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VOL.XXX NO22 Mr.DarrSupports Mr.Ryan Mr.DarrSupports Mr.Ryan Ryan Against Amendment The following letter has been mailed by Mr. Chas. W. Darr, a member of the bar of the District of Columbia, to his former friends and neighbors at Laurel, Md: Washington, D. C., October 28, 1909. Dear SIR: For several years since my removal from Laurel I have had the pleasure of addressing my former neighbors upon the issues of the campaign preceding an election, but circumstances over which I have no control deprived me of that pleasure this year, and I therefore take the liberty of addressing you personally upon the subject of the present campaign, which will culminate with the election on Tuesday next November. So far as the State issue is concerned, it is plainly drawn, and is the proposed amendment to the State Constitution whereby it is sought to disfranchise the colored voters of the State, but a careful reading of the amendment will snow that it is proposed to defeat not only a provision of the Constitution of the United States, but to do more than its friends claim, as it will disfranchise many other persons who now seem to feel secure in their rights as citizens; and again it is unwise, unsafe, and exceedingly dangerous to manipulate, alter or change a State Constitution for political purposes, and particularly in the interest of a political party which seeks by the amendment to weaken the minority party beyond sufficient strength to even force upon the dominant party honest administration of the State affairs or a due regard for the ordinary rights of the people. Again, the amendment, if passed, will for a while at least, insure the success of one party and then the State, deprived of the blessings of a strong minority party, which alone can compel even a fair administration of public affairs, may be prepared for any sort of frenzied legislation, increased taxes, extravagant expenditures of public money, and a further infringement upon the voting power of the citizens. Let me then urge you as a fair-minded citizen and one who has the welfare of your State at heart, to consider well the provisions of the proposed amendment before voting next Tuesday, and if you do you will vote against it. Where is it necessary for changing the Constitution of your State? If it is not solely to make the defeat of one party impossible? And who will get the benefit of this success? Not the rank and file, but the men at the top of the class, who get all of the fat offices, who ride in carriages while you walk, who sit on the stage at political meetings while you walk and crowd to get even a look in at a big political meeting. Where do you come in? I mean the rank and file, the men who are expected to carry elections, and who are expected to carry the amendment. So much, for the amendment, now a word for the ticket: I regret that I have been deprived of the opportunity to meet my former friends and neighbors of Laurel this year on these subjects, but my time has been so much taken up with my professional cares that even this letter is written hurriedly and without the I suppose that both tickets in the field, Democratic and Republican, contain some names of very worthy men, but, as citizens, the time-worn idea of voting the Democratic ticket or the Republican ticket, even if the ticket contains a lot of yellow dogs, simply on party principle, is a delusion and snare, and you will find if you have any way of knowing, that even the bosses of both parties do not hesitate to split their tickets when it suits their convenience—but more frequently when it suits their pockets to do so; but as humble citizens, wishing to do your level best, for the County or State, and not expecting any reward or compensation for doing that duty which devolves upon you as a citizen, you will naturally want to vote for the men best qualified for the offices for which they are nominated, whether they are Democrats or Republicans. And to my Democratic friends and former neighbors, I want to say, for I feel particularly close to them, that in addition to voting against the amendment, look over the Republican ticket and see if you can find the names of men particularly qualified for the offices for which they are nominated, men who have been tried and found equal to the emergencies placed before them. I have in mind Richard N. Ryan, candidate for clerk of the court at Marlboro. To nominate his equal for the office the Democrats might have nominated Mr. Stephens, the present clerk, or Dr. Griffith, of Marlboro, but they passed them up, and Ryan is therefore, in my opinion, the man the people ought to elect. Your own fellow townsman, Mr. Frye, you know better than I can possibly know him, yet I know him to be capable and worthy of your confidence, and you ought to elect one man from your district, and the office of sheriff is more important to you as a community than any other office for which you have a candidate this year. The election of a judge should not be measured by his political affiliation, but by his experience in public life and as a trial lawyer. While both the candidates from Prince George County are excellent gentlemen and good lawyers, yet it is claimed that Mr. Snowden Hill has had more experience in matters judicial than his opponent, and is regarded by many members of the bar of the county as the best equipped of the two for the office for which he has been nominated, and this can be said without in anyway reflect- THE BEE WASHINGTON up upon the Democratic candidate as a lawyer, but bear in mind that some of our best lawyers make most unsuccessful judges. Mr. Hill has the qualities which will make a first-class judge. In the State Senate you want, if possible, in order to hold your own with the other Counties of the State, a good lawyer, one who has to do with the laws knows now to frame them, and interpret them, and, unfortunately, for the Democratic party, they have nominated one of your best and most respected citizens, but he lacks the qualifications for the office of State senator in that he is a doctor, and one of the best, and not a lawyer. Therefore, Mr. Metzerott, it seems to me, is best suited for the office, particularly at this time, since important election legislation will be offered whether the amendment is passed or not. If passed, to carry it into effect, and if not, something radical to take its place, and it will be wise to have a representative that can assist in keeping the dominant party under control in the inrest of all, even the white voters of the State. I am not personally acquainted with all the people on both the tickets this year, but I do know those about whom I have spoken here, and my Democratic friends win not make a mistake if they vote for them along with such Democratic nominees as they think worthy of their confidence. Having written more than I expected, I hope I will be pardoned for showing some interest in the State and County in which I resided for more than seven years, and for having a heart-to-heart talk with my former neighbors, to whom I hope again to be a neighbor in Laurel. AN APPEAL TO THE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE TENTH (10th) U. S. CALVARY—THE THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND FRIENDS. We the undersigned ex-members of the Tenth (10th) U. S. Cavalry, recognizing the universal esteem held for the lamented Lieut. Colonel Charles G. Ayres, late of the 10th U. S. Cavalry, respectfully request, that in consideration of the valor and meritorious conduct displayed by this distinguished officer in the performance of his duty, as a gentleman and soldier, should receive suitable recognition at the hands of those whom he so valiantly commanded. His efforts towards creating and maintaining the discipline and loyalty conducive to the interests of the regiment and the U. S. Army were untiring. It is not necessary to recall the many daring exploits and acts of conspicious gallantry displayed by this officer in his successful period covering thirty-three years of continuous service in the U. S. Army and while he commanded our Brigade firing line in Cuba. That the brilliant achievements accomplished by his bravery and military bearing, gave confidence to those whom he commanded or came in contact with. The name of the 10th U. S. Cavalry carved under guidance of his hand, so deep, in the Halls of Fame is linked fast with that of our former captain; therefore, we think that it is appropriate that the members of this regiment should bind the two together in erecting a suitable statue to stand against time, over his grave in Arlington, and link forever the names of soldier and regiment. All contributions are to be sent to The Equitable Trust Company of New York, 618 Fifth Avenue, New York City. (For account of the Lieut. Col. Charles G. Ayres U. S. A. Memorial Fund.) Major General Leonard Wood, Brigadier General William H. Beck, Brigadier General W. S. Edgerly have kindly consented to act as the "Advisory Board" and will have charge of the expenditure of this fund. (Signed) Wm. H. Young, 10th Cav., John B. Drew, 10th Cav., Edward Pierson, 10th Cav., Clifford H. Davis, 6th and 10th HOW COUNTRY TEACHERS CAN MAKE MONEY. If there are school teachers, especially those in small towns and cities, who wish to make some extra cash, they are advised to correspond at once with A. R. Stewart, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. READ THE BEE WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY OCTOBER 30, 1969 W. H. Calls Upon All Good Citizens of Maryland to Defeat the Infamous Disfranchising Amendment—Will You Heed the Appeal of a True American? Col. Francis Mallory, professor of trustees with Miss Laura F. Queen physics at the Virginia Military In- as its president. This Home came as stitute, a wireless telegraphy recei- $ \mathrm {l} $ gift from Mrs. Maria Stoddard NEWS PARAGRAPHIC Miss Gonevia B. Maxfield A bomb was exploded in front of a Japanese art store in Eureka, Cal. The interior of the store was wrecked. The store had only been in operation three day. This was the first Oriental store established in Eureka since the exclusion of Chinese from Humboldt county, n 1887. Hon. Rufus W. Peckham, a justice of the Supreme Court, died last Sunday at his home in Coolmoore, N. Y., his summer home. Justice Peckham was a native of New York, and was one of the last of President Cleveland's appointees. He devoted special attention to cases involving the rights of corporations. Although a Democrat, Justice Peckham believed in a square deal. He will be greatly At the Calvary Episcopal Church last Sunday morning Bishop Harding delivered the sermon and dedicated the new pulpit given by friends in memory of Bishop Satterlee, and a chair presented by the congregation as a memorial to Mrs. Justine Prindle Harding. At the close of the services Bishop Harding presented the pastor, Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, with a gold watch. The forty-sixth anniversary of the Shiloh Baptist Church was held last week. More than $1,500 was raised to defray the expenses of the church and help pay the debt. Rev. Waldron is a stirring minister. After months of tedious work, the Brownsville Court of