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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper That's THE BEE VOL. XXXIII. NO. 27 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912 SOCIAL SETTLEMENT GREAT MEETING FOR COLOR-ED SOCIAL SETTLEMENT. Prof. A. LeRoy Lock, Dr. S. W. Newman, and. Supt. Davidson Deliver Addresses—Funds Raised to Help the Work—Tentative List of Contributors. Two hundred dollars in cash and pledges was the result of the annual meeting of the colored Social Settlement last Monday night at Metropolitan A. M. E. Chureh. After an organ prelude by Prof. Braxton, invocation by Dr. M. W. Clair, and a selection by the Glee Club of Howard University, Dr. John R. Francis, president of the Board of Trustees of the Settlement, introduced Prof. Alani LeRoy Locke, the only colored Oxford Rhodes scholar in America. Prof. Locke delivered an interesting and instructive address on "The Significance of Social Settlement Work." He spoke of his first experience in social settlement work in Boston, of how he entered the work with the purpose and spirit of giving and how agreeably surprised he was, to receive so much in return. He referred also to the social work done by Oxford students, nearly six hundred of whom are actively engaged or interested in social uplift work. W. L. Washington, resident worker, made a brief report of the year's work, and explained the activities and needs of the local settlement by stereoticon views. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, of the Bureau of Education, described and illustrated with stereoticon views, some of the social conditions in South Washington. He emphasized the enormous death rate of children under one year of age in the alleys and courts. He plead earnestly for a fairer chance for the unfortunate people, whose health and lives are in constant dangers amid such unfavorable conditions. Dr Stephen M. Newman, president of Howard University, in an eloquent appeal, asked each person present to bring blessings to himself by giving blessings to others, and thus aid in the work of the local Settlement. Assured by Dr. Francis that he would not be asked to speak, if he came to the meeting, Dr. Davidson, however, said Dr. Francis, like the majority of Washington's presiding officers, was an honorary member of the Anania Club Taking "Service" as his keynote, he delivered a most inspiring and impressive address. Two beautiful violin solos by Mr. Joseph H. Douglas, and an inexpressibly sweet piano solo by Mr. Roy W. Tibbs, both of the School of Music, of Howard University, were features of the interesting program. Below is a list of the contributors and the amounts given and the names and amounts of those who made pledges: Pledges. Mrs. John Van Schaick..... Rev. John Van Schaick..... Miss Mary L. Europe..... Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hawkins..... Dr. Thomas J. Jones..... Dr. E. L. Parks..... Mr. H. E. Williams..... Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee..... Mr. Montgomery Gregory..... Dr. Wm. M. Davidson..... C. Sumner Wormley..... Mr. R. C Bruce..... Mr. Neval H. Thomas..... One dollar pledges. Cash. Monday Evening Club..... $25 00 Dr. Walter H. Brooks..... 9 00 Dr. Geo. W. Cabaniss..... 2 00 Mrs. J C. Collier..... 1 00 Mrs. Jacob Townsend..... 1 00 R. G. Walker..... 1 00 Mrs. Grace E. Seranage..... 1 00 Miss Parthenia Woodson..... 1 00 Mrs. Geo. E. Little..... 1 00 R. Harris..... 1 00 Mr. James E. Churchman..... 1 00 Mrs. Waring's Club..... 6 25 Rev. Watson..... 1 00 Martha Thorton..... 25 Silver offering..... 8,50 Mrs. Hattie Evans..... 1 00 Miss Julia Lathrop..... 5 00 Oppose Sunday Amusements Under the auspices of the "Life Problem Talks Club," at their meeting Sunday, December 1, there were resolutions passed opposing Sunday theaters and Sunday moving picture shows. This movement is becoming. It is contagious. It is arousing and kindling immature interest most everywhere. Last Thanksgiving night at Alexander Memorial Baptist Church, Georgetown, D. C. Rev. Dr. W. B. Carroll, pastor, the citizens of the District met and discussed the necessity and feasibility of petitioning Congress and the President for a law to prohibit moving picture, shows and theaters from giving any performances on Sunday in the District of Columbia. The subject was "Shall the citizens of the District of Columbia continue to tolerate and allow moving picture shows and theaters to open their doors and to conduct secular performances, amusements, plays of any kind whatever on Sundays, or shall we petition Congress and the President of the United States to pass a law for the District of Columbia prohibiting them from doing business on Sundays." The cause is a worthy one and we pray that it shall not cease until it has accomplished its purpose. Sunday, December 15, at the 12th Street Branch Y. M. C. A. was discussed under the auspices of the Life Problem Talks Club: Resolved, That capital punishment should be abolished. BLEASE CONDEMNED. These Resolutions Introduced by Rev. M. W. D. Norman, D.D., L.L. D., Were Unanimously Adopted by the Conference. Washington, D. C., Dec. 10, 1912. Resolved, That we, the members of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of the District of Columbia and vicinity, Rev. W. D. Jarvis, D. D., president, and the Rev. J. I. Loving, D. D., secretary, representing a constituency of more than 25,000, in weekly meeting assembled in the Zion Baptist Church, Rev. W. J. Howard, D. D., pastor, do hereby condemn and denounce the vile and incendiary utterances of Gov. Blease, of South Carolina, relative to mob rule in distance of the Constitution of the United States and of the State of South Carolina made in the Governor's conference in session in the city of Richmond; in the State of Virginia, last week, and that we most respectfully than the honorable governors there assembled for passing resolutions not only deprecating the uncalled for and cowardly tirade of Gov. Blease, but also advocating impartial trial of offenders of the law, be they white or be they colored, and the upholding of the constitution, of the United States which expressly and equivocally guarantees the safety of life and property of all the citizens of the United States of America; that we uncompromisingly denounce and abhor all such unguarded utterances and believe them productive of mob violence, racial antipathy and crime against decency and order; therefore we call upon the best citizens of the white race, a people whom kind Providence has most generously favored, to keep such as the Governor of South Carolina, men who repudiate the Constitution of their country, out of places of public trust and influence; that while we sincerely deplore all crime on the part of members of our race and pledge ourselves to assist the officers in bringing to justice all offenders of the law, we do, nevertheless, contend for fair and impartial hearings in the courts and for the sacredness and inviolability of the Constitution of the United States. The Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. (From the Harlem Valley Times.) In a recent issue, by an unfortunate oversight which we sincerely regret and which we trust will not occur again we gave the following headline to an article on a recent criminal case: "Negro gets off easy." The race, creed, or color of a criminal has nothing to do with his crime, and there is no reason in the world why we should have referred in our heading to the fact that this particular criminal was a Negro. This is all the more regrettable because Negroes are never mentioned in American newspapers except when they commit crimes. There are 10,000,000 colored people in the United States, most of them quiet and law-abiding citizens, but many people think they are nearly all criminals, because only the criminals of the race are mentioned by the daily press. What are the real facts? On the first of next January will occur the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. That is to say, fifty years ago the American Negro was still a slave. He could not own property; he was not permitted to leave the plantation of his master; he could not read or write; he had no family life, because his wife and children could be taken from him at any time, and his women were subject to the whims of his white master: he knew nothing of business, of education, of religious organization, or of charity. Only fifty years have passed, and he has performed wonders. He has acquired a billion dollars worth of real property. He has built millions of dollars worth of schools and churches. He has reduced his illiteracy from ninety to thirty per cent. He has organized a self-respecting family life. He has changed from a slave to a free-labor system: He has become familiar with almost every type of commercial and industrial and financial undertaking. He has produced orators, journalist-teachers, statesmen, musicians, artists. He has held high political office, including one United States Senator three Registers of the Treasury, and one Assistant Attorney General of the United States. He has furnished several commissioned officers to the regular ramy, and several officials to the consul and diplomatic service. And all this he has accomplished without our help. For so far from helping him to rise, we have done all we could to impede his progress. He has accomplished his successes against the prejudice, the discrimination, and even the positive injustice of the white race. Yes, indeed, he has performed awonders in these fifty free years; and it is not fair to disregard all except the criminals of his race. Because we were guilty of this oversight in a recent issue, we make our sincere apologies, and here record not his failures, but his high achievements. Capt. Oyster Endorsed A delegation of citizens, headed by Rev. S. L. Corrothers, called to see the President Thursday, and endorsed Captain James F. Oyster for Commissioner. P. Richards Literary. The Richards Literary Club met at the residence of Miss Louise Evans, 2149 L Street Northwest, on last Thursday, December 5. Mr. Archie S. Pinkett, the president, who accompanied Hon. Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State, on his trip to Japan, to pay the last tribute of respect to the late Emperor, gave a very interesting lecture on what he saw in "The Land of the Mid-night Sun." For more than forty-five minutes Mr. Pinkett held the attention of the club, and its guests and told of the wonders of the little Mongolians and exhibited specimens of their art, which holds a prominent place in the world of art. Prof. Wm. H. Richards, of Howard University, (in whose honor the club is named) and Prof. Cook of Howard University, and Mrs. Cook, were guests of honor. Miss Evans, the hostess, served a most delicious repast, and Mr. Pinkett presented each person with a souvenir from the Orient. The following officers for the year have been elected: Mr. A. S. Pinkett, president; Mr. Geo. A. Parker, vice president; Miss Maude G. Daniels, secretary; Miss Mundy, assistant secretary; Miss Evelin Lynch, treasurer. MISSISSIPPI GRAND LODGE. Its Closing Session—Mr. Roscoe Simmons Delivered Closing Address. Mound Bayon, Miss. December 6, 1912. Today marked the closing session of the M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge of F. and A. M. of the Jurisdiction. This, the largest and wealthiest Grand Lodge of colored Masons in the country, and made famous by the late N. W. Grand Master, Bishop E. W. Lampton, has long been the central organization of the remarkable set of men contributing the leadership of the more than a million Negroes in this State and seven hundred delegates were present. Ten thousand members are enrolled in 426 subordinate lodges in the Jurisdiction. The features of the communication was the report of the financial wizard, Charles Banks, whose duties as secretary-treasurer of the Masonic Benefit Association, involve the collection and disbursement each year of $100,000 and the report of M. W. Grand Master W. A. J. Morgan, and of the Grand Treasurer, Daniel W. Gary; and the heartiest endorsement of the work of those craftsmen by the Grand Lodges. Mr. Banks hastened through constant effort to the leadership of Miss. sissippi Masons, the while he rose to the leadership of the progress ve wing of his people. The Masonic Benefit office, located in this famous Negro town, collected last year $100,000, and paid out to the beneficiaries of deceased craftsmen $90,000. The office gives employment to a dozen people. Among the prominent Mississippiians who attended the Grand Lodge communication were: Perry W. Howard, the lawyer; Dr. E. P. Jonez E. D. Coleman, of Aberdeen E. H. McKissack, of Holly Springs; Dr. D. W. Sherrod, Virgil Renhens, Emory P. Simmons, Dr. E. B. Topp, H. D Ford, Prof. J. O. Ross, Dr. W. A. Attaway, W. W. Cov, Dr. W. F. Howard, Johu L. Webb, of Yazoo, Calvin N. Miller, Thos C Ewing, Jr., and many others of those associated with them. The following officers were elected by acclamation, following Mr. Bank's report: M. W. Grand Master, W. A. J. Morgan; Deputy Grand Master, W. W. Phillips, of Koseiusko; Grand Secretary, George S. Goodman, of Holly Springs; Grand Treasurer, W. W. Gary, of Mound Bayou; G. S. W. B. F. Lacy, of Shiloh; G. J. W. J. J. Morant, Jr. of Vicksburg; Secretary-Treasurer Masonic Benefit Associa- tion, Charles Banks. The special address was delivered by Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons, the journalist, who spoke, before a packed house at an open session. The next communication will be held in Canton, December, 1913. ST. LUKES. Big Meeting Tomorrow. There will be a public meeting at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, December 15 at John Wesley, A. M. E. Zion Church, 18th Street between L and M Streets Northwest, under the direction of the Independent Order of St. Luke. Mrs. A. V Chase will have charge of the musical program. Among the speakers, will be Rev. Dr. Alexander C. Garner, Rev. W. C. Brown, Mrs. B. B. Anderson and Miss Madre. The public is invited. All seats free. Basket Ball. The basket ball season is on and we the (Cardinal-Hiwatha basket ball team), of Washington extend to the many patrons of this coming sport our best intentions of having a winning combination this season. We have quite a bit of new talent this season, and by practicing on the local courts have developed beyond description. The uniforms are very attractive, and the team is bound to make a favorable sight. We are carrying seven men this season and expect to visit many cities where games can be secured. Members are Lewis, Mabry, Henderson, Holland, Moody, Miller, Davis, and consider themselves one of the fastest aggregation, in this part of the middle Atlantic States. Average weight being 140 pounds, but it must be understood that they bar no team that hovers in or around that weight. City and inter-city games can be arranged at quick notice by dropping a few lines to the manager, Mr. Henry Lewis, Hiwatha Theater, Eleventh Street, between U and V Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C., Cardinal-Hiwatha Basket Ball Team. NEGRO HOME Agitates Society in Boston's Exclusive Suburb—Property Adjoins—Larz Anderson's Summer Home. (Special to The Rec.) Brackins Brookline, Mass. Society people of this town, the "world's richest town" are stirred over the plans to establish a home for aged Negroes in the very midst of the town's fashionable set. Side by side with the estate of Larz Anderson, millionaire Ambassador to Japan, and with Edward D. Branacee, wealthy society man, an estate has been purchased and the real estate agents say that the home is to be made ready and opened shortly. The property, which is to become a home for aged Negroes, was formerly the home of the Suburban Club, an exclusive organization. It has also been a private estate, and Madam Nordica, the singer, has been a frequent visitor to it. Directly across, the street is the Brookline Country Club, richest of the New England country clubs its members are much perturbed, over the plan to establish a home for aged Negroes in their midst. THE GOLDEN SHIELD Rev. Dr. Rivers' Eloquent Sermon. The Berean Baptist Church was crowded to the doors last Sabbath morning. Rev. R. Rivers took for his text, "The Golden Shield." Dr. Rivers has preached many sermons, but there is no sermon that has fallen from his lips that will equal the one he delivered last Sabbath moring. His logic was concise and his eloquence was pathetic. His reasonings and comparisons were placed as smoothly and as accurately as a bricklayer places his bricks. Without notes or manuscript, he calmly and musically as the tongue could utter his words, did he hold his hearers spellbound. The choir rendered appropriate music, and the congregation joined in. It was the consensus of opinion that the services last Sabbath at Bercan were unsurpassed. MR. BRUCE HONORED. Assistant Superintendent to Represent Harvard. