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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. XXXIV, NO. 5 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1913 MR. TYLER IN DIXIE PROGRESS MADE BY NEGROES IN THE SOUTH First of a series of Letters by Ralph W. Tyler, Telling of the Wonderful Progress Southern Negroes are Making By Ralph W. Tyler. GREENWOOD, Ala.—What I have seen in the way of material progress among the Negroes, on this, my first trip into the South, has been a revelation and an inspiration. I have been greatly impressed, contrary to my early teaching and belief, with the fact that for the average Negro the South offers the best assurance of steady employment unhampered by labor unions, and that for the Negro above the average the South offers the best opportunity for the accumulation of wealth. It is true race discrimination is overly healthy down here; that some rights are restricted and many privileges denied. I do not for a moment condone this restriction of rights or excuse this denial of privileges—both constitute a blot on the pages of American history. However, I recall that in many of the boasted free cities of the North certain rights are but niggardly granted, many privileges are denied, labor is scarce, for the Negro, and accumulation of wealth is practically a white man's monopoly. We enjoy some rights, and a few privileges up there which our brothers in the South are denied. They enjoy a monopoly of labor and an unrestricted opportunity to accumulate wealth down here which we are denied in the North. I was also impressed with the fact that the industrious, enterprising, provident Negroes are determined to remain down here and become an exemplification of the Biblical statement "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." This was made plain to me when on an Sunday I took an eighty-mile automobile trip through one of the black belts of RALPH W. TYLER National Organizer of the National Negro Business League. Alabama, starting from this town. In Macon county, through which I road, I saw sixty-one thousand acres of farm land owned in fee simple by Negroes. There being 23,000 Negroes in this county, this is an average of nearly three acres per capita. What wonderful progress in fifty years! What a quick advance from poverty to affluence! In the adjoining county of Talapoosa, I viewed twenty-five thousand acres owned and under cultivation by Negroes—more than two acres per capita for Talapoosa county. I saw stores in this black belt for size, largeness and quality of stock the Negroes of no Northern city can equal. I have frequently heard of individual Negroes who were reputed to own a thousand acres of land or more, but I regarded such statements, with the usual Northern pessimistic appraisement, as but a myth; as the fanciful creation of the wrongly accused "appologist." On this eighty mile automobile trip I actually met and talked with at least five Negroes (Warren Logan, C. J. Calloway, A. J. Wilborn, E. H. Gamlin, and one other whose name has slipped me) each of whom owned a thousand or more acres of farm land—a thousand or more acres of growing cotton waving corn, ripening oats, etc. And they referred to their thousand acres as lightly as some Washington Negroes refer to their non-wealth producing full dress suits in which they dance away opportunity or sumptuously banquet away a start in life. When I contrasted many impoverished Negroes of the North, seeking labor which white labor union laborers monopolize, with these thrifty progressive Negroes in the South, I regrettfully—almost reproachfully—recalled the lines: "Leon hath a thousand acres, not a penny I." I was in four stores, owned by Negroes, in this belt two of which had upon their shelyes not less than $5,000 and $8,000 worth of stock. And I was greatly impressed with the race loyalty existing down here; with the almost clandish spirit which impels Negroes to go long distances just in order to patronize Negro merchants. In Macon county A. J. Wilborn owns a two story brick building in which is located his store with its grocery and notion stock that will approximate $5,000. E. H. Gamlin in the same county, but about two miles removed, owns a store equal in size, carrying a stock of fully $8,000 valuation, ranging all the way from a hair pin and a pound of salt to footwear, bedwear and dainty lingerie for women. In both of these stores the stock is paid for, the pretty, modern, commodious homes of the proprietors standing near rest under no mortgage, and beyond the little towns in which they live and do business a thousand acres of crop-filled land bring in a splendid revenue. "Are you satisfied with the South?" I asked each Negro I met who was making progress—each Negro who was unusually or moderately successful. "Yes," was the usual reply, "reasonably so. There are certain things we would like to have, hope to have, believe we have a right to enjoy, but if we had them there would probably be certain other things we would yearn for. Life is never complete with perfect contentment or the realization of all we desire." Intra-state railroad travel is the one great inconvenience the Negro in the South must contend with. On most roads the Negro accommodations are vile, a reproach to civilization, and a direct violation of these segregation laws which, in each state, provides that "the accommodations shall be equal." But down here the Negro optimistically reasons that some day, when his possessions pile a little higher he may own railroads also; that when his possessions mount into the million circle, and his investments are more diversified, public accommodations will be as unrestricted for him down here as for the Jew, whose wealth alone, has battered down the traditional prejudice against the descendants of Abraham. And so they accept, with here and there slight protest, the shameful accommodations furnished by the railroads which clearly is a violation, on the part of the railroads, of the segregation laws. "I reckon I won't live to git railroad accommodations down here that I pays for," said one and Negro to me, "but I surely is going to leave my children enough, which, with the education I'm giving them, will enable, them to fight for what's due them as American citizens. I'm willing to toil and labor, foe and plough to make my descendants independent and substantial." Over near Kowaliga, Alabama, one marvels at the number of white horses he sees on the farms and along the roads. In a far off field, their white forms, as they graze on the grass covering the gentle slopes of hillsides, look like phantom figures. They recall to mind the stories of the beautiful Albina steeds of the Arabian shieks. I learned that old man Benson, a quaint, long-headed, thrifty Negro introduced the white horses there; that his breeding farm, which has made this section noted for pure white horses and mules, has brought him such riches that few white men in his vicinity can draw a larger check which the banks will honor, or who pays taxes on more rich uplands than old man Benson. And in passing through these counties, stopping here and there to inspect Negro school houses and churches. I was impressed with the substantial, attractive schools, with the earnest, self-reliance and racial unity of the people, and with the fact that eight and nine months school in the year is the rule in Macon and Talipoosa counties. And I was also impressed with the fact that nearly every school had an acre or two of ground surrounding it which the pupils were cultivating on a sort of cooperative basis, just to inculcate into them the dignity of labor, and to inspire them with a desire to possess something they themselves earned. The material progress of the Negro in the South; so much as I have thus far seen, is simply marvelous. In my next letter I shall tell something of the progress and possessions of the Negro in the city of Montgomery. I have seen sufficient so far on this trip to assure me that the "meek" have determined to inherit the earth. And all of this progress, if you believe what these people tell you, and they tell you enthusiastically, is directly attributable to the influence wielded during the past fifteen years by the Negro Business League. The thought has occurred to me—if the League can do so much to stimulate our brothers in the South how much more it ought to do for our own in the North. MISS BRODIE The Authoress—Prof. Adams Not the Arranger. Miss Mary A. Brodie desires the public to know that "Just for a Kiss" is not arranged by Mr. Wellington A. A. Adams, as previously published in the New York Times. Renderers Service in Alexandria Rev. M. W. Clair, pastor of Asbury M. E. Church, accompanied by his choir and congregation, journeyed to Alexandria, Va., where they had full charge of the three o'clock services in commemoration of the celebration of the eighty-first anniversary of the church. WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1913 [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit, facing forward.] THE SEGREGATION James H. Waters' Comment on the Hemans Letter—What Mr. Howard Said—Negroes Run to White Papers to Be Snubbed. Editor of The Bee The utter helplessness of the Negro in the United States, without a strong, fearless daily newspaper to present his side of a case, and denied a hearing in the white newspapers of the country, was never better illustrated than in an incident which took place in this city to-day. A short time ago an ignorant white man, sent here as a representative of one of the crime-ridden sections of the State of Georgia, introduced in Congress the latest edition of the numerous "Jim Crow" bills which have have been dropped into the hamper by various individuals from the Southern part of the country. Shortly afterwards, Chas H. Hemans, Esq., a young colored attorney Wm. S. Howard, the gentleman in question, and in a peculiarly ironical manner called on the Congressman to amplify his bill so as to effect a complete separation of the races, even to the elimination of that illicit intercourse between white men and certain Negro women, which for years has been a stench in the nostrils of the Negroes of the nation, but which is never referred to above a whisper by the pharisaical whites. To the amazement of Mr. Hemans and several friends to whom he had read his letter before mailing it to Congressman Howard, the Washington Times appeared this afternoon carrying an article, with double line heading, "HOWARD COMMENDED FOR SEGREGATION." The Washington Times item is, as follows: "Among the letters received by Congressman Howard, of Georgia, who recently introduced a bill to segregate white and colored passengers on Washington street cars, is one asserting that the Howard bill is all right except that 'it does not go far enough.'" Charles H. Hemans, an attorney, has written to Congressman Howard suggesting the widening of the scope of the bill. Mr. Hemans' letter to the Georgia Congressman says a law should be enacted making it unlawful for colored persons to be served in white drug stores and in other stores and that the two races should be kept apart in every way." Friends of Mr. Hemans were much exercised upon reading the foregoing Washington Times article, to think that he would play into the hands of this Southern "cracker" in any such manner. Accordingly he was sought out in his office in the Lewis building and asked to make a statement. Mr. Hemans was indignant at the way the Congressman had treated his communication, and declared that he was delighted to be able to put before his friends and the public at large an exact copy of the very letter which he sent to Representative Howard. This is Mr. Hemans' letter: Washington, D. C. June 14, 1913. Hon. William Schley Howard, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Sir: I noticed an article in the Washington Times last week stating that you had introduced in the House of Representatives a bill drawing the color line on trolley cars in the District of Columbia. I heartily commend your attitude and endeavor. But I must say that your bill does not go far enough; it should also contain a provision making it unlawful and punishable in the police court of the District of Columbia, for any colored man to be served with white drug stores, or other stores, or to be treated by white physicians, or, where their liberty or property rights are involved, to be served by white lawyers. If you will amend your bill in accordance with the above suggestions, I think it would serve the intended purpose and keep both races apart in every material respect. I think that if segregation laws are to be brought about by Congressional legislation for the District of Columbia, they ought not to be half cocked affairs. In all the heavy Negro States the laws forbid intermarriage between the races, and even where there is no statute law, public sentiment is pronounced and unmistakable. There are about two million mulattoes in the United States, which number is daily increasing by reason of the illicit intercourse between white men and Negro women, to say nothing of the two hundred thousand or more octo-roons and quaridoons who perhaps have not clandestinely passed over to the white race. If there were adequate segregation laws we would not have to look upon that baleful affair. (Signed) CHAS H. HEMANS. (Signed) CHAS. H. HEMANS. Thus, what was in fact, a colossal sneer, has been distorted into a paen of praise for an infamous measure, infamously conceived, and infamously exploited in the pages of the Washington Times, whose publisher is Frank A. Munsey. This man has a whole string of newspapers. In the present state of our body politic these papers give Frank Munsey formidable power for good or evil. We have here an illustration of how he uses that power. Negroes in America need a daily paper, and they had better hasten to get it. This need is demonstrated every hour of the day and night. JAMES C. WATERS, JR. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, North America, South America Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, District of Columbia, held its annual session in this city June 24 and 25, 1913, at Green's Hall, 1719 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. The following officers for 1913-14 were elected: Grand Chancellor—Sir John S. Johnson, Syracuse Lodge No. 5. Grand Vice Chancellor—W. W. Cohran, Hannibal Lodge No. 9. Grand Prelate—Rev. Logan Johnson, Capital City No. 1. Grand Master of Exchequer—Frank Johnson, Metropolitan Lodge No. 2. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal—General J. Clay Smith, Syracuse Lodge No. 5. Grand Inner Guard—Asa M. Reeves, Metropolitan Lodge No. 2. Grand Marshall—Sir Winter W. Ford, Syracuse Lodge No. 4. Grand Master-at-Arms—P. W. Busey, of Charles Sumner Lodge No. 4. Grand Outer Guard—George Davis, Charles Sumner Lodge No. 4. Grand Inner Guard—Asa M. Reeves, of Metropolitan Lodge No.2. Grand Lecturer—Benji. F. Watson, of Marion Lodge No. 6. Supreme Representative (two-year term)—John D. Johnson, Syracuse Lodge No. 5. Past Grand Chancellor (for term)— Morris N. Corbett, Hannibal Lodge No. 9. CLAY SMITH, G. K. of R. & S. MAJOR FLEETWOOD. The Old Veteran in Massachusetts. New Bedford, Mass., June 20. Among the distinguished visitors in this great town is Major Christian A. Fleetwood, of Washington, D. C. He has been here two weeks, which is his first visit within twenty years. He has some relatives here whom he is visiting and who are royally entertaining him. After he leaves here he will visit friends and relatives in Wilmington, Del., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, Mass. In all of these cities this old veteran is well known. He will reach his home in Washington City about July 7th. EBENEZER'S PASTOR. Rev. W. H. Dean a Success—Church Debt Reduced to $2,000—Remarkable Progress for Two Years' Work The Most Successful Pastor Ever at Ebenezer. The most successful pastor that has ever been to Ebenezer Church is the Rev. W. H. Dean. He is a young man as well as progressive. Rev. Dean has been at Ebenezer Church going on two years and within that time he has added to the membership of that church by conversion about 365 members. Since April, 1912, the amount of indebtedness upon the church was $8,400, of which amount $6,000 has been paid, thus reducing the indebtedness to $2,400. The amount of money that was raised June 15 to 22 was $4,178.66. At the revival last fall there were 365 converts and 410 accessions to the church. So successful has Rev. Dean been with his work that the members recommended that his salary be raised to $1,400 per annum, with a horse and buggy and parsonage included. This is a demonstration of the esteem in which he is held by the people of Ebenezer. Noociated and no preacher has been as successful as he has been since his stay at this church. There has been new life instilled into the membership of the church. Every member feels like working and doing what he can to make old Ebenezer the banner church in the convention. Some of Washington's most prominent citizens are connected with this church, and indeed some of the oldest. The following is the result of the Ebenezer M. E. Church June rally: REV. W. H. DEAN Pastor of Ebenezer Methodist Church. Tribe Reports: The sum of $4,178.66 in cash was raised June 15 and 22, 1913, the result of a ninety-day campaign: Naphtali, Mrs. Georgia Miller, captain ..... $573.35 Zebulun, Mr. Peter Butler, captain ..... 423.39 Levi, Rev. W. H. Dean, captain (from friends) ..... 340.87 Gad, Mrs. Emily Gilbert, captain ..... 335.97 Asher, Mrs. M. E. Griffin, captain ..... 293.85 Reuben, Mrs. Estelle Jordon, captain ..... 286.38 Benjamin, Mrs. Amelia Spriggs, captain ..... 276.90 Jeremiah, Mr. Jas. A. Simms, captain ..... 263.40 Issachar, Mr. A. W. Dangerfield, captain ..... 249.59 Simeon, Mrs. Ella Holland, captain ..... 247.34 Dan, Mrs. Rachel Hawkins, captain ..... 235.97 Judah, Mrs. Nannie L. Ware, captain ..... 234.39 Isaiah, Mr. Grant Contee, captain ..... 167.35 Joseph, Mr. Owen Thomas, captain ..... 134.49 Sabbath School, Mr. Stephen Queenan, captain ..... 115.42 Grand Total.....$4,178.66 REV. W. H. DEAN, Pastor, A. W. DANGERFIELD, Secretary Trustee Board. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS Important News Happening of the Week DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTEREST The Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been divided. It is claimed that Rev. Waldron will not resign from the organization of colored people. Mr. Newman will be confirmed by the Senate. He is a good man and will make a good Commissioner. The excise law doesn't seem to be understood. There has been one suicide. The Blue and the Gray unite at Gettysburg. Jack Johnson left the Windy City for the Canadian line; then he took French leave across the water. Harmony Cemetery is among the most beautiful grave yards in the city. The Mayor of Newport, R. I., has issued an edict to the highflyers prohibiting gambling. Japan sends a new note to this government. The crisis will come some day. The outlook is that Mr. Newman will be confirmed by the Senate. Major Sylvester has made several changes in his department. The exoneration of Inspector Cross will close the mouths of the gossipers. Some females are so anxious to possess the manly traits of man that many of them wear the garb of the male. So strange that Mullall has suddenly turned an informer. Ex-President Taft conducted his administration so honestly that a thief would not suspect an evil act. A $5 clerk received a legacy of $6,400,000, which was a surprise to him. Surprises suddenly come at times. Perhaps a few surprises may come to the colored Democrats in a few days. Rev. Dean, of Ebenezer, has reduced his church debt to $2,000. He has been a success. There will be no more shooting up of court houses. The Industrial Savings Bank is a successful institution. Miss Effie M. Middle is an up-to-date female cashier in the Industrial Savings Bank. A movement is on foot to remove Prof. Craig from the High School. He is a good teacher. Dr. Charles H. Marshall has the interest of the teachers in the public schools at heart. Rev. James L. White will speak July 7 at 1:30 p. m. at the Baptist Ministers' Union, Fifth and Q Streets Northwest, in reply to the criticism in The Bee against Rev. J. Milton Waldron and will answer the same. John Costella is booked for United States Marshal. The National Training School at Durham, N. C., is progressing nicely. It will soon be out of, debt. Mrs. Pittman, wife of Architect W. Sidney Pittman, is one of the most popular pianists in the South. She is growing more popular daily. EASTERN STAR NOTES EASTERN STAR NOTES. Among the most progressive and aggressive chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, mention must be made of Miriam Chapter No. 8. A few years ago it was known as "Little Miriam," but with the addition of so many earnest and zealous workers, prominent among whom are Miss Janie L. Cox, Dr. John P. Turner, Mrs. Lucy Stewart, Dr. S. S. Thompson and Miss Beatrice Richardson, it could no longer have such a nomenclature. Two degrees of the order were beautifully exemplified Thursday, June 26th, by this chapter. Dr. S. S. Thompson, P. P., conferred the first degree, while Mr. Chas. Ford, the patron of Queen of Sheba Chapter, conferred the second degree. At the regular meeting Thursday, July 3rd, the third degree will be conferred After the initiation the candidates and visiting friends were tendered the usual cordial reception: Our associate grand matron, Mrs. Gray, was present. Refreshments were served by the committee. Re ee eB Re aS 7 - eR i ox” Pee LO wg 4 "tn -¥? oe .t — - REPENS Sd EEO Be ORES GREE UI EE 79 ——————— xn $ —_———————— S s . re = = —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_———_—_———— |AZY * Perm Be “EN: C — agus ae WOULD AVOID ALL | CRAZY WOOD: wonenes --.--— iUHELP FARMERS ACCUSED OF 25 Min" + N: COPS ON BEACH. |" CANNOT SLEEP ON BED. " Falling to Fi They Gath Missouri Life Priedner Sald'to Have} Give Special Attention to Women In i Sa =e atbiec rar Poel eam I Used an Ax. = Distress at Newport. ‘Twenty Years in Call Unfits Pareled San Francisco.The woodpeckers 0} 5 Leavenworth, Kan.—Twenty-five mur| Newport.—Policewomen—twoo' them,} woe For Real Bed. Sonoma county are suffering from s ders committed with an ax within the| the first in the history of Newport—| 4. ns ee in oe ‘Wright, sent mild sort of insanity, according to ar! last three yeats in Missouri, Karsas| have been assigned to patrol the beach.| £,7c ropa 693 from Cowley county . =—— | erudite document Issued by the Muse — Colorado, Towa and Iilinofs are ascrib| Each of the “sister cops,” Miss’ Min- cue na ity in the murder of a con \ um of Vertebrate Zoology of, the Un! 4 ed to Henry Lee Moore, now serving| nie Smith and Mise Janet ‘Buchanen, ae foes te ee Bs ut in the Aflssourt pent "| carried a parasol over her bead and a ee dustrial Peace Chlef Alm of erty ot caizorae. "She eecsnen Trying {0 Ultimately Reduce] stcsie"s%'totacrtr tet | men ter'n ber arms eniforn| [ut Sf he onsale acy . Claughry, special agent of th consisted of blue blouse with brass) n. Wright came © Saoratary-Wilson, |S yea way cuurrte wort! gst of Living, | HSise'Ze ic, ia ar entae| ton, luce end ae we] fo Zorn to OMRk te gevemar He — mountain should have stored pebblet tive study of the so called ax murders. ei They carried regular pollce! Enewnee Okla, and then Boraras s * = instead of the customary acorns Is ¢ Mr, McClaughry 1s a son of Warder California to begin life ane - TO UPLIFT CONDITIONS, =2<"- TO STUDY CRED McCiaughry of the federal penitentiars| | Their eppearance at the shore start-| a qian't sleep well lest IgE” asl a 1] “Sve know that instinct works as au IT NEEDS, here and bas charge of the burean,o!] C2. 7 erneck performance on the] Wright to the governor. “It was the Se eee ee a nae ae meek tel oe oe Ce: ae WR “Capital and Labor Are Partners, and Each Should Have Voice In Deter- mining the Terms,” He Saye—Doesn't Favor Strikes, Washington.—William Bauchop Wil- son, secretary of labor, ts a strong. sturdy man, with blond har, fair face, fighting gray blue eyes and a Scotch accent, He was born at Blantyre. Scotland. April 2, 1862, and came to this country nine years later. Settling with bis parents in Tioga county, at Arnot, Pa., he became a mine worker at the age of ten. The following year, Just after he- had passed bis éleventh year, he was made @ half member of the Mine Workers’ union. He obtain. ed bis early education from a small ‘Village school and in rough and tumble debates in union meetings. He was elected to the Sixtleth, Sixty-first and Bixty-second congresses. March 4 he was appointed secretary of the new department of labor. This, briedy, Is the story of the man who is the first to hold « particular cabinet office. “What this department hopes to do primarily,” said Secretary Wilson, “ts to try to bring about such conditions that ‘uplift’ work in industrial centers will not be needed. We are proceeding on the assumption that capital and la- bor are partners, capital furnishing the material ready for use and labor the vitallzing force. Capital and Is- bor should each have a volce in deter- mining the terms of the partnership.” Secretary Wilson thinks that a strike is like a war between nations—to be resorted to when all other efforts have falled. “I would not favor a strike if any. thing else was left for me to do,” he Ba Be ENS Pec) SES + @ 103, by American Press Association. + SECRETARY WILLIAM B. WILSON. =| sald. “In strikes, as in war, there are Gestruction and ruin, but there are times when they cannot be avoided. “I look upon the department of labor a3 a means of helping to bring nearet year by year the goal of social justice Every mun fs entitled to the full social equivalent of what be produces. The Problem is to arrive at that condition Capital and labor are partners, “Capital without labor is ineffective labor without capltat Is fdle. Capita’ 4s animate; labor gives it Ife. The one can produce nothing without the employment of the other, To be effec tive capital and labor must serve each other. Their interests diverge whes they come to divide what they have Produced. These two elements should elt down together and work out a plac by which the division of profits will be fair, with due regard for the rights ot each.” It has been feared by advocates of the “open shop” that Secretary Wilsor ‘would lean a little closer to organized labor than he should do in this country of all sorts of labor. But he denies that be is to be a union labor officer o! the government. He belleves that la boring people should organize and that a unlon Iabor man, as a rule, is more fit than the nonunion worker. “With the growing Indostries,” said Mr, Wilson, “there is no longer that personal relation between employer ‘and employed that formerly existed ‘The employer {s compelled to dea’ with larger numbers. The employee as an individual cannot make as satis factory a contract with the employes as he can when he unites with his fel low workers and fellow men. That & what makes a labor movement neces aaty. . “The department of labor was inett tuted to obtain by the rule of reason- that isa by striking a basis where th emplayer can compete with rivals an valso pay satisfactory wages—a fair ani amicable adjustment of all trade dls wputes. This would be a rule of reaso1 “Dased wpoa facts. “The purposes for which the depart ment “* ‘“S-~ “= ~=hlished wil ihave Wf we ca bring; sether upo pastas . CRAZY WOOD, wenene, ...--— lace Falling to Find Acorns, They Gather Pebbles For Food. ae ee ee San Francisco.The woodpeckers 0 Sonoma county are suffering from § mild sort of insanity, according to at erudite document Issued by the Muse um of Vertebrate Zoology of the Uni versity of California. The documen enya: “The reason why California wood peckers in the vicinity of Sonom: mountain should have stored pebble instead of the customary acorns Is ¢ mystery. “We know that instinct works as au tomatically as an alarm clock. In thi faflore of an acorn crop It would seeu possible that the woodpecker might In stinctively have stored some othe available kind of food, but to hav chosen stones Instead of some sort o food carries the analogy too far “It seems as though any bird wit! the Intelligence of the California wood pecker which would make the sam mistake ought to be classed as insane. PASTORS ADOPT EUGENICS. Won't Perform Marriages For the Physically Unfit. . Lynn, Mass.—The Protestant clersy- men here (Methodist, Episcopal, Con- gregationalists and Baptists) have re- solved Individually to take a stand for the physical fitness of applicants for marriage, and they are to meet to con- centrate their energies in behalf of the protection of society. The Rev. C. Thurston Chase of the ‘Central Congregational church, the pioneer in the movement, sald: “I bave performed my last marriage ceremony in which it will not be nec essary for the couple to furnish certif. cates vouching for‘ their physical fit- ness, “1 maintain that a minister should refuse to perform the marriage cere- mony when he thinks it should not be performed.” Feals ‘‘Hot Needle” Plerce His Ankle and Runs. St Lonis.