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Historical Society , State House THE FORUM Bloomington News. Misses Gabriella, Frances and Jennie Witherspoon came to Bloomington to spend the summer with their sister, Mrs. W. Casey. Rev. J. T. Brown went to Jackson, Miss., to attend a convention. The Brotherhood of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church, gave a lawn social the evening of the 21. Miss Lillie Lashley and Miss Estella Marshall, went as delegates to the Sunday school convention at Mattoon. Mr. George Hoagland left Sunday for Toledo, Ohio, for a two weeks stay to demonstrate the Oil of Gladness. Mr. James Mann, Mrs. Susie Whitfield and Miss Marian Maben are here to spend the summer with Mrs. Minnie Maben. Messrs. Louis McCreary and Oscar Waddell, spent Sunday in Peoria. The younger set have caught the fever from the older set and organized a club. They call themselves the Syndicate Club. The club meets each Tuesday evening; the object is for social pleasures. We wish them all the enjoyment that their young hearts desire. The Sisterhood of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church had their annual sermon preached Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. Essays were read by Mesdames Charles Caldwell, David Moore and Miss Lottie Crawford and a duet by the Misses Jessie and Linadee Crawford. A number of young men went to Decatur on the evening of the 21, to attend a dance. Among them were Messrs. Newman, J. Walker, Albert Hoagland, John Randolph, Willis Stearles, Walker Duff and Charles Nicholas. Mrs. Will Caldwell returned home Thursday from Vandalia where she attended the funeral of her sister. Johnnie, child of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, of 705 S. Clay street, died early Sunday morning after a short illness with cholera infantum. The parents and one sister survive. The child was 10 months old. The funeral services were held on the afternoon of the 21, Rev. John son officiating. Confirmation Services Held. Wednesday evening, June 23, 1909 at St. Luke's Episcopal church were held, confirmation services. There were quite a few confirmed. The church is progressing and the public is cordially invited to attend. Give us a Sane Fourth. The only possible way to have a sane 4th of July is for the officers to issue a decree and enforce it. There has been sufficient trouble and loss of life to warrant vigorous actions on the part of the officials. "Be ye doers and not sayers only." Woman's Club Notes. The Mothers' Section held a very interesting business meeting. Monday evening, June 21, at the residence of Mrs. Jennie Douglas on W. Calhoun street. This section, in their final report for the year, showed that it had accomplished much good work under the chairmanship of Mrs. Hattie Clem. The lawn social was not so largely attended, yet those present enjoyed the outing. The regular monthly meeting will be held, Wednesday, July 7, owing to the observance of the 4th of July on the first Monday. Each officer and chairman of the sections, come out at 2 p. m. and be on time. Do not forget our annual picnic at Lincoln park, July 12. Reporter. William T. Dixon. In the death of the Rev. Dr. William T. Dixon, for more than forty years pastor of the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, not only his race and his city but the entire county sustains a heavy and irreparable loss. All his life this man lived in the city of New York. He never grew old in mind and heart. He lived never in the past. He moved with the spirit and purpose of the times and wrought out God's will without fear, without favor, without bigotry and with charity for all men. There never lived a cleaner man, a nobler soul never battled against the pollution of humanity. He died as he lived, a strong, sweet man, full of love for all men, in perfect fear of his Maker. His monument is never dying, its foundation is laid in the transformation of evil deeds to noble aspiration, in as noble a life as any history has record of. National Review. Hot Weather and Crops. We may look forward now for some severe hot weather, the corn cannot bear the hot weather if there are not frequent rains to moisten the ground and the fear is that another shortage of corn will occur. Union Church Cancels Indebtedness The Union Baptist church has recently closed a successful fair, clearing $119.44 for the week. The chairman of the general committee, T. R. Thompson, the treasurer, James Gray and the secretary, J. W. Thomas and assistants are to be congratulated for their success and we heartily congratulate the members and officers of this church. We have been recently informed that the trustees of this church composed of William Jones, Edw Lee, Geo. Rollins and Thos. R. Thombson, have so managed the affairs of the church, that they have been able to lift all outstanding debts against the church. East End Notes. Health is good in this end of town, but a death has occurred. Lem Morgan died very suddenly this week.