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THE FORUM Historical Society State House VOL.12-NO.24 Local Brevities Mrs. Wm. Merriweather is a patient at St. John Hospital, suffering from a slight attack of appendicitis. She was formerly Miss Ethel Wormley. On last Sunday Capt. R. A. Byrd spoke before the Lyseum in Chicago, before packed house and received an ovation worthy of mention. He is in the city this week on recruiting business. E. Williams and Lynch of Jacksonville were city visitors Sunday. Miss Lucretia Smith of Peoria is visiting in the city this week. David Dean of Champaign was a caller at the Forum office Thursday. Mrs. Lucille Bradshaw, of St. Louis, is the guest of her mother Mrs. Ball, of So. 11th 'St. Miss Armenta Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Richard Bean, left for Xenia, Ohio Sunday evening, where she will resume her studies at Wilberforce University. Clarence Rankin and Pearl Waldon of Danville. were in the city Sunday. Clyde Jackson, Alonzo Mosely, Leon Smith, Robt. Allen, Clarence Clark, S. Harris and Miss Lilly Plant were among the Jacksonville visitors to the State Fair. A train load of colored people arrived in the city Wednesday from Missouri, (over home) we did not attempt to get all their names. Clay Griffin of Jefferson City, Mo. is visiting his nephew Bert Stewart and attending the Fair. Miss Maggie Davis of Jacksonville was a State Fair visitor. Fred McGregory and Ellsworth Dansby of Decatur, were in the city Thursday. We are not presuming to have gotten the names of all the people attending the Fair this week, there were a 'bunch' of them. WANTED, refined lady to care for two children in exchange for rent of 4 room flat. Excellent location. Good opportunity for right person. Inquire at Form office. Mrs. John Smith has returned to this city after a lengthy visit with her brother, W.C. Osby, of Detroit. Capt. Smith, of Chicago, was a visitor in the city this week. Mrs. Lottie Crittendon, formerly Miss Brewington, of Chicago was a visitor in the city this week. Chas. Smith, of Broadlands, attended the State Fair. Herbert Sheen, of Decatur, made a business trip to this city Thursday, looking for a bicycle, stolen from him some time ago; reported to be in this city. Messrs. Fred Covington and Shavers of Clinton, attended the State Fair. Miss Vernetta Clark, of Peoria, was in the city Fair week. The Sewing circle of Union B. church, met with Mrs. Bertha Hall, 1017 Phillips Ave. Miss Lucille Nickens, of Decatur, spent the week end in city. Some of Orlando Hotel boys, of Decatur, were in the city this week, also Dr. J. C. Ellis. Miss Alice Gordon, of Quincy, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osby, the week-end. Harry Nell, and father, of Broadlands, were State Fair visitors. Dr. Samuels, and party, of Alton, were State Fair visitors, making the trip in their Overland car. They were the guests of Dr. Ford and others. Miss Valeria Ball has returned to the city after a prolonged visit in St. Louis. Master Teddy Kibby, has returned from a visit in Missouri. [Portrait of a man in a suit with a tie]. Chairman Sangamon County Republican Central Committee CHAMPAIGN NEWS CHAMPAIGN NEWS Mrs. Thomas, who has been visiting Mrs. Eva T. Dean of 710 N. Poplar St., has returned to her home in Danville. Miss Frieda Balridge and Miss Florence Johnson have returned home from Grand Tower, Ill. where they have been visiting relatives of the former. Mrs. King of North Poplar St. died Friday and was taken to Indianopolis for burial. Mrs. Eva T. Dean has returned home after an absence of two weeks in Savannah Ga. and was also the guest of Mrs. Godfrey Winstead of Terre Haute Ind. Mrs. Mosella Barnett is visiting her sister in Chicago. Miss Genevieve Nickels of Danville has entered the University of Illinois. She will take the Domestic Science course. Henry Hart of southern Illinois has returned to the University to complete his course in Agriculture. WANTED—For Champaign and Urbana. A good live Agent and reporter for the Forum. Write or call Mrs. E. T. Dean, Bell 1847 708 E. Poplar St. If you have any news, report to same office. The Emancipation Celebration will be held at the Fair Grounds Friday. Att'y. B G. Clanton, son of Rev. S. T. Clanton, will be the orator of the day. Hon. W. J. Callhoun, boyhood chum of Wm. McKinley and the man who nominated McKinley at St. Louis, and former Minister to China, and the man who nominated Sherman last summer, died at his home in Chicago this week. Miss Bonnie Goin, of Hull, Ill., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stevenson. Misses Ida White and Leora Heygood have returned to this city from Chicago. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 "Be Ye Doers and not Sayers only." BINGFIELD, ILL., SATURDAY SEPT. Chas. G. Briggle, in County Republican C DECATUR NOTES DECATUR NOTES Decatur is certainly one of the finest towns in the State when it comes to clean streets, lights, sanitation and fire protection. Officer Kemp is on his vacation visiting in Kansas City. Mr. Robert Earnest has a commendable store. We are glad to see Love & Pearson boarding house progressing so nicely. Nickens is to be congratulated on his business acumen. "Rattler" is up and about. You will have to do something else than other than shooting "Rattler" in the heart. The boys down at Brown's quarters say that Springfield has a fine Cabaret. John Allen, Circuit Clerk, is certainly to be commended. He has been nominated on the Republican ticket without opposition for several terms. This is a real compliment. Jas. A. Henson, defeated A. H. Mills for State Senator in the 28th Dist. by 5 votes. Mrs. Carrie Turner, who has been visiting in the south has returned well pleased with the trip. Miss Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Jones, will soon return to Washington, D. C., to attend the N. H. Burroughs School. C. L. Watkins was in Springfield Sept. 17, on Sunday school work. Dr. Kenniebrew of Jacksonville, was in Decatur to assist Dr. Ellis in an operation. The colored population is increasing rapidly. How can pretty little Harry Warfield stay away from his puella so long, away down yonder in Texas, away from the transfer station? Mr. and Mrs. Land spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fronk Burns of Springfield. You can't keep up with Joe Pryor he is always prior. Atty. Clanton attended the Republican State convention in Peoria Tuesday. Earl Ryder has returned to Champaign to resume his studies at the U. I. ```markdown ``` THE E. & W. Popular Clothing House. Among the enterprises of this city which have made phenomenal progress, in the last decade, is the E. & W. Co., an establishment which carries a complete line of men's & boys' clothing, consisting of the very finest and latest styles of suits, hats, shirts, underwear, ties etc. A complete assortment of everything carried by a first-class haberdashery. This store is located on the East side of the square and has always borne a reputation for high-class goods, first-class service and the very best treatment to all. The store has just been thoroughly remodeled inside and a new modern, enlarged plate glass front installed, with copper frame work, making a show window unsurpassed in beauty and convenience, by any other store in this city or central Illinois. You are cordially invited to this store to inspect their mammouth stock of fall clothes. You can't find a better place at which to buy your fall and winter clothes. For the past 8 years, Mr. Marlowe has been manager of this firm and his business acumen and integrity did much in promoting the success of this business and placing the E. & W. in the very front line of the businesses in this city. We are pleased, therefore, to direct our readers to this store and assure each and everyone, that you will find: Quality, Quantity, Service and Courtesy. Annual Tour of University Singers will appear here at Masonic Hall, Sept. 27th, under management of Dr. Ware. A rare treat in store. Everybody are going. The man who exchanged shots with officer Duncan should thank God that Duncan is not a crack shot. HUGHES' SPEECH TO COLORED STUDENTS AT NASHVILLE HUGHES' SPEECH TO COLORED STUDENTS AT NASHVILLE "We have many, many difficulties I believe it was that great leader, Booker T. Washington, whom I had the pleasure of knowing, who said that freedom was not a bequest—it was a conquest. There is a very great truth in that statement. It means this, as I understand it, that no one can confer upon another the blessings of freedom; they have got to be won by individual qualification. We need in our homes evidences of care and industry; we need to have in every direction in which we apply our talent, efficiency. "We want thrift and honesty; we want honesty with respect to the ballot. I want an honest and a pure ballot. We desire whenever there is a particular thing to be done, to prove that it can be done. All that you have to do, in my humble judgment, is to take advantage of each opportunity, and when there is a thing that you have to do, do it so well that you command the admiration of everyone who knows about it. That is the only rule that you can give a boy or a man for success in this world. It is not looking at the mountain top ten miles away, it is looking at the next step, it is looking at the opportunity of today, it is looking at the duty of tomorrow; it is always measuring like a man and like a woman to the task of the moment that builds character, that insures respect, that wins general esteem. Black men and women can do that. They are doing wonderfully in these various avenues of progress to which I have referred. They are taking advantage of educational opportunities, I want to see these opportunities extended. I want to see them practical. It is well that you have higher educational opportunities, but do not neglect the thing that lie close to you in connection with the everyday necessities of