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that Roscoe Conkling Bruce, A. B., has been appointed to represent Harvard University at the inauguration of Stephen Morrell Newman, A.M., D.D., as president of Howard University, on Friday, December 13, 1912. We take pleasure in commending Mr. Bruce to your kind offices. Given at Cambridge on the seventh day of December in the nineteen hundred and twelfth year of our Lord, and of Harvard College the two hundred and seventy-seventh. (Signed) A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, President, Harvard University. Participants in Choral Society Next Sunday Afternoon. The True Reformer Choral Society (Div. No. 1, female voices) in their initial song service on this Sunday afternoon at 4 P M., December 15th, 1912, at their hall, 12th and U Streets Northwest, will have as participants some very excellent and interesting local talent of our city. Among them are: Miss Mary E. Roye, piano solo; Miss Eunice Thompson, piano solo; Mrs. Grace Robinson, vocal solo; Miss Carrie Robinson, reading; Mr. Charles E. Ross, cornet solo; Mr. W. G. Ross, violin; Mr. P. H. Hopkins, cornet, and the new "Symphonia Orchestra," Mr. George Hanson, director. The Reformer Chorus will be supported by two cornetists and violin. Prof. Wellington A. Adams, the director, will preside at the piano and direct also. Much interest attaches to this song service; and likely a large number will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing this new organization of less than ten weeks' existence. An excellent program is promised. NOTES INDICATING NEGRO BUSINESS PROGRESS. Supplied by the National Negro Business League. C. D. McClelland, a successful plumber of Chicago, is the first Negro master plumber to pass the Illinois bar of examiners. Hartshorn College, an institution for Negro girls, in Richmond, Va., celebrated its one hundredth anniversary on October 17th. Messrs. A. Dejoie and T. J. Howard, two very successful business men of New Orleans, La., have opened a fine shoe store. The New Orleans Business Journal, a Negro weekly, has been changed to a Negro daily. It is henceforth to be known as The Daily Spokesman. John Baker, one time employed on the Union Pacific Railroad, recently purchased a farm at Grand Oakland, Neb. He has retired to this farm. He is also operating several restaurants. It is encouraging to note that Negro farmers of Alabama are seeing profit in hog raising. A few weeks ago John Knight, of Decatur, Ala., shipped from his farm two carloads of hogs to Louisville, Ky. An "Old Line" Insurance Company to be controlled by Negro capital, is now an assured fact. The Standard Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga, and a paid-in capital of $100,000, is now ready for business. It has met all the requirements of the rigorous insurance laws of the State of Georgia, among which was that the capital should be invested in Georgia State, municipal or county bonds. This is a very fitting financial achievement to mark the fifteenth anniversary of our emancipation. That this amount of money could be raised by subscription among a comparatively few Negroes is an indication of the remarkable economic progress that we have made. Too much praise cannot be accorded Mr. H. E. Perry, who conceived the plan, for his uniting efforts in making what had been for years a dream become a reality. Another Negro town has made its place on the map. This time it is located in Alabama, six miles north of Mobile. It boasts of a population between 2,000 and 3,000. Every business house (store) in the immediate town is conducted by a colored man, there being a dozen or more of these stores. A large majority of the colored people own their homes. In fact, there are very few colored people there who do not own their homes. One or two colored men are renting five or six houses cach. A majority of them work at lumbering, about one mile away. Quite a number, in addition to the stores, are beginning to cultivate their own plots of land, ranging from half an acre to five or six acres, with a view to trucking in the Mobile markets. The colored people have raised $000, and have purchased an old dwelling and about one acre of land for the use of a public school. No building was provided for them. DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTEREST (By Miss G. B. Maxfield) Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Gibson, who was in charge of the troops that hanged John Brown for treason at Harper's Ferry, died at his plantation at Verbena, Ala. He was 70 years of age, and had been an invalid for several years. Attorney I. H. Nutter, of Atlantic City, N. J., says "Wilson got the largest colored vote ever given to a Democrat in this country. The Republican majority was reduced from 6,000 to 103, as to presidency." Two and a half million dollars will be spent in the next two weeks for Christmas trees. Owners of land receive, it is estimated, about $200,000 for their trees, but a large amount to the shippers and dealers. Twenty eight per cent of the sailors in the United States Navy, enlisted from the Southern States, have bookworm, according to the report of the Surgeon General of the Navy. Of the number of enlisted men affected by the disease, so per cent came from South Carolina and Alabama. William D Crum, colored. United States Minister to Liberia, died in Charleston, S. C., last week, of African fever, contracted while in Monrovia. A monument in honor of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippine Islands, is to be erected at Manila. It will cost about $30,000, of which all but $11,000 has been raised by popular subscription in the Philippines. Dr. Stephen Morrell Newman, ioward University's new president, inauguration took place yesterday, December 13. A bill authorizing the government to take over the farm and homestead in Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born, was introduced in the House by Representative Johnson, of Kentucky. A sale of historical letters took place in Philadelphia last week. The highest price was paid for a letter from Martha Washington, addressed to Mrs. F. Washington; it was sold for $780. A letter from John Paul Jones was sold for $725. A sculptured marble clock of the Louis XVI period, brought $4,582 at a hotel auction in Paris. The first forty-eighth star American flag was hoisted over the United States Capitol. New Mexico and Arizona were the new States. By a decision handed down by the State Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss., Jim Crow law applies to sleeping cars on railroads, as well as day coaches. If the railroads wish to accommodate colored passengers they must furnish separate cars entirely. The Vermont Senate has passed fourteen to thirteen, the bill granting women taxpayers with a list of $200 or more the right to vote in municipal affairs on all matters relating to taxation and the raising and appropriation of money. President-elect Woodrow Wilson will visit Staunton, Va., on December 28, the place of his birth. The President-elect will stop in the room in which he was born. According to the United States Geological Survey, "The United States owns coal lands worth $742,620,647." The coal is located on 17,459,105 acres in the public land States. Unless some one comes to his rescue, Gen. D. E. Sickles will loose his handsome home on Fifth Avenue in New York, as a suit has been filed to foreclose a mortgage on the property. Jack Johnson and his bride Lucille Cameron, are spending their honey-moon motoring through Illinois. The champion wanted to go to New York, but the court would not allow it. Rev. Powell vs. Rev. Gordon. In the Municipal Court Wednesday Rev. Holland Powell, of New York, won his suit against Rev F. B. Gordon, of Walker Memorial Baptist Church. The suit was for debt in the sum of $87.63, with costs and interest. Attorney W. Calvin Chase represented Rev. Holland Powell. Rev. Gordon testified that Rev. Powell was his partner in a grocery store, which was denied by counsel. The case was called for trial in November and his counsel, Attorney T. L. Jones, asked for a postponement until December 11, which was agreed to by counsel representing Rev. Powell. When the case was called for trial Wednesday morning before his honor, Justice Terrell, Rev. Gordon denied that he had authorized his attorney to make any such statement, which resulted in a trial and judgment was given in favor of Rev. Powell for the full amount of his claim, $87.63, interests and costs. - a 2 Mee ee ek 7 * = at 2. © TT TS SEY 2 ‘ . s 3 : . fee . s « * . . : * E ’ . = eee i Se = i aac oe lS Se ee . ol —_ eee ee _ —_ ae HoineComfort From Christmas Gifts Nothing can earn higher appreciation than the gifts which add to the comfort and attractiveness of a home, They show that you have given with thought and with the true Christmas spirit of helpfuine % For your own honre you want good values, and if there’s one time above all when you wish to be absolutely sure of quality, it’s when you give to others. «An article may look all right, and you may pa zood price, but the test of actual use may find it wanting in some respect. You might never know of it; so it's best to be on the safe side. Come to us and you will find absolute reliability. We will tell y -xactly what to expect, from our furniture, and it will prove just what we promise. . = We know that Christmas time calls for a lot of extra money. 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Your selections are made, and the tags tell you just what will be charged, no matter what terms you may wish, exc hat we-allow a discount of 10 per cent for cash’ or settlement in 30 days. = Sed . : thi Those who now have opén accounts here may add to them as desired, and all who have ever had such an account with us are welcome to its use, with the unusual privileges in paying which we gr : this season. . 2 : : e ¢ - To new customers we will say that this isthe best time to learn the help of an open account at ovfr store. Do your buying here, and we will see ‘that the arrangements for paying are made to suit yc ircumstances and wishes. = * . ‘ : . . eee ee . ot - Here’s an Idea of the Variety to be Found in our Store ; . ' PRINCESS DRESSERS CHOCOLATE SETS MUSIC CABINETS LAMPS CLOCKS $ PARLOR CABINETS % "COMFORTS ‘RUGS PEDESTALS CARPET SWEEPERS OFFICE DESKS. OIu HEATERS iM . . PEDESTA! AR WEEPE ~ OFF ESK! 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Stores which specialize in goods of this character can show you nothing more pleasing, anc certainly our prices are far below theirs. ee 5 . o . s * S| oO ® - ss PETER GROGAN, : ¢ Phone North 430. | ~ a ; The Esmeralda . t . OYSTER AND CHOP HOUSE. ‘ Oysters and Clams. Wholesale and Retail. Meals‘at all Hours. ; ROBT. T. MURRAY, Proprictor. . . 600 T St. N. W., cor. Florida Ave., Washington, D. C. THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY.| THOMAS L. JONES & MARIONT. — - CLINKSCALES. Supreme Court of the District of Co- — lumbia, Holding Probate Sones) ts the Supreme Court of the District No. 19053 Administration. of Columbia. This is to give notice that the sub- seriber of the District_of Columbia has obtained {rom the Probate Court of the District of Columbia Ictters testamentary on the estate of Moses Johnson late of the District of Co- lumbia deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are here+ by warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof*legally authenti- cated to the subscriber, on or before the 29th day of November, A. D. 1913; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said es- tate, Given under my hand this 29th day of November, 1912. WILLIAM C EVANS, 309 Elm St. N. W. Attest: : JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District o! Columbia, Clark of the Probate Court. THOMAS WALKER, Attorney. L. M. KING, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, Holding Probate Court— No. 19457, Administration. *° “This is to give notice that the sub- scriber, of the State of North Caro- lina, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, let- ters of administration on the estate of Mollie B. Buchanan, late of the Dis- trict of Columbia, deceased. All per- sons having claims against the deceas- ed-are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the voucher thereof, legal- Jy authenticated, to the subscriber, on ‘or before the 27th day of November, A. D, 1913; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. . Given under my hand this 27th day of November, 1912. g * W. F. YOUNG, 4or Dowd St, Durham N. C. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clark of the Probate Court. L. M. KING, Attorney. ~~ Social Settlement. Hear President S. W. Newman, Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, 8 P. M., December 9, 1912. THOMAS L. JONES & MARIONT. - CLINKSCALES. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Filed Dee. 5, 1912, J. R. Young, Glee William Rollins, vs. Nellie Rollins, defendant, and (William W. Johnson, Co-defendant—No. 30687, Equity Doc, ; q The object of this suit is to secure for the plaintiff, William Rollins, an absolute divorce from the bond of marriage between him and the defend- ant, Nellie Rollins, because of her adultery with the co-defendant, Wil- liam W. Johnson. On motion of the complainant, it is this fifth day of December, 1912, or- dered that the co-defendant, William W. Johnnson, cause his appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be Procceded with as in case of default. . Provided, a copy of this order be published, once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Repor- ter, and the Washington Bee, before said day. THOMAS H. ANDERSON, a a Justice. rue Copy. Test: J. R. YOUNG, Clerk, By T. E. CUNNINGHAM,. Assistant Clerk. . 