—The people are not talking carnival but they are doing the carnival. It is being well attended by representatives citizens of both races. We have aimed to carry out the program. The attractions are of a high class order. We are trying to make the affair a success, something to be proud of in future years. The mayor and chief of police have taken a friendly interest in us and have guaranteed protection. Aldermen Butzman and Houston, the city attorney and city clerk are in accord with our project and thus all fear is removed. We think the business men's association nor the chamber of commerce would see us fail in this first attempt if they knew the real object. Keep watch on the Merchant Blacks base ball team, we are likely to have a ball park in the east end. Remember we are doers and not sayers only. Mrs. Etta Harvey was the first on the grounds of the carnival with her stand. She is in the big tent. Mrs. Minnie Wilson of 1411 S. Glenwood avenue, entertained the Sewing Circle last Thursday afternoon. After the transaction of the regular business, an elegant lunch was served consisting of all the fresh things of the season. The ladies enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.—E. E. Man. NORMAL ITEMS Mr. Fred Whittaker was able to be out after several weeks illness. John remains in about the same condition. Miss Monico Harris entertained the Elite Thimble club at her home, 113 W. Locust street, last Thursday afternoon Miss Alverta Duff is able to be out again after an attack of the asthma. The Second Christian church gave a successful concert Thursday evening. Miss Rebecca Whittaker went as a delegate of the A. M. E. church to attend the Springfield District Sunday School Convention. The remains of the late Lucy Hall were taken to Wheaten, Ill., for burial. GIRLS AND BOYS GRADUATE. There were a number of our boys and girls who successfully completed the course of the eighth grade last week. Among some of them were. Misses Effle Wilson, salutatorian of the Illes school, Lucy Hinton of the Lincoln school, Maggie Chinn of the Palmer school; William Robinson of the Trapp school. Mrs. Ida Donagan is yet confined to her room, yet she is much better than she has been. 15C A MONTH Klien Not Guilty. J. B. Klien, the Chicago soldier of the First Regiment, who killed Earl Nelson, August 15, last, while enroute to Springfield from Kankaket, to do riot duty, was acquitted at Paxton, Illinois, his home, this week. Klien obeyed orders and ordered several boys from the rear of the car at Kankakee, Earl Nelson became obdurate and was stabbed by the soldier. The authorities were indignant and anxious to get Klien, but the military powers were too strong for the civil powers. A Four Act Drama. "A Finger of Scorn," will be presented by the Pleasant Grove choir Thursday evening. July 1. Those who fail to witness this entertainment, will miss a rare treat, as the participants are some of the best talent in the city. General admission 25c, reserved seats. 35c. The Death of Mrs. Patterson. Mrs. Patterson of E. Stuart street, died Saturday, June 19. and was buried Tuesday. The funeral was held at Undertaker Rhoden's and at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church Mrs. Patterson leaves a husband and several children to mourn. Died Tuesday night, June 22, Lemuel Morgan of tubercular hemorrhages. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Rhoden and was held Thursday. Died Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Susan Loomis of E. Reynolds streets, George Loomis, aged 41 years. Notice to Bloomington and Normal. Miss Ethel Duff, an accomplished young lady of Bloomington, has taken charge of The Forum in that city, succeeding Miss Blanche Hoagland, and is to labor assidiously and with patience to get up a good large patronage. But it is essential and the duty of the colored citizens of Normal and Bloomington to lend her liberal aid. For over two years these two cities have been ably represented and you owe it to your intelligence and pride, and desire to help your young ladies, to rally to her give her encouragement by paying up promptly, getting her the important news, advertising your business in the Bloomington letters. Every colored person able to read should give Miss Duff their name. The paper is cheap. It is your duty as well as your privilege to assist Miss Duff.