, AND THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE REAL AMERI- CAN SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY. BILL’S AVENUE makes’ you, cheerful and rian oughtful. is @ personal © MA cepartment in the WHEEL ee WAR LIFE that grows on you. 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It costs, by mail, postage prepaid, DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAY, one year, $6; 6 months, $3; 3 months, $1.50; DAILY, WITHOUT SUNDAY, one year, $4.00; 6 months, $3; 3 months, $1; SUNDAY EDITION—a big newspaper and mag- azine combined, 48 to 76 pages every ATTENTION! A Grand Carnival Will be given Under The Auspices-of Elks and Daughters of Elks of CHARLES YOUNG LODGE No. 103 and Excelsior LODGE No 21 At MASONIC HALL May 26, 27, 28th 1909 Good Music and Dancing Everything to Make a Carnival a Success Will be on Hand Admission: 15 cents° Committee: Renick Vires, Sister Cora Kirby, Jas, C, Adams, Chairman General Secretary. Listen! Listen!! Don’t Miss That U. R. K. of P. 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Always bright, always clean, always able, always newsy, always RELIABLE. Two Yearly Subscriptions $1.25 Send $1.25 TO-DAY for your own subscription TWO YEARS. Or, if you prefer, you may send $1.25 and the name of one of your neighbors and this great SEMI-WEEKLY paper will be mailed ONE YEAR to both of you. Single YEARLY subscriptions ONE DOLLAR, and The Paper Is Worth The Money. SAMPLE COPIES FREE LHE GLOBE PRINTING COMPANZ St. Louis. Mo. Invest some money in Railroad Stock Company First time Opportunity so Opened to Colored People Preferred Stock Per Share $25.00 at 7 per cent. interest, cumulative The Company is: CHICAGO-NEW YORK ELECTRIC AIR LINE RAILROAD A Solid business—the chance to do business. You may pay $2.50 down and balance $2.50 every month or more if you like and can. OUR PLACE IS THE BEST Barbershop In Town. Shaves, haircut, shampooing Facial Massages and chiropodist work done. Quick and good services rendered G. A Barksdale Tonsorialist. T. H. Mitchell, Chiropodist. 821 E. Washington St. GRADY & WEBSTER, Propt's. "It is no benefit to have given me something, but it is a benefit to have enabled me to obtain something for myself."—Emerson. Let everyone attend the literary entertainment at Masonic hall Tuesday evening. We do the finest French Cheen Ladies' and Men's Garment Shrin MILLIE New Dyer And Dry Clean Practical Dyer 25 Years Majestic Theatre Old Telephone 1866 417 So. H. Goods Sent by Express W. Fine Dry Cleaning on La We Do Nothing bu PAULLAWREN Complete Life W For sale by E. L. Nines* French Chemical Dry Cleaner and Men's Garments Dyed and Clean Shrinkage. MILLER'S New Dye House and Dry Cleaning Work ical Dyer & Dry 25 Years Experience Majestic Theatre, Springfield June 1866 417 So, Fifth St. New T oods Sent by Express Will Receive Prompt Atten ry Cleaning on Ladies' and Men's We Do Nothing but High Grade W LAWRENCEDUN lete Life Work for Only ale by E. L. ROGERS, We do the fines French Chemical Dry Cleaning in the City Ladies' and Men's Garments Dyed and Cleaned With No Shrinkage. New Dye House And Dry Cleaning Works Practical Dyer & Dry Cleaner 25 Years Experience Majestic Theatre, Springfield Ill. Old Telephone 1866 417 So. Fifth St. New Telephone, 1513 Goods Sent by Express Will Receive Prompt Attention. Fine Dry Cleaning on Ladies' and Men's Garments. We Do Nothing but High Grade Work. PAULLAWRENCEDUNBAR'S Complete Life Work for Only $1.75 For sale by E. L. ROGERS, Agent With Gorgeous Illustrations Should be in every intelligent h the land No poet sings so sweet, no poet is so humurous no Dunbar. While celestial ages shall roll on. of his greatness shall become know e in every intelligent h the land so sweet, no poet is so humurous no While celestial ages shall roll on. of his greatuess shall become know Should be in every intelligent home over the land No poet sings so sweet, no poet is so humurous nor pathetic than Dunbar. While celestial ages shall roll on, the glory of his greatuess shall become known If the average colored person will lodges and