life. It is the little things that count in this world; the little things that make together the real things that make the community. It is what the man does with the time when he is not ero ded by anybody that tells the story of what he makes PRICE: FIVE CENTS ALPHABET IS A PUZZLE, BUT HE'S EXPERT READER Uneducated Negro Boy, Aged 10, Astonishes Whites by Strange Power San Angelo, Texas—John Pesley Pippen, 10 year old Negro, although he never attended a school one day in his life, and does not know his A.B.C.'s, can read English literature faster and better than nine out of ten educated persons. Pippen is the son of a half witted laundress who lives at Eutaw, Ala., where he spent all his life until sixty days ago, when his mother gave him to H. L. Mobley a hotel man of Ballinger, Texas who is in Eutaw visiting his old home. PRONOUNCES DIFFICULT NAMES The little colored boy has been reading since he was 9 years old. He can read stories of the European war and pronounce the difficult names of towns, rivers, dignitaries more properly than the average educated American. Pippen can hold a newspaper with both hands and turn it around as fast as the second hand on a watch moves and read any article selected for him with out making a single error. The lad knows only three letters of the alphabet, A. E. and I, but he cannot explain how he came to know them. While his reading is perfect, he does not understand much of the intricate matter he reads. HEARING Is MARVELOUS In addition to his marvelous reading powers he has a keen sense of hearing and is particular fitted to detect false motions in machinery, especially automobiles. Mr. Mobley takes Pippen with him frequently on cross country trips, and the minute the engine begins to knock or buck, Pippen calls Mobley's attention to it. The lad's voice is apparently his only defect. While he can speak loudly enough to be heard ten feet away, his voice will not carry much further. Pippen pronounces Mexican, French, German and Russian names with the true accent of the natives of those countries. When at play with other children he uses the Negro dialect. He is full of life works hard as a shoe shiner, but garners more dimes from hotel guests for his marvelous reading. of himself. It is how he employs his time, the way he disciplines himself that determines what he will ultimately achieve. Men and women, we are together in a great co-operative enterprise in this land where everyone must do his part. "In connection with the work that I have spoken of, education with respect to the various activities of life, I give you the best of wlshes. "I have frequently said there is no color line in good work. Do good work. Be thrifty; be honest. Never let anyone have the right to doubt your word. Be diligent Watch every opportunity to improve your mind. Do every task thoroughly. Never slight anything because someone is not looking. Be thorough, be honorable, and you will honor American citizenship." Miss Sarah Alexander has returned from a lengthy visit in Danville, Ill. THE FORUM REGAL PRINTING CO. Publishers 109-111 So. Eighth St. Bell Phone 5729 I. E. FOSTER.....President E. L. ROGERS.....Editor-Manager RATES One Year.....$1.50 Six Months.....80c Three Month.....50c One Month.....20c Weekly paper devoted to the interest of the whole people. Entered as second-class mail matter Feb. 24, 1904, at the post office at Spring- field, Ill., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. We told you fellows to stop abusing the good old Summer time, that it would get tired of your howling and send that old hoary headed, cold blooded frost, which has, ere the summer served out its three months, bitten your noses and rushed you, ere you were ready, to the pawn shop, to ascertain whether or not your overcoat was still there. If you are a republican you need not be talking of how good some other party man is. You are either a republican or you are not. This is a time when we want the republicans or we want the democrats. We feel that we should continually admonish the young people to abstain from boisterousness on streets. Vulgar language and profanity are the most inexcusable besetting sins. Betting is some times a good indicator of how the game is going. In Wall Street, they are betting 2 to 1 on Hughes. This is a good sign for Hughes. Listen young colored man, and young colored woman, you especially. Hear what Hughes says before an audience of Fisk University students at Nashville, Tenn Sept. 4th, 1916. Read it and think it over, then renew your cowenant and make your mark: Governor Whitman, of New York, was renominated on the republican ticket. Justice Hughes' speech here this week at the Arsenal was a masterly deliverance and statesman-like--he completely captivated his vast audience. His clear enunciations of his principles and the out-line and explanation of the issues confronting the people, were so forceful and and comprehensive that no one doubts the extraordinary ability of