Inquiry has, it is stated, completed the first stage of its work. In the second stage, soon to be entered, the court will pass directly upon the qualifications for reenlistment in the army of the noncommissioned officers and privates of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who were alleged to have been involved in the shooting affray of Brownsville, August 13, '06. It is stated new atrocities in the Congo Independent State have been revealed by an officer of a rubber company. It is said Attorney General Wickersham in his annual report to Congress will score the District-Jail, which, it is said, is overcrowded and is classed as the worst, according to sanitary conditions, in these United States. General Wood, commanding the department of the East, has ordered all the available United States troops to participate in he dedication of a monument erected in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Md., by theState of Maryland, in honor of the Union soldiers and sailors of that State. ing station, and messages are being successfully received from points along the Atlantic Coast. Rev. Sterling N. Brown tells the "Necessity for Helpful Amusements for the Young" in his sermon last Sunday. He referrd to the statement that over 100,000 people are said to pass in and out of the penny arcades of Chicago daily. He then mentioned the dance hall, parks, and said the young need some form of amusement. He favored clubs where games, gymnasium and drills could be taught. The highest placed monument in the world is situated on La Combra, the summit of a pass in the Andes, and marks the frontier of the Chilean and Argentine Republics. It stands at an altitude of 1,796 feet above the sea level. Mrs. Collis Huntington, the widow of the millionaire American railroad man, has just bought Col. Hodford's famous painting by Velasquez for $400,000. Mrs. Huntington has become the rival of J. P. Morgan as a collector of old pictures. According to the report of the Census Bureau, 5,525,591 bales of cotton have been ginned from growth of 1909 up to October 18. Felix Cheatham, a colored man of Cincinnati, has been appointed messenger by Auditor Tyler in his office. Mr. Fred R. Moore, editor of the New York Age, was in the city Sunday, the guest of his sister. Mr. Moore was en route to Atlanta, Ga. The many friends of Miss Medora F. Barker, of 3415 Volta Place, are glad to know, after a long illness, that she is now able to be out and in a few days she will be able to resume her school duties. Mr. Preston Slowe, well known in the musical circles of Philadelphia, visited this city last week. He is a baritone soloist of merit, and sang at the offertory at St. Luke's Church last Sunday morning, "Judge me, O Lord," by Dudley Buck. He is also very active in church work, being a vestryman of old St. Thomas' Ch. At the regular October rally of the membership and friends of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church over $1,700 wee realized, it is said. OLD FOLKS HOME OLD FOLKS HOME. The Stoddard Baptist Home, on Hamilton Road, Garfield, D. C., an institution for the maintenance of aged and infirm colored persons and orphans, under the auspices of the Baptist Ministers' Union, of the District of Columbia. This home is situated on a high elevation overlooking the city of Washington, consisting of ten acres. Just about seven ago this home was put under the care of the Woman's Auxiliary to the trustees with Miss Laura F. Queen as its president. This Home came as a gift from Mrs. Maria Stoddard with 4 and a half acres of land. There being a 10 acre plot. When received five and half to be purchased by the trustees. The Woman's Auxiliary board assured the responsibility in conjunction with the trustees and less time than 3 years we lifted a debt of $2,750 paid, 2 years later put the ten room house in order. Through the churches and many friends placed in the home 7 old people, coming from the Baptists, Methodist, D. Congregationalists, of our churches. The work of the home has steadily increased. The inmates of the Home all told has been about 25, have lost by death 7, have today in this Home 14. Our ground is improved by a large number of fruit trees. We have a splendid horse and wagon purchased by the ladies board, one cow given by Miss Martha Sheperd and 2 pigs. We have been able the past summer to raise vegetables and other necessary things for the cow and horse. Now to the public we most heartily thank you for your generous and noble work, each year we have been having one barbecue for the benefit of the fiveC and the annual pound party that usually comes off about the 14th or 18th of November. This pound party is to gather in dry groceries for the winter This year our pound party comes off on the 14th. Will the public help us, we will receive pounds at the Third Baptist Church, Rev. James H. Lee, pastor, cor. of 5th and Q Street, N.. W. The support of this Home during the past 7 years, has been obtained entirely through small donation by the churches of the District and a few charitable persons, the desire of the Woman's Board is to have a larger building on the ground accommodating about 50 or 75 persons. We are seeking aid and friends to that end. Who will say here am I, accept my help? Within the last two weeks 6 applications has been turned away, we have no room for them. Miss Laura F.. Queen, who has been untiring in her efforts to make friends for the Home, as well as canvassing finances, as well as every other needed help. She needs to be encouraged. I am sure the right people will stand by the right party, therefore the work of the Old Folks Home stands out boldly and speaks for itself through the wise management of that Godly woman. Thanking you Mr. Editor for this valuable space in your paper to speak of our work for those who cannot work for themselves. From a well-wisher of the Home. WALL CHILD EXCLUDED Counsel to Board Declares She Must Go to Negro Schools In accordance with an opinion given by Attorney F. Sprigg Perry,counsel for the Board of Education, Elizabeth Wall, a seven-year-old girl, of Brookland, whose father is of Negro blood, will be excluded from the public schools for white children. In his opinion Mr. Perry declares that there is no authority whereby the Board of Education or its officers can make an exception in the case of any child of Negro parentage, and permit such a child to attend the white schools. Congress has provided separate systems of schools for white and colored children, and superintendents of white schools have been vested with authority to bar colored children from their institutions. Elizabeth Wall is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Stephen Wall,of Brookland. The mother is a white woman and the child shows no traces of colored blood, although the father, who is employed at the GovernmentPrinting Office, is a Negro. Mr. and Mrs. John E. a well, formerly of 2236 12th Street, N. W., has moved into their new built home in Fairmont Heights. It is said that their house is the most modern and up-to-date one on the heights. It contains eight rooms, steam heat and a large piazza and is most conveniently situated. They have been out there for about two weeks and were called on by many of their friends before leaving. They are greatly missed by their many friends and neighbors. Dine Matt Henson TWO HUNDRED HAIL HIM AS PEARY'S CO-DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE WATCH PRESENTED TO HIM Commander Peary Telegraphs a Message of Congratulation from Eagle Island, Me. New York City, Oct. 20.—Matt Henson, the Negro who made the trip to the north pole with Commander Robert E. Peary, was the guest of honor last night at dinner in Tuxedo Hall, Fifty-ninth Street and Madison avenue, given by colored people of the city. More than 200 men and women sat at the tables. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Interna Revenue, as toastmaster, presented Henson with a gold watch studded with diamonds, the gift of his Negro admirers. "Whatever may be said in the controversy as to which white man discovered the pole," said Anderson in presenting the watch, "there is not a shadow of doubt as to which black man got there." In a brief speech accepting the watch Henson said that the colored man had tried for years to show the opposite race that he is a man of grit. "When I went to Greenland they said I never would come back," said Henson. "They told me I couldn't stand the cold—that no black man could. I said I was willing to die if necessary to show them, I survived all right, and here I am." This telegram, sent by Commander Peary from Eagle Island, Me., was read: I congratulate you and your race upoon Matthew Henson. He has driven home to the world your great adaptability and the fibre of which you are made. He has added to the moral stature of every intelligent man among you. His is the hard earned reward of tried loyalty, persistence, and endurance. He should be an everlasting example to your young men that these qualities will win whatever object they are directed at. He deserves every attention you can show him. I regret that it is impossible for me to be present at your dinner. My compliments to your assembled guests. Booker T. Washington sent this telegram from Tuskegee, Ala.: Am sending you my subscription for the Benson dinner. Permit me to congratulate you and your coworkers upon the wisdom and generosity manifested in providing the dinner in honor of our distinguished and deserving fellow-citizen who has by his achievement lifted the race to a higher level. My congratulations to the guest of the evening and to those assembled. The dinner began at 8 o'clock. Among the toastmasters were James A. Cobb, Assistant District Attorney at Washington; ex-Judge Hiflen W. Gibbs of Arkansas, James Curtis, lawyer; Gilchrist Stewart, who led the legal fight for the Negro soldiers in the Brownsville riot; Bishop Alexander Waters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Rev. Dr. W.H.Brooks of St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church, Prof. W. S. Scarborough, president of Wilberforce University; the Rev. Dr. Reverdy C. Ransom of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Frederick B. Watkins of the Liberty National Bank staff, and Dr. Marcus F. Wheatfield, president of the Colored National Medical Association. At the conclusion of the dinner three rousing cheers were given for Henson as "The black man who helped discover the pole." THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE The speech of Miles C. Maxfield in print. Send for The Bee if you want a five paper. Words and Music by M. STRINDBERG-ELMORE Allegretto graziosa. Fair, win - some lit - tle maid - en Your ways... are full of grace, Tis like a ray of sun-shine, To see... your mercy face; Copyright, 1908, by American Melody Company, New York. Kenyon wear wonderfully well. They never lose their shape because they are cut on our own special pattern which allows plenty of room for sitting. They do not bag at the knees because there is no strain on the seams. Made in 116 sizes and 400 fabrics. If your dealer does not sell them, write to us. C. 