socials, his children will of business as he will readily do for expend as many dollars in some kind have a job when they grow up, eh? G EDWAD BAUMANN Baumann Bros.... Prescription Druggists. (Deutsche Apotheke) Corner 7th and Washington Sts Both Phones 654 Your Patronage ical Dry Cleaning in the City Dyed and Cleaned With No package. ER'S e House Cleaning Works & Dry Cleaner Experience , Springfield III. Fifth St. New Telephone, 1513 I Receive Prompt Attention. Lies' and Men's Garments. At High Grade Work. NCEDUNBAR'S Work for Only $1.75 ROGERS, Agent telligent home over and so humurous nor pathetic than es shall roll on. the glory all become known Dr. Magee, Supervisor. CHAS. T. BAUMANN solicited My New Line of Spring and Summer Woolens Have Arrived. J. W. Slaughter, . Proprietor To Peoria -VIA- Illinois Traction System. $1.25 ONE WAY 2.25 ROUND TRIP Cars Leave Springfield 5:40—6:40—8:40—10:40 A. M. 12:40—2:40—4:40—6:40 P. M. THE SAFE WAY NO DUST DIRT SMOKE CINDERS. THE RAPID WAY [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. J. W. Slaughter, The Dunbar News Company Is the place where all colored papers and magazines can be had. Call at 815, 813 E. Washington, or 306½ S. 6th. I purpose, step by step, to create a reg- 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. Telephone: (old), Office; 3329. Res., 1607-r-2 Calls promptly made. Read TO-MORROW A medium of new thought—Learn fundamental thinking, logical deductions and science. A high class magazine of transcendent ideas for literature and further instruction and information. Write WALTER H. SERCOMBE, Sociologist Instructor, 139-141 E. 56 St., Chicago, Ill Illinois Call and Let ME Make Your Next Suit The best goods that can be Bought for the PRICE. SUITS from $15 up. TROUSERS from $4 up. Cleaning and Repairing. Phones: Inter-state 99. Central Union 535 Capitol City Pantatorium AND TAILORING. 109 South Fourth Street . Proprietor ular news store, handling all colored literature, books, etc., also the big Sunday dailies, and leading white magazines. Telephone 998. E. L. Rogers, Manager. DON'T FORGET I am now doing a general Real Estate AND Loan Business Property in all parts of the City offered for the very Lowest Prices and best TERMS. Loans made on Property or Anything of Value. Strictly Confidential Ladies Business solicited PHONES: Office 2322 Res. 2819R3 A. Morris Williams, Williams' Bidg. 11th & Washington Visit the new millinery store at 1207 E. Washington streets, for hats for women only. Colored men, stand for better government. iunaata| “HOR STHE| = $1 PER WEEK $1 STYLES, SIZES AND PRICES 10 SUIT ALL CHEAPEST ? PF anti ome a You can buy a range or 00. $ SJ eS stove made of poor material, $1.0 PER WEEK 1.00 Bi rsa i hastily put together by Be Ste. Nee aa competent workmen, for hg pits oie r very, file money. it will ! We furnish 3 rooms complete for $69.00 at $1.00 per week Se Te and will only last a few years Kitchen, Dining Room and Bed Room. First class Furniture .a with careful use. BUT <2 eee, $1.00 per week, Cheaper than renting furnished rooms. Pay $1.0 ou can buy a CHARTER OAK RANGE or STOVE ea 3 : aria of the. best material, by the: mos-eriled workmen, per week and own your own furniture. We furnish homes, flat for a reasonable amount It will ALWAYS give satisfaction, ’ and will outlast a half dozen of the “cheap kind.” It also and hotels complete. Cash or payments. It will pay you to see ou effects a saving in fuel. Furniture if buy. ‘We are sole agents for Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. helertbibicss AAs di estbeheh We sell the best Brussels Carpets at 85 cents a yard. $1 PER WEEK $1 9x12 Room size Rugs, $8.50. Cook Stoves from $8.75 up. 6-hole Ranges, $19.75, up. 1, L. EWING, 418 Adama street, 418 EAST ADAMS One-half block West of Square, South Side of Street. New Phone 2039. Springfield, Ill. w Fe rr Bs ati Se ce 7 Se ee. gal This is a cut showing one pattern of the famous patent top Table. The solidest and best table on the market with lined silver- Geo. Smith, Roy Harris Office: (Res. 1411 E. Adams St. Old Telephone. 