—Mgr. Mrs. Ella McKinney and two daughters, Armelia and Justine, left Thursday for an extended visit in Macon and Fayette, Mo. Mrs. Belle Bailey has been suffering intensely with her eyes for the past month. • THE FORUM A 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. DOGERS & BARBOUR Proprietors One Year ..... $1.50 One Month ..... 15c Per Copy ..... 5c OFFICE: 305 1-2 St. Sixth St. Phone Male 938 THE FORUM'S STAFF. B. L. Bogers, Editor and Manager. Will H. arbour, Associate Editor and Secretary. Thompson Bros., Branch Office. Somers The Printer 1051 Se. 6th St. EDITORIAL Saturday, June 26, 1909 THE ADVERTISERS. All we ask you people to do is patronize the advertisers. There is Peter Myers who has kept his advertisement in this paper for five years. Suppose our people made his place their headquarters, what a fine thing it would be. It would cause others to advertise. In the drug business, our people are flocking to Clarkson's. That's good. Baumann Brothers have given this paper good patronage for the past five years and it is our duty to appeal to you to patronize them. John Luiz advertises. go there for what you want in his line. Go around a dozen other places to help this class of men. We must do this. When Gen. U. S. Grant was dying on high Mount Macgregor, in Saratoga County, New York, far away in the distance, giving to the intervening horizon a halo of enchantment, he sent this message to the American people: "Let us have peace." Last week his son, Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, attended the Confederate reunion at Memphis, and the welcome General Lee's veterans gave him drew tears "from his eyes and he shook with emotion," while "the stars and bars of the lost cause" nodded and wept welcome everywhere. It was highly spectular and lachrymosive. General Grant must have rejoiced in his sarcophagus high on Riverside Drive, close by which the stately Hudson flows up at even and down again at morning. "God bless you all, boys," murmured Gen. Frederick Dent Grant; but General Grant's black veterans, who led the Federal troops into Richmond, and who have ever since been slaughtered by the brave Confederates in cold blood, what did they say? The newspaper dispatches did not chronicle it, for they were silent, all, the living and the dead!—T. Thomas Fortune in New York Age. For what doth it profit a man to labor all his life for 'success' and lie down and die? How far from nowhere is the north pole any way? When is the day of judgment? DEATH OF JOHN H. DEVAUX. In the death of John H. Devaux of Georgia, the race, his state and the nation, loses a valuable citizen; a manly man a great political asset Mr. Devaux was a prominent politician of the "old school," and took active part in the Republican party for over thirty years. He stood firm for principle and was one of the strongest pillars under the fundamental structure of the great party of Lincoln, Grant, Logan and the rest. At the time of his death he held the position of Internal Revenue Collector for the port of Savannah, Ga., which position he held with special credit for over twelve years, being appointed by President McKinley. He was also secretary of the Republican executive committee of his state. BOLEY, OKLAHOMA. Quite a favorable comment appeared in our daily contemporaries about Boley, Oklahoma, a small town situated in the south ern part of the new state, which town is inhabited exclusively by colored people and Indians—no white people live there. The town is new and has progressed very rapidly. The people are happy and prosperous and operate mills, gins, factories and own two small banks. The town is a living refution to the charge that Negroes or colored people are not capable of running a government. It should encourage Negroes here to embark into every known business and become produces as well as consumers. There is another Negro village in Oklahoma named Taft. One of the fundamental truths of the Scriptures is that providence is universal. By Him were all things made, and without Him there was not anything made that was made. Every object in Nature is impressed with his footprints, and each new day repeats the wonders of creation. There is not a morning upon which we open our eyes but they meet a scene as wonderful as that which fixed the gaze of Adam when he woke into existence. For is there an abject, be it pebble or pearl, weed or rose, the flower-spangled sward beneath, or the star spangled sky above, a worm or angel, a drop of water or a boundless ocean, in which intelligence may not discern, and piety may not adore, the providence of Him who assumed our nature that he might save our souls. If God is not in all the thoughts of the wicked, he is in everything else.