—Charles Wightman, dep- uty county clerk at Clayton, told how he had just been able to walk without crutches -far tha firct Hma tm nie ble number of inches thick, which the neighbor had sald he had killed. Charles woke up In the morning witb the story still In mind, » He though how comfortable it was’to Hve fn a country where one could sleep In peace instead of in one of those countries where, be had beard, snakes some times creep In and share one’s bed. Reveling in the thought, he thrust his right leg deeper under the covers Then something that stung Uke a hol needle plerced iis ankle. “L sprang out of bed and ran and stumbled twelve feet across the room,’ he sald. “It was the frst time I had taken so many steps unassisted since | “was a baby.” “And was it really a snake?’ he wa: asked. , “No. ‘It was a wasp.” And he show ed the ankle where the sting had syol len it. PRAISES GRAPE JUICE HOST. Approves Roosevelt's Suit. Washington. — Praise of Secretary Bryan for “the courage of his convic tions" in refusing to serve wine at ¢ dinner he gaye recently to the djplo matic corps was given by Secrétars Daniels in addressing a Sunday schoo rally for prohibition in the District of Columbia. He advised all young mer to follow Secretary Bryan's course and to seek safety in total abstinence. Secretary Danlels also praised ‘Theo dore Roosevelt for prosecuting for lie an editor accused of circulating storie: Telative to drinking on the part of th former president, CORNELL BOYS IN KITCHEN tic Science Course. Ithaca, N. Y.—Male students have entered the domestic science cours¢ this year for the first time in the Cor nell State College of Agriculture. Mis: Brownell, the instructor, ts authorit; for the statement that nine have reg istered and spend the usual hours fi the “kitchen,” kneading dough and do ing other work with the women, The} are becoming most proficient, accord ing to Miss Brownell. Among the men cooks are Watson o the varaity baseball team and C. L ‘Whitney of ‘Rochester, a member o the glee club. Woman to Manate Her Own Mins. TENE: | eae dk Want ee ee ene ee a ee na Beale oo als ant} Deadwood, 8 D.—Backed by captta!| The air anc] enongh to develop on a good slzed| tion de dis | scale, Miss Elizabeth Marks of Rapid| edu rearot | City has purchased the controlling in-| at | terest in the Black Tom gold miue.| city depart |‘known es the best producer in the| tion ed wil | Blate Creek district, and is preparing] mal we ca | to do extensive work this sammer.| som ec ups | Bhe will assume the active manage-| see} ment of the property. . for mes te Low «: 7 IU HELP FARMERS UNCLE SAM'S AIM Trying to timate Reduce Cost of Living, 70 STUDY cREDIT NEEDS. Moparmens OF MGFcuure Begins Movement, Financed by Education Board, Rockefeller Philanthropy. Splendid Results Expected. Washington.—The broadest invest!- gation yet undertaken by the depart- ment of agriculture, designed ultimate- ly to solve some of the great problems of farm life. is being planned for the rural organization service, which has just been established by Secretary Houston. The secretary and Dr, T. Ni Carver of Harvard, who Ia at the head of the new work, are confident of splendid results, ‘The rural organization service will work in closest co-operation ‘ith the newly created division of markets, which will devote its energies primar fly to problems connected with the marketing of farm products at a profit 1p many instances it ts not the lack of a market that prevents the farmer from turning over a profit, but inabil {ty to utilize the means for reaching the market Secretary Houston, Dr, Carver and students of farm economics in general long have felt that the weakness of ag riculture was disorganization. This Gisorganization Is the natural and of: ten necessary result of the vast num: ber of farm units, each one a separate business enterprise. Also it 1s the re sult of the Isolation of farm life and the fact that the farmer bas learned to co-operate with nature better than withmen + | ‘The rural organization service wil be financed by the general education re ef bee . Ney oe PR <r “eae Re + eee tee By AREAS Bol a ier A 33 ees. » wae Pee ’ a Ree YE" TS Ree ect, ee Btw Se ney REE So be a SECRETARY noUsToN. * board, one of the pbilanthropies of John D, Rockefeller. While backed by practically unlimited funds, however, the work will not be done on an ex: travagant scale. The general educa ‘tion board so far has appropriated only euough money to make a begia- ning and to effect an organization of thoroughly competent men, The southern education board, a branch of the general board, for sev- eral years past has been co-operating with the department In its farmers’ co-operative demonstration work In the southern states. This work bas met with phenomenal success and bas solved many farm problems for the south. Effective organization 1h marketing crops will ultimately bring the farmer a much larger return for bis work and also reduce the cost of living to the consumer by removing the middleman wherever praciticable. “The farmer {s quite capable of tak- tng care of himself if he can be put in possession of the necessary {nforma- tion,” says Dr. Carver. “Generally speaking, the farmer must do his own organizing and not depend either upon financial agencles ‘or upon govern: mental agencies for the doing of the actual work. The government, how: ever, has facilities for collecting, tabu lating and spreading information which nelther indiridaal farmers nor groups of farmers possess. “Tt 1s not only necessary that the farmer’s income should be increased et that country life should be made {iGiciently attractive to Induce the farmer to remain in the country even when be has a large Income. In the past {t waa-generally true that the more prosperous agriculture was the faster farmers have moved to town. “This problem 1s in some respects more difficult than the purely economic problems of marketing and credit | Thera must be some effective organiza tion of rural Interests to support ar | educational syatem In our rural school! ‘at least equal to those found in th | city schools. There must be organiza | tion for rural sanitation, which wil | make country Ife so much more whole | some than city life that people wil | seek the country rather tha. Poe Phean roaaons”™ ACCUSED OF 25 Mii” 2< Used an Ax. Leavenworth, Kan.—Twenty-five mur ders committed with an ax within the last three years in Missouri, Kartsas Colorado, fowa and Iiltnols are ascrib ed to Henry Lee Moore, now serving 8 fe term in the Missouri pententiary. according to a theory formed by M. W McClaughry, special agent of the de partment of Justice, after an exhaus tive study of the so called ax murders ‘Mr, McClaughry 1s a son of Warder McClaughry of the federal penitentiary here and bas charge of the bureau! criminal identification at the peniten tlary. Moore went to the penitentlary a Jefferson City after being found guilt; of the murder of his mother and grand mother, Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mra George Moore, at Columbus, Mo., «l1 December last year. Moore, on trial said he bad made a study of famou: murders, including the Crippen case Ir England. AN UNUSUAL MORTGAGE. Farmer Puts Up Chickens, Hogs and Revolver as Security. ‘Washington, Ga—There was placed on record In the office of the clerk of Wilkes county what ia considered the most unusual mortgage ever recorded in this or any other county. 2 ‘The sécurity named in the recorded instrument consists of the following yaluable property—to wit: “Nine chick- en hens, two sow hogs and a 32 caliber pistol.” ‘The amount of the debt thus secured is $23, and it ts provided that if the obligation is not met at maturity the property mentioned therein shall be sold at public outcry. All home- stead exemption rights are waved by the maker of the mortgage. ‘The question is being asked, ‘Does this mortgage emphasize the increas ing value of the ‘hog and hominy propaganda, or is it but another indl. cation of the extreme stringency In the land about which so much has beer said, and written—which?” t One ‘May Garry Whisky 0 Beer In Vest Pocket, rel sheriff might even a jug of la beer lozenge - over that glad itate are rejoice: “drummer has oing a rushing wusiness in condensed drinks of all kinds, from plain whisky to cocktaile and from beer to gin fizzes. The drum mer carries a considerable stock of the tablets with him for Immediate de mands and arranges for further and anlimited supplies by mall. Many bars in Bangor, Lewiston and Portland are selling tabloid drinks, while a great many men who just must have thelr whisky or beer when they want ft have obtained thelr own supplies and make thelr liquor at home while they walt, and the walt 13 not long Nobody here knows anything about the constituent elements of the tablets but nobody cares so long as they pro duce something that looks and tastes Mike liquor. The tablets come In Iittle paper boxes or glass bottles of a dozen each and the price varles. A small phial o! one kind of tablets, costing 13 -cents dissolved in a gallon of water, witt other ingredients costing "G0 cents makes a gallon of what passes for whisky—total cost, 63 cents., It 1s no whisky that would appeil to a con nolsseur, for it burns and bites all th¢ way down, but fs as near to whisky as ‘a good many people are able to get ir ‘some parts of Maine, and it “goes.” WHISTLING CAT HAS HARELIP. Animal Never Has Mewed, but te Mu- ‘eleal Beadioy.. Springfield, Mnss.—Stanislaus Czyns tky ‘of Prospect avenue, West Spring- field, is the owner of a cat with a harelip, which whistles with the facill- ty of a schoolboy, but cannot mew or. at least, never has mewed. Czynszky {s inclined to belleve that no animal in Its normal state of mind would whistle, but fs loath to do away with the cat, which, be says, attracts more attention than any other member of the family and is regarded as 0 musical prodigy. Nelghbors have suggested that the tat would prove a treasure to a mak. erof catgut violin string, + ~ Hen Lays Tiniest of Egge. Vancouver, Wash.—An egg weighing but fifteen grains, Inid by a real live hen, 1s the property of Mrs. Harvey Alexander of this city. ,The egg, about half the size of a hazelnut; {s but 1-38! part of a pound, Mrs, Alerander found an egg with a soft shell, which crash ed fo when she picked ft up, and inside was the small egg. perfect in shape and with a bard shell, a 41th Born to Tith of 11th. Lawrenceburg, Ind. — An eleventh daughter was born to Mr. and Mre. Bilas W, Jackson of Miller township. Mrs. Jackson is the eleventh daughter of an eleventh daughter of a family in which there were no boys. » arrival weighed nearly tem « * $a thriving. “EN; COPS ON BEACH. Give Special Attention te Women In Distress at Newport, Newport.—Policewomen—two o’ them, the first In the history of Newport— have been assigned to patrol the beach. Each of the “sister copa,” Miss’ Min- nie Smith and Miss Janet ‘Buchanan, carried a parasol over her head and a mesh bag on ber arm. Their uniform consisted of bine blouse with brass Buttons, blue skirt and sailor atyle straw hat. They carried regular police whistles. ‘Their appearance at the shore start ed a rubberneck performance on the part of the crowds that caused the chief of police to detail # male patrol. maz to follow the two women police at a respectful distance to protect them from the curious throng. , The “sister cops” were appointed at the request of the Civic league, and 11 is planned to have them patrol the beach, giving special attention to wo men in distress. - RIDES ON A PORPOISE, ‘Young Bather’So Frightened That She Faints In Water, Venice, Cal.—A ride on the back of a huge playfal porpoise caused Miss Violet Nathan of Minneapolis to have hysterics while in bathing, ‘While a large number of bathers were enjoying the surf near Mater Pier ‘avenue & school of porpoises suddenly appeared and began to frolic with the bathers. All except Miss Nathan fied to the beach. When she observed the monsters she started to flee, but a big porpolse in a playfol mood swam up and rubbed against the young woman. She screamed and jumped. The porpoise then swam directly urider Miss Nathan, and she was car- tied several feet astride of the crea- ture’s back. Bhe called loudly for help, fainted and fell off. David Moreno, a life guard, rescued Miss Nathan, and she was revived. Mistress Calls In Surgeon When Limb Was Fractured. . St. Louls.—Bobby, 2 canary bird be- longing to Sirs. Willlam 3f. Walker, wife of the manager of the Planters’ hotel, chirped inquiringly as he stood on one lex on his perch in his mistress’ room at the hostelry. The bird had often balanced himself on one leg be- fore because It pleased bm to do so, ‘but“or this occasion he was compelled to. The other leg had been amputated by a surgical operation. Bobby, who {s allowed the freedom of the room and fs seldom in his cage, had been hopping about the floor when a domestic, not seeing bim, pushed 2 chair against him. One of bis feet was mashed, and the leg was broken. In such vases it is usual to destroy the bird. But Mrs, Walker was at, tached to Bobby because he often sat on her fuger or perched on her shoul: ‘der, so Dr. Frederick W. Shaffer, 2 veterinary, was called into consulta ton. He arrlyed with 2 “case of instru: ments and promised to save Bobby’s life. With a bypodermle syringe he in Jected cocaine into the broken leg jus! abore the placo where the feathers be gin and then cut off the mb with 2 pair of bone shears. RENOUNCES WEDDING FEES. Be Abolished. Chicago.—The Rev. Almer Penne well, pastor of the Euelld Avenue Epis- copal church of Oak Park, has an- nounced that hereafter he will not accept fees for marriages because they are “graft” and as such should be abol- ished. : “If the church insists that marriage 1s a rite that belongs to {t,” he sald, “then the church should make mar- ‘rages free to all. “The minister who does not need a ‘fee should be ashamed to take it, and ‘a church whose minister needs the fee should be ashamed and immediately raise his salary. No minister should ‘be forced to stand at a wedding with = hand bebind him” . - ‘Takes Sand For Stomach. Washington.