3599 Springfield, Illinois. Smith & Harris Paper Hangers and Panters. eee eseeessneseseesesnsnnenntsnneeieess We are ready to Hang that pa- . per or Paint that House. Paper Cleaning a Specialty. . Our Several Years’ Experience Assure Satisfaction, We have hung paper and Painted houses over this en | tire city—for all classes—give us a trial. WEEKLYCOURIBRJOURNAL HENRY WATTERSON, Editor, Is a Nationa: Newspaper, Demo- eratic in politics. It prints all the news without fear or favor, The regu- lar price is $1.00 a year, but you can get the Weekly Courier-Journal and The Forum, both-one year for $1.50 if you will give or send your order to this paper—not to the Courier-Journal. Daily Courier-Journal, a year, $6.00; Sunday Courier-Journal, a year, $2.00. ‘We will give you a combination cut rate on Daily or Sunday if you will write this paper, Don’t walt to hear what the public thinks before 7: express your opin- ion. Say what you think if you believe you are right. We are with the right, as was Lin= coln, and the right will win. Y.M.C. A. March. We have yet a few copies the Y. M.C. A. March by that brilliant young composer, Maurice . Thomas. This is one of the prettiest composi- tions we have heard in recent years if the piano lovers will give it a trial, we are satisfled that it will zo big in this city. This music is for sale at this office. — ‘ Dress Making and : Plain Sewing Mrs. C. A. DOGAN 1422 East Adams Street. ——— That Negro Business Men’s League is the timeliest thing of the last dec- ade organized here, _ Public stenogra. phy. Done at This Office. Short-hand. typewri- ting and amanuensis /work. Business let- iters, accounts itemiz- ‘ed, EssayS, speeches (or Sermons. written on machine, Give usa Trial. The FORUM, 305 8.6 MISS DAISY DONALDSON, Stenographer, Old. Phone, 288; Springfield Illinois COLORED WOMAN’S MAGAZINE. Should be in Every Home. Nothing more needful in the way of literature has ever been published than the Colored Woman’s Magazine, which is published at Topeka, Kans. The noble women writers of our race will write such articles as will attract the attention of the best scholars of the country, This magazine should be in the hands of every family. The sub- scription price is low. One dollar per year; 60 cents for six months, and 10 cents for a sample copy. The Forum congratulates the noble efforts of our women, and hopes the day is at hand for the appreciation of such a magazine. Call upon us; we are ready to assist in any way possible. Bell ’Phone: 2156 7th & Adams Sts. Gffice Hours: ) 9 to 12 M. Room. No. i 2to5 P. M. Opstairs. 7to9 P.M. Y Dr. N. B. FORD, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. special Attention Given Diseases of Women, Children add General sur- , gery. N. W. Corner 7h & Adams, Room I. Springfield, Illinois. Race Adjustment By Professor Kelley Miller One of the greatest Books by a colored man on the market The Price is $2.18, but in order to raise our circula- tion we offer you this book and The Forum for one year for $2.25, you getting the Forum for only 12 cents for one year. This Offer is good until May 18, 1909. The pastor and.members of St. John A. M. E. church extend a standing in- vitation to you, one and all, to attend their services every Sunday. Services open promptly at 11 o’clock and you are out by 12:10 p. m AGENTS WANTED SS Can make from $5.00 to $25.00 per day It is The Best Seller that Has ever Been Upon the Market. A New Book Has Made Its Appearance “THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE OF THE UNITED STATES.”’ By Giles B. Jackson and D. Webster Davis, of Richmond, Va. This book is a novelty. It contains matter concerning the race never before published. It takes up the industrial, social, re- ligious, ethological, domestic, inventive, and business advance- ments of the Negro. One of its most important features is the origin of the Negro; why he is black and why his hair curls. Although it contains over 400 pages, with about 100 illustra- tions, the price has been placed within the reach of all, at $1.00 for board back; $1.50, cloth bound, and $2.50, half moroceo. Liberal arrangements will be made with agents; 10,000 are wanted throughout the country. For terms, write to Giles B. Jackson, 602 North Second street, Richmond, Va. Parties desiring to secure this book from the home office can send the price, $1.00, $1.50 or $2.50, to R. I. Hill, Treasurer, 602 North Second street, Richmond, Va. Postage, 13 cents extra. / The Colored American Magazine CONTAINS 1 From Fifty Thousand to Fifth Million, W. Eb DuBois. 