—N. B. Union. SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois has declared the primary law unconstitutional and we must resort to our old form of nominating men for offices, until a constitutional primary law shall have been enacted. 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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 illustrations, the price has been placed within the reach of all, at $1.00 for board back; $1.50, cloth bound, and $2.50, half morocco. 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. T. Hill, Treasurer, 602 North Second street, Richmond, Va. Postage, 13 cents extra. The Colored American Magazine FOR JUNE CONTAINS 1 "The Ultimate Race Problem" Prof. Kelly Miller 2 "Carnegie's Colored Heroes" George E. Vaughn 3 "Negroes of Beautiful Bermuda" J. M. Henderson 4 "Intermarriage and Natural Selection" T. Thos. 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Here are the names of some of the books: "Famous Orators of the World and Their Orations," "Dunbar's Complete Works," "This Country of Ours," "Farming by Inches," "Hiawatha," 75 cents. "Twentieth Century Negro Literature," by 100 colored young men; "Young People's History of the World," "Masterpieces of English Oratory," and anything else not listed, call on or write E. L. ROGERS, Agent, "How to Talk"—for sale at Thompson's and Neal & Brown's. Price 15c. Divine Services at the Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church. On Fifteenth between Washington and Jefferson streets. 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. At the East End Shoe Store, 1707 E. Capitol avenue, can be found the colored papers, magazines and tracts. Stop over there while ordering shoes and call for something to read. Go To IRWIN' Terpsich Dancing Will introduce Walter ville, who will teach a this summer Tuesday Night Everything is now re- Everybody is welcom intention of this clu tertainment a gr Music by Ni Fare for the Round Tr Cars leave Inter-urban Station taken at Spring Committee: ROBERT PATTER Come IRWIN'S PARK The Will introduce Walter Patterson of Jacksonville, who will teach all the latest dances at this summer dancing park. Tuesday Night, June 29 Everything is now ready for a grand time. Everybody is welcome to attend. It is the intention of this club to make the entertainment a great pleasure to all. Music by Nix and Moore Fare for the Round Trip 25c Cars leave Inter-urban Station at 8:20 and 9 p.m. Cars can be taken at Spring and Allen Streets. Illinois Traction System Visit John Andrews Saloon Wines and Liquors Old Phnoe Cigars and Tobacco 4356 Milwaukee Beer on tap. 1400 East Reynolds Street, Springfield, . Illinois NOTICE, TO ALL THE CHURCHES There will be a carnival in this city The reason we use the name church carnival is because the churches have the first choice, and wont be crowded out by other booths. All lodges and clubs have permission to rent booths and any person who desires to have a booth, and run a successful business, can rent one. There will be plenty of room for you all. We suggest that every church have their sign over their booth; and all lodges have their signs as the business men have in the city; A. R. Garnette has run this work before and he knows what it takes to have a success. All it will cost any church or lodge or any one who has a booth will be the rent for his booth. and that will be a small sum. We will arrange for all other expenses. We have the ground located among colored people and will have large tents for booths; 60 by I20 feet. Space for booth will be I0 by I5 feet. If any church or lodge want to have their own tent we will rent them the ground. Friends we can't all run a grocery, but there are other businesses we can run that will be commendable to the Negro race. We must try and see and look for our Negro patronage and we can have a success in this business. You all can make money. Come and get your booths. S PARK the Shoream Club A Patterson of Jackson- all the latest dances at dancing park. Night, June 29 ready for a grand time. ne to attend. It is the club to make the en- eat pleasure to all. Rex and Moore hip - - - 25c at 8:20 and 9 p. m. Cars can be and Allen Streets. PERSON and RENNICK VIRES. Via the --- A. R. GARNETTE, WM. CANSLER. WE WANT SUBSCRIBERS Five Hundred New Subscribers Must Be Had by July 31st,1909. 