the man. He will be the next president. The Chicago Defender. We believe the Chicago Defender is not doing the best thing when it continues to be so rabid, so severe and so inelegant and extravagant in the use of adjectives--we want our rights, but we lose instead of gain ground, if we pursue the wrong course. The people who stand for a square deal and even-handed justice must cooperate with the colored people who are striving for these things. We can't obtain them by going the wrong route and becoming too abusive. In the issue of the Defender, Sept. 16th, an account was given of an altercation between a young white woman and a colored woman. The report gave the colored woman as being illtreated by the white woman in some way on a street car, and the writer spoke of the white woman as a "white wench;" if this word is detestable to colored, and if we do not like for our women to be so designated in the white papers, why should our papers use the very word we have been protesting against? Think well over this matter--whatsoever you would that men do to you, do ye even so to them. Ofcourse the term is used as a reproach. The standard dictionary defines the word thus: "A familiar term for a colored girl or woman; in a bad RAMBLINGS RAM Sal We see by the papers that the State of New York has mustered in a colored Regiment. Speaking of regiments reminds us of an episode that occured in Mississippi some years ago. A few years after the Civil war, a colored militia battalion was put into service in that state and of source they immediately organized and armed a regimental band without the formality of ascertaining whether the members of the psuedo band had ever seen the likes of a musical instrument, to say nothing of examining them as to their musical inability. A band had to be drafted instanter, in as much as the State had been reckless enough to demand a band for the battalion and persisted in its recklessness by offering uniforms and instruments, all that had to be requisitioned were men to wear the uniforms and blow the horns. The men were obtained with little difficulty, whom immediately set out to acquire the least amount of musical dexterity possible to coax out enough music that the battalion could march at least a square behind. Now the fact the boys had never a note that any could interpret individually, much less collectively made matters all the worse when this band got together for their maiden practice. Not being acquainted with the habits of bands and such impedimenta of civilization, this aggregation of patriotic gentry started out to hang up a record as being the only self-taught band in the U. S., and it may be truthfully said that they achieved an unique distinction. Having hired a hall; shined their horns and advertised themselves a first class band ready for hire, they assembled at the rendezvous. These fellows knew a thing on too, and taking time by the neck, talked the matter over and decided that each man would simply practice on some familiar favorite and later would try them out together. Every man of them kept the faith and all the old tunes of yesteryear were literally blown to pieces and joined in the cavalcade of atmospheric disintegration that issued from the hall; taken possession of the streets and caused folk who were accustomed to retiring sense, a woman of loose character." The word is therefore, not a generic term, but a specific one and has special application; if the dictionary is wrong it should be corrected. In all controversies between white and colored, we should not assume that our side is right in its contention--investigate and then arbitrate. Remember the work being done by the N. A. A. C. P. and who are at the head of this great organization. A newspaper can do a great good and it can do a great harm. Let us fight--fight, both with the pen and the bludgeon, but not below the belt. This is our view of this matter. Reconciliation is better than recrimination. TWO HOUSES FOR SALE I will sell one or both of two nice houses on east Pine street. G. W. MURRAY, 2171/2 S. 6th St. Edward Baumann. C. T. Baumann at chicken bed time, to don their apparel and unravel this unheralded phenomena that did sorely vex them and threatened to destroy the very foundations of the town. When the trouble was located, the city council held a special session and passed an ordinance forbidding the practicing of any number of musicians over two unless permission had been obtained from the city council. There was nothing for the band to do but move outside the confines of the town. They hired a barn from a farmer about two mil from town and proceeded to take possession with each man playing a different tune in a way different than that particular tune had ever been played before. The whole country side was violently disturbed; cattle, sheep, dogs, hogs, cats and even the rats mingled with each other in a vain attempt to dodge the wrath that seemed too imminent to be trifled with. Naturally