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Arie Gideon, twenty years old, a stenographer, returning home, was struck by a Lackawanna express while deep in thought about plans for his wedding in January to Miss May Schleich. His legs were crushed so that both were amputated in the general hospital. Peter had always been devoted to Arle, and when a messenger brought the news to the Gideon home, without waiting to put on an overcoat or even his hat, though it was raining hard, he ran to the hospital, a distance of two miles. Reaching the bedside of his brother, whose legs had already been amputated, he cried: "O Arle!" and collapsed. He was taken to his home. Six hours later he was told of his brother's death. "Why should this happen to Arle, with his wedding all fixed and planned?" Peter murmured. "Rather it should have been me than him." Efforts to comfort him failed. A physician was called, but despite the best attention he became worse. He called the name of Arlo often. Saturday evening, expecting the worst, his parents, two sisters and brother went to his bedside. "Ma, I fear I'm going," whispered the sufferer, "but please don't cry. I know what it means, but be brave. Rose, Martha and John are with you. So is pa; they need you. Goodby." Then he died. This was much the same way his brother tried to console his fiancee when she visited him a few hours before his death. TRIED TO CREMATE OLD MAN His Home Surrounded With Oil Soak Eden Wood and Set Afire. Berwick, Pa., Dec. 9.—The Seybertisville section, which stirred the country 'twenty-eight years ago with the grewome Kester brothers' murder, and where, seven years ago, Thomas Miller was murdered, his home destroyed and the body carried away, has furnished another crime that for flendishness ranks with the others. The third, however, was unsuccessful. Joseph Dench, an elight-year-old bachelor, tenants a small shack near the scene of the Kester murders, in a secluded district beyond the Nescopeck mountains. He had been in bed only a few hours the other nght when he was awakened, presumably by the fumes of burning oil, with the flames already eating in from the outside. He was able to put out the fire and found that his home had been surrounded with pine wood saturated with oil. His timely discovery alone made it possible to learn of the attempted crime, as the attempt on his life would have passed as an accident. Horse Prices Break Records. Horses are bringing unusually high prices at present in Ephrata, Pa. One man sold twenty-eight head of Iowa stock at an average uprice of 0231. Thirteen head averaged $297, the highest for years. Nineteen-Pound Baby. A girl baby that weighed nineteen pounds, born to Mr. and Mrs. John Trauch, of Allentown, Pa., is said to be the champion heavyweight infant of the state. 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A Problem at Cambridge. When Lord Rayleigh, the British scientist, was a student at Cambridge the examiners set among other problems one which they based on an article in a German mathematical periodical supposed unlikely to have penetrated to Cambridge. Only two men solved it, Mr. Stutt (Lord Rayleigh) and another. The examiners asked the other man about this problem. "Oh," he said. "I take the — (mentioning the name of the periodical), and I was very glad to find that, thanks to an article in the last number, that problem came out quite easily." When Mr. Strutt's turn came they expected a similar answer, but he astonished them by replying, "The fact is, gentlemen, that I sometimes contribute to —, and I could not help feeling greatly flattered that you should have thought my little problem worthy of a place in this examination." He was awarded the prize. A Blump In Kisses. A Frenchman who apparently has a good deal of time on his hands has been amusing himself by reckoning up the number of kisses he has given his wife during the first twenty years of his married life. He finds that in the first year he dispensed about a hundred kisses a day, or, say, allowing for birthdays and holidays, about 30,700 in the year. In the second year this number was reduced by half and in the third year to ten a day, while in the fifth year his better half had to be content with two a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. What happened after the fifth year is "wrapped in mystery," but at the same rate of "progression" he probably arrived eventually at one kiss on the 1st of January every leap year. "Counselor Therefore." Sergeant Kelly, a celebrity of the Irish bar, had a remarkable habit of drawing conclusions directly at variance with his premises and was consequently nicknamed "Counselor Therefore." In court on one occasion he thus addressed the jury: "The case is so clear, gentlemen, that you cannot possibly misunderstand it, and I should pay your understandings a very poor compliment if I dwelt upon it for another minute. Therefore I shall at once proceed to explain it to you as minutely as possible." Great Combination. Sultor—I cannot boast of wealth, but I have brains.' The members of my literary club will tell you that you'd have the smartest debater in town for a son-in-law. Father—and I can assure you, my dear fellow, that you'd have the greatest lecturer in the town for a mother-in-law. A Practical Reason. "I wish this fellow wouldn't send you so many chocolates," said the other suitor. "Why?" simpered the girl. "Are you jealous?" "No, but I prefer to eat marshmallows."—Kansas City Journal. Travel. All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries he may learn to improve his own, and if fortune carries him to worse he may learn to enjoy his own.-Johnson. In the Swiss Mountaina "Ethel, that awfully handsome guide kissed me a moment ago. Do you think I ought to deduct something from his pay or add to it?"—Fliegende Blatter. God rights the man that keeps silence.—From the Persian. LADIES' NURSE MADAME K. L. COLEMAN Ladies' Nurse 3335 Sherman Avenue N. W. Phone Columbia 466. Where to Buy The Bee. Smith's, 4th and Elm St. N. W. Pope's Pharmacy, 1319 H St. N. E. Jackson & Whipp's, 1513 7th St N. W. Board & McGuire's, 9th and You Sts. N. W. Reeves', 626·T St. N. W. Jones, 1020 You St. N. W. Gray, 12th and You St. N. W. Board & McGuire, 1912½. 14th St. N. W. Simmons', 20th and K Sts. N. W. Throckmorton, 1500 14th St. N. W Morse's, 1904 L St. N. W. Smith, 28th and Dumbarton ave. Leonard Blagburn, 201 Morris Rd. Anacostia. D. C. Phone Col. 2578. --- THE BEE Published at 1109 Eye St. N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered-at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Six months ...1.00 Three months ...50 Subscription monthly ...20 WILL REV. WALDRON EXPLAIN? We do not mean to be disrespectful to the Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron, who expounds scriptural advice to sinners on Sundays, and elucidates on politics during week days, but we can't refrain from saying that his recent "provate and confidential" letter to some Civil Service employees has a most striking resemblance, in style, to some shake-down epistles we have read. We propounded a few questions to the saintly preacher-politician last week, and we have a few others to beg his pardon for having asked this week. In Rev. Waldron's letter to some Civil Service colored employees, under date of November 16, he speaks of using his personally conducted National Independent Political League for the "protection" of the league's members primarily. His letter plainly states "our league means to be vigilant, active, and persistent in pushing the interests of its members first, and those of the race next." Evidently a close corporation, and a selfish concern. Further, the good minister says: "We mean to see to it that the members of the race who are now in the employment are retained, and those members who are not in the employ of the government, but desire positions we shall do all in our power to help them get these positions." In short, we assume, all that is necessary is to hand over one dollar a month to this employment agent, and you are sure of your job. But here is where the perspicacity of Rev. Waldron rises to the subline: "If for any reason you do not desire to have it known that you are a member of the league, that matter can be arranged, and your membership known only to the president and secretary." And yet these nigger-in-the-woodpile members are assured, in the next line "you will, at the same time, participate in all the benefits." But the amazing rediculousness and inconsistent part of the letter is that this "Independent Political League" God say the mark—assures the coward and sneak who would hide his membership in it, that "the time has come for manly, independent and intelligent men to stand together." Rev. Waldron also states in his letter, that "twenty-three men have already joined," at one dollar per month. And is the great National Independent Political League that "helped to make the Democratic victory such an enormous one, composed of but twenty three men, some of whom are ashamed to acknowledge their membership? If the Reverend gentleman's letter is not a hold-up and shake-down solicitation, will he please explain what it is? DR. JAMES E. SHEPHERD. THE MAN WHO IS HONORED AND RESPECTED BY THE WHITES IN THE SOUTH—HIS NAME IS BECOMING A HOUSEHOLD WORD. If there is any one man in this country who deserves the support and respect of the American people, it is Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C. He is doing for the people of Durham, N. C., what Dr. Booker T. Washington is doing for his people at Tuskegee, Ala. Here are two educators. One that has been upon the stage of action for a number of years, while the other is making his appearance. Theformer has erected monuments, while the latter is fast forging his way to the front and working with an unselfish motive to teach and educate his people and make them useful citizens. Dr. Shepard abuses no man. He is friendly with his enemies and makes no defense when they assail him. He is a Christian gentleman, who believes . in the uplift of his people regardless of their condition or what they may do to retard his progress. He believes that the field of progress is large enough for everybody who has an ambition to work. No man is in his way, no matter if this man is engaged in a similar work with his. There is enough work for everybody to do without attacking those who are doing what they can to elevate his people. He applauds the work of Dr. Washington because he knows that he cannot do it all. The people of Durham, N. C., believe in Dr. Shepard. The recent investigation that was carried on in his city demonstrated that fact. What man could have accomplished as much as he has in so short a time? Go to Durham and see the massive school houses this young Napoleon has erected and you will say to yourself that his equals do not exist. The teachers at Durham, N. C., are all high class. They are the best that can be found at any school in this country. Such a man the world will help. HOME RULE. The Democratic platform is pledged to home rule for the District of Columbia. If President-elect Wilson adheres to the Democratic platform which was adopted at Baltimore, Md., no outsider need to apply for the local offices. There is no excuse for any President to appoint an outside man for any local office in the District of Columbia. If a colored Democrat is to be appointed Recorder of Deeds, we have bona fide citizens in this city who have been supporting the Democratic party for a number of years. If the Democratic party is in earnest, and intends to appoint a home ruler Recorder of Deeds, The Dee knows a man of the highest type, a lawyer of ability, and one man who has actually done work for the Democratic party. The Dee is no doubt well acquainted with every Negro Democrat of importance in this country. If an outside Negro Democrat is to be appointed, there are dozens in New York, and men who would reflect credit on the race. There are some who ought not to be considered. They would disgrace any position to which they would be appointed. President-elect Wilson should not be deceived, and The Bee is confident that National Committeeman Costello is well acquainted with Negro Democrats who are entitled to consideration so far as this city is concerned. HOW MUCH DID YOU GET? How much did R. W. Thompson, alleged national political writer to certain Negro newspapers, and messenger in the Treasury Department get for his defense of Mr. Oatneal, and how much of what he received did he remit to the newspapers that printed it? In his defense little Thompson, who stands on the outside of some official's door in the Treasury Department, undertakes to assail The Bee, referring to it as a "bilious" concern. The Bee lived before Thompson came to Washington as one of C. H. J. Taylor's Negro Democrats. It lived before Thompson lost his position as helper at the Government Printing Office. It lived before he lost his position as letter carrier out in Indiana, and it will be living when he has lost his job in the Treasury Department. If the political clippings wrote by this man Thompson were filed with the Civil Service Commission there would be an investigation into his activity. The Bee has those clippings. If Thompson does not attend more to his duties as messenger and less to politics and other people's business, The Bee will give him something to think about. The Bee offered to print a statement that Mr. Oatneal, the "wonderful barrister, was a real "examiner," in the Pension Office, providing he brought a statement in writing from the Commissioner to this effect. Mr. Oatneal has no done this. Now how much did Mr. Thompson receive? He has been very industrious about sending up other stale news, which we assigned to the waste basket, will he send us this information? MESSENGER THOMPSON. R. W. Thompson, messenger to one of the assistant secretaries of the Treasury Department, and would-be president of an alleged press association in his correspondence to the Indianapolis Freeman, charges The Bee with having made a bilious statement, and calls the Sage writer grouchy and dyspeptic. Thompson would like to be regarded a great writer and a brilliant journalist, but his arduous duties as a government messenger prevents him. The Bee can see the Mu-So-Lit Club members now "pressing brick for Walker." We can see Messenger Thompson boarding a train for his old home in Indianapolis, Ind., giving a long farewell to the city of magnificent distances. The best people in this city are not members of the Mu-So-Lit Club. There are some gentlemen members in this organization, but cheap office holders are in control. The Bee has no fight with the Mu-So-Lit Club, but it doesn't propose to allow the false impression to go broadcast that the best citizens in this city belong to it. The best and most substantial citizens of Washington refuse to connect themselves with it. Interlopers who are from other cities crave to become members. To what party does Messenger Thompson belong now? An Indiana Negro Democrat wants his place. IS THE NEGRO RIGHT. It has been a question of conjecture whether the Negro is right. Does he know right from wrong? Does he know when he is pulling against his own interest? Is the Negro right, is the question in the minds of intelligent Americans who have been doing everything for the Negro for a century or more. Some Negroes are selfish, but The Bee is inclined to believe that the incoming administration will force many colored men to realize the importance of working together. The Bee hopes that he will not regret the going out of power the great party that was instrumental in giving him liberty and independence. There are times when we forget those who have elevated us. To a great extent the colored race is a race of soon "forget us." No man in the White House who has been any more loyal to the Negro than President Taft. But how soon did many of us forget his many acts of kindness and words of defense of our cause. Many of us asked for a change