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Is the same as No. 770, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 712. For large short women. The same as No. 770, except that the bust is somewhat lower all around. Made of white coat, hose supporters front and sides Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 773, is the same as No. 772, but made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. 1 English Literary Man Astonished to Find Accurate Scholarship Among Americans. An English literary man, who visited this country some years ago to lecture, frankly declared that he came not expecting to find accurate scholarship among Americans, especially on purely literary subjects, adding affably: "You have been too busy and useful a nation in practical matters to give much time to the arts and graces of learning." During the dinner at which he made this remark he criticised Shakespeare, sharply declaring that his metaphors often were absurd, "as, for example," he said, "Sleep that knits up the traveled sleeve of care." How ridiculous to figure sleep as knitting up a torn sleeve of a coat!" A young American sitting near him said modestly: "I think the word is not sleeve, but slave, the thin fluff of a damaged web. It is a technical expression among weavers." "In the United States probably!" retorted the critic irritably. "Shakespeare never could have heard it. He meant sleeve." "I believe," persisted the American gently, "the word is printed sleave in all the old editions. It is not an American word, but has been used for centuries by weavers in Scotland and the north of England." The visitor frowned and then with English frankness said, laughing: "Thank you. I was mistaken. Perhaps I am mistaken about other things and will be corrected before I leave your shores." GENEROUS AT WIFE'S EXPENSE Tired Wife Explains How Husband Gets the Reputation He Likes So Well. "Yes," said the tired-looking woman, "I have a very generous husband, and this is the way he gets that reputation. The other day I worked and slaved in the kitchen for about ten hours making jelly. It was my first attempt, so I had considerable trouble and burned my fingers about seventeen times. It turned out pretty good, however, and of course I was proud and delighted. That night I put some on the table for dinner, and husband got enthusiastic. "Next day he was visiting a slick friend of his, a man, by the way, quite able to buy anything he might want and whose wife never lifts her finger. On leaving, Mr. Generous Husband says: 'Wife made some pretty good jelly the other day. You might Your eyes are dark and won-drous, Like sunny gold your hair. And when you smile a dimple says: "Come kiss me, if you dare." Ah; how I long to win you. I... need not then resist. Just... waiting to be kissed. That Dimple. 2 pp.—2d p. some. I send you up half a dozen jars.' "Now, wouldn't that frost you, or rasp you, or whatever they say? Half a dozen jars! After all my work, to hand that jelly over to a man whose wife is too lazy to breathe! I made exactly eight jars, so we will have one more, unless he has already promised it to somebody else." How to Receive Advice More wisdom is required in taking than in giving advice. It should seldom be taken whole. The great thing, as we believe, is to take none which is out of character. To do so is to regret it. If we are naturally slow of decision, we shall be hurried into promptness at our peril. If we are by nature placable and polite, we must not take advice to be arbitrary even in the best cause, says a writer in the London Spectator. If we are impulsive, we should take counsel with a man of the same temperament and stronger mind; but not with the phlegmatic, though he be the wlesest slowcoach on earth. We all know our own defects, and if we are decent people at all our moral constitution has set up certain compensations. To disturb these is to court failure. So far as the isolated act is concerned, rashly accepted advice may be good enough—and successful enough—but how are we to go on? We have started on a course which is out of character, and we shall stumble until we get back into our stride. A Popular Fallacy. The generally accepted belief that a person is useful in proportion as he is busy is controverted by a writer, who says: "I have a deg that is loaded up with fleas. In the summer time, when the fleas are plenty, that is the busiest dog I ever saw; when he isn't biting at the fleas he's snapping at the files. He never has a minute to spare, but when he is the busiest he is the least account for practical purposes. And there is a young fellow in my neighborhood who has a Waterbury watch, and he smokes cigarettes. When he isn't winding his watch he is lighting a cigarette. He is a mighty busy young man, but he isn't worth two hoops in a water barrel."—Rule (Tex.) Review. Women's Newspapers In China. "The Strong Man of China" was a woman—the late dowager empress. Though the country is behind hand in many ways, it is well to the fore in the matter of women's daily papers, of which it has a large number. There are five in Bhanghai, four in Canton, and hardly any city is without its women's daily press. Generally these papers are produced solely by women. Home Notes. making money fast. Write for full participants and special offer at once. NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a cost deposit in advance, pay freight, and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and pay the bicycle tax. You are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the bicycle ship it back to us. We furnish the highest grade bicycle. 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One American family—now don't be curious, because the family happens to live outside of Washington—gave me $500 for getting up a lovely family tree for them, which included the privilege of using a coat of arms with royal quarterings. I believe they were called down for using this coat of arms in England, and so they lay it aside when they are in Europe; but in America it appears in great splendor on their stationery, carriage doors and table linen, and it is said the women of the family have it embroidered on their lingerie, being unaware of the fact that the distant side of the family are not entitled to the coat of arms, but only the quarterings of their father's and mother's arms on a lozenge. Don't plty the poor genealogist, for we are probably as well paid for our work as any of those who must work for a living." HOW HE SAVED THE CIRCUS Wonderful Story Put Up by Owner Called Forth High Compliment from Editor. Willis Cobb the circus man told this story: Years ago he was travelling through the south with a wagon tent show and the press agent among other glowing accounts of "what's coming," announced a "hard of 20 camels from the sandy desert of Arabia." When the show reached town, instead of 20, there was but one slickly camel. Some of the country newspapers paid no attention to this slight discrepancy, but when Cobb entered the office of a Georgia country editor he was mad enough to fight. "I saw your parade, sah," said he, "and you lled to our people. I've a good mind to roast you. Where are your 20 camels you made my paper say you've got in your show?" "I'll tell you how it was," explained Cobb. "When we passed the swamp on the way here it was full of alligators, and without the slightest warning they leaped upon the bank and devoured all but one of the camels. We put up a brave fight, but it was no use." The editor gazed at Willis a couple of minutes and then said: "You're a good one. You ought to be a Georgia editor. Come out to my house to dinner to-day. I want to introduce my wife to the biggest liar on earth. She'll be glad to meet you." Office Femininity. "Women may flaunt their independence as much as they like," said the observant man, "but they seldom lose their femininity. If you take a look at those stenographers and typewriters who nestle about in every downtown office, you will find them between business hours at work on some little thing they would have done if they had been at home, a piece of embroidery, a dollie, hemstitching a handkerchief or embroidering a centerpiece or something. The top drawer of their desk is always full of feminine things, needles and thread and scissors. In fact, there are very few of them that I have seen who don't make their part of the office, in spite of their work, as much like home as possible."—New York Times. Wonderful Clocks Five wheels and a small battery virtually constitute the mechanism of a wonderful clock just invented in England. It will run three years without attention, and at the end of that time all that is required is to attach a new battery. Another new English clock enables the possessor to ascertain at a glance the mean time, the meridian and relative position of every part of the empire, besides being able to witness the actual speed and direction of the earth's rotation. The motive power is a clock in the base of the stand, and the apparatus requires winding only once a week. Plausible Explanation: The depot of Meridian, Tex., is about a mile from the business part of the town. One night a sleepy, weary traveling man said to the darky who was driving him to the hotel: "Old man, why in the name of heaven did they put this depot so far from town?" 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These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a blanket. If a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. 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TCTI TELLS HOW LOCKJAW Doctor was Worrled When His Face Began to Stiffen—Fought Disease St. Louis.