2 The Ultimate Race Problem, Kelley miller, Howard University. 3§A Southerner, Honest but lgnorant. . - : 4 slavery in Massachusetts, - ‘ - Clement Richardson 5 The Zemth of Negro sport, - - . 6 Liberian Defends Liberia, . : . Dihwo Tive FRED. R. MOORE, Publisher 7 and 8 Chatham Square 10 CENTS THE COPY $1.00 PER YEAR FOR SALE AT . 815 and 728 E. Waseington St. E. L. ROGERS, General Agent -CONSOLIDATED STREET CAR ROUTE. Points of Interest Springfield's Attractions and How to Reach Them. Lincoln home—Corner Eighth and Jackson streets—take South Wighth car. Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Cem- etery—take North Fifth street cars at Fifth and Monroe streets. Clark-Thompson & Tucker 1207 E. Washington Have just received a large supply of New Millinery from Chicago—the latest styles and Jatest patterns Grand Opening SATURDAY and MONDAY Come and see our Goods Clark- Thompson & Tucker 1207 E. Washington St., SPRINGFIELD, - ILLINOIS VOR SALE CHEAP—One up- right Schiller Piano, Mahogany case, good as new, sells for $350. Will sell same for $125. Call at Forum Office OldPhone 998 305} S. 6th Street “How to Talk"—for sale at Thomp- son’s and Neal & Brown’s. Price 15 Parks and Pleasure Resorts. Washington Park, southwest of city take South Second or Lawrence ave- nue cars. Reservoir Park, northeast of city—take North Seventh cars. Camp Lincoln. The permanent camp grounds of the Illinois National Guards. Take Rutledge or Camy Lincoln cars. State Fair grounds, north of city. Take North Seventh cars. White City Park east of the city. Take Hast Capitol avenue cars at Fifth and Monroe. VISIT H. Sallies Restaurant Regular Meals and Short Orders. Home Style Cooking Lunch Counter Service. Hot Biscuits, Pies and Good Coffee a Specialty. 726 E. Washington f 1 at ae aii hic SWORD” is radical on all social, scientific and theological questions. Some of the things we teach: The earth a hollow globe; the correlation of matter and spirit; God the perfect man; re-embodiment and reincarna- tion; the attainment of immortality in the natural world and the establish- ment of the Golden Age of righteous- ness through the office of the Messiah of the age. Ten cents a copy; $1 a year; Ca- nadian, $1.25. Send for a copy, or, bet- ter, send 50 cents for six months’ sub- scription, Address, The Guiding Star Publishing House, Esterio, Florida. At the East End Shoe Store, 1707 E. Capitol avenue, can be found the col- ored papers, magazines and tracts. Stop over there while ordering shoes and call for something to read. GARDEN SEEDS AND Vegetable Plants. HIGHEST Quality ou NOW READY. A.C. BROWN, Seed and Flower Store, 217 South Ffith Street. | LS and district to ‘fama an ride and exhibita j li sample Latest Model “Ranger” bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are BY I\ B malane money fast Write fer full particulars and spectil afer at once, i om = NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycls. We ship i HAKA to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a cent deposit in advance, prepay /reight, and ) aliow TEN DAYS? FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride thé bicyclé and Wan put it to any test you wish, If you aré then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to B keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense and ov twill not be ont one cent, FACTORY PRICES \Y¢ tush the highest grade bicycles it is posgbie to’ make j I at one small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 hei 1" to $25 middlemen’s profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guar- EC Piaget) antee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone By MEY MBL a at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory Ri Kaur) Vi fh grices aid remarkable special offers to rider agents: f eee when you receive our beautiful catalogue an AM Veo Whi, WOU WILL BE ASTONISHED siicy Sur supers ‘models. at the wonderfully Wiig? Zow Arices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money } Bears than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. aay fh BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at AW double ‘our prices.