of the administration. The change has taken place, but O! What will the final result be? PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON. The Bee is reliably informed that the colored people in office, under Civil Service, will not be disturbed, and that President-elect Wilson will stand by his pre-election promise. That his desire and intention is to help the Negro and not pull him down. There will be no "Jim Crow" legislation passed by Congress, and President-elect Wilson will uphold the Constitution and see that every article is carried out. Bishop Alexander Waters, who made such a successful fight for the Democratic party, will be consulted by the President-elect, and pass upon the claim of all. He alone will be the chief of the black Democratic Cabinet. The Bee is a Simon pure Republican journal, and will not depart from its principles. It will support the President-elect and his administration, if he carries out what Bishop Waters has prophesied. To Bishop Waters, then, the Negroes will look, under the new Democratic regime. RIGHT KIND OF PROTECTION. The Bee has always, and will continue to do so, lent its influence for the protection of the many colored men and women of this city who are Civil Service government employees. We take it that it is our duty to warn them against those who would mutel them out of contributions upon the representation that their positions could be retained simply by handing over a dollar to this or that man, or joining this or that political organization. The Bee will expose every attempt to fleece colored government employees. And just because it is our duty to lend its influence for the hundreds of colored clerks, messengers and laborers who need the money they earn, The Bee prints in another column, the letter of solicitation Rev, Waldron sent out and which was inadvertantly left out of our last week's issue. TILLMAN, VARDAMAN BLEASE. When we stand before the rigid bodies of these our bitterest enemies; when we look upon the pale lips that have slandered us, the sightless eyes that so often brought the tears to ours, the cold hands that have wrought us so much harm—do you imagine we can still think\ of revenge? Not then. Death atones for all. We will have no grievance against the soul of the man before us. Instinctively do we recognize that it soars high above the gravest faults and the cruellest wrongs. If there still lingers a regret within us, it will not be that we are unable to inflict suffering in turn, but that perhaps our love was not great enough and that our forgiveness came too late. SUNDAY THEATERS. Some time ago The Bee published an editorial condemning Sunday theaters. In this week's issue of The Bee we publish a letter from the officers of the Problem Talk Club, a branch of the Y. M. C. A., favoring the closing of theaters on the Sabbath. The Christian Churches should petition Congress and see that a law is passed closing theaters on the Sabbath. This would be a worthy campaign for the ministers. RODDENBERY. Representative Roddenbery, of Georgia, had a surplus of hot air Wednesday, and had to let it out. Roddenbery is from Georgia, sah! and he don't want a Negro to marry a white woman, and yet many of the Southern crackers still persu! the high yellows whenever they get an opportunity. The colored people of this country are not responsible for the acts of Jack Johnson. Roddenbery's next move will be to keep Negroes from breathing. HONOR TO PROF. BRUCE. President A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard University, appointed Prof. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, A. B., to represent Harvard University at the inauguration of Stephen Newman as president of Howard University. This is indeed an honor to our assistant superintendent of public schools, who was one of Harvard's best known graduates. We congratulate Mr. Bruce on his designation to represent his alma mater. DR. BOOKER T. WASH-INGTON. At the Howard Theater this evening Dr. Booker T. Washington will address the Negro, Business League and the citizens of this city. Everybody should go and hear him. There is not a more practical man in the United States than Dr. Booker T. Washington. THE BEE. Subscribe now for The Bee for 1913, and you may have it for one dollar. This reduction will last to the 31st day of December—this month—only. Those in arrears may take advantage of this low rate by paying up. As you sow so shall you reap. Everybody should Lear Dr. Washington this evening at Howard Theater. The "Sage of the Potomiac" appears to interest and please all but one person. Negroes of Washington must patronize each other, must patronize business enterprises managed by members of their race, if they hope to become a strong race. - Entertainment are being given, or arranged to be given, by colored women in some cities to raise money to support The Crisis. That periodical is financed by white men; its editor and staff are supported by white men. It would be more consistent in colored women to raise funds to help support publications financed wholly by men of the race. The B e has never had to become a public beggar. After all the noise the District Negro Democrats made before and after the election—mostly after—it appears, from the Democratic National Committee's report, that but one contributed anything, and that one was Fountain Peyton, who contributed $25. Many of them, however, drew down money. And after all the noise District Negro Bull Moosers made, but two of them contributed anything. Dr. Williston gave $10 to Teddy's campaign, and rich, would-be Taft delegate. Dr. Wilder, gave a small pittance of $10. That's $20 for just noise. How much of the Negro Bull Moose contributions went toward the election of Col. Roosevelt? If you want to read an interesting document, The Bee calls its readers' attention to the letter of Dr. Waldron in another column of The Bee. Under the circumstances National Committeeman Costello of the District of Columbia, will not be consulted(?) relative to Negro Democratic appointments. O! you Negro Democrats for revenue only! PudlicMenArb Thin gs PudlicMenArb Thin gs (By the Sage of the Potomac.) I have never been a "jinner." Sonie-how I got the idea poked into a few of my brain cells that most African-extraction fraternal organizations were like excursions—they give a fellow one more chance to blow his Naperized paper. And then in my remaining brain cells, and I ain't got many, was secreted the idea that all this coffee-cooler dope about, going "to the end of my candle tow" for a brother: "wielding my sword in defense of helpless widows," etc. was just No. 2 stall talk. And I got the lunch that this old three-link junk of "Friendship, Love and Truth" can't run a block without stumbling and falling down, and that Damon and Pythias never conned people with six-months-guaranteed-oreide talk about "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence," as a skin-game racket; and that the half brother to the Bull Moose, old Mr. Elk, never stood for a lot of jimpanzee stuff that hasn't a concrete bottom. I was talking to Charley Barnes one day last spring when two thirty-third degree boys passed us. What now one of them said about a third one who was not present, and with which his other brother agreed, would have made Dante's Inferno look like a "beautiful isle of somewhere." After Charley had cut off his $1,000 per annum eulogy of Champ Clark, and headed his lights down Seventh Street, I just soilquizized to myself: "If a fellow who has hogged thirty-three degrees on monthly payments will anmatize another 30 plus 3 degree galler kid that way, what these little white apron three degree boys will hand a fellow who happened to get by three ruffans would make Satan conclude that he was in the wrong business." And I remember too, not long ago, when one of these baldriced, white-plumed fellows who takes pains to print "Sir Knight" before his name, was searching all the dictionaries ever printed to find the meanest word to apply to another fellow with whom he drinks the Christmas libation every year. And then look at the row these three-link boys have been raising! Why, if you should happen to get among one set of them, and listen to their pontifical mass confessions for about two seconds, you would think Bill Houston, Link Johnson and Ben Davis, were right now on a life sentence in Sing Sing for stealing black-eyed peas from a green-eyed Goat alley queen. And if you should run into some of their sorority friends and get the full flavor of their benzine talk, you'd think Ed Morris and Andy. Slaughter were "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty Looie" on the way to the tombs. Then drop over to the horned crowd—the Elks—and get Melendez King's personal friends' private and confidential opinion of the namesake of the author of "The Lady of the Lake," and you will wonder how Armond ever escaped one of the Judge Kimball's quick-lunch workhouse sentences. Then drop into Dade's rest-cure emporium or Aaron Gaskins' flour de lise liquid confectionary, where some of Armond's Elk squre rehearses, and get them to give you their unbiased opinion of Melendez, and my "Dollar Ingersoll" for your 1892 Waterbury, if you don't make up your mind that Melendez is hiding in one of the closets around at 609 F, to keep Sylvester's sleuths from arresting him for purse-snatching Now I'm going to be a "jiner" some of these days, but I'm going to wait till they doe out some real "living perpendicular examples; till some real "Friendship," what's got the aroma of "Love" and the atmosphere of "Truth" about it comes down the street singing "Hello My Honey;" and till some "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence" what ain't been in cold storage longer than the period allowed by pure food experts, is served at a K. P. banquet; and till a tiger's tooth and an antler can be passed 360 days in a year for real protection in Harry Pace's court-jugged organization. The trouble with the colored "jiner" is he doesn't learn his lessons by heart. Now there's Judge Terrell, he belongs to everything that's called an order among the raven-hue complexion sunbursts, the Order of Ecclesiasticus Nostri, and he's called to "jine" that, and yet when Judge's name goes to the Senate for a job all the hardware merchants in town send in a hard order for a big supply of hammers to supply the demand from the "yours fraternally" outfit. Now I agree there ain't nothing better than a secret or fraternal order when "secret" and "fraternal" is the real dope. But if you will put your ear to the ground, you will hear more secrets doing the wide-open shuffle that just came naked from a colored lodge room than there were diamonds mined by Cecil Rhodes in South Africa. And if you will keep your eyes open, you will observe, more fraternalism in a state of comos doing the Gahy glide over the avenues de Nig that are gown as "financial" in some spade fraternity, than you can find ruins in Pompeii. Now to make secret and fraternal orders what they ought to be, among Ham's latter day saints, you have got to pay more attention to oaths than to uniforms. If this gasoline talk don't puncture the air about you strong enough. I can add a gallon or two more of John D's monopolistic commodity that will just make you hit the trail of relection. And talk about the Eastern Star, Household of Ruth and Calanthe Court—those gossip marangoes to which the women belong; why I would just as soon lug my character off to the Police Court as to shut it up among some of the members in these societies when they get to going right. The dear women mean good, all right but somehow they got to patterning after the men. The worst character I ever heard given a woman was by a sister of the Eastern Star to another sister of the same society. And I once heard two fifth ribs who are star members of the House- hold of Ruth tell things about another sister that would make Boccacio's Decamerone read like a Sunday school story. And the very next evening, at a whist party, I heard this sister who had given a free ticket to Paradise Lost. whisper things about the other sisters as would make old Lot appear like a saint. But they bury the dead, just the same, these fraternal societies, and I guess a fellow what's dead, and a sister what's nailed up in one of Middleton's plush-covered coffins ought to be tickled knowing that somebody's burying them. Believe me, and take it from me, all these secret and fraternal orders are O.K., and doing a lot of good, the only trouble is some of the members are doing too much ritchualistic work for the dead and not enough Good Samaritan deeds for the living. But they'll get to going right by-and-by. THE BEE. The Washington Bee is proud of its record for the year of 1912. If it has offended any one it was without malice. It has endeavored to please and defend the rights and liberties of the people regardless of color or condition. It has supported, with all of its might, the great principles of the Republican party, because it was that party which made it possible for its people to exist and enjoy freedom of speech and obtain equality before the law. It supported without fear or favor, the renomination and election of President William Howard Taft, for which it has no favor to ask or apologies to offer from those who were instrumental in the defeat of the party of Lincoln, Sumner, Bruce, Douglas and Langston. Those who gave aid and comfort to the enemies of this party will, it is hoped, feel no ill effects: That The Bee has felt it has done its duty, and if others think otherwise time alone will tell. That a great Negro journal at the National Capital is an absolute necessity, it cannot be denied. The Bee has endeavored to serve its people, it cannot be denied. To enable The Bee to reach a larger class of its citizens, the management has reduced its rate of subscription from now until December 31, 1912, to one dollar for the year of 1913. Here is an excellent opportunity to secure a great and fearless race advocate for one year for one dollar. The Bee will continue to improve in its make up, editorial and news matter, if it continues to receive the support of the people. Will you subscribe now, if you are not already a subscriber? Do you want a race defender? If so, don't delay but subscribe now. This offer expires December 31, 1912. DINNER TO MRS. YOUNG. Education Officials to Honor Chicago Superintendent of Schools. Members of the board of education and school officials will tonight tender at the Raleigh a banquet to Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools of Chicago, and her party, including members of the board of education of that city. They reached Washington yesterday, and will remain a few days studying the school system. The party of school officials accompanying Mrs. Young includes Mrs. John McMahon Henry W. Huttman, J. B. Dibelka, and J. J. Sonsteby, all members of the Chicago board of education; J. A. Prost, city forester of Chicago, and Miss Laura T. Brayton, private secretary of the Chicago Board of Education. Besides the members of Mrs. Young's party, the guests tonight will include Capt. James F. Oyster, Henry P. Blair, Ernest H. Daniel, John B. Larner, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, and Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern, all members of the board of education of the District. This afternoon at 3 o'clock Mrs. Young will deliver an address to the school teachers, and principals of Washington in the Memorial Hall of the D. A. R."