—Dr. F. W. Grundmann of Washington avenue, who was pronounced out of danger from lock-jaw, after suffering for almost three weeks, described how he felt during his illness. "In diagnosing my own symptoms a week after the germs of tetanus had entered my blood, I thought I had the disease, but I was not sure," said Dr. Grundmann. "One day, as I was stepping off a street car, it started permaturely and threw me on my knee on the street. A hole was ripped in my trousers, and a gash cut in the flesh of my knee, into which earth from the street was ground. "It gave me no trouble, pained me very little and I gave it no further thought. About a week later I found that I had fever and that the muscles of my neck pained me and were constricted. Next I observed spasmodic jerking of the limbs. These I knew to be promoni- tory symptoms or rockjaw. "I was alarmed, naturally, but thought perhaps I might be mistaken, so I visited a physician and told him how I felt. He did not think seriously of the matter, and I believed I might have been mistaken, but nevertheless I was worried, and when that night the symptoms grew more pronounced and became more perceptible I watched them all the more closely. "That night I got a real shock. I observed a growing rigidity of the muscles of the jaws. If it kept on they would become locked beyond all hope of unlocking them. "In one day I had 6,000 units, about a fluid ounce, of the serum injected. My jaws continued slowly to grow more rigid, but we fought the disease with the serum until at last we saw that we had the disease going the other way, and we fought it out. "The germs of tetanus may be in any manner of dirt. If you have a wound in your finger and go out into the garden and stick it into the fresh earth you stand a chance of getting lockjaw." WILL IT BE A FRAUD? In our editorial a few weeks ago on the International Sunday School Association we promised to follow it up later by an editorial dealing with a proposed book to be issued with their sanction, giving their idea what they considered the bright side of the Negro question. We wanted to be absolutely accurate in our statements,hence the delay. The facts are these: The chairman of the committee, at his own expense, had gotten together facts and figures and pictures relating largely to the progress of Negro colleges . As is very well known, in many of these colleges there are white teachers who are not ashamed of their position, and a picture of the faculty of such schools would not be complete without the pictures of the white members of the same. These pictures were taken that way, cuts made, and the book gotten together. Now the story changes: The International Committee is composed of one white member from each State; there are four Negroes on this committee — Dr. James E. Shepard, Durham, N. C.; Bishop George W. Clinton, Charlotte, N. C.; Dr. M. C. B. Mason, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dr. I. Garland Penn, Atlanta, Ga. You can readily see that all sections are represented. When this committee met, we are reliably informed that some of the Southern members of the committee objected to the white members of a faculty appearing side by side with theNegro members of the same faculty. After a heated discussion this committee, in the wee, small hours of the morning, authorized the book to be printed, with this understanding: No white member of a faculty of a Negro college should appear in the group of faces of this book. What we desire to know is, that if the Negroes are shown in this book as representing a particdlar college, will it not be a fraud upon the public if they are given credit for the success of the school when in many instances it is controlled by the whites? For example: Take Howard University. Only the faces of the colored members of the faculty are to appear. Will this be doing the University, the race, and everybody connected with the institution, justice? Here is a great committee telling these consecrated white men and women, although you have labored unselfishly for the uplift of the Negro race, you have been in a disgraceful work and you are not worthy of your face appearing in a book which gives the history of the school, and which you have largely helped to make. What a humiliating spectacle! What religion! Several representative colored men in this city have been written for cuts; we suppose this is true of other cities. Can we as a race tolerate such treatment? This book is to be sold, and we suppose the proceeds are to go largely to help pay a white superintendent to direct a work among a set of people who have not been able as yet to do this kind of work for themselves, so this committee says. We thank God that the policy of this association is not duplicated by any other religious or semi-religious organization in the country, and it will never be. Hypocrisy in dealing with men should never be practiced even in the commonplace things of life, certainly not in the so-called spiritual things. More anon. President Taft may mean to do what is right, but he could easier change the spots on a leopard than he can change Democratic party South. The new school of Democrats has not changed at all. It has instilled all of the dirty and filthy principles that were nursed by the old-school Democracy. Take, for instance, the attitude of the Democratic party in the State of Maryland. Where can a more vicious amendment be of the colored voters means a found? The disfranchisement of the colored vote means a defeat of the Republican party. The Repubilcan party in the State of Maryland is composed of two-thirds white men and one-third colored. Senator Rayner is a Jew, and just how a Maryland Jew can afford to vote to disfranchise an oppressed race of people when thousands of Russian Jews are smatring under the Russian lash today is inexplicable. Does the Jewish Senator know that he will reap what he sows? The Bee feels confident that the better element of white Democrats in the State of Maryland will vote to defeat that infamous amendment. The Bee knows that there are a few Negroes in the State playing hot and cold. They are out for the filthy lucre. They are like Judas Iscariot. Some men will sell their mother for a piece of money. Any Negro in the State of Maryland who indirectly aids the Democratic party by supporting a white Democrat is a khave and a poltroon There is today in the city of Baltimore, Md., a Negro editor indirectly supporting the Democratic ticket. All decent citizens should denounce this man as a traitor to his race. The defeat of this infamous amendment does not only give liberty to the colored man, but it will be a blessing to the poor white man as well. Now, these Negro editors have been severely thrashed. They called Attorney Waring a liar. If the letter of Mr.Waring means anything it means that the charge should apply to his accusers. A marked copy of the paper containing the editor's reply finds its way to the desk of Major Sylvester. Mr. Waring makes no reference to public officials in his repartment, as these editors would have Maj. Sylvester to believe. The young Negro of today is tainted with the same old "tattling" proclivities that were one of the characteristics of the old slave: "I will tell. Messa." The old slave Negro received a severe whipping by one of the other slaves as he was seen stealing chickens or organizing to free themselves. There would always be one old "darky" to tell massa. Attorney Waring has set his enemies to flight. (From the Louisville Courier-Journal.) The proposition emanating from Booker T. Washington that the Negroes of America should mark the fifteenth anniversary of their emancipation by the holding an exhibition illustrative of their material development and their future uplift is an excellent one and such as could not fail to be of great educational value to both whites and blacks. Nor is the interval which, must elapse before the idea takes shape any too long for a proper consideration and working out of all problems involved; 1913 will come soon enough for those having the project in charge if success is to be assured. Just how much has been accomplished since President Lincoln issued his proclamation of independence is less generally realized than one could wish; the growth has been so gradual and so widespread; it has taken forms so various and so elemental; it has to deal with creating and defining a status social, moral and political; such as, occuring among us and a part of our daily experience, might be well overlooked though it can hardly be overestimated. For ten or fifteen years immediately succeeding emancipation the Negroes were not much more than a political and a merchantable asset; the conditions of their life had been changed, and there are no vey pactual and present benefit resulting therefrom. But thereafter, though sometimes groping in the dark and frequently betrayed into false positions, the march of the race was upwards, and the progress such as the most biased critic could not fail to acknowledge and applaud. And this progress is one in which the Southern States have borne a noble share, for it is the direct result of education and evolution fostered and encouraged by them. The desire to become a more intelligent and more responsible citizen has been met fairly and squarely; there have been discouragements and much straining of patience; travail and sometimes turmoil but there has never been a day when the Southern States have faltered in the duty, self-imposed and splendidly interpreted. When the Jubilee Memorial Exposition takes stock of fifty years achievement it will have a good word to say on behalf of Kentucky, which has faced the great question with so honorable and honest spirit as to stand in the front rank of those committed to a comprehensive and common sense scheme of betterment. The money it has sent has been well spent; nor has it been spent grudgingly; and its citizens of color are not citizens by toleration or by merely legal sanction, but by their deserts, freely acknowledged and credited. They belong here, and we do not shirk the responsibilities their presence involves. That ciusm taetata ence involves. That is much. COPY OF PROPOSED DISPAN COPY OF PROPOSED DISFRANCHISING AMENDMENT. The suffrage amendment to be submitted to the voters of Maryland next fall provides that only the following may vote. First—A person who, on the first day of January, in the year 1869, or prior thereto, was entitled to vote under the laws of this State, or of any other State of the United States wherein he then resided; or Second—A male descendant of such last mentioned person; or Third—A foreign-born citizen of the United States naturalized between the 1st of January, in the year 1869, and the date of the adoption of this section of this article; or Fourth—A male descendant of such last mentioned person. such last mentioned person; or Fifth-A person who, in the presence of the officers of registration, shall, in his own handwriting, with pen and ink, without any aid, suggestion or memorandum whatsoever, and without any question or direction addressed to him by any of the officers of registration, make application to register correctly, stating in such application his name, age, date and place of birth, residence and occupation at the time and for two years next preceding, the name or names of his employers, if any, at the time and for the two years next preceding, and whether --- he has previously voted, and, if so the State, county or city, and district or precinct in which he voted last, and also the name in full of the President of the United States, of one of the Justices of Supreme Court of the United States, of the Governor of Maryland, of one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland and of the Mayor of Baltimore city, if the applicant reside in Baltimore city, or one of the County Commissioners of the county in which the applicant resides; and any person who is unable to comply with the aforegoing requirements as to making application for registration in his own handwriting, solely because he is physically disabled from so doing; or Sixth—A person, or the husband of a person, who at the time of his application for registration is the bona fide owner of real or personal property in the amount of not less than $500, is assessed therefore on the tax books of the city of Baltimore or of one of the counties of this State, has been such owner and so assessed for two years next preceding his application for registration; shall have paid, and shall produce receipts for, the taxes on said property for said two years, and shall at the time of his application make affidavit before the officers of registration that he is, or that he is the husband of the person who is the bona fide owner of the property so assessed to him or to her, as the case may be, and that he or she has been such owner for two years next preceding his application. No