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Agents wanted. $1.00 a Year. Send 10 cents for sample copy For Sale at Thompson's and 728 Wash. We will run the cards, announcing the place and meeting nights of all Lodges, for 25c per month. Synopsis of Illinois Game Law You may hunt and kill qual only from November 10th to December 20, of each year. 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. ```markdown ``` 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! 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. Call at Thompson's, 815 East Washington 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 Lodges and their meeting nights and place of meeting will be carried for 25c 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. Meets every two weeks on Friday. Besides needle work a social and literary program is rendered. GERTRUDE WADE, Pres. MARTHA CHANDLER, Secy. USE HOAGLAND'S OIL OF GLADNESS. Hoagland's Oil of Gladness has proven to be the greatest furniture preserver in the world, owned and controlled exclusively by Negroes. All colored agents should become interested in this enterprise. Have we any colored sympathizers? If so, send $1 and get special terms for 30 days. Send $1.00 and get $3.00 worth of oil. George Hoagland, 903 W. Jefferson St., Bloomington, Ill. You may give news matter or money you have for the Forum to Miss Daisy Donaldson; also all kinds of typewriting; orders for colored papers. The Forum's Staff. E. L. Rogers, Editor-in-Chief and Business Mgr. Will H. Barbour, Asst. Editor. MISS DAISY DONALDSON. Proof Reader and Stenographer. Address matter for the paper to The Forum, 305½ So. Sixth St. Matters of business or information to E. L. Rogers, Mgr. John L. Jo FURNITU 219 N. 6 WE CREDIT EVERYBO time. We wait on you of employment. Our competitor and prices. We furnish your cheaper than renting Furnishe and own your furniture. Look a John L. Jones FURNITURE CO. 219 N. 6th St. WE CREDIT EVERYBODY. No extra charge for time. We wait on your payment when sick or out of employment. Our competitors cannot touch us in terms and prices. We furnish your home with new Furniture cheaper than renting Furnished Rooms. Buy from Jones and own your furniture. Look at our terms: 100 Worth of Goods, 5.00 Down, 7 month 75 Worth of Goods, 3.50 Down, 5 month 50 Worth of Goods, 2.50 Down, 1 month --- Open till 8 p. m. Open till 8 p. m. --- Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIRS:—I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it, for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and also starts a new growth. MRS. W. E. WALKER, Ste. I—Harriman, Tenn. Ford's Hair Pomade (Formerly known as Ozonized Ox Marrow) Fifty years of success has proved its merits. The use of Ford's Hair Pomade makes stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly-hair straight, soft and glossy and easy to comb, and arrange in any style desired consistent with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid results even on the youngest children. sults even on the youngest children. Delicately perfumed, its use is a pleasure, as ladies of refinement everywhere declare. Don't buy anything else alleged to be "just as good." If you want the best results, buy the best Pomade—it will pay ou. Look for this name Charlie Ford Proud on every package. If your druggist does not 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 " . . . . . . . . . . 2. 25 We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S.A. When ordering send Postal or Express Money Order orders shipped promptly on receipt of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 123 East Kinzie St. Chicago, ILL. FEMFEDS HEALTH MADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. --- ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM 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. 