the populace raised a howl that was heard in every bailiwick in the state. The people arose in their wrath and compelled the state legislature to pass a special bill declaring the regimental band a public nuisance. The bandless battalion lasted a few days longer but was destined to walk the plank ere old Sol was many days older. Decoration day is a great day in the south—for decorating Confederate soldiers' graves, and the ebony hued battalion turned out marched to the cemetery resplendent in their new uniforms and bayontes glistening in the sunshine. Being bandless, they marched behind a drum and an accordion down the public highway rank after rank kand getting ranker all the while. Returning from the final resting place of the departed defenders of disunion, the fellow working on the accordion suddenly developed a fondness for "Han, Jeff Davis on a Sour Apple Tree" and the wind organ bellowed out the tidings for all it was worth. High treason had been committed, and as fast as the battalion marched up the steps of their armory, they were individually court martialed, disarmed de-uniformed and mustered out of service. Since that memorable day no colored militia for the state that Vardaman made infamous. R.F. HERNDON & CO. In last issue of The Forum, appeared the opening advertisement of the sale of women's and children's goods, in fall styles, the finest assortment to be found in any other store in the county, or Central Illinois. We especially commend this store to our people and assue them that here they will receive the most cordial treatment, a thing most people appreciate. You all, or most of you, are acquainted with the unexcelled stock this company caries. You will also get the very best to be received for your money. This is one of the oldest establishments of which Springfield boasts. Read the ad in this paper and do not buy your fall goods before inspecting those offered by Herndon & CO. Make this store your mecca. Watch next issue for another special offering. Fall & Winter Late Styles Now in. Toilet Articles ALL READY FOR RACE CONGRESS Washington Selected For Big Gathering Oct. 4-5. OBJECT OF THE MEETING. National Equal Rights League Takes Initiative In Important Movement to Consider Welfare of Colored American Citizens—Sessions to Be Held In the John Wesley Church. By N. BARNETT DODSON. The time and place for holding the national congress of colored American citizens have been set for Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 4 and 5, at the John Wesley church in Washington. With this announcement the call of the National Equal Rights league is completed. The object of the congress is to confer on the most important questions affecting the political and civil rights of colored American citizens of the United States. While the Equal Rights league has taken the initiative in the movement by issuing the call, the congress will be absolutely free to perfect its own A. B. REV. DR. BYRON GUNNER, PRESIDENT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE organization, rules and program for the two days allotted for the meeting. The league has very generously announced that its annual meeting will be held after the congress adjourns. The congress is to be composed first of regular accredited delegates chosen and sent by the various fraternal, religious, literary and political organizations from all sections of the country and of individuals who may enroll as members of the general body, as soon as it is organized. The league again urges all such organizations as above named to see to it that from one to two delegates be elected by each body and sent to the congress. The fact that lynching is still rampant, particularly at the south, and in most of the other sections of the country segregation ordinances are still being introduced and enacted ought to be sufficient evidence of infringement upon the legal rights of the colored people to cause them to unite in a great movement like the proposed congress for self defense. The Apostle Paul boasted of his Roman citizenship and used it in defending himself from a mob in the temple at Jerusalem. He knew the law and was willing to stake his life on its being respected by those in authority. "Is it lawful to scourge a Roman uncondemned?" he asked. Would to God we had in this country officials who respected the law of the land and who valued human life highly enough to throw around uncondemned citizens the mantle and strong arm of the law. But there is still balm in Gilead; there is still left a remedy for unfairness and injustice. The ballot rightly used will remedy many of the things which now hinder the progress of the colored race. We must unite our forces as a race so as to make our numerical strength felt to better advantage. We must see the necessity of having our representatives in the municipal and national lawmaking departments of this country. When the congress convenes an outline of the questions to be discussed will be announced, and