—Jullan Emmons, door- keeper of the house of cepresentatives, sixty-five years of age, bale and hearty, awallows a tenspoontt) of sand after each meal. Ho never leaves home in the morning without a vial of coarse sand. He says he was troubled constantly with sour stomach, heartburn, indigestion and kindred ills until be started the “sand cure.” Nov he asserts that be is never trouble! et «11 rotlehee hie food, sleeps like «* to the Cull, ‘i Letter Fifty-ty : refs gee Pottsville, Pa— YO Fort Washington, by Henry © Ros civil war soldier, 1 widow in Pottsvill lar channels of the United States mall. ‘The letter bad been intrasted to a com- rade, M. EB. Richards of Pottstown. Pa, to mall and was never sent. .Re- cently Mr, Richards died, and the let- ter, sealed and stamped, was found among some old papers, Pum! Aint | about five years ago. ~ 3) PP Sese nomadic: 3 f ax a ~ CANNOT SLEEP ON BED. Twenty Years in Call Unfits Pareled Convict For Real Bed. Topeka, Kan—Morgan Wright, sent to prison in 1693 from Cowley county for complicity in the murder of a con stable and released on parole by Gov ernor Hodges. found that a free be” ‘Was so soft he was unable to sleep bit first night out of prison. Wright came to Topeka to thank the governor. He {a on bis way to see bis father in Shawnee, Okla, and then will go te California to begin life anew. “I didn’t sleep well last night,” said Wright to the governor. “It was the ‘frst real bed I have slept in for nearly twenty years, < “When I left the prison yesterday I didn't know which way to turn or what to do. It was all so new and strange tome. Every one seemed so busy and tm such a hurry that I can’t quite un- derstand {t, -Even the school chil- dren rushed. along the street. But I think if the world ts such a busy place that there must be some place for me, and I Am golng to try to find it” | STREET STREWN WITH BILLS. Pmought to Se Robber’s Plunder by Government Officiale, Leavenworth, Kan—Three postofice inspectors have begun an investigation of the finding of hundreds of dollars in gold certificates belleved to be @ por- tHon of $50,000 stolen by Charles Say- age from a mail truck in the Union station in Kansas City five years ago. Developments show that persons bare been finding the certificates, mostly of the $20 denomination, for a month and have kept the matter secret. It is esti- mated that at least $1,000 bas been picked up in gutters, vacant Sots and back yards. _ All the money was discovered within a radius of elght blocks of the home of a relative of Charles Savage at whose house he stopped-before his ar rest. + One theory of the investigators ts that the money was concealed in a tree and dislodged by recent high winds. Indications That Upper Hayes River Is Rich tn Gold, Edmonton, Alberta.— George Gard!- ner of Ottawa fs th Edmonton outft- ting for a trek over the trall of ro mance to the Upper Hayes river dis- trict to prospect’ a gold claim located bysarmun herbelleves to bave been bis uncle on the bank of the Peace river in 1898, during the rush ‘to the Yukon, when this city was made the starting point of the overland trail to the Klon- dike. ‘The story told here by Gardiner is that during the Klondike rush three prospectors went into the Hayes river country, which, except for a small part along the river near Vermilion, fs un- explored. One of the party was found on the river bank a year afterward. The man was emaciated and lved only a few hours, but in his last few min- utes of life told of a fight with Indians, who killed big two companions. He bad in bis possession samples of the richest gold. It could have been pro- cured in no other place, so it may be that that unexplored territory is rich in the yellow metal. ‘Though the hinterland has been ex- plored to points within the arctic clr- cle, the Upper Hayes river country still remains a vast unknown stretch. Remarking upon the fact, un old timer in the north country said be had never known of # white man getting far {nto that part of the country. From Edmonton to Peace river crossing by way of Athabasca ts 400 miles, and outside of about a fifty | mile stretch beyond Peace river cross- ing and the Upper Hayes still les: a great unexplored land of rolling axd. so far as 1s known, open country. It is inhabited by the Dog Ribs tribe of Indians. The territory runs clear through to the mountains on the Brit- ish Columbia side, and it is supposed that a large number of “bad Indians” have settled in there. HORSE LEADS TO CROOKS’ DEN Police Follow Unguided Animal ta Re- sort of Thieves. Spokane, Wash.—After a horse had led detectives to a house occupled by two men already under bond because of larceny charges warrants wera is sued charging the two men with at- tempts to rob. ‘The horse bad been left behind In a lumber yard whén Detective Benway shot at the men and in return was shot through the left leg. The horse, attached to the wagon, ‘was turned loose and, followed by the two detectives, went'to a house in the 3 the police alleged was oc- + men named in the war. Grows Oat Crop. {n addition to # fine coat 4 3 owned by David Lynch, e © a covering of flourishing auc say: wallowed around In a straw stack and got oats in his wool, Then it was rained on. Next the sun shone brightly. ‘This continued several days, with the result that the oats sprouted. Lynch calculates that in case of drought he can save this crop of oats a * he LEPROSY OF SIN NEEDS A SAVIOR Divine Remedy the Only Cure, Says Pastor Russell. THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS. Every Unrighteousness Is Sin—Open Sins—Secret Sins—Hypocrisies. False Accusers—What God Approves. What God Hates—The Wiles of the Adversary—The Redeemer Soon to Be the Good Physician—Ten Lepers Cleansed—Only One Appreciative. St. Paul, Minn. June 20. Pastor Russell spoke at the Auditorium here this afternoon, also at the Shubert Theatre, Minneapolis, in the evening. The an nouncement of his coming is always sufficient to draw a crowd. We report one of his addresses, based PASTOR RUSSELL St. Paul, Minn., June 20.—Pastor Russell spoke at the Auditorium here this afternoon, also at the Shubert Theatre, Minneapolis, in the evening. The anouncement of his coming is always sufficient to draw a crowd. We report one of his addresses, based upon the Savior's words respecting the ten cleansed lepers: "Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? Only one hath returned to give glory to God."—Luke 17:17, 18. Leprosy, said the Pastor, has long been regarded as incurable, and therefore is used as an illustration of sin, which is also incurable. As only the Master's word could heal the lepers, so nothing short of a Divine remedy can cure the leprosy of sin. Lepers in old times were obliged to separate themselves from others, and whenever approached were required to cry, "Unclean Unclean!" Cut off thus from association with others, the condition of the poor creatures was far from enviable. So sinners by Divine decree are isolated, separated from the pure, the holy, the righteous. Though all humanity are sinners by heredity, we must not forget that they constitute but a small proportion of God's great family, amongst whom are angels, cherubim, seraphim, etc., who always have fellowship with God and with each other. But while the Scriptures declare of humanity that all are sinners, that none are righteous, no not one, yet all do not appreciate their condition, nor cry aloud, Unclean! Indeed, there are various degrees of uncleanness; some are more and some less sinful. The two extremes of sin are represented in our Lord's parable of the two men who went up to the Temple to pray, the one a publican the other a Pharisee. The publican realized his sin and smote his breast, snying, "God be merciful to me a sinner!" The Pharisee, on the contrary, felt himself so superlift to the publican that he did not realize himself a sinner at all; he thanked God that he was not a sinner. Jesus declares that, because of his knowledge of sin, the publican was more acceptable than the Pharisee. In other words, the Creator wishes that each one of Adam's race should realize his imperfection—that he be short of the Divine standard of perfection—short of that standard which God would be pleased to bless with verlasting life. While the Bible thus declares that all are sinners, it does not unreasonably say that there is no difference. What it does say is that the slightest degree of sin would mean that we are sinners, and that hence the person with the least taint of sin upon him would need the Savior, the Deliverer—would need to be cleansed. And, in order to realize his need of assistance, he must see his sin and cry unto the Lord, Unclean Lord, save, or I perish! Here again many of us have made a serious mistake in the study of our Bibles. When reading that the sinner would perish, we forgot the meaning of the word perish, that it signifies to die, to lose life. There is nothing in the word perish that signifies to be tortured to all eternity. "The wages of sin is death," destruction—annihilation, if you please. And if God had not made some provision for man's recovery, there would be no future life for Adam nor for any of his race. Death would indeed have been a hopeless state: just as leprosy, whether in a small or greater degree, signified the presence of a hopeless disease, from which there is no recovery. Jesus the Good Physician. Jesus is the only physician who can heal this leprosy of sin; nothing that the sinner himself can do would cancel the sentence. God purposely so arranged the matter. The Good Physician heals humanity at a great cost to Himself. As the wage, or penalty, of sin upon Father Adam and his race means death, so whoever would redeem Adam must be prepared to pay his penalty before he could assist the sinner legally. Justly. None of Adam's race could serve as a redeemer, be cause each and all were born in sin and therefore as subject to the penalty as Father Adam himself. Nor could any of them be born without sin, because the life of the race came from its father. Whoever, therefore, would be the savior of man must have a life separate and apart from that of Adam, and must be willing to sacrifice it on Adam's behalf. All of the angels had such a life- separate and apart from Adam's life- and any of them, therefore, would have been capable of being man's redeemer if the Heavenly Father had made them the proposition and they had chosen to accept it. But Jehovah God gave the first offer to become man's redeemer to the very highest of all His creatures—His Only Begotten Son, the Logos, of whom we read that He was the Beginning of the creation of God, the First-born of every creature, the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. "For the Joy Set Before Him." It was not within the province of even Jehovah Himself to demand that one holy creature should die to rescue, to redeem, humanity. The matter, therefore, was optional with the Logos; and if He had not chosen to accept the proposition, it doubtless would have been extended to others. But such was the love and loyalty of God's Only Begotten that to know the Father's pleasure in the matter was to cheerfully obey. It was a joy to Him to serve in any manner and to further God's will No doubt the Son would have done this without any suggestion of a reward, but the Apostle suggests that a great reward was proffered Him. He says, "Who for the joy that was set before Him endured." His joyful obedience began when He exchanged the higher nature for the human. The same joy continued when, as the Man Christ Jesus, He offered Himself, and was faithfully obedient to the Father's will to the very last, saying, "The cup which My Father hath poured for Me, shall I not drink it?" St. Paul further explains that it was the Redeemer's faithfulness and loyalty to the Father, in doing His will to the extent of laying down the human life, that became the basis of His still higher exaltation—above His prehuman condition. The Apostle says, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things in earth." Thus, as the Apostle explains, He has been exalted and qualified to be made a Prince and a Savior and able to grant forgiveness of sins to as many as will come unto the Father through Him. What Sin-Forgivenesk Means. Forgiveness of sin has two aspects: (1) the cancellation of the legal condemnation; and (2) the recovery of the sinner from his loss, his imperfection. Jesus came into the world to accomplish both of these results. By His death he would legally satisfy the Divine Justice, giving His life as instead of Adam's life, which was forfeited by sin. Then, according to the Father's promise, being raised from the death state to a glorious state, with plenitude of power. He would use that power and opportunity for the release, or recovery, of mankind from the mental moral and physical degradation brought about by sin. Thus we read that Jesus dled that God might be just and yet be the Justifier of all those who believe in Jesus—of all who shall become His disciples and follow His leading and direction. Again, we read that He came to seek and to save, to recover, that which was lost. Sinners of Two Classes Saved. It was just like our great Heavenly Father to take advantage of the opportunity of human salvation from sin to illustrate different characters amongst men and different degrees of His favor toward these. He foresaw that the great necessity of the world would be the Messlaulie Kingdom, the powerful Reign of the Redeemer forcefully putting down sin and all unlighteousness scattering ignorance, darkness, superstition, etc. He foresaw that some of the human family would need to have stripes, punishments, corrections in righteousness, in order to teach them the great lesson that all unrighteousness is sin, and that all sin brings degradation sorrow, pain, death, according to Divine arrangement. Messiah's Kingdom would be necessary to show how obedience to God would, on the contrary, bring a gradual uplifting and recovery out of sin, sorrow, tears and death, eventually back to perfection. But while the great mass of mankind would need the severe lessons of the Millennium, the Reign of Christ, a certain few would be able now to develop an eye of faith and an ear of faith by virtue of their desire to do God's will. These would be doubly precious in God's sight; for "without faith it is impossible to please Him," and those who could exercise faith under adverse conditions would be His peculiar treasure. Therefore God has arranged to gather out this special class in advance, and these He calls His Elect, the Church of the Gospel Age. This call, to which these respond, is not so forceful as will be the call of the future: they must have hearing ears and attentive-hearts to hear the voice of God in the present time at all. Additionally, they must be both able and willing to walk by faith, their path lighted only by the Lamp of God's Word. "Thy Word is a lamp to my feet, a lantern to my footsteps." Furthermore, they must walk in a narrow way, a difficult path of separation from the world. Not only must they strive to live separate and apart from sin, but after the pattern of their Redeemer they must present their bodies living sacrifices, holy, acceptable to God through the merit of Jesus' sacrifice. These are scripturally styled the justified by faith, the sanctified, or set apart to the service of God. These under the typical arrangement of God with Israel of old, were pictured in the tribe of Levi, who were set apart from the remaining tribes to be God's special servants, and ultimately to be the instructors and guilders of their brethren of the other tribes. So the elec class in process of selection since transcension of Jesus—since Pentecost- are to be God's special, servants by and by in the blessing of the world in general; for they are to be joint-heirs with Jesus, their Redeemer, in all the great work of His Millennial Kingdom, designed, arranged, prepared, for the blessing and uplifting of all humanity, and for the destruction of the wilfully, intelligently, sinful and rebellious. "Though Your Sins Be Scarlet" The Lord used crimson and scarlet as indicative of the most fragrant sins, and then declared that His arrangement for the forgiveness of sins through the great Redeemer is effective even for the very worst sins. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18.) This is an assurance for us. God knows that all of Adam's children were born with the hereditary taint of sin, "prone to sin as are the sparks that fly upward." He is not expecting perfection of any under such conditions; all must have help, and the Savior whom God has prepared is qualified to give help to all. The help given to the special class that is in process of selection during this Gospel Age is in the Scriptures figuratively represented as the Robe of Christ's righteousness, covering each of the sinners, and thus hiding the actual bliembs of his flesh. In other words, the Lord declares of this class that He will judge them, not according to their flesh, but according to the spirit of their minds, the intentions of their hearts and the efforts which they will put forth in resisting sin and in doing God's will. This Robe of Righteousness will cover sins of every kind and degree, except wilful sins. "O blessed thought!" O words with Heavenly comfort fraught!" The arrangement for the sins of the world, to be carried out in the future, will similarly be ample, though different. The world's sins will not be covered, nor will the world be dealt with merely according to their minds and hearts. The world's salvation be spoken of as being one of works. Each sinner will be encouraged and assisted back to perfection along the lines of good works. Assistance and strength of character will come to them day by day and year by year until, before the Millennium will have ended, all the willing and obedient will have become perfect, mentally, morally and physically. They will have attained the image and likeness of God, lost by Father Adam in Eden; and with this perfection will come their right to human life, forfetted by Adam and redeemed by Jesus. But some one may say, 12 mankind are to have an opportunity during the Millennial Age, will that not be a second chance? We reply. No. None will have a second chance for everlasting life. By nature we are all sinners, condemned to death. Our chance for life at all is through the Redeemer's sacrifice. He died for all. But only when we accept the fact and come under His direction as His disciples, do we obtain our share. Since Jesus accepts as His disciples during this Age only such as consecrate, or sacrifice, their lives to the doing of God's will, only they get the benefit of the Redeemer's sacrifice during the present life. Those who do not get that benefit now still have it assured them by Jesus' death, according to the Divine promise. Those who do not get their chance of everlasting life now will get it during the Millennial. Sin a Transgression of Law. Human laws are not always the same as the Divine, though properly intended so to be. Thus the Lord informs us that some who are highly esteemed among men, and approved by human standards, are an abolition in the sight of God. Contrariwise, sometimes things disapproved by man are in accord with the Divine Law. God seems to put justice in the very highest place in His estimation of sin, while poor human judgment sometimes gives it a very low place. For instance, some will cry out vigorously and vengefully against immoral dances and petty thelevery, who would not hesitate to join in a Trust intended to deprive thousands of fellow-creatures of their share of the blessings of our day. In the eyes of human judgment, these would be esteemed noble examples, while in the sight of Divine Justice, we believe, they would rank as very vicious and criminal. Ten Cleansed—but One Thankful. Ten Cleaned—but One Thankful. When ten lepers came to our Lord praying for healing and were granted their request, only one of them returned to thank the Savior; and Jesus called attention to the fact. It well illustrates the difference between the two classes of the saved. The entire ten lepers would well represent the world of mankind in sin. All would be glad to be relieved of the leprosy of sin and to be holy and happy. But as only one of the ten was so appreciative as to come back and worship the Redeemer and offer Him his services, it represents the fact that only a small proportion of humanity is properly appreciative of the blessing of forgiveness of sins and healing there from. The only one who was thankful would well represent the class of sinners who now constitute the true Church, and who, realizing the Divine arrangement for the forgiveness of sins come thankfully and offer the Lord their little all to be used in His service. The "exceeding great and preciou- promises" of God's Word are given only to the thankful and consecrated, who have already presented themselves living sacrifices to God. "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom." "God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit," which is grant- ed only to the consecrated. These promises are to strengthen and nerve the consecrated and to enable them to overcome, in fulfilment of their cove- nant of consecration. KEEPBABESCLEAN WARNING ISSUED COULD SAVE MANY LIVES. Bulletin Tells Why Babies Cry, Get Sick and Dis-Common Sense Essential—Communities Wipe Out Infant Mortality to Large Extent. Washington.-The children's bureau of the department of labor has prepared a comprehensive bulletin devoted to babies. It is the first general contribution that Miss Julia Lathrop and her assistants have made to the government's educational publications. It tells all about babies and their troubles—why they cry and get sick and die. And then it tells what a relatively simple thing it would be to reduce the great procession of little white coffins if mothers would only use common sense and keep their babies clean. It points out the tremendous strides that have been made in New York and ```markdown ``` MISS JULIA LATHROP. Philadelphia since communities have been making concerted efforts to wipe out the causes of infant mortality. Here is one of the opening paragraphs: "The efforts of city health officials have resulted in the last ten years in reducing, the general death rate in cities below that of the rural districts and villages. Babies die of diseases which to a large extent are preventable, and when welfare work is directed toward saving their lives the response is immediate and decided. In certain large cities, such as New York and Philadelphia, the result of systematic baby saving campaigns has been shown in a reduction of between 30 and 40 per cent in the deaths of children under two years in the wards where the work was concentrated." The bulletin complains of shortage of funds, and it commends the motto of the New York health department, "Public health is purchasable; within natural limitations a community can determine its own death rate." Here are some of the principles laid down for raising babies: The baby nursed by its mother has approximately ten times the chances to live that a bottle fed baby has. Clean milk is fundamentally necessary. Cities should not tolerate the sale of "dipped" or "loose" milk. The bulletin continues: "The ideal is, nothing short of clean milk for everybody. But the need for the prompt remedy of bad milk conditions is more urgent in its relations to the welfare of babies than to that of adults, since dirty milk is largely responsible for the occurrence of diarrhea and enteritis, the most frequent causes of death among infants. The remedy lies in the intelligent and effective inspection of farms, the means of transportation and the shops where milk is sold." The bulletin advocates the establishment of municipal milk stations such as are now maintained in some cities. "The milk station," it says, "is simply a room sufficiently large to accommodate the patrons and equipped with a large ice box, a desk, some chairs and a table. An ordinary store is suitable for a station, and sometimes a schoolroom may be used for the purpose. The station is usually under charge of a nurse, and a physician is in attendance at stated hours. "More attention should be given to the prenatal care of mothers. Munich politics are just beginning to awaken to the importance of this sort of work and to understand that much of the waste of infant life is due to causes that were operative before the baby was born. Some cities have a special maternity nurse, who gives all her time to these cases; other cities direct the general nurses to take charge of them." To Wed Schoolmate Harn Milwaukee. Wls. — A romance of youthful days in the Milwaukee public schools was told when Clara Keller of Fredericksburg, Tex., came north to wed her old schoolmate, who as a boy ten years old pulled her from under the feet of a runaway team as they were playing near a school. The hero is Harry Murphy of Jollet, N. D. DOG GUARDS DEAD MATE. Companion Run Down by Car and Had to Be Shot. Kansas City.—For twelve hours a Newfoundland dog stood guard over the body of a bird dog run over the other evening by a street car at Independence and Indiana avenues. The bird dog was so badly hurt Policeman Lasley had to kill it. When a wagon was driven up in the morning to take the dog's body the Newfoundland was still standing watch. Considerable coaxing and sharp commands had to be used before the men could go near the spot. The two dogs have been seen together frequently by persons living in the neighborhood. The Newfoundland was close by when the car ran over its mate. Immediately after the policeman shot the injured animal the other dog took up the watch. When the officer attempted to go near the dog's body the Newfoundland resisted. Rather than disturb this "grieving companion" Policeman Lasley allowed the remains to lie all night on the street corner. JURY BOX BENEATH TREE. Justice, Ejected From City Hall, Holes Court on Lawn. St. Louis.—With his desk under a big oak tree and the jury box arranged under another tree near by, Justice Frank Ford of Upper Alton held court in the yard of the town lot in Upper Alton. Justice Ford was ejected from the village hall several days ago by the city officials, who allege that he is holding office illegally and has no right to city quarters. Ford had a child abandonment case to try, and he arranged everything outside under the tree, where his desk and law books still remain, just as they were piled outside by the police who ejected him. Twice little showers caused judge jury and witnesses to run to the near by store. Great Falls, Mont.—Going to prove that men inhabited this part of the world in prehistoric times and even then used axes and showed judgment in felling trees. Solomon Abbott of Shelby, north of this city, has developed startling evidence in this section. Not far from the Sullivan ranch and near the junction of Cut Bank creek and Two Medicine creek there is a butte, probably 450 or 500 feet above the surrounding country and about seven miles in circumference. It has cut banks so steep at every point that they are impassable for cattle and horses and at but one point is a fence needed to keep the animals on top of the butte. The butte is absolutely devoid of timber, but at one time on the summit there grew a fine straight pine tree two feet in diameter and not short of 80 to 100 feet high. This is proved by the fact that the tree now lies full length on the ground, cut into two foot lengths, the ax marks discernible in every cut of the wood, which is now petrified. To fell the tree uphill, as was done it had to be chopped on the side to ward which it was to fall almost en tirely, and the petrified stump shows that this was done. Every one of the cuts, which hint of commercial purposes for the wood, gives indisputable evidence of the woodman's ax. Abbott is a pioneer and is believed to have been the first white man to have climbed to the top of the butte. He found the petrified tree just as it today, and the wonder is in what age was the tree cut and what sort of peep pled it and with what sort of an ax CONVICT IS NOW A LORD. Will Succeed to Title and Large Estates on Release. Leavenworth, Kan.—A telegram has been received at the federal prison an nouncing that Convict Fred Grey, by the death of an elder brother in England, would succeed to a title and a large estate. He will become Lord Frederico Grey and will leave for England to assume his honors on his release from the federal prison. Grey was received at the federal prison last fall from Texas, where he had been convicted for using the mails to defraud. He has been the black sheep of his family, having spent most of his time since 1902 in penal institutions of this country. JAIL HARVARD MAN AS SPY. Franzen Mistaken For German Secret Agent In Milan. Cambridge, Mass.—Walter Franzen of St. Paul, a Harvard junior who left college a few months ago for Europe has recently been released from imprisonment in Italy, after being accused of being a notorious German spy. He was arrested in Milan in mistake for Franzen Walther, a German secret agent, whose home is in St. Paul Hesse Cassel. Franzen was tried by the military authorities at the Milan fortress and spent a week in a dungeon before the American consul had him released. HEART MAY STOP BEATING. Physician Says Ten Minute Interruption Is Not Dangerous. Paris.