person not qualified under some one of the above clauses shall be entitled to be registered as a qualified voter or be entitled to vote. In your last week's issue you published a screed aimed at me by one who by refusing to sign his name follows the method of the coward that skulks behind the crowd and yells at the speaker, "liar." Your contributor said that I "continue to fill the space allotted" to me as correspondent (in the Boston Guardian) "with a lot of baldface lies." Of this "lot" of lies he puffs to specify two: "(1) stated that James A. Cobb, special assistant attorney, etc., had been dropped" and (2) that "Major Lynch, paymaster, etc., had not been saved from retirement." As a matter of fact I did not make either statement and if I had that would by no means have justified a person who knows the meaning of English in characterizing them as "lies," even if they were inaccurate, any more than was a "lie," your contributor's statement that Major Lynch had successfully taken the walking test, which I am credibly informed he did not take at all. I will not impose upon your space by quoting my entire letter in the Guardian, in order to prove that the writer of the screed has either misunderstood or misrepresented me. Briefly I may state that in my letter I stated, "it is said" that Cobb has been dropped, and I referred to an article in the Evening Star, which appeared to corroborate the rumor. Certainly there was not in that any appearance of malice (such as your contributor displays) which is an essential element of a "lie." Mr.Cobb insists that I should have asked him personally about it. Suppose I had—whether or not he would have felt called upon to state the truth about it is a question. For he has sought to deny my statement that "an attempt is being made" to get him on the faculty of the Howard University Law School, which nevertheless seems to be well established by evidence and circumstances. As to the "lie" it is claimed that I told on Major Lynch, it might suffice to say that not a word about Major Lynch appeared in my letter in the Guardian, although the headlines (which I did not and never do write) referred to what I had written, but which was crowded out. What I did say in my written letter, and I now reiterate, was that Ralph Tyler had busied himself in vain to prevent Major Lynch from being ordered before a retiring board. I knew that he is not yet retired and I did not say that he is. After all, the writer of the screed was not aiming to defend the truth or to correct error. What he really hoped to do was to frighten or to bully me into silence or at least into writing colorless twaddle which will not disturb or expose the "Interests." He falsely or foolishly claims that to say that one Cobb had been dropped from the government pay roll or that Major Lynch had been ordered before a retiring board is a reflection on the "administration." Let your vitriolic contributor consider. Suppose Cobb should be dropped or Lynch retired (in the face, as he he says of Lynch's fine physical torm)—what then? Will the administration be open to condemnation? He appears to assume so. I am stating a belief, not a wish, when I say that both things are liable and one is likely to occur before many weeks. So likewise it is possible that the President, to whom these evil-wishing skulkers continually and clamorously appeal to save them from criticism and sometimes deserv'd castigation, may choose to remove me from my position, for cause. But their distress, however dire, would scarcely constitute a cause. At the sixth annual meeting of the New England Suffrage League, W. M. Trotter, president, held in Boston this week the following. address was adopted, and was ratified by a mass meeting of over a thousand colored citizens. Whereas, present conditions represent a serious crisis in the lives of American Negroes, it is necessary that we should consider what some of these conditions are, and ways and means of meeting and overcoming them. The great dangers they represent are the lowering of colored Americans in the general esteem, and the strengthening of public prejudice against them. Some of these blows at the welfare of the American Negro are the many decisions by the Supreme Court which denied justice to the Negro, which may be summarized as follows: Supporting the disfranchisement clause in the constitutions in the several Southern States, especially the Brickhouse case in Virginia, supporting the State law in Kentucky, which made coeducation of the races in Berea College a crime, the case involving the rights of the Brownsville discharged Colored soldiers which the U. S. Supreme Court refused to consider, thus sustaining the unjust ruling of the United States Circuit Court, and refusing to allow the 14th amendment to cover lynching. President's Taft's policies in his statement in his inaugural address that he would not appoint any colored citizen to federal positions where there was objection from the white people, are more oppressive to the Negro than were Mr. Roosevelt's policies, as are his special efforts to comply with the demands of the Southern oppressors of our race in filling hundreds of offices with white men which offices were heretofore allotted to the Negro. His approval of a lily white party in the South means the elimination of the Negro Republicans, who have been faithful to the party for many years, from all its councils and finally rob him of the ballot. This we regard as the "unkindest cut of all" which gives the league occasion to congratulate itself for, opposing his nomination and election and to rejoice in the fact that many of our race who opposed our efforts have been convinced that our stand was right, and that the Negro race can no longer depend upon the Republican party to which it has proven its loyalty for nearly fifty years by voting for its candidates in dangers where he often risked his living, his home and even his life. He must eventually divide his vote with such parties as may have men who will stand by the Federal Constitution including the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, and who will assist in maintaining our rights as American citizens. We deplore the terrible increase of lynching and mob violence in this country, and especially in the Southern States, which have put to death more than four thousand of our race, many of whom have been proven innocent of any crime. We call upon Congress to reduce Southern representation as required by Sec. 2 of the 14th amendment and enforce the 15th amendment in those states which by revised constitutions have so plainly denied the ballot because of color. We also demand that Congress end national sanction to jim-crow cars now given by the interstate commerce commission by forbidding exclusion of any interstate passenger for color. Words fail to express our gratitude to Senator Foraker for his self-sacrificing stand for justice to the colored soldiers. We urge the colored race to celebrate Dec. 29th as the 50th anniversary of the execution of John Brown, the martyr to freedom's cause. Rev. A. W. Adams, Norwich, Conn.; Mr. F. S. Monroe, New Bedford, Mass.; Mr. E. T. Morris, Cambridge, Mass.; Mr. J. L. Davis, Salden, Mass.; Mr. J. M. Airbuckle, Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. J. H. Wiley, Providence, R. I. The speakers at the evening mass meeting which was attended by 1100 people, were Bishop Alex. Walters, president of the National Independent Political League; Dr. A. McKane, Rev. S. W. Smith and Rev. J. H. Wiley, of R. L.; Rev. Wm. H. Scott, Rev. W. W. Ryan and Mr. E. T. Morris. Bishop Walters paid a remarkable tribute to Editor Trotter of the Guardian and his wife and declared he should have opposed the policies of Dr. Washington long ago amid loud applause. Officers were elected as follows: W. M. Trotter of Boston, president; J. H. Magnett of New Bedford, vice president-at-large; Charles King, J. H. Wiley, J..W. Hill, vice presidents; A. W. Adams of Norwich, recording secretary; W. W. Ryan of Newton, corresponding secretary; Mrs. G. Tyler of West Newton, assistant corresponding secretary; Emory T. Morris of Cambridge, treasurer; Rev..O. E. Dennison of Oak Bluffs, chaplain; George R. Crawford of Boston, sergeant-at-arms; Frederic S. Monroe of New Bedford, D. S. Klugh of New Haven, S. W. Smith of Providence, Walter Gay of Hartford, L. C. Parrish of Lynn, Hiram Conway of Worcester, B. W. Farris of Boston, Clement G. Reed of Norwich, Handy Duncan of Haverhill, William H. Matthews of Newpart, executive committee. The past months have been very strenuous ones with Bro. W. A. Warfield, grand master. In paying the annual gran visitation to the 14 Blue Lodges, he has not missed one and the old vetran. Bro. W. H. Meyers, the grand secretary has accompanied him and read many old reports showing the condition of the craft in this jurisdiction. Forty years ago Bro. Warfield closed his visits Wednesday night with a visit to the floral, Charles Datcher Lodge, No. 15. I say floral because every grand officer left their order down with flowers. The grand master stated to the writer that all the visitation had been a blooming success and that he found lodges all in a healthy condition and was well pleased. Union Chapter, No. 2 has elected the following officers for 1910: Companion, F. W. Sprigg; M. E. H. P., Louis Patterson King; J. F. Tompkin Scru, Louis Alexander; W. H. Anderson, secretary. This chapter seems to be forgoing ahead, judging from the number of Companions out last Wednesday night. G. E. S. Gethsemane Chapter, No. 4, held a well attended meeting on Wednesday night, and worked the degrees of Queen of the South, and the Amenrauth Hon. Ladies. Alberta Ml Bush presideiL Sir Kt. John P. Turner, commander elect conferred the Queen of the South and Sir Kt. Alex. S. Howard, the Amenratha degrees to their five candidates. Four of Gethsemane and one from Queen of Sheba Chapter. Auxiliaries Mt. Calvary Auxiliary held an interesting meeting on Friday night at the visience of Hon. Ladies. P. H. Carson, Defrees St. This club is in a flourishing condition and have taken steps looking forward to their Pilgrimage to Detroit, Mich.. August next, when the great Mansonic convention will be held. Knight Templer, Royal-Arch, Blue Lodge and the Imperial Council, A. A. O. N. M. S. A. purse of $3co has been deposited into a local bank in that city. A prize to the best drilled commandery appearing on the field. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington will be strong competitors for the Laurals. Grand Chapter, G. E. S. The Grand visitation to the seven chapters of the order of the Eastern Star, thus clearing up all the visitation for the Masonic year, 1909. The Week in Society Your prescriptions will be properly filled at the drug store of Board and McGuire on 14th St. between Teo and You Sts. Miss Emma B. Hall, of the 19th Street Baptist, spoke before the Endeavor of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown, of which Rev. Ricks is pastor. Mr. Leland C. Simmons, of this city, visits Baltimore quite often. What is the attraction? Mrs. John T. Murray of Baltimore spent Sunday in this city. Miss Sadie B. Brown, a graduate of the Teachers' College, Howard University, is in charge of a large kindergarten at Tuskegee Institute. D. S. S. Johnson, who graduated from the medical school of Howard University, has a large practice in Augusta, Ga., and is one of the leading physicians in the city. He is one of the staff of a local hospital and is a regular in the Nurses' Training School Mrs Jennie Elliott of Chicago, Ill., is visiting Mrs. R. W. Henderson, 2254 Cleveland Place, N. W., and would gladly meet her many friends of D. C. Prince Hall Chapter No. 12, Order of the Eastern Star, conferred the Amaeuth and Queen of the South degrees last Monday evening at Masonic Hall, 5th street and Virginia avenue southeast. Miss Zuelett O. Bedford has returned to her home in Richmond, Va., after a three weeks stay in this city. Miss Janette Walker, of Hampton, Va., will be in the city, the guest of friends, very soon. Robert Tyler, of Newark, N. J., is a student at Howard University. Mrs. Annie Tyson Wright, of Baltimore, Md., was in the city visiting relatives and friends. Elmer Terry, Mamie Simmons and Eva Johnson are still with St. Mary's Choir. Miss Vernice Hampton, of this city, who has been visiting her aunt in New York, has returned to the city. Mrs. Daniel Lawrence of New York, gave a dinner in honor of Mrs. Mary Lomax, of this city, who is visiting her. Mr. W. B. Hill, clerk in the post office, delivered an address before the Shiloh Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va., last Sunday. Miss Eleanor Smith, of Harrisburg, Pa., is attending Howard University. Mrs. M. V. Parrish, of Louisville, Ky., was in the city to attend the opening exercises of the National Training School for Girls, of which Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is president. Assistant U. S. Attorney James A. Cobb, who has been to New York to attend a dinner to Watt Herman, and who also acted as toastmaster returned to the city this week. Mr. John Francis Diekinson, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens, celebrated the 52nd anniversary of his service as law liberian in the United States Capital at his home last week. It was a great event. Only the immediate family being present. Mr. Mites C. Maxfield addressed the Christian Endeavor Society at the Third Baptist Church last Sabbath afternoon. Mrs. Mary McGuinn is quite sick at her home. The cool days of autumn are here but still the crowds go to the Board and McGuire Pharmacy, 1912% 14th S. N.W., "the place where everybody meets everybody else" for drugs, medices, notions and ice cream soda Their fall line of new goods is better than ever before. Mr. R. F. Chisom of the Government Printing Office is on leave for two weeks. He will go to New York City for a few days. Rev. E. W. Williams, who has been the guest of his sisters-in-law for several months left the city for the East last week.. Miss Bessie Malvin has just returned from Niagara | Falls where she spent her vacation. The Rose-Vel Social Club has shown by their followers as seen at their swell ball given at Cadets Army last Monday night, to be in the first rank. Albert Butler, president. Get ready for the Elks grand ball and reception, November 23, at the Auditorium Hall. Miss Sallie Carter, of Fredericksburg, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. Peaks. Mr. Samuel Jones has been reappointed, deputy of the I. B. P. O. Elks of the world for the District of Columbia. Mr. Jones is well known and is always looking out for the interest of fraternal welfare. Miss Katie L, Dean, chief of the Mutual Improvement Society has just returned from Florida, where she has been extending the interest of her work. She will leave in a few days and will accompany the president, Mr. C. A, Berkley over the Northern Division. The N. J. Order of Maccabees including several states convene here in special review, Tuesday October 26. The Maccabees though recently organized by Mr. L. Peaks, the supreme commander, are making rapid progress. The reports from the delegation was quite encouraging. The supreme commander's report and his masterly arranged speech filled his followers with new zeal Come one! Come all! $5,000 Grand Rally, the great preacher is coming! Dr. E. W. Johnson, of Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday, October 24, 1909. Grand $5,000 Rally, commencing at Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, N Street, between 9th and 10th Streets, N. W. Washington, D. C., Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, Pastor. Sunday, October 31st, Dr. E. W. Johnson, 'pastor of the Great St. Paul's Church, of Philadelphia and president of the Pennsylvania State Baptist Convention, will preach at 11 A. M. Subject: "The Greatness and the Claims of Jesus Christ," 8 P. M. Subject: "Unseen Glory of God." At 3 P. M., Rev. R. Kent Harris, D. D., pastor of Isreal C. M. E. Church, will preach: Subject: "The place of the Holy Spirit in the Christian work." Madam Lula Scott, "Baltimore's sweet singer" will sing at each service, assisted by the chorus choir under direction of Prof. W. A. Adams. Sunday, Nov. 7th. Communion service at 3 P. M. The great Baptist giant, Rev. Geo. W. Lee, D. D., L. L. D., pastor of the Great Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, with a membership of 4,000 strong will visit and preach one of his most famous sermons. Dr. S. Geriah Lampkins, pastor of 10th Street Baptist Church, and congregation will take part. At 11 A. M., Rev. Drew will preach, subject: "Stone Crying," at 8 P. M., "Nail Prints." Notice: A grand star concert and musical, Thursday, Nov. 11th, at 8 P. M., by Madam Helen Vass, the great singer of Steelton, Pa., assisted by local talent. The Cosmopolitan Free Clinic. Open every week day except Saturday from 1 to 2 P. M. A GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. Mr. and Mrs. James Spriggs celebrated their 50th anniversary of married life at their home, 507 G Street, S.E., Monday evening. It was quite a pleasant and brilliant affair and was largely attended by relatives and friends. They spent fifty years of joyful bliss and happiness. Their lives and characters are without blemish and they have a host of friends. Among the guests were: Mr. and Mrs. John Spriggs of New York City, a son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wamard Neal of this city, a daughter and husband, Richard Spriggs, a son, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hickman and family. Mrs. Hickman is a sister, Rev. J. H. Brown, Rev E. S. Williams and Rev. M. W. Clair, Ph.D. The aged bride and groom received many beautiful and costly presents from colored and white friends, among these, a silver loving cup presented to Mr. James Spriggs by class No. 11, of Ebenezer M. E. Church of which he is leader. Mrs. Amelia Spriggs received a gold ring set with jewels, and a clock-shaped set of gold ear drops with pendulum. They were the recipients of $18.00 in gold and $15.00 paper and silver currency. A great-grandchild of the couple, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Addison was christene Florence Konerra by Rev. E., S. Williams, who used the loving cup, Rev J. H. Brown offered the prayer. Alfred Harding Hears Eulogy of Late Wife. An ordeal none the less ainful because of the intended expression of sympathy was undergone by Bishop Alfred Harding when he attended the dedication of a bishop's chair and pulpit at the Calvary (colored) Church, near Thirteenth and H Streets, Saturday. Before delivering his sermon Bishop Harding heard a eulogy of his late wife preached by the pastor of the church, who dedicated the chair to her. Rev. F.I.A.Bennett dwelt on Mrs. Harding's value to the church and the loss felt throughout the diocese in her death. While the tribute was not entirely unexpected, it temporarily unnerved Bishop Harding. No sign in his face showed the emotion he felt. It was only after he had begun his address that his voice betrayed him. The members of the congregation contributed to the chair, the installation of which was suggested several weeks ago. It is a handsome piece of furniture, made of mahogany and lined with plush. Dr. Thomas J. Brown, rector of St. Luke's P. E. Church, is giving a series of lectures each Wednesday evening in the parish hall, on the prayerbook. All are invited to attend these lectures. Before a large and enthusiastic audience the football season was opened at Howard University last Saturday. The team representing Annapolis High School journeyed to the Howard campus, and was defeated by the score of 17 to 0. This being the first time that an opportunity has been given to see the team in action, its work was watched with great interest. Both the defensive and offensive work was good on the part of the Howard team, and much may be expected of the team when it meets Hampton, Shaw and Lincoln. Howard scored once in the first half and twice in the second. The Annapolis team, finding it almost impossible to get through the Howard lines, resorted almost entirely to kicking, but to no avail. The three backs—Franklin, Gray and Terry—form a powerful attack and will gain much ground against the opposing eams. The Armstrong Technical Higr School has again won the honor of majorship, the successful candidate being Alrutheus Taylor. There shall be six companies this year, four of which shall be at the A. T. H. S. C. D. and E. The Business High School Co. F. Co. A and B represent the M-St. High School. Official Staff. Alrutheus Taylor, A. T. H. S., Maj. Leonard Johnson, M-St. High School, first lieutenants and adjutant. Raymond Davis, A. T. H. School, first lieutenant, and quartermaster. Capt. Co. A, Wilfred W. Lawson; Ellis Rivers, first lieutenant; Harry S. Keelan, second lieutenant. Capt. Co. B, Willis Richardson; Roscoe Pinkett, first lieutenant; Leon Mayer, second lieutenant. Capt. Co. C, Herbert Stevens; Edward Dixon, first lieutenant; Charles Henderson, second lieutenant. Capt. Co. D, John Carter; first lieutenant, Norman Ewing; second lieutenant, Franklin Carter. Capt. Co. E, McKinley Bowee; Charles Scott, first lieutenant; Thos. Jenkins, second lieutenant. Company F, Lorenzo Walker, captain; Shermont Sewell, first lieutenant; Artee Brown, second lieutenant. DR. WELLS Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ. There are some colored men In this country who will sell their birthright for a "mess of pottage." The Bee has read with much interest, as well as amusement, two articles: one article has a caption "Dr. Wells of Prince George's County, the Abraham Lincoln of Maryland; Candidate for State Senator." Abraham Lincoln never ran on a ticket that meant disfranchisement of any race of people. But this Abraham Lincoln referred to by the Crusader, of Baltimore, Md., Joseph Dorsey, editor, is a simonpure Democrat, who is a candidate for the State Senate on the disfranchising amendment platform. This is ridiculous, to say the least. Abraham Lincoln of 1865 believed in equality of citizenship. He,beileved in the emancipation of the slaves who were then held in bondage. This Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in liberating over four million slaves. Dr. Wells,Editor Dorsey's Abraham Lincoln is aDemocrat and is running on the MarylandDemocratic disfranchising amendment platform. Can anything be more damnable or atrocious? Will