—Daily Post. What has become of the other members of the Board of Education: Messrs. Horner, Marshall and Mrs. Harris? 'Will some one explain?—The Bee. Visitors to The Bee Office. Bishop Alexander Walters, Rev. S. L. Corrothers, Register Napier, Mr. Ralph E. Langston, of New York, Mr. Frank M. Langston, Dr James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C. Mrs. B. B. Anderson, Deputy of St. Lukes. Alexander Richardson, Esq. ESMERALDO. Don't forget to go to the Esmeraldo, on the boulevard. Phone for a box of oysters before you leave the theater. Phone N. 406. BRODT'S HATS. The greatest hat stores in the city. Only places where the up-to-date hats are made fresh from the block. Give your friend a Brodt hat for Christmas. Brodt's stores, 419 Eleventh Street Northwest, and 503 Ninth Street Northwest. wim 15h peated ‘Do Si ee oie oe = ® Spe eee: ' eke ee a y pt 3 pe NG. ey : Nae oo a poi TN “i oy ay ihe} \ L 4 e : . iow Gs 7 ty aaa ee - Your doctor wants your prescrip: tions filled right’ He wants results. Neither you nor the doctor will be disappointed if your prescriptions are filled at the drug store of Board & McGuire, 1912}% 1gth St, and oth and You Sts. N. W. They employ four graduates 1m pharmacy, skilled and experienced, and you get the re- sults in perfect service. Mr. W. M. Jackson, of this city, was the guest of Miss Sadie Kennard last week in Baltimore. Mr. Joseph Hammond, of Balti- more, was in the city last week, the guest of Rev. I. N. Ross, of Q Strect. Mr. Joseph Ruth, of Philadelphia, Pa., 1s ‘spending several weeks in the city. Mrs. Martha Scott has returned to her home in the city, after a visit of two weeks with her daughter in Phil- adelphia, Pa, Miss: Ida G. Mason and Mr, Samucl P. Dickerson were married at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Caroline L. Mason. Owing to recent death in the family, the wedding was a very quict one, only relatives and near friends being present. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Charles WW. Mason. Miss Harriet Wheaton, of West- chester, Pa. has returned to her home after a pleasant stay in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Stewart, of Philadelphia, are in the city, visiting ‘Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brown. * Professor Gray, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in the city. Miss Bessie Burke, of Norfolk, Va., spent Thanksgiving in the city as the guest at a honse party given by Missey Mamie and Pearl Lewis. Mr. Robert Tyler has returned to his home in the city from Chicago, where he was called to attend the death of his brother. | Mr. Homer Cox, of Columbus, O., has taken up his residence im the city. Miss Ener Saunders, of this city, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ida Reed, in Boston, Mass. and in a few days she intends going to New York. Miss Gertrude Floyd, of Atlanta, Ga., will spend a part of the winter here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Ayler and Mrs. Newport Henry, of this city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Collins, in New York City. Counsellor James C. Thomas, Jr., -has returned to his home in New York from a trip to the city. William H. Lewis, assistant attor- ney general of the United States, has gone to France to spend the holidays with his family. His children are at- tending School in France. - Miss’ Florence Brooks: index clerk at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, who has been quite sick for several days with the grip, is able to be out again. Miss Brooks is the daughter of Major Arthur Brooks. Napoleon Marshall, Esq., arrived in the city from New York, this weck. He will remain in the city several days. : Dr. John W. Morse, at 1904 L Street Northwest, is now prepared to serve hot soda. Mr. Ernest Hays. of this city, is in Boston attending the New England Conservatory of Music, studying pipe organ and piano. Mr. Hays is a grad. uate of the M Street High, and we are glad to hear that he is doing well and wish him much success. , Mrs. Sadie Hamilton, of Pittsburg Pa. has come to the city on a bust- ness trip. + Miss Alice. Brown, who has spent the summer in Baltimore and Wash ington, has returned to her home in Pittsburg, Pa. Dr. Mattie V. Lee. graduate of the Medical Department of Howard Uni versity, was.among the successful can: didates to pass the District Board o + Medical Examiners in the October ex amination, Dr, Lee is the first Negre woman within the past seven years te pass this board. Since her gradua tion she has been connected with th Woman's Clinic of this city, wher she has dene some excellent work, Miss Mary A. Finney, of this city who went to Freedman's Hospita several weeks ago to undergo an op eration, is rapidly recovering. Mr. Wiley W. Branch, who came t our city Thanksgiving, has returnes to his home in Durham, N. C., takiny with him a bride, formerly Miss Ev: S. Williams, of this city.” An infor mal reception was tendered the happ: couple at their home on Thursda’ evening of last week. Mrs. Mary Locke and Miss Agne Gould were in town Thanksgivin with manv other visitors from Phila delphia, Pa. _ Miss S P. Robb, formerly of thi _ city, now of Philadelphia, Pa, i holding the position of bookkeeper i the National Baptist Foreign Missio Board there. is. Mr. J. W. Williams, residing a 2238 12th Street Northwest, has bee Promoted from a clerkship at “$1.00 per annum, to $1.200 per annum, i the Adjutant General's office, Wa Department. | Mr. Williams is th Weeden, of 1121_19th Street, North- west, Friday, December 6, 1912. Among those present were: Mrs. Ro- sie Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lee, Misses Virginia Blakeley and Flor- ence Bryant, Messrs. Gilbert Curtis, Harry Honesty, F._O. Booker, Jos. Minor and L. K. Chambers. Sclec- tions were rendered by Messrs. Minor and Booker, Mandolins; Mr, L. K. Chambers, mandola; Mr. Hunter, gpitar, On Friday evening, December - 6, 1912, Mr. and Mrs. Simms gave a whist party at their residence, 2117 M Street, in honor of Mrs. R, S, Trué- hill, of New York City. Mrs. True: hill’ was presented with many beauti. ful gifts, and many guests attended. Mr. Oscar A. Ryce, of the War Department, accompanied by Mrs. Ryce and little Charity B.. have re- turned from Mississippi. After the show and throughout the summer evenings you will find the big crowds promenading Fourteenth street, where they fall into the ever popular drug store of Board & Mc: Guire, .1912% Fourteenth street, o1 elsé you will find them at the busy corner at Ninth and You Streets Two places “where everybody meet: everybody else.” “ FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS. < WC HA Se A 0 A Se A Ae ee ga Mr. C. L. Marshall left December 9, for Richmond,- Va. The services at the M, E. Church were well attended Sunday, Decem- ber 8 Rev. O. C. Sprague, the pas: tor, preached ‘an excellent and in. ‘structive scrmon at 11 A. M. and & P.M. Many visiting friends were present and enjoyed the services. Mr. J. A, Campbell, the superin. tendent of Sunday school, and his as: sistants are making extensive prepa. ration for Christmas. The Epworth League is being de- veloped under the presidency of Mrs Blanche Lewis. The official board held an important meeting December 9. Prayer meetings are held Thurs: day night. | Rev. A, H. Strother and the First baptist Church of North Fairmodn: Heights continue to push their church building operations. Their new church, which is 24 feet wide and 4c feet long, with a front vestibule, 1: weather-boarded, shingled, lathed anc is now ready for the plasterer. A few weeks more will find our good Bap dist friends nicely housed in thei new church, which is a great credit te this beautiful community. The great. missionary Baptis Churches in Washington City maj show their great missionary spirit b; asking their congregations for at aftcr-collection to assist Rey. A. H Strother in his good work of extend ing the borders of the great Mission ary Baptist. Church to Fairmoun Heights, for indeed the Baptist churcl is greatly needed here. ! FALLS CHURCH NOTES. | ; A HE ae ee ge et ae ge pe gy ie oy gy Tie second Sunday meetings at Second Baptist Church were well at- tended. In the morning Rev. E. R. Jackson preached a powerful and in- structive sermon from the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel by St. John on the theme “Knowing God," the basis of the text being in the third verse ol the chapter. This was communion day, and Rev. Jackson served for Rev, Powell, who had to be absent to con- duct the funeral of Mrs, Etta Carpen- ter Randolph, of Halls Hill, At night a “Mothers’ Mecting,” led by Mrs. Susie Campbell, brought out a good crowd, Mrs. Campbell, fol lowed by Rev. Dr. Powell, who made a very strong talk on the duty of mothers, stated the object of — the mecting, and asked for names of those who would join-the movement. Mrs. Columbia D. Scott solicited and re- ported some twenty or more names. Miss K. C. Carter, the public school principal, read a paper filled — with good thought. Mr. Robert Ford ren- dered x solo, and afterwards follow- ed in a duet with his wife, whose lsuperb high soprano voice thrilled the saudience. Mr, Edward Niel — sang with pleasing effect “The Cross is Not Greater Than His Grace.” The or ganization meeting takes place Thurs day afternoon, December 12, Mrs, Cora Strother, who has beer on the sick list for the past two week: istimproving. —_. | Mrs. Lonisa Henderson and he |daughter, Miss Annie, spent th | Thanksgiving holiday with Mrs. How ard E. Young, in Baltimore. Mr. E. B. Henderson presented thi two ministers, Rev. Powell and Rev | Colbert, with a ten pound turkey fo: their Xmas dinner. = | Mrs. E. B. Henderson and her.son ‘| Master Edwin, spent Thanksgivin; | with her mother, Mrs. Merriwether }] in Washington, | Mr. and Mrs, Merritt Sutton enter {tained quite a number of their friend ‘on Sunday afternoon and evenin; a . . ; UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LOCAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE OF THE DISTRICT: OF COLUMBIA, AT HOWARD THEATER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER r4TH, 1912. . * at 8:30 o'clock. ° DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON - National President and Industrial Advocate. © , HON. J. C. NAPIER, - sO Register, U. S. Treasury. : PROF, H. T.-KEELING, W. R SMITH, MAJOR R. R. MORTON. Members, Jeanes Fund Board, who are in the city, are invited to be present ' and speak, : Dr. Charles H. Marshall, Member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, Master of Ceremonies, will introduce the speakers, A Fee of 25 cents will be charged to Defray Expenses. A rare musical program will be rendered by some of the best musical talent, in the city. . Miss Lola Johnson, one of Washington's favorite soprano soloists. Dr. C. Sumner. Wormley, our pleasing barytone. i Miss Edna T. Gordon. x | Miss Mary Europe, our accomplished pianist. jpelestions by Harmonica Quartette and Azalea’ Mandolin and Guitar - Club... Some of the objects of the Negro Business League, is to stimulate business among our people, encourage and patronize our business enter- prises, promote new business enterprises. ‘ “As a body, to petition certain municipal rights and regulations, or pro- , test against certain infringements on our legal rights. . To formulate some plan whereby our boys and girls can be employed. 4\im to teach business principles of discipline, ‘stability and honesty. : “ OFFICERS. - Mr, Daniel Freeman, President; ‘ Mr. A. H. Underdown, Vice President: : Dr. J. H. P. Coleman, Recording Secretary; . Mr, B.-T, Montgomery, Corresponding Secretary; Mr. John H. Lewis, Chaplain; . Miss Georgie Coleman, Sentinel. i BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 7 Mr. W. F. Denny, Chairman. Dr.-A, J. Gwathney, Mr. B. K. Montgomery, Mrs. Quretta Watts, Dr. C. H. Marshall, Mr. R. W. Thompson, * : Mr. 1. E. Williamson, * Mr. J. H. Johnson, sa, Hon, R. H. Terrell, - Miss Rachel Bell, mS Mr. A. N. Scurlock, Miss Georgia Coleman, Mrs. Jeannette B. Thomas, Mrs. Henrietta Davis, : Mr, M. S. Koonce. prior to church services. Rehearsals are now under way for the Christmas concerts at both Sec- ond Baptist and Galloway M. E. Churches, ° The marriage of Miss Eva S. Wil- liams to Mr. John Wiley Branch, of Durham, N. C, took place at 2131 Newport Place, Washington, D. C.,, on Tuesday, December 3, 8 o'clock, P. M. Rev. Dr. W. H. Brooks offi- ‘ciating. The couple left on a wedding trip to Durham, but will make*thcir future home after a short stay in Dur- ham, in North Chatham, Mass. The presents were numerous, the groom Teceiving a gift of one Inindred dol- lars from his employer. Read s ALEXANDRIA NEWS. ¢ x . a RRR RS ROR WM MM AAA RW AAT Elder Sheaf, of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Washington, D, C4 addressed the Epworth League of Roberts Chapel on last Sunday, after- noon. The address was of an excep- tionally high order, and, had the elder spoke even twice as long, the andi- ence would have listened attentively. He_also sang a solo which displayed a rich voice with much volume. Mr. Chas. W. Preston, tle presi- dent of the league, spares neither time nor money in looking ‘around and securing the best for his chapter. He has several well known orators and preachers already booked for the winter season. Mr. John F. Parker, principal of Snowden School, Miss Laura M. Dorsey. of Hallowell School, and Mrs. Susie Pinn are rendering valua- ble assistance in the work of training the children for the Christmas service in the interest of the School Im- provement League, to he at Odd Fel- lows’ Hall on the evening of Friday, December 27. Mrs. Julia Purnell and Miss Carrie Sunby, of Philadelphia, Pa.. were the guests of Mrs. Laura Watson anc Lawyer and| Mrs. T. Montgomery Watson on Sunday. : Mr. Perry Davis. has ‘recoverec ‘from injuries sustained in being run fover by a wagon last week. Mr. Chas, Robinson was re-elected superintendent of Roberts Chapel M E Sunday School Lawyer T N. Watson has returned from Cumberland, Md., where he ha: been attending to some real estate matters for clients. Mr, and Mrs. F. Morris Murray and daughter were in the city Sunday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. M. Mur. ray and family. Buy The Bee at David Wair’s bar. ber shop, 102 North Columbus St., 01 Miss Julia Brown, 200 North Payne Street. m x ¥ WEST WASHINGTON. 5 e z TEE HE ee 0 Hiram Lodge No. 4. FL AL AL ML assembled at Ebenezer A. M_ E. Church, O Street Northwest, on Sun- day evening. and were addressed by er. Dr, Watson. \ large number of the craft and friends were in at- 'tendance, and listened to the excel- lent sermon by the eloquent divine. \t its conclusion Grand Master Weth- erless madé appropriate remarks. The collection was donated to the church. Wm. P, Butler, Wo Master, Wm. Brown, secretary, Excelsior Lodge, Grand United Or- der of Odd Fellows, will have their annual sermon in a celebration Sun- day evening at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, zoth Street Northwest, and it is ex- [nected a large membership, including the District Grand Lodge, will at- tend. Rev. Daniel W. Hays will con- {duct the devotional services. Special music by the choir. Personal. Mr. William Ross, who has been spending the summer at Cumberland Md., on a business trip has returned, looking the picture of health. Mr. J. T, Beason has been clecte¢ choir leader of Berean Baptist Church. Young Men's Protective League Elec! * Officers for 1913. 