-The following very interesting statements, some of which are considered striking by the leading lights of French medical science, were made by Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research, New York, at his first official lecture at the Paul Beajon hospital. Dr. Carrel announced that he was now able to operate in the chest cavity with as much ease and safety as in the abdomen. "It is now a simple cut," he said, "and we open the thorax and operate upon the lungs, heart and aorta as we treat the kidneys and the intestines. We now know also just how much the brain, the spinal cord and the heart can stand as regards the temporary anaesthetics required by operations. "The heart suffers very little from interrupted circulation as long as care is taken that it has enough oxygen, and it may be stopped for five or even ten minutes without danger, while in the spinal marrow the circulation may be stopped as long as twenty minutes." "For the brain, however, four minutes is the limit of safety, and after five it is very difficult to restrain normal conditions." A huge field of work remained, he said in conclusion, to be done as regards operations upon the human heart, and the study of these was of the greatest possible importance. This was especially true of surgery for aneurisms and the shrinking of the aorta or pulmonary arteries. POLITICAL FEUD OFFICIALLY ENDED Columbia, S. C.—When United States Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman of South Carolina recently consented to the confirmation by the senate of President Wilson's appointment of William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia (S. C.) State, as minister to Cuba a famous political and personal feud of twenty-four years' standing in South Carolina came to an official end. The Tillman and Gonzales families have been bitter enemies, and the Palmetto State has been the scene of many beaten battles fought by able leaders on both sides. On one occasion the differences were augmented by bloodshed. The Gonzales brothers—three of them—were exponents of views of the old aristocratic element—the exslave owners and wealthy planters who could trace their ancestors back hundreds of years and who composed the society element and the financial backbone of the state. Senator Tillman in his vigorous and stirring campaign for governor of South Carolina in the early nineteen was victorious over this opposition. He was elected United States senator and has served his state in this capacity for the past sixteen years. James Tillman, a nephew of the senator, was elected lieutenant governor Later he was a candidate for governor. The Gonzales' sight on the Tillmans had never let up—many stinging and rebuking editorials were published in their paper James Tillman was defeated. Shortly after the election he met N. G. Gonzales, at that time editor of the paper, on the streets of Columbia and shot him dead. He subsequently was acquitted. A monument now stands in Columbia honoring the memory of N. G. Gonzales. On this it is recorded that Gonzales was "murdered" near the spot where the monument stands. Jim Tillman, as he was generally known, was later retired from politics. He became ill with tuberculosis. The climate of the west failed to cause an improvement in his condition, and he returned to his native state. In the meantime he had quarreled with his uncle, and the breach was an open one. The last days of Jim Tillman were spent in a lonely little cottage at Asheville, N. C., and he died there about a year ago. The bitter campaign of 1912 against Cole L. Blease came on in South Carolina in August, 1912. For the first time Tillman and Gonzales were on the same side, both favoring the election of the opponent of Blease. This tended to bring the two factions on closer terms. The fact that Senator Tillman permitted the senate to confirm the appointment of Mr. Gonzales as minister to Cuba officially ends the struggle of twenty years, marked by a continual and able fighting on both sides and, even by bloodshed. SOCKLESS MAN IS DIVORCED. Wife Says She Washed His Face and Hands Daily. Chicago.—Because her husband was too lazy to wash his face and would not wear socks unless she put them on him, Mrs. Jessie Wood of East Eighteenth street. Paterson, has obtained a divorce. According to Mrs. Wood, her husband, James G., was the personification of laziness. She endured him for five years. She testified that Wood refused to work. He developed a great desire to sleep during the day. Then, she says, he became so lazy he would not take a bath. Rather than invite criticism she washed his bands and face daily and put on his socks. He was abledod, but his wife says he was just naturally "tired." 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. BY ALL MEANS The proposition urged upon Congress by Major Sylvester for radical changes in the law concerning concealed weapons should receive the indorsement and earnest support of all good citizens. It may be set down as a rule that the man who has formed the habit of carrying concealed about his person a revolver, dirk, black-jack, or other murderous instrument may be set down as a natural born coward, braggart or scoundrel, and often all three combined. In a city like this, where obedience to law is so unitorm, and police protection is ample, is no earthly necessity for carrying deadly weapons, except in cases where the character of the business or occupation actually requires it, as bank messengers and others entrusted with the transportation of money, etc. The flimsy pretext upon which many seek to justify carrying weapons, such as threats, alleged desperate neighborhoods, imaginary fear of certain classes, and the like, should not be accepted by the police authorities. The idea of issuing permits upon applications in which satisfactory reasons must be clearly stated is an excellent one, only such permits should be listed and the lists published or at least open for public inspection. Were the privileged arsenals published from time to time, the public would be enabled to render efficient service in the interest of law and order by reporting such persons whose names were not on the list of permits, as may be found carrying weapons. There is one thing to be feared, however, and that is that in the case of a police superintendent biased by race prejudice, unfair discrimination based on color might be carried beyond the spirit of the proposed regulation. The conditions upon which permits are to issue should be uniform and in exceptional cases there should be special publication of the reasons set forth. As Major Sylvester has suggested, the penalty should be heavy and the law rigidly and impartially enforced. It is surprising to note that Representative Simms offered a very drastic bill hearing on this same question, a fact which augurs well for one who comes from a state where weapons are carelessly handled. The possession of a weapon for the protection of one's home and family is a very desirable and proper thing. And every citizen, white and colored, should bear this in mind, but no citizen should be permitted to carry a concealed weapon where the conditions are so favorable to the full protection to life and property as is this city. Only when a mob threatens the peace, property, lives and lionor of our homes should the use of arms be permitted or tolerated. The law would work wonders and be the means of calling in more miscellaneous deadly junk than one would imagine. Like many other dangerous things, weapons have their uses, but "toting them around the streets in a promiscuously manner is not one of them THE COMMISSIONERS. THE COMMISSIONERS. President Wilson has appointed two independent men Commissioners of the District of Columbia. He has taken our local government out of the hands of a ring, which has encircled our local government from the time the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Both Mr. Siddons and Mr. Newman are high class men, and the people may look for a clean and well conducted administration of our local affairs. Captain Oyster and Mr. Rudolph were no doubts the favorites of the people, and their defeat was a surprise. The people in this city who pay taxes to run this government have but little representation in our local government. All of the best places are given to outsiders or non-residents. The Bee is of the opinion that Messrs. Siddons and Newman will make two good Commissioners. There will be no tears to shed for Johnston, who should have been gone some time ago. MR DONNELLY The retiring Public Printer, Mr. Samuel D. Donnelly, leaves his office with the plaudits and gratitude not only of colored Americans, but all nationalities, regardless of race or condition. His efforts have been to treat all classes fairly, and at the same time to do his duty to the government. There was no man under the administration of ex-President Roosevelt or ex-President Taft who endeavored to do his duty any more than Mr. Donnelly. On behalf of the colored employees in his office who were treated so fairly by him, The Bee extends to Mr. Donnelly everlasting gratitude. EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT. The editor of The Bee has always been in favor of a bona fide editor for president of the National Negro Press Association. The Bee has always maintained that a government servant or official is neither fit for president of a press association nor competent as a leader of the colored people. The Editor of The Bee will endeavor to be present at the meeting of the press association to be held in Philadelphia, Pa., in August, to assist in electing a real man president of the association. Let Thompson resign. TOO MUCH TRACEWELL. Mr. McAdoo, the Secretary of the Treasury, has appointed a controller of currency who has some common sense. The present controller seems to regard the welfare of the employees. Sometimes when a man is placed in a position that gives him a little authority they try to overstep the bounds and construe the law, very often to the detriment of those who should be benefited. We have had too much Tracewell. AN EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT. Knoxville, Tenn., June 30, 1913. Editor Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir and Brother: The National Negro Press Association meets in Philadelphia in August. This letter is not intended to serve as announcement of that fact to you, but I am writing to know your attitude toward the present president of the association. I presume that you noted an editorial in an issue of The East Tennessee News following the meeting of the Executive Committee in Philadelphia on February 1, but for year you did not see it I am mailing you a copy of the same herewith. I wish to reinforce our statements in that editorial, and impress upon your mind the fact that the association does not have near the prestige that it should throughout the country, because of the fact that Mr. Thompson is not a publisher, has no known connection with any publication, and is only a correspondent to a few papers from Washington. He has, we are told, an idea of starting an Associated Press Service among the Negro papers in the near future, and that is his reason for wanting to retain his position with the publishers. If we as members of a National Negro Press Association are to be thoroughly recognized throughout the country, and hold our position in that capacity, we should have a man in the executive chair that has at least some connection with some publication. I shall be very much pleased to hear from you by return mail in answer to this letter, and would be pleased to have you state as to whether you will attend the meeting of the association in Philadelphia in August. Assuring you of my great interest in the association, I am fraternally yours, W. L. PORTER, Asst. Corresponding Secretary. SOCIAL SETTLEMENT. A Successful Entertainment. An entertainment for the benefit of the social settlement in Glick's Alley was given at Howard Theatre Saturday afternoon, June 21. Among the specialties introduced were songs and dances by the following children: Thelma Watson, Blendina Smith, Dorothy Kraft, Grace Williston, Stella Skinker, Wilma Mason, Araminta West, Elinor Rivers and Josephine Hughes. Folk dances were given by a number of public school children under the direction of the Misses Julia Davis, Marguerite Ferguson, Ethel Gibbons and Flossie Thompson. The music was furnished by Misses Enola McDaniels, Gregoria Fraser and Jewel Janifer. A REWARD OF APATHY. The fallacy of the statement we have that Northern politicians would own rights of the colored people of the widespread intelligence, prosperity, latter, is being more and more forced to by. It is a demonstrated fact that we general throughout the North, the colored people were far more respected, than at present. Indeed, the pressed, geometrically, as it were, discontent has increased in about this for it is not far to seek. It goes, egence and happiness above apart, on schools, sanitation, religious expenditure of our means for the needs, physical, moral and intellect a "free hand" in dealing with the has constantly boasted and still barian and generally uplifting serving the colored people and of the making by reason thereof. That thing is true enough, but such programs put in their way by the man by reason of the uniform spirit of assistance white friends at the North. A few statistical hints may not be. Let us take the educational facie as a starter. If there is unanimous Southern whites, it is that of the with the colored brother, and her facts which apply at all will admit South Carolina spends an averageings for colored children, urban and of one dollar and seventy-one cents, educational work. To put it more generously (?) expended by this inspiring a school of 50 colored pupil teacher, is $26; and the length of interminable period of 17 weeks, on conditions seem slightly better, whie age of about $32, with the schools expected, the school year does not oared people, it being 95 days in Alina, while that in Virginia is 122. As to the qualifications of the teachew school conditions are the best recent report of the State Superinters, of whom 10,564 had no colleltraining, and of the 4,413 teachers grade certificates, only 986. held while the remaining 3,427 held those latter of which comprehending an asented by the curriculum "of the flicic school." In