any colored man in Prince George's County, Maryland, be so foolish as to vote for this Dr. Wells? What has this alleged Democratic "Abraham Lincoln" of Maryland,done for the colored men of Maryland or Prince George's County, Md.? One colored vote for Dr.Wells means a dagger for the political liberty and civil,rights of colored Americans. The election of Dr. Wells by the colored voters of Prince George's County, Maryland, means one more vote to deprive the colored voters of Maryland of every, right given them by the Repuplican party. No colored citizen who has any respect for himself will vote for Wells This is the time for colored men to think and act. Their liberty and freedom should be as sacred to them as the prayers to their God. This, therefore, is the platform of Earth's Magnetic Poles. The magnetic poles of the earth are two points nearly opposite of the earth's surface where the dip of the magnetic needle is exactly 90 degrees. The statement usually made that a freely suspended magnetic needle, remote from magnetic masses, tends to point due north and south, is not correct except for a few localities and certain times. The actual nature of the earth's magnetic field must be found by extended experiments which are being carried on by many scientists, largely under the direction of this and other governments. It is a field that offers great opportunities for scientific research, particularly since the discovery of the north pole. THE WOMAN'S HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the A. M. E. Zion Church held its quarterly convention of the Washington District, at Metropolitan Zion Church, D St., S. W., the 20th, 21st and 22. Mrs. Ida V. Smith, the wife of Bishop J. W. Smith, D. D., presided. She is president of the Washington District. Mrs. S. S. Jones is president of the society where the convention was held and Rev. W. A. Ray, D. D., is pastor of the Church. Mrs. Beatrice A. Ray, the pastor's wife, is superintendent of the Buds of Promise, the juvenile department of the society. The societies in the churches and missions of that denomination in Maryland, Virginia and the D. C., were represented by delegates and their pastors Many local pastors of all religious beliefs attended. The program was elaborate. 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Stewart, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. HOTEL MACEO. When visiting New York City stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West 33rd. Street, corner Broadway Steam heated. Telephone, 803 --- --- --- Phone, Main 3209. MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER Triangle Printing Company, 1212 Florida Avenue, Northwest. Telephone, North 2002-M Job Printing of every description. Tickets, Programs, Circulars, Placards, Letter-heads, Bill-heads, Statements, Business and Visiting Cards, Invitations, Pamphlets, etc., a specialty. W. Calvin Chase, Jr. and Company. 2 a incol emort | i” orial Buildi FI | | oe | — RST OFFERING x aS —<— = $1 So ‘ “iy uN _ OFBIC 00 000 OF . z m M7 w. S: ? STOCK AT PAR- 4 om ea . ‘DR SAMUEL 6, ELBERT i $10.00 PER SHARE Bee cw exon oun . TG 4 ae T ° ct x4 ragsacce ee L| sitar o be paid for the Easy Payment . 7 Ki es ‘ Dem ga an . Jae “SER wh 7 ; athington, D.C. . q \\ PLY AS contek ad Bie This is of importance to YOU and . 4 ei RA. : ‘ " * om and every Negro in the land! . ~ So \ ee Ve a WH : : : : \ \ AN A ”? ee cna foie al aoe i \\ oy sens tt Te opens u . . Ny \\ NY \\ \ Vv BE Pa ce Becarse) it srs Negi nts tue hgh befor < wi \\ ;. pee as , Se \ Wy ROW Wi fone. Beem IS THE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 2 Tear off and mail with your remittance for First Payment =| Lacan Memorial Building Company, 494 Louisiana Ave., N. W., Washington,D. C. ° lemen: Find inclosed........:sssesceee . | s-see-eeees.Gollars as first DEON... wee. sseeeeeeShares Of stock in the Lincoln Memorial Building Company, upon the followin Sons and conditions: First. That the price at which T purchase this stock is ten dollars per share. : Second. That the stock issued to me shall be fully paid and non-asseseable. ‘ The. That if purchased on deferred payments that ,the first payment shall not be less than 10 per cent of the e price. ea My contract of purchase will be issued to me for the number of shares applied for upon my first payment, NOM .50-ceeeew ta eeeneasiens scissewanaunie neERE RARE TEU AIENeTeRNO NANNY Street. wen matdradescemneses cman OP eaasncgesxcccyssvensuesesSthberssicc.c, dice .....555 SNES LENIN SS NV SLES EN EEN So, The eyes of the world are on Washington.. One-third of Washington’s population is Negro. If all the Negroes in Washington were colon- ized in one place they would make a city larger than Richmond, Virginia. There are seven theatres in Washington, supported by a white population of 241,923— and a few foolish Negroes willing to ke colon- ized in the galleries, the only place to which the Negro is admitted. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FIRST- CLASS OFFICE BUILDING in the city of Washington, where a colored professional or business man or woman, and there are hun- dreds of them in the National Capital, can ob- tain business quarters. . JUST THINK OF IT! 100,000 enterprising, thrifty, intelligent people, through race preju- dice, swept completely out of the business dis-- trict of Washington; 100,000 genteel, prosper- ous, amusement loving people deprived of every form of theatrical entertainment unless willing to submit to the most humiliating con- ditions. . Every colored man and woman IN Wash- ington, © Every colored man and woman VISITING Washington. = Every colored man and woman in America, familiar with the true state of the Negro in ‘Washington, realizes that a theatre, store, and office building, operated by the Negroes, for the Negroes, is A NECESSITY. 7 ‘The’ welfare of the race demands it. The self-respect of the race demands it. Any enterprise resting its hope of success upon a NECESSITY is bound to be a SUC- CESS. A THEATRE AND OFFICE BUILDING IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, built by Negroes, for the use of Negroes, is a NECES- SITY. - Appreciating to the utmost that fact— THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING COMPANY proposes to erect in the Central Business District of the city of Washington a magnificent theatre, seating capacity 2,500, and a store and office building of splendid propor- tion, adequate in every respect to meet the re- quirements of prosperous professional and busi- ness men. The enterprise is exceptional in two respects: First—It is absolutely safe. ’ Second—It promises enormous possibilities as a money maker. Features that must appeal to every man or woman with a few dollars to invest, and you are such a man or woman or you would not have read this far. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD- ING COMPANY has surveyed the field care- fully, and it KNOWS that hundreds of tenants are available for the offices, that dozens of merchants are ready to rent the stores, and that 100,000 people are anxious to patromze the theatre exclusively, and make it the best — L aeRetecowertets,| eg ee re “WRB RR ARATE TADS LETITIA ETA PN : ey i, [Oa FR» , VED PS FR EP oon” / PRRERERE@ . =FORRRGE EERE ERE b ” ae ee o EB PRRRRESOEREERE F - ee ioe oye ala cae Proposed Front Elevation : LINCOLN MEMORIAL OFFICE AND THEATRE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. paying amusement place in America. : It will also have a theatre, whicl IT KNOWS ALL THIS AND IT IN- ized at prices ranging from ro to VITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an en- only 1 per cent of the total colorec terprise ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF RISK, __ - of the city of Washington, will enat where every dollar will be invested in the best pany to pay 15 per cent on its tota of Washington Real Estate, that increases in tion. Equal in all.to 20 9-10 per ce value annually at the rate of 554 per cent— may be added the land value incr nearly DOUBLE bank interest. per cent. Even that is good enough for most people, Now, all this is Conservatively 5 but the LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING Banks and Insurance Companie COMPANY will do better than that. It will enterprises like this with their dep have offices and stores and lodge rooms, which policyholders’ money—YOUR 1 will earn, on a conservative estimate, at least YOU get only about 3 or 3% per $23,200 per year. Equal to 5 9-10 per cent per banks or insurance companies keep annum. : - THE LINCOLN MEMORIA: Sh seem were + EET NS eA eS eens SE eR es ee It will also have a theatre, which, if patron- ized at prices ranging from 10 to §0 cents, by only 1 per cent of the total colored population ‘of the city of Washington, will enable the Com- pany to pay 15 per cent on its total capitaliza- tion. Equal in all.to 20 9-10 per cent, to which . may be added the land value increase of 554 per cent. 2 Now, all this is Conservatively Estimated. Banks and Insurance Companies engage in enterprises like this with their depositors’ and policyholders’ money—YOUR money, but YOU get only about 3 or 3% per cent. The banks or insurance companies keep the balance. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD- OFBICERS AND DIRECTORS W. SIDNEY PITTMAN, President. * Architect, Washington, D. C -BERT, 1st V.-Pres. SAMUEL W. RUTHERFORD, 24 ¥-Pres. cian . Manager National BeneSt Asseeiation on, Del. Washington, D. Cs LLINS, Counsel * DR. CHAS. H. MARSHALL, Tresemser ney. Physician 2 n, D. C. Washington, D. C. WILLIAM A. BOWIE, Secretary Sécretary Laborers’ Building and Loan Ass'n <= ‘Washington, D, C. . - LETON, Auditor Jj. L. FORBES - acist Real Estate and Loans m, D. C. Norfolk, Va. LLING : GEORGE W. ROBINSON nd Builder . Merchant rg, Va. 7 -Washington, D. C JOHN W, LEWIS. President Laborers’ Building and Zoan Ass'n ‘Washington, D. C. - ADVISORY BOARD 5 ‘\George W. Robinson... .......Ctairman ... Washington, D. C. Robert Mattingly.......Washingtea, D. C. |. Washington, D. C RH, Merchant..... se---Lynchbere, Va. vo sss-+Pittsburg, Pa. Zeph. R. Moore......«.Washingtoa, D. . Washington, D.C. Dr. J. W. Morse.......Washingtoa, D. C. ..Washington, D. C. J. W. Nimocks... .......-Meridian, Mise .. ....Hampton, Va. E. W. Pearson......e+eesAsheville, N.C . Washington, D. C. F. AL Roman.....+--e++-Washington, D.C ....Deanwood, D. C. R. W. Thompson.......Washingtos, D. C ..Washington, D. C. Win. H. Watts.......--Wasbington, D. . Washington, D. C. W. R Williamz.....