to such topics the delegates will address themselves, Committees will be appointed to draft all measures intended to be presented to the authorities in nation, state or municipality. It has been suggested that a campaign to create favorable sentiment on the questions presented be mapped out by states, and at the conclusion of a campaign of sentiment the representatives in the various states will meet and report on their work and recommend the kind of action to be taken. These state representatives will act for the congress between annual meetings. Addition to Training School Faculty. Dr. James E. Shepard, president of the National Training school, Durham, N. C., has been extremely fortunate in the selection of well qualified teachers for the various departments of the institution. With the opening of the school for the fall term, William M. Ashby, a graduate of Yale, will begin his duties as one of the new members of the faculty. Mr. Ashby is the author of a book entitled "Redder Blood," which is receiving much favorable comment. "You've tried the rest. Now try the best" For making Stubborn Hair Soft and Glossy fills the bill. A trial is convincing proof POST PAID 25c CALL OR WRITE Illinois D Illinois Dairy Co. F. E. Shuster, Manager Pure Pasteurized Milk and Cream for Family Use a Specialty 330 NORTH FOURTH STREET Adams Street Groc 330 NORTH FOURTH STREET Adams Street Grocery 201 E. Adams Street Bell Phone 5931 Potatoes 45c peck. Fai Flour from $2.10 Spring Chickens, A Full Line of Veg Prompt Delivery or use Potatoes 45c peck. Fancy Poast. Ears, doz.15-20c Flour from $2.10 to $2.45, large sack Spring Chickens, plump and Fat, 25c lb. Prompt Delivery.Call and see us or use Phone. THE FREEMAN FLATS (Newly Completed) 100 Jackson St.—New Phone 2184 B. $ 228_{1/2}^{2} $ N. Washington St. Rear. —New Phone 2382. Electric Lights, Heat and Baths PEORIA, ILLINOIS. Bell Phone 2156. Office Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 5 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. Dr. N.B. Ford Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given Diseases of Women, Children and General Surgery. Room 1, Northwest Corner Seventh and Adams Streets. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. B. G. CLANTON LAWYER 8151 E. Washington Street When in Lincoln always stop at Hardin & Bernard's Palace. The finest in Lincoln. Absolutely sanitary. Leisey's beer on tap, cold, Finest of wines, liquors ann cigars. imported and home made. A strictly first class place. 200 Chicago St. The very best courtesies to all. A few doors from Interurban station, Cor. Chicago and Pulaski Streets. COAL! ORDER NOW FOR SEASON Prompt Deliveries by the TON OR LOAD Geo. W. Wells 1610 EAST MASON STREET Bell Phone 1383 A. Morris Williams Attorney at Law. 115 South 11th St. New Phones 7755-7756 Office Phone 3327 Residenee 4338 Old Phone 1655 Economy Cleaning and Tailoring Co. CLEANING, PRESSING & REPAIRING Special prices on Ladies' and Gentlemen's Clothing Call for Price List BERT STEWART, Prop. Bell Phone 4266 802 E. WASHINGTON ST Office, Bell.2156 DENTIST Special Attention given Children's Teeth Rooms 1-3 Nelson Bid'g. SEVENTH and ADAMS STREET Cleaning, Repairing, and Pressing MISFIT CLOTHES FOR SALE I. KESSLER 112 North Seventh St. THE ROBINSON 'STEELINE' FOLDING BATH TUB On Exhibition at Agency 216 EAT SD GRAND AVENUE PRICE $10 GEORGE STAAB, Jr. Plumbing, Heating and Gas Fitting. Repair Work a Specialty Estimates Furnished. 528 South Eleventh Street Bell Phone 1963 CHAS. S. GIBBS ATTORNEY AT LAW 723 $^{1}$ E. Washington Capital Cash Grocery and Meat Market _ New Phone 540 16h E. CAPITAL AVE. Old Phone 839 SUGAR “ors” $1.00 Golden Age Flour ss He $1.85 ee Spaghett! and Noodles _ ¥ 25¢ Ai Sl SLRD satiate <= OBC Gold Medal Flour - . $1.80 Raisins, 3 packages - . 25c Corn, Tomatoes, Peas, = e 25c Mixed Cookies, per lb. : . 123c We carry a complete line of Fresh and Salt Meats i D0 LS OT ST TS SS IT . . Here Is the Suit Event--and the Prices In face of the fact of a 14-weeks’ strike of Garment workers in New York —nvutwithstanding the increase in prices of materials and linings—and higher cost of making SUITS—we are launching our largest and __ best. $15.00, $20.00, $25.00, $27.50, $30.00, $35.00 AND $40.00 NEW FALL SUITS Autumn Suits that Depict Fashions of Latest Conception The Selection of a modish Suit is now uppermost in minds of most women and Herndon’s is splendidly ready to meet all requirements. Our line at these prices is particularly large, representing many styles, ma- terials and colors to meet individual requirements. Young ladies who are now interested in the assembling of their new apparel in preparation for the coming season at boarding school, will find Herndon’s well prepared to meet all demands. We will also show some imported models at $50, $75 and $80. Handsome Suits of Velour cloth which are distinctive in their lines and mode of trimming, of Hudson Seal. Women’s Autumn Dresses We are showing