“ Orders filled the day received. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but 1 vsvally have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or BLO." Descriptive bargain lisis mailed free, ASTER BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and C0: : » cquipment of all kinds at Aadf the usual retail prices. Sq@p.0 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF Sf 80 SELF-HEALING TIRES 0 ivrncouce.onr TO INTRODUCE, ONLY The regular retail price of these tires is OCR 3 Seam $8.50 per ao yet Paces ve re sellyouasample patr for $t.80\cashwithorder$4.55). __—:! aD OPO ER en a tat Le ee NRE er NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES Parnas Ps pe NY NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the MiMi epee | aN y air out. ‘Sixty thousand pairs sold last year, QE aaeaeeaMmaMamatan Pesta ieee Reca TNT) Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use! Gegeonne, el i mand \ DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. Itislively (ee. oo \ and easy riding, verydurableand linedinsidewith (QQiRgiigmsmes sales tsantag <0 ay a special guatity of rubber, which never becomes ; < porous and which closes up small punctures without aliow- | Pig theatt toescape. We have hundreds of letters from satis. Pere es fiedcustomers statin | iat their tireshaveonlybeen pumped Sa ana “,""also rim ‘stro HL” up once ortwice ina \i:o.c season, Theyweigh nomorethan PH $0 Srevent rim cutting. This bhordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities beinggiven BM {) Prevent rim on eae citer by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the Sao BRAG maa tread. Theregular price of these tires is$3.50per pair,butfor {ff yASy RIDING. advertising purposes weare making a special factory priceto ee te advertising Pale gz.t per bait. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. 0. D. on approval, You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented, RP will allow a. cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDEK and enclose this advertisement, We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are Hot satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer aud look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We seat that you will-be so well pleased that when you want a Bicycle you will give us your order, We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. dow't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of IF YOU NEED TIRES Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at jal introductory price quoted above; or e for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue wi Geschnea and quotes “afl fuakes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prises: ‘but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle DO NOT WAIT ors pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making, It only costs a postal to learn everything, Write it NOW. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. ADJUSTMENT NOTICE. Estate of Bluford Watson, deceased. _ The undersigned, having been ap- pointed administrator of the estate of Bluford Watson, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the Probate Court of Sangamon County, Illinois, at the June term thereof, which will be held at the Court House of said county, beginning on the seventh day of June, 1908, at which time all per- sons having claims against said es- tate are hereby notified to attend for the purpose of havng the same ad- justed. All persons indebted ta said ‘estate are also requested to make im- mediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 22d day of March, 1909. HENRY PETITT, Administrator, A. MORRIS. WILLIAMS, Attorney. ‘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, Rey. Jas. H. Doswell, Pastor. TO THE LAWYER. Special—The Forum will be pleased to have that legal notice, divorces, ete. It is a paper of general circula- tion; careful in reading proof; no er- rors shall occur. Published regularly and out on time. Special services at Episcopa church Sunday-don’t miss it- Everybody invited. 