4 | The annual election of officers of the Y. M. P. League, took place Tues- day evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall. President Aldridge A. Lewis was in the chair. While a_ spirited contest was in evidence, yet it was one of tit smoothest clections of the league, and the four-corner fight failed to materialize. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: J. Stephen Ful- ler, president; Jas. L. Turner, first vice president; Nathaniel Ruffin, sec- ond vice president; A. L. Alexander, financial secretary; Alphonzo Wood- son, assistant financial secretary; Jas. B.° Smith, recording secretary; .R. Smoot, assistant recording secretary; Daniel Freéman, treasurer; W Hamil- ton, sergeant-at-arms; Chas. H. Shor- ter, assistant sergeant-at-arms; Rev. Joseph H. Lee, chaplain. : Embury Chapter of the Epworth League of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, have elected and installed officers for the ensuing year, "of which a full ac- count will appear in our next issue. Mt. Zion M. E. Church Choir Charms 5 Its Hearers. ‘The vested choir of forty voices of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, 29th Street Northwest, rendered one of its best song services on Sunday evening, De- cember 8, before a large and appre- ciative audience. Among the throng were the choir leader and a large num- ber of worshipers from the Dumbar- ton Avenue (white) Church, who were loud in their praise for the choir for ,its chorus work, under the directior of Mr. Jacob E. Jones, with Mr. Louis _N. Brown, organist. Misses Olive Wells, Althea Scott, Maline Thomas Messrs. A. Grant, Gaskins and Jone: need special mention as the soloist: ‘for _the occasion, The program was as follows: Organ Voluntary—Mr. Louis N Brown. i Hymn, Processional—Choir. Apostle. Creed—Congregation, Invocation—Rev. D.W? Hayes, D.D Chorus—“Radiant Moon" (Rev Woddward)— Choir, Solo—"The Way of Peace”—Mis: M__Thamas. Chorus—"The- Lord is Loving Untc Every Man” (Garret)—Chair, _ Sulo—"The Publican"—(Van Wet. ter)—Mr. Grant. Solo and Chorus—“Hark, Hark, My Soul (Shelley)—Miss Wells and Cho. rus, | Chorus—“Fear Not. Oh Israel’ (Spiaker)—Choir. Duet and Chorus—“I Waited’ for the Lord” (Mendelssohn) — Misse: Thomas and Scott and Choir. Solo, Selected—Miss Olive Wells. Solo and Chorus, Gallia (Gounod) Miss Scott and Choir. Dovology and Benediction. Mr. Jacob E, Jones, {irector Mr, Louis N. Brown, organist. Rev. Daniel W. Hayes. D. D.. pas: tor, 7 The Christian Endeavor Society o' the First Baptist. Church® of Wes' Washington held another wide awake meeting on last Sunday at 6 P. M The meeting was led by Mr. Jos. N Lawson. ‘The society is doing gon work in assisting the needy in it: community and co-operating with th church in teaching the principles o Christianity. The president, Mr. Geo aA. Parker, has been elected delegate to represent the society in the C. E - convention in Los Angeles néxt July | Mr. H. B. Gee is elected alternate . The pastor, Rey, E. E. Ricks, is very | much interested in the C. 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Wanted—Several apprentice girls to learn. Dressmaking, Ladies’ and [ Geats: Tailoring. Good pay while learning. Apply Mrs. R. L. Pannell, 403 Florida Avenue Northwest, City. ere Tusth’s Old Stand Wanted—Apprentices. Burying a Water Supply. Burying a Water Supply. Most rodents are provident creatures and store a supply of food for winter use. The Egyptian jerboa, which is a kind of jumping mouse, is quite as thrifty as the rest of its race, but it is singular in this—that it stores up not food, but water. The jerboa is found generally in arid regions, in which the dry season lasts six months, during which time not even a drop of dew falls. In these places, however, there grows, just at the close of the rainy season, a bitter but extremely juicy melon. As soon as it is ripe the jerboa gnaws through its stem, digs away the earth beneath it and lets it drop into the hole thus formed. The wind soon covers it with sand, which not only conceals it, but also protects it from the heat. On the coming of the drought the jerboa seeks out one after another of the e natural water barrels and slakes its thirst at them until the rainy season sets in once more. As the jerboa lays up a supply of from forty to fifty melons, there is no danger of its store of water running short. How Mark Twain Introduced Himself. "Ladies and Gentlemen—By the request of the chairman of the committee I beg leave to introduce to you the reader of the evening, a gentleman whose great learning, whose historical accuracy, whose devotion to science and whose veneration for the truth are only equaled by his moral character and his majestic presence. I allude, in these vague and general terms, to myself. I am a little opposed to the custom of ceremoniously introducing a reader to the audience, because it seems unnecessary where the man has been properly advertised. But, as it is the custom, I prefer to make it myself—in my own case—and then I can rely on getting in all the facts! I never had but one introduction that seemed to me just the thing, and the gentleman was not acquainted with me, and there was no nonsense. He said: "Ladies and Gentlemen—I shall waste no time in this introduction. I know of only two facts about this man—first, he never has been in state prison, and, second, I can't imagine why!" The Brigand Chief Not many years ago the highways of Mexico and especially that of Guadalajara, were infested with burglaries, who usually stopped all travelers whom they met. Whenever a conveyance entered the capital with the curtain removed it was taken for granted that the victim of the brigands had taken them to use as a substitute for his own garments of which he had been deprived. The situation at length became unbearable, and, a daring robbery having been committed, the authorities sent out troops to pursue the malefactors. The leader of the gang was captured, bound, placed on a mule and escorted to the city. The president sent for the chief of police. He was not forthcoming. "Does any one know where he is to be found?" asked the president. "Why, yes, sir," the men replied in chorus; "he is on the mule!" Goldsmith's Showy Clothes Goldsmith's Showy Clothes. Goldsmith was ludicrously fond of showy clothes. When he sought to take orders in Ireland he tried to dangle his bishop by a pair of scarred breeches. While studying medicine in Edinburgh he wore "nich sky blue satin," "the sky blue sunshade" and silver hat lace. Before Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick he strung about bragging of his bloom covered coat, and when his reputation had been made by his two principal poets he blazed forth in purple silk small clothes, a scarlet greatcoat and a physician's wg. He caused a gold headed cane, and a sword hung by his side, a weapon so disproportioned to his diminutive stature that a corroxion who passed him in the Strand called out to his companion to "look at that dry with a long pin stuck through it." An Omitted Story The reminiscences of the late Monton Prior, the English artist war correspondent, do not contain, for obvious reasons, perhaps the best story told of that irrepressible little man. At a dinner given to Mr. Prior the chairman, Sir Evelyn Wood, who was seated next to the guest of the evening, commenced his speech thusty: "Our honored guest, Mr. Prior, has been in twenty-one engagements." Prior, prompting, "Twenty-two, my lord, twenty-two." Sir Evelyn continued, "In twenty-two engagements and has never seen a shot fired!" The Lava Lake of Hawaii One of the large volcanoes in Hawaii has a large lake of liquid lava in its crater or hollow. This seething, boiling mass looks like redhot bottle glass to the naked eye, but under the microscope pieces of the original rock of very minute size may be detected. Where it has cooled in curious festoon along the "coast" it resembles mag from some mammoth furrage. Bears a Boomerang. "My wife made me promise to quit smoking, before she would marry me," remarked Mr. Meekton "And now?" "I'm doing my very best to get her to promise not to begin." — Washington Star. Its Only Use. Grinder-I see that a fellow over in England has invented a wire netting guard that will prevent automobiles from spattering mud on pedestrians. Grouch-But what's mud for?—Cleveland Plain, Dealer. If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small—Book of Proverbs. MANY GOVERNORS DENOUNGEBLEASE AND THEN COMES UPROAR His Views on Lynching Stirrs Conference of Governors—Mixed Marriages Denounced. A sweeping resolution, repudiating the remarks of Governor Cole ... Bleas, of South Carolina, in support of lynch law, in which he said "to it—with the constitution," was adopted by the governors' conference in Washington by a vote of 14 to 4. Governor Blease, defending himself, snapped his fingers in the faces of the other governors and declared that he cared not one whit what the conference did or left undone. "Four times has my life been threatened for my utterances," declared Governor Blease. "I was quoted as saying to h— with the constitution. I say now to all the governors of all the states and all the people of the United States what I said then." The conference hall was thrown into an uproar. Governors of Alabama, Wyoming, Missouri, New York, Maryland and Wisconsin denounced the South Carolinian in strong terms for his utterances. Governors of North Carolina, Arkansas, Connecticut and Idaho voted against the resolution. "I hold in my hand," said Governor Missae when he rose to defend him self, "the fourth letter threatening my life which I have just received. It was handed me just now by some one I did not know and it was addressed me, in the care of the governor of Virginia. "I know nothing of the letter, sir," referred Governor Mann, of Virginia. "I never heard of it before; I did not receive it; I know nothing of its con- tents." "It doesn't matter," continued Governor Blease. "I speak nobody's opinion but my own. The newspaper headlines have misrepresented me. When I spoke of the marriage of Jack Johnson, in Chicago, I did not say he would be lynched in South Carolina. I did say that the laws of my state forbade the marriage, and I did say that I did not know, if the marriage had been performed in South Carolina, whether the law protecting him would have been possible of enforcement or not. "Long after many of you gentlemen are resting in the retired shades of private life, I will be reaping the rewards of public service. Long after you good governors are no longer governors, the white women of South Carolina will pray for me with their arms around their girls, and will arise from their knees to kiss their husbands and beg them to go to the ballot box and vote for Blease to protect them from their daily terror." A faint round of applause rippled over the conference hall, succeeded by a storm of hisses. A dozen governors, thinking the South Carolinian had ended, clamored for recognition. But he held the floor and smiled at the turmoil. "What care I for your hisses?" he shouted, shaking his clenched fist at the chairman and turning to face his colleagues. "Hiss if you must! Only makes and geese hiss." Again his voice was drowned in the storm. When the vigorous rapping of the chairman had brought order he continued: "You are making yourselves ridiculous in the eyes of the nation. Why do you have to declare against mob law? They ought to know you back in your homes. They ought to meet you each one at the railroad station with a brass band and say, 'Governor, we're glad you did not endorse the utterances of that South Carolinian.'" "When I said I never would order out the militia to protect the negro brute who laid his descrating hand upon a white woman I spoke the truth. I say it now again. That is my position, gentlemen, and if you don't agree with me, in the words of the great Virginia, 'Go to it!'" The four governors who voted against the resolution declared emphatically that they opposed mob violence. They voted in the negative, they said, because they thought they would exceed the rights of the conference and violate the courtesy due a colleague should they vote to reprimand him. The governers showed their disapproval of the Johnson-Cameron wedding in Chicago by openly advocating stringent miscognition laws for their several states, or by upholding the act if it was on their statute books. Open Fireplace Fatal to Smoke The little three-year-old daughter of Robert Stone, of Skeetrock, near Cape Charles, Va., was burned to death while standing about the fire in an old-fashioned fireplace. The blaze from the wood sticks caught her clothing and she was enveloped in flames and almost burned to a crisp before being discovered. Corn Yield of 182 Bushels I. S. Long, of near Richland, Pa. book from eighty and three-quarter acres of land 214 four-horse loads of corn, each containing fifty bushels, or 10,700 bushels, which was at the rate of 133 bushels per acre. National Religious Training School The image shows a serene landscape with a large building in the center, surrounded by trees and open fields. The building appears to be a school or a community center, with a prominent lighthouse on its roof. The surrounding area is relatively empty, with no visible people or vehicles. The sky is overcast, suggesting a cloudy day. Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation. 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. 4. Literary Department. 5. Department of Music. Household 7th a WHEN IN DOUBLE Household of all kinds and description, House to visit. There is no other where the people can house that will HOWARD Stephen M. Newman. Located in the Capital of the Campus of over twenty acres. M equipment. New Carnegie Library Faculty of one hundred, 1,499 stud States and eight other countries. support. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENTIFIC AND ENG THE TEACHERS COLLEGE. THE COMMER SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS COURSES IN MUSIC House & Farm 7th and Eyre WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT YOUR Household Furniture and description, House and Herring There is no other house of its kind where the people can be satisfied. The house that will satisfy you. ARD UNIV. Stephen M. Newman. A. M., D. D., Ph. in the Capital of the Nation. Advantage over twenty acres. Modern scientific new Carnegie Library Building. New hundred. 1,499 students last year in other countries. Unusual oppor- tions of ARTS AND SCIENCES WIDE Scientific AND ENGNEERING CO. ERS COLLEGE. THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. MANUAL ARTS AND APPLI- MUSIC PROFESSION House & Herrmann 7th and Eye Sts., N. W of all kinds and description, House and Herrmann is the place to visit. There is no other house of its kind in the city where the people can be satisfied. This is house that will satisfy you. Stephen M. Newman, A. M., P. D., President. Located in the Capital of the Nation. Advantages unsurpassed. Campus of over twenty acres. Modern scientific and general equipment. New Carnegie Library Building. New Science Hall. Faculty of one hundred. 1,409 students last year from thirty-seven States and eight other countries. Unusual opportunities for self-support. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES With CLASSICAL, SGIENTIFIC AND ENGNEERING COURSES. THE TEACHERS COLLEGE. THE ACADEMY. SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES. COURSES IN MUSIC PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTIC, Knights Of A National Negro Secret Society Cha- by Congress and Approved by the It proposes to uplift the race a lines, to be the largest association of lish subordinate lodges in every village holding a convention in Washington, I. Inauguration. It pays sick benefits ranging from $100 to $1,000 at death. Joining fee Good organizers wanted everyw $100 per month salary. For further information, address F St., N. W., Washington, D. C. L. Bruce Evans, G. S. L. G., Miss Henri Carts Of Malt The Secret Society Chartered Under the and Approved by the President of the to uplift the race along moral, soo largest association of its kind in the w lodges in every village, hamlet and to tion in Washington, D. C., during the e benefits ranging from $2.50 to $6.00, po de death. Joining fee from $2.50 to $5.25 izers wanted everywhere, and are asso salary. information, address Supreme Lodge Washington, D. C. L. Melendez King, S. S. L. G., Miss Henrietta Vinton Davi MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTIC, AND DENTAL COLLEGES Knights Of Malachites A National Negro Secret Society Chartered Under the Laws as Enacted By Congress and Approved by the President of the United States. It proposes to uplift the race along moral, social and industrial lines, to be the largest association of its kind in the world, and to establish subordinate lodges in every village, hamlet and town, however small, holding a convention in Washington, D. C., during the coming Presidential Inauguration. It pays sick benefits ranging from $2.50 to $6.00 per week, and from $100 to $1,000 at death. Joining fee from $2.50 to $5.25. Good organizers wanted everywhere, and are assured from $50 to $100 per month salary. For further information, address Supreme Lodge of Malachites, 609 F St., N. W., Washington, D. C. L. Melendez King, G. S. G., Dr. W. Bruce Evans, G. S. L. G., Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, G. L. DAMAGING TRUTH. Depositors in the Savings Banks of District of Columbia Behind-What the Negro is Doing With His Money. I fear, damaging truth, which perhaps has been entirely lost sight of by many, and even now when mentioned will be discredited by not a few. In an editorial of the Washington Herald for November 14th, 1912, the give effect to those charms that are her defense. I disclaim any intention to assail the women, but I want to remind them that they, as well as the men, are conservators of the strength and usefulness of the Negro race, so that whenever an accounting is asked for the productive qualities of the race may be exhibited in things better than transitory combinations. The proximate cause of all social progress is human want. Want can never be totally annihilated, and it would be fatal to do so, but it can be regulated. It must be if this race is ever to attain its ideal. We are poor today because we have never learned to do without things. We ought to be ashamed to leave to the inheritance of posterity only a pitiable dependence upon the mercies of others. Hundred- --- --- THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL training of young men and women in successful operation. Training. This department is of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Deaconesses, and for Home and & Her and Eye Sts., N T ABOUT YOUR Furniture He and Herrmann is the place house of its kind in the city be satisfied. This is I satisfy you. UNIVERSITY A. M., D. D., President. Nation. Advantages unsurpassed. Modern scientific and general Building. New Science Hall. ents last year from thirty-seven Unusual opportunities for self- SCIENCES With CLASSICAL, MEERING COURSES. THE ACADEMY. SIAL COLLEGE. AND APPLIED SCIENCES. PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL OF LAW. AND DENTAL COLLEGES. Malachites Ordered Under the Laws as Enacted President of the United States. long moral, social and industrial its kind in the world, and to estab- be, hamlet and town, however small, D. C., during the coming Presidential $2.50 to $6.00, per week, and from $2.50 to $5.25. here, and are assured from $50 to Supreme Lodge of Malachites, 609 Melendez King, G. S. G., Dr. W. Betta Vinton Davis, G. L. dollar wardrobes on fifty-dollar salaris, trips abroad when the taxes on the home are not paid; sea-shore excursions when in truth a street car ride can hardly be afforded, and much other such vain Tomfoolery is the cause of this "hand to mouth" living. The savings of all Negroes, with very rare exceptions, are invested in one of two ways: (1) in sensual pleasures, i.e., in ornament to adorn the person or entertainment and amusement, which when carried beyond a comparative necessity subverts the very purpose for which assets are acquired, or (2) in real estate, a non-liquid asset in a critical time. In other words, we are the borrowers, and not the lenders, of money. In the time of financial stress, we can only obtain money at the very highest allowable rate of interest, no matter what the security may be. Not until the Negro becomes so essential to the commercial life of America that he can be reckoned a lender, as well as a borrower, of money, will he be in a position to demand that of which he now complains as social and political injustice. And the solution to the problem lies in the fact of having liquid—"the medium of exchange"—as well as stable assets. Yours very respectfully, AL. A. ANDREWS, L.L.B., 1453 Corcoran St. N. W. DURHAM, N. C. There are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 1, 1912. For further information and catalogue, address Beautiful Lounges Morris Chairs Writing Desks Music Boxes Beds Fine Bedsteads and Mattresses If you want a first-class Bed-room suite, call after you have been elsewhere HAMPTON BEATS LINCOLN Meeting the heavier Lincoln University. team with a fierce, swift and varied attack, the Hampton Institute team won from her northern rivals by a score of 10 to 6, on the grounds of the Institute last Saturday. Hampton's backs and ends by speed circled Lincoln's ends for good gains, and Bender negotiated several successful passes that soon had Lincoln's defense up in the air. Early in the first quarter Bender shot a pass to Jones on Hampton's left end, who after a brilliant run of 45 yards scored the first touchdown of the game. Bender kicked goal. Soon in the second quarter Hampton's team worked into favorable position and Bender's toe put a field goal for a count of 3 to his team's credit. Wheaton seemed to be the only ground gainer for Lincoln, and after a steady plugging fight off tackles, Wheaton was sent over for a touchdown. Collins missed goal. This was in the fourth quarter, and thereafter Hampton prevented scoring. The quaker school was weak in intercepting forward passes, and did not vary her attack enough to scatter the opponents defense. Twice on defense, Lincoln showed admirable gameness by holding Hampton for downs almost on her goal line. By opening the play in the fourth quarter, Lincoln played her best game, and looked dangerous, but the time was too far spent to overcome the defense and confidence of the Virginians. A record crowd attended on a faultless football day. Summary. Touchdowns — Jones, Hampton; Wheaton, Lincoln; field goal, Bender; goal after touchdown, Bender. Officials: M. P. Robinson, referee; E. B. Henderson, umpire; M. Coppage, linesman. Score, Hampton, 10; Lincoln, 6. Music Among the Negritos. the music and dancing of the Negritos are especially interesting. Many of them know how to make and to play both the bamboo nose flute and a kind of jewsharp made from bamboo. Some of them use crude stringed instruments fashioned from single joints of bamboo, the strings being cut from the outer layer of wood, to which their end remain attached, and being raised up by means of bridges. The distribution of the several kinds of musical instruments above mentioned is more or less local, but the bronze totom or "ganza" is in universal use, although some Negritos play it with a drumstick while others beat it with their hands. Many of their dances are pantomime. Their singing is often weird in the extreme. It would be idle to describe it Only phonographic records could do it partial justice. — National Geographic Magazine. When Richard Brinsley Sheridan was in distress in early life one of his recourses was that of writing for the fugitive publications of the day, in which he was materially assisted by his wife, and many years after his entrance into the sphere of politics he was heard to say that "if he had stuck to law he believed he should have done as much as his friend Tom Erskine; but," continued he, "I had no time for such studies. "Mrs. Sheridan and myself were often obliged to keep writing for our daily leg or shoulder of mutton; other wise we should have had no dinner." One of his friends, with whom he conversed thus, wittyly replied, "Then I perceive it was a joint concern." PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD. Anecdote of Sheridan. Durham, N. C. What Is the Answer? It happened during the construction of one of Kansas City's skyscrapers. The noon whistle blew, and a plasterer, working on the floor above that on which he had left his street clothes, wanted some change from his pocket-book and ordered his tender to go and get it. The tender paused. "Look hyah, Mistah Jim," he objected, "if somebody has already stole yo' money an' I comes back hyah an' tells you dat it's gone yo' is gwine to say I tuk it." Although struck by the seeming justice of the objection, the plasterer was impatient. "What's the matter with you?" he ejaculated. "Nobody has stolen my money. You go ahead, and if the money is gone I won't blame you." The tender departed, to return in a few minutes and stand just inside the door. "Well," said the plasterer point edly. The tender shuffled his feet, wide eyed and innocent. "It's Jes' like, I tole yo', boss, Jes' like I tole yo'. Somebody done robbed yo'. Dey wuzn' a cent in dem clothes."—Kansas City Star. A recent English traveler in Baluchistan had from a holy man in that country a story about Moses which does not appear in the Scriptures, yet which has its pertinence to this matter of politicians proposing to do away with all the evils of the human lot, says the Century Magazine. The patriarch was sitting in his house very sad, and the Lord said to him, "Prophet Moses, why art thou cast down?" "Alas," said he, "I see so many people sorrowful. Some are unclothed, and some are hungry. I pray these make all happy and contented." The Lord promised it should be so. "But soon Moses was again disconsolate, and once more the Lord asked the cause." "Lord," cried the prophet, "the upper story of my house has fallen down, and nobody will come to mend it; they are all too busy enjoying themselves." "But what am I to do?" "Lord; make the people as they were before!" vier to the effect that, given a single bone, he could reconstruct the animal to which it belonged. That a somewhat similar law of organization runs through the various species that form families in the animal world is indicated by a qualit case of scientific prediction to which attention has again lately been called. It appears that Ehrenberg; when engaged in a study of the minute animals called distoms found that many species were distinguished by the number of rays they possessed. In the series of specimens that he had, however, he could and none having, respectively, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-two, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-eight and forty-nine rays. Still, he predicted that the missing species would some day turn up. This prediction has already been verified, for ten of them have since been discovered, leaving only three to be accounted for.—Chicago Record-Herald. Miss Maude Annesley in her book, "My Parisian Year," tells an excellent story to illustrate the way French restaurant keepers try to "do" the traveling Englishman. She once went to a very well known restaurant with an Englishman who had lived nearly all his life in France. He wished to give a dinner for eight. He studied the menu, decided on what he wanted and then asked the price per head. "Forty-five francs, monsieur," said the maître d'hôtel. Miss Annesley's friend looked steadily at him and remarked, "I am French!" The maître d'hôtel pretended to make another addition, then said, "Well, monsleur, we will do it for 40 francs!" The other replied calmly, "I am still French!" "Thirty-five francs, then," said the maître d'hotel. "I have not changed my nationality." The retort, and Miss Annesley says that the price finally paid was only 24 francs per head. A Quaint Oriental Story. A Knowing One. James H Winslow UNDERTAKER AND EMBLAMER K-FIRST CLASS. 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"The dragon," says the same author, "is the very largest of serpents and inhabits especially India and Ethiopia. When he files out of the caverns in which he makes his home he furrows the air with such violence as to make it gleam with fire. His mouth is small, and he has not the power to inflict deadly wounds with his teeth. In his tail, however, his power lies, and with it he can instantly strangle the largest elephant." With his left hand he took pipe and tobacco from his pocket, and with his right hand he felt for a match. He had none. His fellow idler at the other end of the park bench gave him a match and then let his own cigar go out in his astonishment at seeing his left handed neighbor light his pipe with his right hand. "That's funny," said he. "You are just about the most confirmed left hand I ever met, yet for that little trick you use your right hand as it born to it." "All left handed people do," was the reply. "Just think over the list of your smoking acquaintances and see if you ever knew one who lit his pipe with his left hand. I'll bet you didn't. I never did, and I have numbered among my pipe loving friends several men whose right hand seemed nearly helpless for everything else."—New York Press If there was a tunnel through the center of the earth and an iron ball was dropped into it where would the ball come to rest? Unless it was retarded by the resistance of the air the ball would go through to the other side and then fall back to its starting point, repeating this operation forever. If retarded by the resistance of the air it would ultimately come to rest at the center of the earth. The distinction between a good preacher and a bad preacher has not changed much since Archbishop Whately declared that "a good preacher preached because he had something to say and a bad preacher because he had to say something." Pure Malice. "The boys in my neighborhood broke a window last night." 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MILTON WALDRON National Organizer and Chairman Campaign Committee. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Lewis Building—6th St. and Louisiana Ave., N. W. Telephone Main 7678. WASHINGTON, D. C. We have made a good beginning in establishing permanent headquarters of our League in this city with a view to keeping the League intact, and using it for the protection of the race, and of those who are members of the League, or who may become members. Twenty-three men have already joined and have promised to pay one dollar a month towards the $75 a month needed for rent, light, telephone service, janitor service, and clerk hire. Our League means to be, vigilant, active and persistent in pushing the interests of its members first, and those of the race next. We mean to see to it that the members of the race who are now in the employ of the Government are retained as far as possible, and those members who are not in the employ of the Government, but desire positions, we shall do all in our power to help them get these positions. We feel that we can do considerable along this line since the Democratic party has acknowledged the good work of the League in helping to make its recent victory such an enormous one, and they have promised to give the League and its National Organizer due consideration when it comes to distributing patronage, and to defer judgment when it comes to enacting laws which deal directly with our people. We shall be very glad to have you become a member of our League and contribute your dollar along with the rest of us to keep the League going and at work for the good of its members and colored Americans in general. Should you not have the time to attend the meetings of the League your name and address can be enrolled and your monthly dues sent through the mail, and if for any reason you do not desire to have it known that you are a member of the League, that matter can be arranged, and your membership known only to the President and Secretary of the League, and you will, at the same time, participate in all the benefits which any other member is entitled to. The time has come for manly, independent, and intelligent men to stand together, and to stand for each other, and we want you to become a member of our Organization and help us in the fight we are making for each other, and for our people. The next meeting of our League will be held at the Headquarters, the Lewis Building, corner 6th Street and Louisiana Avenue, N W., at 7:30 P. M., Friday, November 22d, 1912. Either come and bring your monthly dues, or send your name, address, and dues to me through the mail, and you will be enrolled as a member, and you will have behind you (whenever you need it) the help of the officers and members of the League. Our Watch Word—"Equal Rights and Opportunities for all American Citizens." Our Mission—"The Political Emancipation of the Colored Man of America." The Bee For 1913 NOW IS YOUR CHANCE FOR A GREAT PAPER. A TRUE EXPOUNDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTY. ONE DOLLAR FOR THE YEAR 1913. IF YOU SUBSCRIBE NOW AND PAY UP ARREARS. From this date until December 31st, the management of The Bee Newspaper Company will send to all subscribers in the United States THE WASHINGTON BEE, the oldest political journal in this country, for one year, or the year 1913, beginning the first week in January, 1913, to December 31, 1913, for ONE DOLLAR, to all new subscribers. 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Financial Secretary, He Int, Capt. W. T. West Virginia. Eleans, La. Ass't Fin. Sec'y, Hon. Int, Dr. C. E. Bent-Mississippi. NATIONAL INDEPENDENT POLITICAL LEADER During the National American Political Leaf Insurer Asst. National C ILKERSON J. M. SUMMER Boston, Mass. Xenia, OH DR. J. MILTON WALDRON Organizer and Chairman Campaign Com NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Building—6th St. and Louisiana Ave., N. Telephone Main 7678. WASHINGTON, D. C. November PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. made a good beginning in establishing public League in this city with a view to keep it for the protection of the race, and of league, or who may become members. Men have already joined and have promised towards the $75 a month needed for rent, service, and clerk hire. Our League means in pushing the interests of its members. Rece to it that the members of the race with the Government are retained as far as possible, not in the employ of the Government, but all in our power to help them get these benefits can do considerable along this line we acknowledged the good work of the League victory such an enormous one, and they use and its National Organizer due to distributing patronage, and to defer judgments which deal directly with our people. Every glad to have you become a member your dollar along with the rest of us to keep for the good of its members and color, you not have the time to attend the race and address can be enrolled and your name and if for any reason you do not desire the member of the League, that matter can be known only to the President and S. Will, at the same time, participate in all the rer is entitled to. Us come for manly, independent, and invited to stand for each other, and we want Organization and help us in the fight we for our people. 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A colored man by the name of Charles Harris, over 60 years of age, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a Seattle, Washington, jury. He was given life sentence. The Seattle Republican claims that the late C. H. J. Taylor was the Negro Moses under the Cleveland administration, and Bishop Alex. Waters will be the Negro Moses under the Wilson administration. Negro democracy is very much divided on this proposition. Rev. L. C. Moore, and Mr. Charles C. Curtis are not saying very much these days. They are living in clover now, and hope to keep the field well replenished under the new administration. Public Printer Donnelly will correct any wrong that may be inflicted upon the colored employees in his office. He has been extremely fair toward the colored people. There has been formed in Mound Bayou, Miss., by the colored citizens, a new cotton seed oil mill, which was opened the 25th of last month. Mail en route to Gadsden and Rome, Ga., worth $10,000 has been lost. 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Dones 4o1 Central Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. al-ra-at National Committeeman Costello is a level headed man, and should be congratulated for the manner ijn which he has conducted himself since his selection as National Committeeman of the Democratic party of the Dis- trict of Columbia. nw ee % Ga wee a ae Goard of Education of the District of Columbia, Washington, December Ay 1912. t The Board of Examiners -for col- ored schools will hold examinations at Franklin School on December 19 and 20, to secure lists of eligibles in all High Schools subjects (except mathematics and physics), and in the -following subjects for + yocational schoo!- 3 (1) Dressmaking. (2) Millinery. (3) Printing. (4) Brick and Stone Masonry. (5) Plastering. (6) Sign Painting For particulars apply at the office of A. HL Glenn, secretary, Franklin School Building. WILLIAM -M. DAVIDSON, Choral Seciety—True Reformers. The True Refarmer Choral Society of Washington, D. C. Division No. 1, female veices, will give a song ser- vice, consisting of light two-part songs and other secular mumbers, as- sisted by two cornetists, on Sunday, December fs. 1912, at 3,30 o'clock, in the afternoon, in the main auditorium of the True Reformer Hall, 12th and U Streets Northwest. The public is cordially invited to attend this ser- vice. Special numbers will be ren- dered hy local talent. * This society has been organized less than ten uceks, and is growing rap- ‘idly. Division No. 2, male voices, will be organized, and begin rehearsals in January, 1913. Any person who de- sires‘to join may do so by applying tc the director or one of the officers o1 members of the society, Chief. Mrs. S_F. Lewis; honorary president, Miss Lula Burnett: acting president, Miss .\. Merrick; secretary Prof. Wellington A. Adam, director. d-7-1- ASST. REGISTER HONORED | A Brilliant Affair at Y. M. C. A. Prof. J. P. Strickland, of Argenta, Arkansas, assistant registc. of ‘the United States Treasury. was the guest of hénor Friday night at a com- plimentary dinner tendered by the Arkansans of Washington, D. C., at the Twellth Street Branch of the Young Men's Christian .\ssociation. Covers were Jaid for forty, the par- ticinants being mainly young men fram Arkansas. The program included remarks by W. F. Turner.:vice president of the Arkansans: M. F. Harris, W. E. King; violin solo, E. O. Cox; Lewis E. John- son, secretary of the Twelfth Strect Branch, Y. M. C, -A.: R. W. _Thomp- son; piano selections, J. N. Donohoe and M. S. Caver. Mr. Strickland. m_ closing the speech-making, testified his belief in the ultimate rise of the colored race through habits of thrift, frugality and industry and fidelity to every obliga- tion. The officers and members of the Arkansans are: M. F. Harris, presi dent; W. F._ Turner, vice president: E, W. Harrison, secretary; H. H Rhinehart, assistant secretary; J. 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(By EB. Henderson, Physieal Di- rector High Schools) Tector Pgh Schools) | Left. End—Campbell Johnson, M Street High School . Left Tackle—Fred = Randall, M Street High School. Leit Guard—Frank Jenifer, Arm- streng Manual Training School, Center—James Brown, M_ Street High School. * | Right Guard—DeWitt Jones, M Street High School, Right Tackle—Walter Smith, Arm: strong Manual Training School. _ Right_End—Thomas Johnson, Arni: strong Manual Training School. Left Half Back—John Rector, M Street High School. Right Half Back—James Burwell Armstrong Manual Training School: Full Back—John Talbert, M Stree High School. : Quarter Back—Vernon Green, Street High School. Aided in advice by many’ capabl + 3 ae Ow UN: CK he M. HENNESSY WANTED. P #3 a . ; Sc aa F ST., COR 9TH: no . : . . I Wait and, Sce. n= . ; . , .c “eo. - . = ’ 7. WATCH THIS SPACE © 7 . 4 . for.” ‘= . : ly "HOLIDAY JEWELRY. aah . : ; : _ The Most Reasonable in the City. = = 4 NEW YORK CANDY KITCHEN 1506 7th St. N. 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C. critics, the writer selects the above team as the best team that could have represented the local high schools upon the gridiron this year The eleven is truly mythical and were the above named combination to play a game of football, just now it is doubtful if the team would put up ay good a game as did cither one of the clevens as now . composed, hut it is the belief of the writer that with some time to practice and be- come: ysed to team work, this eleven could defeat cither M Street or Arm- strong team as lined up during the past season M Strect had the hardest season and came out most ereditably, with a string of victories-and the champion- tship of the Middle Atlantic scholastic | series. Even with its success only in one game did the team do itself jus- Itice, and that was the game at Storer. | where it outplayed and outweighed ta mixture of brains and football gave the team ay earned victory. * Armstrong was unfortunate enone to find conditions such that the best that there was in the team wap net developed. “The material was good, and deserved better Iuck than fell te hits lot. Injuries played havoe with the squad and a coterie oi coaches teaching different systems were large: ly responsible for the dack of consis: tent team work in the games of the f season. |. For consistent effort three player: in particular stood out in relief Green, Rector, and Brown. At ne part of the season did these player: diag. The same steadiness of purpos in training and in the games wha: {marked, and noteworthy. Green wa: the coolest and most heady quarter Thack that the high schools have seer in many a day; his condition wa: perfect: he had plenty of nerve unde: trying circumstances; his kicking |punt receiving, and passing. forwar of the ball was good. Rector mad ‘lup in dash and nerve what he lacke: in beef and brawn. His gains wer sure and as a receiver of the pass h -rexcelled. Brown clearly is the mos oe adel eon. ne Slees viata aie nGe side mba MRE SS oe active anl best center that M Street has had in recent years, and but for systematic hard Iuck would always he in the lime-light We van hardly comment on Fred. Randall. tis work as a player is too evident. No tackle in recent years has been his equal, and to our mind he felt Ris superiority so much or his opponents’ weakness so much that his play at times seemed careless. In the Armstrong game he was, at his best. He ‘seemed everywhere ‘His tackles were hard. and the opponents always dented the grounds when properly tackled by this giant. [f he does not go to college and make good in hiscfirst year the writer will be much disappointed. Jenifer’ was injured and although the best player on his line, he did not work enough to ‘give a true idea of his worth: Walter Smith. of Armstrong. iv the most persistent and probably most earnest worker at either school. Hi. work this year was good and will be a great deal better next year — Bur- well, as an individual, played a great game, but slow interference and for the general reasons given above. thi- athlete has not had the chance to de. velop iully the sterling attributes he Possesses as-a backtield man. John son, an M‘Street. was a good, hare working player, but illness preventec an exhibition of his true form. whil Jahnson, of Armstrong, had to work in the backtield, yet on end he woulc have been better than the other end: used inf that position this year Tal bert. of M Street, played bis best ir the Armstrong game. Asa player o repute, so much is expected of hin that wheh he does not show up te form, he looks bad. He is easily th best half in the schools. but a lack o systematic practice and not being ir - the best of condition had much to de with his only fair showing in one o | the games of the season. We have t / admit however, that his worst is a | good as the best. . The teams in the’ Eleventh an . Twelfth Divisions are advancing to - wards the division championship Ganies are taking place daily, and the teams of class are making the fact evident. The last, three games play- ed have resulted in victories for Cook lightweight team in the trth divis- fon and Simmons and Jones light- Weight teams in the 12th division. The Cook vs. Langston, and Jones vs. Banneker School games were walk: overs for the conquerors. Simmons and) Douglass were more evenly matched as a score of 4 to 2 testifies. Military Road School and Cook |School heavyweight teams, and Bruce lightweight, teanr lost by for- felt to their opponents in the rth | division. a Morris, of Cook school proved the star of the “Cook-Langston game, which resulted in a score of 28 tu 2 in favor of Cook. The boys from Langston kept the ball moving al- ways around their goal and soon ‘an intercepted pass cleared the way for another Cook tally. Langston was j totally ‘outclassed but kept trying. To the credit of the school man- agement Danneker put forth a light- weight team although there was no material on hand that warranted even the chance of a second rate team. This sort of thing is what makes for good sport. Jones boys simply romped away with the game for a to- tal count of 32 points to o. Balti- | miore and Hart got away with individ- {ual honors, getting away with 13 bas- kets between them, The team must jhustle that beats this aggregation in the wind-up. | (To be continued) F BISHOP WALTERS. Bishop Alexander Walters deliver- ed an excellent speech before the Bethel Literary last Tuesday evening. There never was a president more popular and competent than the pres- ent presiding officer of the literary. He is a scholarly gentleman. Death of Dr. Crum. Dr. Crum, Minister to-Liberia, died recently at- his home at Charleston, ‘S.C. after his return to this country from Liberia. President Taft will ame his successor. - WW. V. Cox. | Mr. W. V. Cox, president of the Second National Rank, will no doubt be the treasurer of the-inaugural cele- ‘bratiun. Mr. Cox is a man of broad experience and popular with the peo- ple. . : Rev. G. L, White. The new pastor at the Metropolitan Methodist Church is a wide-awake man and a first-class pulpit orator. The people in the Southwest are pleased with him. Prof.” Newman, Ricks and Bowie are the pillars of the church, and will- no doubt give the new minister their support. Sinclair Candidacy a Joke. ! The people in’ this city regard the candidacy of Lipscomb Sinclair for Commissioner a joke.