new Autumn Models that are wonderfully attractive and show that close attention has been paid to the most minute details. Prominent in the display are the very effective and becoming Redingote and Peasant Models, fash- joned from Serge, Satin and Taffeta, as well as combinations of these fabrics. Unique trimming modes of buttons are certain to attract attention, while the orna- mentations of fringe, wool and chinese embroideries, etc., are quite out-of-the ordin- ary. Prices, $15 to $37 50. Our Presentation of New Fall Blouses Is Pleasing in Its Variety The many “little things” that go to make attractive Blouses are embodied in the beautiful creations that await your inspection at Herdon’s. Priced $2.50 to $15. New Fall Skirts pleadid Values, More than thirty styles of unusual charm and distinction; of Silk, Chuddah, Serge, Wool Poplin and Novelty Fabrics. Novelty pockets in almost every skirt, as this is the dominant feature for Fall. Prices, $3.98 to $20.00. i eet alle PIG CLUB’S CONTEST. Electric and Hand Massage Hot and Cold Baths PROPRIETOR 4 Chair Imperial Barber Shop 821 East Washington Street Springfield, Illinois BARBERS: Horace Stone, Lloyd Jones Boys and Girls to Enter Their Animale In the State Fair. Love for animals in general aud pigs in particular is the announced object of the Boys and Girls’ Pig clubs. Members of the clubs from all over the state will gd to the Illinois State Fair, Sept. 15-23, to enter their pigs in the annual contest. Any other boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen, who have raised pigs, may enter also. Breeds will be displayed separately — Berkshire, Chester-White, Duroe-Jersey, Hampshire and Poland- China. Premiums are offered for litters of pigs, boar pigs and sow pigs, all under six months. Application for entrance to the contest should be made to John & Culp, superintendent of swine. Harry Neil, of Broadlands, IIl., was in the city this week, attend- ing the Fair. When it comss to “chasing a flivver,” Clifford May has the es- sentials. BELL PHONE, 6350 CALLS PROMPTLY ANSWERED - E. Hazel Wallace FUNERAL DIRECTOR PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Prices the Lowest Satisfaction Cuaranteed 119 NORTH EIGHTH STREET BAPTISTS MEET AT KANSAS GITY Missouri Town Gives Religiolls Body Royal Welcome, THOUSANDS IN ATTE NDANGE ; "Unincorporated Wing of National Or- ganization Scores Big Success at First Session Held on Its Own Re- sources— President Jones Explains Cause of 1915 Trouble and Defends His Course. Kansas City, Mo—Profuse was the welcome that was extended the thirty sixth aunual session of the unincor porated national Baptist conventio: held in this eity from Sept. 6 to 11, in elusive, The scene of the big meeting was the Armory ball, at Fourteeuth und Michigan streets, which bad been secured for the occasion, ‘The loca) committee, headed by three distin guished Baptist ministers and made up from members of the laity from every section of Kansas and Missouri had made splendid arrangements. ‘The committee on homes, the recep tlon and the general committee deport ed themselves admirably, and wheu President E, P. Jones, D. D., of Vicks burg, Miss., called the meeting to oritet he paid a tribute to the citizens this city that was royal indeed Among the first things to be an nounced by’ President Jones was a constructive program trom beginning to end.” Three well known divs one from Alabama, one from Missis sippi and one from Louisiana, ied the | devotions on the rst day, their then being “The Work of the Holy Spirit.” while the entire convention threw it self as a whole Into the work, becavs: of the excellent music under the direc tion of a chorister who hud been train Ing the chorus of 150 volees for two weeks. President E. P. Jones’ Annual Address. Ringing true to the principles of the unincorporated wing of the Baptist convention, President E. P. Jones. D D., of Vicksburg, Miss.. delivered tls first annual address in the presence of thousands of delegates and visitors who listened to the president with al most breathless attention, President Jones said in part: “Up from the hills and prairies of my na- tive state twelve months ago I went, as I have often done before, to the creat oats Baptist convention which convened on Sept. 8, 1915, In Chicago, a city whose, marvelous growth staggers the most optimistic. 1 had the honor there of being ap- pointed by the president presiding to one of the most honored positions In the gift of the convention. 