Alabama, of the age of the character above described, those of first grade. As to the character and conditionings to her historic devotion to the houses, of greater or less antiquity poses, while out of 7,003 schools, out-houses, leaving 3,051 schools we ever. Is there any wonder that the should be able to report the alarm in rural population of the South are some localities indicate fully 90 schools to 95 per cent of the puwe even some colleges are known in we have hook-worm infection? The report does not state that colored people, but it may well be full proportion. Such is the spectacle which educpresent, to the world, in testimony the white South is exhibiting in the and as proof of the wisdom of o North, touching the manhood right the statement we have so often in politicians would cease agitation among people of the South there is intelligence, prosperity and content more and more forcibly demonstrared fact that when agitation about the North, the political and there far more respected, at least present. Indeed, the denial of it actually, as it were, as agitation increased in about the same proportion to seek. It goes without saying unless above referred to are dependent on sanitation, religious training, our means for the gratification of moral and intellectual. To just deal with the colored people pasted and still boasts, of the practically uplifting service it has received people and of the marvelous people thereof. That the colored people, but such progress is rather their way by the majority of the uniform spirit of encouragement friends at the North are rendered hints may not amiss just one educational facilities afforded. If there is unanimity on any one, it is that of the manner and brother, and hence almost all at all will admit of general and the length of the average period of 17 weeks, of five days each slightly better, where the teacher, with the school year of 96 or school year does not vary much in being 95 days in Alabama, 93 days in Virginia is 122 days, and inifications of the teachers of rural conditions are the best in the South of the State Superintendent, there is 5,564 had no college, normal on the 4,413 teachers who held first, only 986. held those of the first, 3,427 held those of the other comprehending an education high curriculum "of the fifth or sixth go to Alabama, of the 2,384 teachers above described, but 174 or above. Character and condition of school historic devotion to the past by steter or less antiquity and dilapidation of 7,003 schools, 3,952 can be building 3,051 schools without any trouble. Wonder that the U. S. Marine to report the alarming fact that of the South are infested with indicate fully 90 per cent; the super cent of the pupils harbor hazards are known in which 30 per cent in an infection? does not state that these percent but it may well be presumed that interest shown by the white advancement of the colored people (2) constructive and reformative the three principal religious denver, in the spirit of righteous abstaining sarcasm and rebuke, put princely givers we have been an average of 3 postage state. Methodists averaged less than a five cent one. The Southern asking from its large member forence that all this is well understated census of 1910 shows that nearly 20 persons, sane and insane the rate of twenty-one hundred facts herein related have been long disclosures and deductions pro- who no doubt means to be fair to a whole, however, it reminds byyr," but still is the very best of and blarney so extravagantly and appreciation of the utter fathom about the truth," and is calculation of the better elements of the realization of their duty, as civilians, toward their striving, and pleasant sensation that forces us readers displayed the bravery of and without evasion or equivails, and exposing, at first hand, that has been well matured and in use instead of representing "in Dixie, our friends at the areas they are rapidly disappearing now be going strenuously ahead of the race become a living, po- SOMEBODY LIED." The fallacy of the statement we have so often heard to the effect that Northern politicians would cease agitation of the political rights of the colored people of the South there would be more widespread intelligence, prosperity and contentment among the latter, is being more and more forcibly demonstrated as the years go by. It is a demonstrated fact that when agitation was vigorous and general throughout the North, the political and civil rights of the colored people were far more respected, at least tolerated and enjoyed, thanat present. Indeed, the denial of these rights has progressed geometrically, as it were, as agitation has abated. And discontent has increased in about the same proportion. The reason for this is not far to seek. It goes without saying that the intelligence and happiness above referred to are dependent, for the most part, on schools, sanitation, religious training and the judicious expenditure of our means for the gratification of our legitimate needs, physical, moral and intellectual. To justify the demand for a "free hand" in dealing with the colored people, the white South has constantly boasted and still boasts, of the prodigious humanitarian and generally uplifting service it has rendered and is rendering the colored people and of the marvelous progress they are making by reason thereof. That the colored people are progressing is true enough, but such progress is rather in spite of the obstacles put in their way by the majority of the white South; and by reason of the uniform spirit of encouragement and substantial assistance white friends at the North are rendering. Let us take the educational facilities afforded the colored people as a starter. If there is unanimity on any one subject among Southern whites, it is that of the manner and means of dealing with the colored brother, and hence almost any arrangement of facts which apply at all will admit of general application. South Carolina spends an average of $246.88 for her school buildings for colored children, urban and rural; and the enormous sum of one dollar and seventy-one cents, $1.71, per capita, per year, for educational work. To put it more plainly, the average amount generously (?) expended by this great commonwealth for equipping a school of 50 colored pupils, including the salary of the teacher, is $26; and the length of the average school year is the interminable period of 17 weeks, of five days each. In Florida, the conditions seem slightly better, where the teacher receives an average of about $32, with the school year of 96 days. As might be expected, the school year does not vary much in the South for colored people, it being 95 days in Alabama, 93 days in North Carolina, while that in Virginia is 122 days, and in Texas 124 days. As to the qualifications of the teachers of rural schools in Texas where school conditions are the best in the South, according to the recent report of the State Superintendent, there were 13,116 teachers, of whom 10,564 had no college, normal or even high school training, and of the 4,413 teachers who held first, second and third grade certificates, only 986 held those of the first or highest grade, while the remaining 3,427 held those of the other two, neither of the latter of which comprehending an education higher than that represented by the curriculum "of the fifth or sixth grade of a good public school." In Alabama, of the 2,384 teachers holding certificates of the character above described, but 174 or about 8 per cent hold those of first grade. As to the character and condition of school buildings, Virginia clings to her historic devotion to the past by still utilizing 544 log houses, of greater or less antiquity and dilapidation, for school purposes, while out of 7,003 schools, 3,952 can boast of some sort of out-houses, leaving 3,051 schools without any toilet facilities whatever. Is there any wonder that the U. S. Marine Hospital Service should be able to report the alarming fact that 30 per cent of the rural population of the South are infested with hook-worm; that some localities indicate fully 90 per cent; that in some county schools 35 to 95 per cent of the pupils harbor hook-worms, and that even some colleges are known in which 30 per cent of the students have hook-worm infection? The report does not state that these percentages obtain among colored people, but it may well be presumed that they bear their full proportion. Such is the spectacle which educational and sanitary conditions present, to the world, in testimony of unselfish devotion (2) which the white South is exhibiting in the laudable work of race elevation and as proof of the wisdom of dispensing with agitation at the North, touching the manhood rights of the colored people. The profound interest shown by the white South, in the moral and spiritual advancement of the colored people, is indicated by the stupendous (?) constructive and reformatory work being accomplished by the three principal religious denominations in Dixie. Doctor Weatherford, in the spirit of righteous indignation and in the language of biting sarcasm and rebuke, puts it tersely in these words: "What princely givers we have been! The Presbyterians last year gave an average of 3 postage stamps per member to this work. The Methodists averaged less than the price of a cheap soda water—just a five cent one. The Southern Baptist Convention has only been asking from its large membership $15,000 annually, or less than one cent per member for this tremendous work." As evidence that all this is well understood, noted and duly appreciated, the census of 1910 shows that nearly two hundred ten thousand (210,000) colored people forsook the South during the decade and that they are returning to that delectable (?) country at the rate of less than 20 persons, sane and insane, per month; or to be exact, at the rate of twenty-one hundred (2,100) every ten years. The profound interest shown by and spiritual advancement of the stupendous (?) constructive complished by the three principal Doctor Weatherford, in the spirit the language of biting sarcasm and words: "What princely giversarians last year gave an average of this work. The Methodists averaged soda water—just a five cent one-tion has only been asking from it usually, or less than one cent per work." As evidence that all this is appreciated, the census of 1910 she thousand (210,000) colored people decade and that they are returning the rate of less than 20 persons, so be exact, at the rate of twenty years. A few of the facts herein relate mass of alarming disclosures and white Southron, who no doubt me both races. As a whole, however Man and the Satyr," but still is that the bluff and blarney so work; a profound appreciation of walking round about the truth," sleeping conscience of the better the South to a realization of their approved Americans, toward the darker brethren. It is not a pleasant sensation that our own race leaders displayed tions, fearlessly and without eva actual conditions, and exposing, as which for years has been well metically re-slave us instead of r "fine and dandy" in Dixie, our be legion, whereas we are rapid a "square deal" now be going structural rights of the race become "Somebody lied, SOMEBODY L A few of the facts herein related have been appropriated from a mass of alarming disclosures and deductions published by a brave white Southron, who no doubt means to be fair and just and true to both races. As a whole, however, it reminds us of Aesop's "The Man and the Satyr," but still is the very best of its kind. It shows that the bluff and blarney so extravagantly expended will not work; a profound appreciation of the utter folly of "continually walking round about the truth," and is calculated to arouse the sleeping conscience of the better elements of the white people of the South to a realization of their duty, as civilized Christians and approved Americans, toward their striving, aspiring and worthy darker brethren. It is not a pleasant sensation that forces us to confess that, had our own race leaders displayed the bravery of their real convictions, fearlessly and without evasion or equivocation, by stating actual conditions, and exposing, at first hand, the great conspiracy which for years has been well matured and in operation, to practically re-enslave us instead of representing that everything was "fine and dandy" in Dixie, our friends at the North would now be legion, whereas they are rapidly disappearing and agitation for a "square deal" now be going strenuously ahead until the constitutional rights of the race become a living, permanent fact. But "Somebody lied, SOMEBODY LIED." The use of Howard Theatre was contributed by Mr. Andrew Thomas. The Settlement House has been named the Satterlee Centre. Classes for men, women, boys and girls will be formed. A clinic will be held for women and children by Dr. Ionia R. Whipper. V. R. Hoff, Dr. Ralph Jenkins, Rev T. Hubert Jones, and Mrs. Blandin D. Wright, secretary. The C. Y. W. C. A. The members of the Young Wom Dr. Clara H. Smyth, who has been appointed superintendent of Satterlee House, will compound the prescriptions. The executive committee of the Social Service Conference of the Alleys Committee, of which Col. John V. R. Hoff is chairman, consists of Mrs. Ida Myrth, chairman, Col. John Nor is this all. have so often heard to the effect please agitation of the political the South there would be more and contentment among the sibly demonstrated as the years when agitation was vigorous and political and civil rights of the sected, at least tolerated and en- denial of these rights has pro- gress agitation has abated. And the same proportion. The reason without saying that the intelli- tled to are dependent, for the most ous training and the judicious gratification of our legitimate equal. To justify the demand for colored people, the white South casts, of the prodigious humani- ance it has rendered and is ren- the marvelous progress they are the colored people are progress- ess is rather in spite of the ob- majority of the white South; and the encouragement and substantial those rendering. facilities afforded the colored peo- mity on any one subject among a manner and means of dea- tice almost any arrangement of of general application. sum of $246.88 for her school build- rural; and the enormous sum of $1.71, per capita, per year, for are plainly, the average amount great commonwealth for equip- s, including the salary of the the average school year is the five days each. In Florida, the