7:30, out by 8:45 org P’ M. O. J. SINGLETON. House Cleaning and Wall Paper. ing. Carpets cleaned, fitted and laid. | General Jobbing Done. | Piano Polishing a Specialty. | Old "Phone: 342 New Phone: 654 Residence, 1212 So. 14 phe | The Misses Bellamy left Sun- day for Little Rock, Ark., to at tend the commencement exercis. es and witness the graduation of their brother, B. H. Bellamy, which was last Wednesday. Office Old Phone 518 Gilbert Ave: 2812 Cc. H. JONES CONTRACTOR AND BULLDER Real Estate, Rentals and Investment Loans { H. Henshaw, Solicitor TERRE HAvTE, IND —$ FORSALEAT ROWN & NEIL’S The Freeman and the New York Age and all colored literature; in- cluding copies of the Forum. Old World News—London, England. (From our own correspondent.) The ‘Boston Baked Bean Co,"’ is the name of a company recent- ly formed in London to supply that dainty dish to Londoners. Atthe head of this company is Mr. Heury F. Downing, colored, a former resident of Newport, R, i eae Whea Marguis Ito assumed the supreme power as resident Gen. eral of Korea, in 1905, it will be remembered that he publicly avowed his determination to in itiate the example of Lord Crom. er in Bgypt in his administration of tha Korean Civil Service. The immediate sequel was a series of strong!y worded protests in this country and America at the high. handed action of Japanese offi- cials, Land was dishonestly appropriated, concession rights abrogated, Korean nobility in sulted and deprivea of their rights, and eveu postmer and policemen were on mere preten. ces removed from their positious which in time were taken up by “low bred Japanese soldiers. Aj! this, and more, was aliegéd against the new administrators, and the Marquis Ito came in for a full share of personal abuse. And now, at the end of four years’ experience of the new re gime, what do we learn? A re. voluuion has been effected of a character that does more than honor to the model by which the Japanese statesmen determined to be guided. First, the Imper ial household ba b en clea: ed of the auctioneers ut officers, di. vines, fortune tellers; and men and women of questionable char- acter, whose sole object was to “cheat and extract money from the Imperial purse,” have been sent about their business. Women convicted of major crimes were ofien executed by poisons calculated to inflict terri. vile agony before death ensued Prison administration was often prostituted to prive ends. so that frequently innocent people were thrown into goal simply at the dictates of political or personal vengeance. As to sanitary meas ures, nothing was provided. Most of the prison buildings in provinces were mere shelters, otten with earth floors, In the winter when the thermometer fell below zero. there were many cases of death from cold, Io hot summers prisoaers often fell vic tims to epidemics, Now, the ad vanced Prison Code in Japan, which some experts hold to be a vast improvement upon Euro. pean codes, is being steadily ap. ‘plied. with satisfactory results, to the whole of Korea. Many other reforms, relating to sanitation, education and local government have been carri d out with, itis admitted, ruthless disregard of the class prejudice of old Koreans, The ‘‘Japanese Chronicle” which has not been slow to criti- cise Japanese administration ir the past, thus refers to the past Dr, Scowles a native of West Africa, has just published a vol- umn entitled ''Glimpses of the Ages” ip which he deals with the Negro problem from an African view point. The book is being much discussed throughout Europe. Se A $300 KENMORE FREE. FIANO —FOR $145— = Wan — On Month's Free Trial 3 Years to pay--No money down $1 A WEEK 9 e 30 Days’ Free Trial IN YOUR OWN HOME Tne Kenmore Piano is not an unknown make, but a piano of national reputation, known throughout the United States as a piano of sterling quali- ties It is well worth $300.00, and pianos are sold daily for more money that do not compare in high quality with this famous piano of quality. Wor this Brand New Only $145 UPRIGHT PIANO We wish every man and woman to know more about this famous piano, and so sure are we that it is ever so much better than any $300.00 piano you ever saw, that we will gladly send one to your home free of charge and let you give a full 30 days’ impartial trial, and if you are satisfied that it is the best piano value in the world, you can then arrange to pay for it as you see fit, with the exception that it must be paid for inside of three years. Why Not Order One Today? Come down to our store, give us your name and address, tell us where you want the piano sent, and we'll willingly send it to your home 30 days, without a cent down, + aS 2. s. 7 i a aa ea an i Il i A ee age OE FA A TI WAN eee a a , ' oe at a ae i ee ee | eee a Hh PF SEE Ae Bes oe Will nie eee eee a i) aaa Le Snapper Nl a tae | Sih Aa i i — | Jang ae = SSN A i nS Va ti 3 ek CGS Ee | et i | : A Be saree raya | ia Leen cae ae i , ih : Cee eo IES eae Lat “OW, S759, SS emer WH ayy coe aati CAV 8GO. ZA STARCK PIANOS, Regular Prices $350 to $750, Greatly Reduced This Week Cut Out This Ten Dollars $10 Free Credit Due Bill One of These Coupons Good as Part A Literary Treat. There have been many literary entertainments given here by our people. but the one to be given May 18, promises to surpass all previous efforts frum a literary point of view, A glance at the program sustains the claim, We are catering to the most fastid ious for we have the cream of the city to perform. We have no reserve seats and will ask that you come early so as to get well) seated. There will be good ven tilation and the program shali start al8p,m. sharp. The K. of P.’s have nothing but good pregrams when they have apy at all, Every Pythian is desired out—the elite of the city will be there. DR. VIRDEN MAKES GuOD TALK Dr. Virden of the Siate Board of Charities de:ivered quite an esseutial talk before the Colored Law and Order League, last Sunday to an attentive audience Come out tomorrow at the Y. M C A,, at’ Masonic hall and hear Rey. J. M. Smalley on ‘*An Idea Life.’ He will sow seed in good soil.” Rev. Smalley is one of the best speakers in the pulpit here Let the colored ministers be ont, You all are, or claim to by w rs. ing for tne elevation and wwe sav ing of young men. We young men have quit talking, but actu ally trying to do something, will you help by attending? — Programme To be rendered at Masonic hali Tuesday evening, May 18, be gioning at 8 p. m. sharp; 1,—Drill . . Uniform Rank 2 —Music : Orchestra 3,—EKulogy on Dunbar E, L. Rogers 4.—Cornet solo, H.R. Alexaner 5.—Pianoduet . . Mrs, Nettie Gaddie, Viola Alexander 6,—Vocal solo . Miss Blanch Barton 7,—Recital. Damon and Pythias L, H. Green 8 — Vocal solo, Miss Singleton 9.—Address, ‘‘Why Lama K. of P : Dr. N, B. Ford 10.—Violin solo, . Thos. Nix piano accompaniment 11,—Black Regiment D.O, Yates 12 —Trombone duet Mr. and Mrs. H, H, Petitt The Court of Calanthe will serve one of the most delicious and dainty menus you ever be. fore partook of. The music for this occasion will be rendered by Nix's orchestra, Everyone who likes high class musical renditions and dramatic recitals, should be there. Don’t miss it, Admission 25. Pianos shipped to any part of the United States on these Libera Terms. Write for FREE Catalogues, P. A. STARCK PIANO CO., Manufacturers. R. H. REID, Mer. 624E Adams Sst, Springfield, Ill FOR SALE, AUTOMOBILES— One 5 passenger touring car, one 4 passenger touring car, 3 runabouts, Cali at 8302 Monroe St. Frank Schaffer. At the East End Shoe Store, 1707 E. Capitol avenue, can be found the col- ored papers, magazines and tracts. Stop over there while ordering shoes and call for something to read.