1 refer to the tellership, handed me without so- licitation of the then united conven- tion, “You will distinctly recall that 1 went about the discharge of those du: ties not unmindful of the great re sponsibilities that rested upon my shoulders. I did not seek nor covet the distinction. I presumed that in a great convention composed of breth. ren gathered from the four corners of the earth that there could be but one intent and purpose, and that *was to “see that even handed Justice was meted “out to all, irrespective of their courte tions or position upon the great ques- tion which butig like a pal! and threat- ened to rend asunder friendly relations that had existed for years. Unfairness Resorted to at Chicago. “As we proceeded to pursue the du- thes assigned to us it soon dawned not only upon me, but upon every fair- minded individual present, that steps unfair, unjust and void of every sem- blance of Christian motive were to be | put in execution to stifle and thwart the will of the majority. 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ADAMS STREET end will make the trembling and quak. ing of Belshazzar insignificant and tn. consequential to the condemnation that must follow such a course, “This was the very signal of a heated imagination that rent in twain the mighty brotherhood. Lest you might forget the issue I again urge that you recall that in the face of the fact that the convention had gone on record more than once In condemning the pro curing of u charter that illegal and un. authorized efforts did on May 17, 1915, in the city of Washington succeed and make of record the incorporating of the National Baptist Convention of the United States of America, : Document Born of Malice and Envy. “1 do not need here to tell you that the provisions encouched within that unbearable and disgusting measure scent unto the heavens and enviously ‘seek to control and manipulate and with malice aforethought assassinate that industry for which we have striven for many years. It is acknowl edged that the only purpose for which these unnecessary and strange innova tions had their origin was seliish aud ambitious, and they were absolutely void of the warmth of the Christian spirit, but cold and barefaced in the attempt to reap where they had not sown. “Our publishing plant at Nashville ts the greatest of its kind owned and op- erated by black men throughout the Dreadth of the universe. Mississippi, my own native state, gave birth to out own Dr. Rt, H. Boyd, whose industrious eye and honest business capacity add luster to this convention and our great denomination. He has done for us and our children’s children that which no Negro of this century has achieved. It was his opportunity; God gave him the light. He went forth in the face of discourazemement and a thousand other besetments; caught a vision as if by inspiration and founded an insti- tution which today employs your sons and daughters and makes possible thelr advancement, Personnel of the Publishing Board. “The publishing board ts composed of brethren well prepared for their du- ties, and they hold in trust for you and for me and for every Negro Bap: tist in this nation this property about which more calamitous fairy tales have been told than could be recorded by a thousand scribes in a thousand years, It appears to me that this con- vention is absolutely competent to un- derstand that if any defects existed legislation and not destruction would be the'remedy. “To the maintenance of the national Baptist publishing board as now con- stituted and this the national Baptist convention of the United States of America 1 have dedicated the past twelve months of my life. and as I take a retrospection 1 am none the less will ing to continue in my feeble way the defense of these fundamentals which underlie not only the very future of the church, but to combat that’ which would turn back the ages of the Ne- Misses Elise and Vera Ford, of Camp Butler. left for Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, to resume their studies at Fisk University. Hon. Oscar DePriest, Atty. F. L. Barnett, J.-L. Brewington, and Edward D. Green, were in the city this week. J.R, Dunn, formerly of Jack- sonville, now of Chicago, was in the city this week. Campaighn On. The National Committee has as- signed Beauregard F. Moseley to cover Missouri, His itinerary for the week ending Sept. 30, is as follows: Friday, 22, Glassgow, Saturday, Sept. 23, Fayette, Monday, Sept. 25th, Mobley, Sept. 26th. Paris, wednesday, 27th Mon- roe City, Sept. 28th, MScon, Sept. 29th, Shelbina, Sept. 30th, Hanni- bal; thence home for a week, and then probably to Kentucky and California. The National Com- tittee has determined to carry Missouri or Kentucky, or both, are putting their heaviest guns in that territory. BASE BALL. ‘The game Sunday was another star game, That is, it may ‘be said to have been, up to the 6th inning—the score stood 1 to 0 in- favor of Peoria—Harris stole a runin the Sth During the last of the 6, the umpire erred, calling 1 strike when there was 2 strikes and the Nationals made 4 runs, Battery for » Bohemians: Keys and Cobbs. Many big Democrats feady and willing to speak for Wilson are cr eful that their money shall no say anythingfon his side. President Wilson says he is utter- ly indifferent as to his re-election, Perhaps that explains a good many The Democrats continue to ig- nore Mr. Hughe’s speeches to the extent that all they do is sputter and gasp.