-..Wasbingtos, D.C —————eeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeee—E—e—EeEe ——————————aoHh* _[aRa=—=—= 2 I ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO. Not one dollar of white capital will be ac- cepted in exchange for its securities. There is not one dollar of Promotion Steck, consequently there is no watered stock. Every holder of stock from the President down must pay at LEAST $ro.00 per share for every share of stock allotted to him. This does not mean that the price of stock will REMAIN at $10.00 per share. It is $10.0¢ NOW. It will advance in price far beyond $10.00, just as railroad and public utility stock goes to several times par. So will the Lincoln Memorial Building Company’s stock go to several times its present value. This means that a share of stock costing $10.00 NOW will be worth $40.00 when stock goes to four times par. Estimates show that the Company’s earnings will be 20 per cent, and that is four times par, with every dollar in- vested in Real Estate. THE BEST in the city of Washington, where values are as firmly fixed as the Rock of Gibraltar. This does not mean that the price of stock will remain at $10.00 per share. It is $10.00 NOW. If the Company, as it is estimated, pays 20 per cent, a $ro.co share of stock wili be worth $40.00. If it pays 40 per cent, a single share of $10.00 stock will be worth $80.00, Just as railroads and public utility stocks increase in value, so will the Lincoln Memorial Build- ing Company's stock increase in price. The first allotment of stock at $10.00 a share is being rapidly subscribed, and the next allot- ment will be $12.50 per share, to which point it will soon be advanced; therefore, you are urged to avail yourself of the present oppor- tunity to get in as completely on the ground floor as any one of the Company's Directors are. The Company's Directors, by the way; are men of sterling worth, integrity and honor, as you are possibly aware, or can easily ascertain through any COMMERCIAL AGENCY. Their names are at the top of this page. They have unbounded faith in the future of the Company. They have invested THEIR hard earned money in it, and they advise you to in- vest YOUR money side by side with theirs. DCN'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. The price of stock is $10.00 per share, pay- able $1.00 down and $1.00 per month for nine months upon each share subscribed for, DO IT NOW. Before you lay this paper down cut ort the coupon on the lefthand corner of this page and mail to-day, with remittance for first payment, if for but one share of stock. : We shall be glad at all times to give you any further information desired, and again invite you to join us in this enterprise. Very truly yours, LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING . COMPANY, ~ 494 Louisiana Ave., Washington, D. C. SS eee 2 GREAT OFFERs This Spendid Six-Piece Set of W. H. Rogers' Guaranteed Silver Ware Free to the Washington Bee Subscribers. ```markdown ``` Famous W. H. Rogers Brand Warranted Solid Silver Metal, Beautifully Finished. No Plating to Wear Off. Absolutely guaranteed by manufacturers to wear forever. Solid silver metal throughout—they cannot tarnish. Rogers Silverware needs no introduction to the American public. 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That was why in the midst of his correspondence, along about 11 o'clock the other morning, he paused, and, turning to his secretary, requested him to ring up his residence on the 'phone. "Jemmison," he said, "get my house on the wire and ask Mrs. Blank to come to the 'phone. Just tell them that I wish to speak to her." The secretary made off, and in a few minutes the required connection was made. "Is that you, Mary?" he said. "Yes," was the answer. "Well, this is John," he said. "I have just rung you up to tell you that Barker was in here this morning with two tickets for the theater to-night. He and Mrs. Barker have been called suddenly out of town, and he thought we might like to use the tickets. How about it?" "Fine," replied Mrs. Blank. "I have nothing else to do." "All right, my dear," continued Blank. "The curtain rises at 8:30." "Yes, I know," said Mrs. Blank. 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In our American forests, owing to lack of market for such material, fully one-half of the tree—the limbs, smaller branches, twigs and foliage—are left upon the ground, where they soon become dry and furnish material for a forest fire. In the European forests every part of the tree, including the smaller twigs, is sold. The sale of this minor product constitutes over one-half of the revenue. Hence, when the forester is through with his tree cutting no inflammable material is left upon the ground. Now, if our Adirondack lumbermen could sell the limbs and tops of the trees instead of allowing them to go to waste for lack of a market, they would not be obliged to leave the ground encumbered with the inflammable debris and litter which is such a prolific source of fire, and which when ignited is so difficult to extinguish. ```markdown ``` W. L. POLLARD, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- TECT OF COLUMBIA TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT No. 16288, Administration This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration c. t. a., on the estate of James F. Wilkinson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 23rd day of September, A. D. 1910, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 23rd day of September, 1909. William L. Pollard, 609 F street, northwest. Attest: James Tanner. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. William L. Pollard, Attorney. W. L. POLLARD, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. No. 16220 administration This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters testamentary on the estate of Amanda Willis, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 21st day of October, A. D. 1910; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 21st day of October, 1909. 2251 Cleveland Avenue, N. W. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. Go And Tell Massa HIS ENEMIES FLEE WHEN NO ONE PURSUETH. Mr. Editor: I am sorry, indeed, to once more ask for space in The Bee to answer a leading editorial that is reeking with fifth published in a sheet that sometimes appears in this city: This latest outburst, "Why We Won't," is most pitable and has resolved itself into a controversy between a "nigger" and a policeman. In spite of my ten years service as a policeman and my careful study of people and things, I am at a loss to understand the seeming antipathy of a certain class of Negroes for policemen. This personal attack on me is characteristic of a class of "newspaper editors," who are always "delving in the past" looking for news to elevate their sheets while the editors of journals are dealing in the present and planning for the future. But this editorial carries with it a most deplorable fact, a most discouraging fact, humiliating in the extreme, a fact which should cause all true hearted Negroes to stop and consider. Here we have two young Negroes, who, had they remained in their early environments I could excuse, but who have been among us long enough to have lost, cast aside, the ways and ideas of their class at their Southern home. Before the war, this class, when, perchance or through spying, they observed some other Negro steal an apple, would hasten forthwith to "Massa" with the news. This was taught them, but the generation to which these two young Negroes belong has no earthly excuse for such proclivities. Tatting, carrying tales, "Yes Massa, yoe nigger Oliver is a bad nigger, he's foolin' yo," seems to be in the blood. I repeat, I must acknowledge, humiliating as it is, that a certain class of young Negroes who have come in contact with us of a sturdier mold and should have, by this contact at least, gleaned some ideas of manhood, are still dominated by a slavish instinct, "I'll tell Massa on you." This spirit that has been transmitted to some of those who are urging these young Negroes on and who will desert them when the rub comes, permeates the article in question in its entirety. The idea does not seem to present itself to the minds of these young Negroes that their position is beneath that of a manly man. Call my superior officers attention to the fact that I am writing letters about them! It does seem to me that: even the most meagre amount of brains would point out to these young Negroes how untenable their lying position will be when this lie is brought home to them. Well, well! The ways of a "darky" surpasseth my understanding. Now, why do I sign myself attorney-at-law? For the reason that I am an Alumnus of the Howard University Law School and am a memof the Bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, having passed the same Bar examination, at my first attempt, which the senior editor of this filthy sheet has failed so many times to pass. Mr. Editor, I am also a member of the Bar of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, which is another reason why I sign myself attorney-at-law, and another reason is, that I maintain an office at 606 F Street, N.W., for which I pay the rent promptly, no Sheriff ever visits my door, and where I have the good fortune to have a client now and then. I am also charged with deception. Let us see. One of these young Negroes is now holding a position in the Census Office on the strength of an editorial that appeared in this sheet written, presumably by this same young Negro. The fact is the editorial was the product of brains other than his, the whole scheme was orginated and put through by brains not of the kind that this young Negro carries about with him; hence he finds himself in the position of a Jackdaw strutting about in Peacock's feathers. Had I the "Tell Massa" instinct in me that characterizes these young Negroes, I might have embarrassed their plans a few months ago. But it amuses me, however, to see a young Negro fool a white man though he does it with borrowed brains. The editorial says further, that I violated the Commandment "Thou shalt not lie." I wish I could lie. It is not my nature. A glimpse at the records of the Municipal Court Landlord and Tenant cases, Docket No. 8384, Caption, National Benefit Association vs. Oliver Randolph and Ocea Taylor will demonstrate who is the liar. I must apologize to my friends, most humbly, for this unseemly descent to the level of this pair of Negroes. I had no idea when I wrote those School articles of being personal nor that I would be drawn into a mess of this character. I am writing this letter in the hope that these young Negroes will not suffer another attack of cold feet but will "delve in the past." Respectfully yours, Robert L. Waring. Attorney-at-Law 609 F Street, N. W. COLORED APPOINTEE TO WEST POINT ACADEMY From The Statesman, Denver, Col. 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Shiloh now operates the following departments, in addition to the regular work of the church: A Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Home Bible School, Christian Endeavor Society, Junior Christian Endeavor Society, Poor Saints' Band, new method adult Bible class for men and women, free singing school, eight alley Sunday schools, deacons board of thirty members, board of ten assistant deacons, eight church clubs, eighty-three "Companies of Tens," class for the study of the life of Christ, Home and Foreign Missionary Society, Stoddard Baptist Home committee, auxiliary board to the National Training School for Women and Girls of ten members, and the Shiloh Herald, a church paper published every week. The church, it was said, has progressed along all lines during the last twelve months. Rev. William J. Walker was its first pastor. A flourishing memorial church named after this pastor is located in Thirteenth street northwest. 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