3:30 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 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't Worry Twelve is comdosed of of the elderly married ladies—meets weekly. Frank W. Neef, DEALER IN Fresh and Salted Meats. Staple and Fancy Groceries Goods Promptly Delivered, Free of Charge New Phone 569 207 N. 11th St. --- ```markdown ``` you can buy a CHARTER OAK RANGE or STOVE made of the best material, by the most skilled workmen, for a reasonable amount It will ALWAYS give satisfaction, and will outlast a half dozen of the "cheap kind." It also effects a saving in fuel. We are sole agents for Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. We are ready to Hang that paper or Paint that House. Paper Cleaning a Specialty. Our Several Years' Experience Assure Satisfaction. We have hung paper and Painted houses over this entire city-for all classes-give us a trial. SOLD ON 55 YEARS RECORD STYLES, SIZES AND PRICES TO SUIT ALL CHARTER OAK STOVES & RANGES you can buy a CHARTER made of the best material, be for a reasonable amount It will and will outlast a half dozen of effects a saving in fuel. We are sole agents for Charter We sell the best Brussels Carp 9 x 12 Room size Rugs, $8.50. Cook Stoves from $8.75 up. Geo. Smith, Office: (Res. I411 E. Adams St. Springfield, Illinois. Smith & Paper Hangers We are ready to per or Paint Paper Cleaning Our Several Years' Experience We have hung paper and tire city—for all class WEEKLYCOURIERJOURNAL HENRY WATTERSON, Editor. Is a National Newspaper, Democratic in politics. It prints all the news without fear or favor. The regular 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. rs. AmandaStanton of 409 E. Taylor St., Bloomington. Ill., has lodging rooms for men. Call inhe evenings. This is a cut showing one pattern of the famous patent top Table. The solidest and best table on the market with lined silverware drawer in each end. Can be extended to 8 feet without moving dishes from the table. Call and see it. WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST? You can buy a range or stove made of poor material, hastily put together by incompetent workmen, for very little money. It will NEVER give satisfaction, and will only last a few years with careful use. OAK RANGE or STOVE by the most skilled workmen, will ALWAYS give satisfaction, of the "cheap kind." It also er Oak Stoves and Ranges. arpets at 85 cents a yard. 6-hole Ranges, $19.75, up. This is a cut showing on Table. The solidest and best t ware drawer in each end. Car ing dishes from the table. Call Roy Harris Old Telephone. 3599 & Harris s and Panters. To Hang that pa- that House. ing a Specialty. ence Assure Satisfaction. Painted houses over this en- ses—give us a trial. 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 compositions we have heard in recent years if the piano lovers will give it a trial, we are satisfied that it will go big in this city. This music is for sale at this office. J. D. Berliew. Dealer In STAPLE & FANCY GROCE RIES. Fresh and salt Meats. 1030 East Reynolds St. Springfield, Ill. $1 PER WEEK $1 $1.00----PER WEEK----$1.00 We furnish 3 rooms complete for $69.00 at $1.00 per week. Kitchen, Dining Room and Bed Room. First class Furniture at $1.00 per week. Cheaper than renting furnished rooms. Pay $1.00 per week and own your own furniture. We furnish homes, flats and hotels complete. Cash or payments. It will pay you to see our Furniture if you never buy. T. L. EWING & CO. 418 ADAMS St. One-half block West of Square, South Side of Street. New Phone 2039. Springfield. Ill. Public stenography. Done at This Office. short-hand. typewriting and amanuensis work. Business letters, accounts itemized, Essays, speeches or Sermons. written on machine. Give us a Trial. The FORUM, 305 S. 6 MISS DAISY DONALDSON, Stenographer. Old'Phone, 998. Springfield Illinois 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. Subscribe for The Forum. Bell 'Phone: 2I56 7th & Adams Sts Office Hours: 9 to 12 M. Room No. I 2 to 5 P. M. Upstairs. 7 to 9 P.M. Dr. N. B. FORD, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. special Attention Given Diseases of Women, Children add General surgery. 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 $2.13, but in order to raise our circulation 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 July 18.1909. The pastor and members of St. John A. M. E. church extend a standing invitation 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. Buy your country produce from Ed Williams. Mr. J. S. D. Lee is getting better and better. Mrs. Jesse Warren is visiting in Decatur, this week. Mr. J. Warren spent a day in Decatur this week. Mr. Penick and son of Petersburg, were in the city last Saturday. Attorney A. M. Williams was in Quincy last week on important business. Mrs. Ethel Clark-Pemberton is in the city, the guest of her mother and friends. Miss Nancy Brown, who spent a pleasant vacation in Missouri, has returned home. The June Colored American Magazine is here. For sale at the usual places. The Misses Olive, Essie and Annie Gorum of St. Louis, were in the city, Sunday, June 13. Mrs. Mary Wilson of St. Louis, is in the city the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Ross. Mrs. M. Cummings and children of Decatur, are the guests of their mother and grandmother, respectively, this week. Those who desire to get The Forum on the June $1 proposition per year, had better rush up and pay before the time is out. The Carnival is now on and it is hoped that it will prove a success along all lines. This is an opportunity for colored people to show their capability along this line. Owing to the fact that E. L. Rogers has been sick the past two weeks, partly confined to his bed and room, all parties owing this office should come up and pay and not wait for some one to call. Mesdames E. Monroe, J. C. McClain. Julia Duncan, of this city, Julia Gibson of Peoria and Miss Jessie Smith of Bloomington, were visitors in Jacksonville last Thursday and were royally entertained by the several women's clubs of that city. St. Paul and St. John churches conducted a union baptizing last Sunday at the fair grounds. There were fourteen candidates. A short service was held at St. Paul at 6.30 before going to the fair grounds. A good number were read in as full members at St. Paul, Sunday. NOTICE—Miss Katie Johnson of 527 W. Williams street, this city, has been appointed custodian of the Illinois Historical Society's books, papers and public documents, to whom all books papers and other matter of interest to the colored people should be sent.—Mrs. J. C. McClain, secretary. Among those who attended the District Conference and Sunday school convention this week at Mattoon, Ill., were Revs. Cottman, Price and Jones; Mrs. Isabel Pride, Mrs. D. Cottman, Misses Athea Blackwell, Mary Maxwell. Daisy Donaldson; Messrs. Harry Donaldson, B. Taylor and W. Watts. Marshall May be insane. Marshall, the colored man who is alleged to have attempted to outrage a lady in Gree nridge and who shot one of the two ladies, is probably insane. He is said to be a notorious criminal also. He is confined in the jail at Carlinville. It is to be hoped that the lady will recover. You can always depend on The Forum to stand for principle above all else. Have your PrescriptionS Filled at the Drug Store -O F- -O F- Quality and Right Prices. Clarkson'S 213 S. 6th St. SOMETHING YOU WANTED. The Industrial History of the Negro. for sale at Thompson's and 1707 E. Capitol Ave. Ice Cream For Sale Saturdays and Sundays, at residence, 2324 E. So. Grand Ave. Mrs. R. G. Douglas. For Sale Home, city property or farms. Don't pay rent. Come and see us, let us sell your property, rent your houses and collect your bills. Here are a few of our bargains— One 5 room house $1,000 One 4 room house $1,300 One 8 room house $1,400 One 7 room house at less than cost of house. Make your own terms, we mean business. We will sell you a home and convince you that it is cheaper to buy than it is to pay rent. Just drop in and let us explain. Chas. S. Gibbs & Co., 223 $ S. 5th Street. Old phone 1963. --- FINE STRAW HATS JOHN LUTZ Hatter, Men's Furnisher and Shirt Maker 204 South Sixth St. Neal & Brown's Restaurant Have Moved to Masonic Hall, 117 N. 8th Street To our new quarters, we extend a special invitation to the public. OUR MOTTO: To give the best meal; the bestservices and the best and most courteous attention to patrons. The East End Shoe Store 1707 E. Capitol Ave. It is offering SHOES at special prices and hope to sell 250 pairs of Shoes by July 1st. Come and get the advantage of 10% discount Repairing Neatly Done. J. P. ROBERTS, Prop. A man in a wide-brimmed hat. JOHN Hatter, Men's Furnish 204 South MIDDLEBURY Springfiled. Neal & B You should see, our magnificent collection of Men's Fine Straw Hats. You will find the Stock complete in every detail, handsome braids, Excellent Bands and Leather, perfect workmanship, up-to-date shapes, attractive Hats at attractive Prices. Fine Straws - $1.00 to $4.00 Knox Hats - 4.00 and 5.00 Genuine Panamas 5.00 to 10.00 LUTZ usher and Shirt Maker h Sixth St. 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. 5221/2 E. Adams St. Bell Tel. 423 Illinois. Brown's