there the teacher receives an aver- y of 96 days. As might be very much in the South for col- labama, 93 days in North Caro- days, and in Texas 124 days. Teachers of rural schools in Texas last in the South, according to the dependent, there were 13,116 teach- age, normal or even high school who held first, second and third rose of the first or highest grade, one of the other two, neither of the education higher than that repre- fth or sixth grade of a good pub- 384 teachers holding certificates about 174 or about 8 per cent hold of school buildings, Virginia the past by still utilizing 544 log and dilapidation, for school pur- 3,952 can boast of some sort of without any toilet facilities what- U. S. Marine Hospital Service being fact that 30 per cent of the infested with hook-worm; that per cent; that in some county pils harbor hook-worms, and that which 30 per cent of the students of these percentages obtain among the presumed that they bear their educational and sanitary conditions of unselfish devotion (?) which are laudable work of race elevation dispensing with agitation at the acts of the colored people. by the white South, in the moral of colored people, is indicated by and reformatory work being ac- religious denominations in Dixie. of righteous indignation and in rebuke, puts it tersely in these we have been! The Presbyte- 3 postage stamps per member to greg less than the price of a cheap The Southern Baptist Conven- tions large membership $15,000 an- member for this tremendous well understood, noted and duly ows that nearly two hundred ten near forsook the South during the to that delectable (?) country at ane and insane, per month; or to one hundred (2,100) every ten and have been appropriated from a deductions published by a brave to be fair and just and true to it reminds us of Aesop's "The very best of its kind. It shows extravagantly expended will not of the utter folly of "continually and is calculated to arouse the elements of the white people of duty, as civilized Christians and air striving, aspiring and worthy that forces us to confess that, had the bravery of their real convic- sion or equivocation, by stating at first hand, the great conspiracy fatured and in operation, to pra- presenting that everything was wriends at the North would now only disappearing and agitation for enviously ahead until the consti- cate a living, permanent fact. But NIED." V. R. Hoff, Dr. Ralph Jenkins, Rev. T. Hubert Jones, and Mrs. Blandina D. Wright, secretary. The members of the Young Women's Christian Association will be glad to hear, that $2000 of the final indebtedness on the home, which was $500 with interest, was paid in May by the treasurer, Miss Marian P. Shadd. This leaves a balance of $300 which it is hoped will be wiped out by the first of December. The C. Y. W. C. A. Public Men Ard Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) According to the dope I hear, Charley Barnes, who has been writing a series of apologies to little Offord has got to do his work all over again. Charley has been sending his apologies to some colored newspaper up in Detroit. Offord don't live in Detroit, never sees any papers from that Lake Erie-washed town, and insists that Barnes has got to come clean with an apology in a Washington newspaper. Now, Barnes has got to do his writing all over again. Offord means business, and unless Charley takes his pen in hand "to once" and encribes a few touching lines, Offord is going to have a little conference with Mr. Clarence Wilson, who draws down a few thousand a year as District Attorney, and he means to advise Mr. Wilson to go ahead and bring Barnes up before the court for libel. Now, Barnes wants to remain in Washington. He ain't got no use for Opequin- or any of those very seclusive habitats, so it is probable he will write some more apologies and publish them in some newspaper what has circulation in this berg. * * * It doesn't never pay to get tangled up with that there libel law. And before you call a fellow a thief and a mountebank you had better go down and examine the police records to see if the fellow has ever been arrested for a lot of criminal offences. Now, from what I know of Barnes, he ain't a bad fellow. He got his billiard ball all filled up with a lot of notions that the whole political future of the Negro race was bound up in the Democrats, and he was the spokesman of that party, and it just made him a little bit sea-sick which accounts for his spewing up a lot of disjointed stuff about Offord. And just when Barnes was feeling the chestiest, and thought he was right next to Bishop Walters, the Democrats down there at the Capitol don't like seeing a Negro dressed up and reading law books, and having his nails manicured three times a week, just separated him from that $1,000 job he was holding at the Capitol. Charley blossomed into a leader too quick. And I blame Bishop Walters for ja lot. of Charley's get-rich-quick ideas. You see, the Bishop himself fitted up with a lot of bull-con that he was going to dictate appointments, had been using Barnes as a sort of Charge de Affaires, and was making Charley believe he was the real cheese in the market. Barnes meant to do no one to any harm. He's pretty square sort of a fellow. He was fretted a 'little at Offord 'cause he reckoned he had been a daddy to that leaf from Philadelphia's history, and felt that of all Men Offord should stick to him like one of Alcock's porous plasters. But you see Offord is just like the genera' run of Negro Democrats—always looking out for the main chance, so when he found that Barnes couldn't deliver any goods in the open market, and that Bishop Walters was just as sane as a fellow with a thirst in a dry town, he concluded he'd better go dig a little just for Offord. That's what got on Barnes' nerve, and the result was a near-criminal prosecution over which Barnes is still trembling like a tropical animal in arctic climate. \*\*\* I was talking to a friend the other day what's next to all the gossip floating around in the Eighth precinct, and he said this jam in which the National Association for the Advancement, etc., etc., had gotten itself in was playing hob with some old-time friendships. Now, he said that there were some people who had been flocking together, just 'cause they wanted to knock Booker T., or just because they were formlist that little wail up on Columbia Road, down in the City Directory as Roscoe C. Bruce, were now enemies, cussing each other just like they cussed Roscoe in chorus a short time ago, and just like they have been damming the Tuskegee wizard. And the Bookerites are just laughing, to know that the Washington-anchored enemies are quarreling among themselves over Waldron. A few of them, though, who were pulling against that Columbia Road derelict when the opposition to him was a unit, are now soft-soaping him with praise—working him for something, and he ain't wise enough to remember that old saw, "Beware of the Greeks when they bear gifts." If Little Lord Faintelroy knows which side his bread is buttered on, and really wants to avoid a pit that is being prepared for him to fall into this fall, he will not try to train with the hares and run with hounds, but will just play safe with' the people that, were with him when the order was given: "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham." And, believe me, he was within an inch of getting electrocuted. \*\*\* But, getting back to that bunch of marks what's made such an awful noise in the National Association for the Advancement, etc., etc. The way some of them are digging up the records of some others with whom they were bosom friends a few weeks ago is soothing to make a mummified saint weep. What I have heard this week would make a black tom cat turn a Maltese color over night. It looks now as though this town is to be afflicted with a dual organization. Waldron ain't going to quit just cause Hershaw, Nev. Thomas and Mrs. Clifford speel that way, and neither are they going to let Waldron run them, so we are about to have a tug of war. Freeman Murray, who heretofore has always had a lot of bull-cou to hand out, and was, always ripe for reporting everything wrong he didn't like, ain't saying much these days. He's with Waldron and he's with Hershaw, but this Democratic administration, which Freeman has been praying for and squalling for for several years, has got his goat, and he's afraid to even sit up and take notice. I reckon he will lay down his pen and cease corresponding for Trotter's weekly milli- tant. I hear that R. Wordy Thompson got the tip that if he didn't stop sending his weekly allotment of moldy chestnuts to newspapers each week he would get separated from the government payroll. Just as a reminder of what they would'd, they took the pruning knife and chopped his salary down from $900 to $720. I am tofd, and then removed him from the Assistant Secretary's door, where he's been posing as a statesman for the last two years. And if the War Department ain't tipped it off to Freeman Murray that it will be agreeable if he will cut out his newspaper correspondence, he's likely to get it soon in one form or another. It may come in the shape of a cut in salary and it may come in the shape of dismissal. R. Wordy has been silenced by this administration, and from the dope I get (and it don't come from Bishop Walters, Charley Barnes, Jim Ross or any of that bunch of parchied easymarks), in a few weeks there is to be a bunch of anthracite-colored individuals who will get the hook soon, and most of them are a squad like R. Wordy and Freeman Murray—those who have either been trying to ease themselves into the Democratic ranks since November 5th, or those who, like Freeman, have always been cussing the Republicans. As Josephus Daniels is reported to have stated, "This ain't no Negro administration, and the fewer of them we leave in when we go out of power the better." I glad I ain't got no political job. I never did want any, and I ain't never going to take any, believe me. School work's good enough for me, even if the pay is small. But it sure does make me sore to think that this administration had no more respect for the Thompson National News Bureau, and for the President of the alleged National Negro Press Association than to reduce and transfer the head of both, in the person of R. Wordy. And Bob Harlan, who never did want to be known as colored, according to my newspaper, has been transferred, too, and a demotion is just in the offing for him. Then there is Theodore Green, another white gentleman. He's looking for a reduction or a fire. This sure is a bad administration for trimmers, kickers, and "passing-for-white" yaler buds. FAIRFAX NOTES Sabbath school work at this point is still very active. Superintendent Clark is still pushing things to the front. Rev. M. D. Williams, pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, and who has been very ill from a recent stroke of paralysis, is now improving. Mrs. W. H. Neal made a pleasant visit to Washington Friday morning, returning Saturday evening. Mr. Robert Payne, one of our most highly respected citizens, holds well to his work in the city. His daughter, Miss Myrtle, was recently honored by the Fairfax Sunday School Union with a scholarship in Manasas Industrial School for another year. The gardens in this section are doing well. Mr. W. H. Neal reports having new potatoes from his garden, Friday, June 27. It is usually as late as July 4. MERRIFIELD, VA. NEWS. June 29 was the anniversary of the First Baptist Church here, of which Rev. B. J. Askew is pastor. A week's meeting of prayer and preaching services, preceded this day, Rev. L. Wilson, of the city, preaching on Tuesday night. On Sunday the program was preaching at 11 o'clock by Rev. Wilson; 3 o'clock P. M., by the pastor, and at night by Rev. J. N. Beaman, pastor at Vienna, Va. For the afternoon pastor Askew had his choir from Macedonia Baptist Church, in Anacostia, D. C., come over and sing for the occasion. Bro. Joseph Singleton is leader, with Miss Annie Gaines, organist. Dinner was served in the Liberty Hall, Mrs. Lucy Coats, assisted by the following ladies: Sarah Bland. Worthy Johnson, Annie Collins, and Messrs. Gec. Bland and Hal. Phillips, as a committee having charge. The pastor's eighth anniversary will be held Tuesday night, July 8. The Fairfax Sunday School Union, which met with this church Sunday, June 22, was nicely attended in the afternoon, many Sunday schools being represented. Miss Myrtle Payne, of Fairfax, and Mr. Lester Horton, of Chantilly, were given scholarships at Manassas Industrial School for the next year. Mr. S. S. Harris, of Bull Run, was elected president, with Mr. Charles C. Hyson, of Merrifield, secretary. A grand meeting was this, and the next session will be held with the First Baptist Church at Vienna, Va., in September. Mrs. Sarah Bland made a flying trip to the city Saturday to complete arrangements for Sunday's meeting. Mrs. M. Luckett is improving. Mrs. Nellie Childs and daughter are now spending the summer at their home here with Mrs. Childs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Blackwell. Miss Lucile Coats returned home Tuesday, July 1st, from Washington, where she has been attending school all winter. Messrs. Everett Coates, Lafayette Bradley and C. V. Hyson, with others of Blue Ridge Lodge No. 8500, G. U. of O. F., attended the anniversary sermon at Mt. Pleasant, Sunday. Mr. Joseph Collins, the W. S. of S. and D. of Liberty Lodge No. 14, has been sick for a week, but is now improving. BOARDERS WANTED Mrs. Delia Howard wishes boarders during the summer vacation, offering first-class table board; fine water; large and sunshiny rooms; music and tennis; shady and spacious lawns. P. Stations, Rect it.-Va. This is the victory that overcame the world, even our faith."—I John 6:4. E live in a day when faith is greatly discounted. People seem disposed to say, "I care not what a man believes, if only his life be honorable." By this generally is meant that faith is of no consequence. Those who so hold usually put honor of men as the highest goal. Their sentiments, translated into plain English, would be, "With all your getting, get money and prosperity; for without these, you will never prosper in the present life." The Bible standpoint, however, is the very reverse of this. God's Word puts faith first, and builds character upon that faith. God declares that no human being can do perfect works. Hence He has not made works the standard. Faith is God's standard, and He assures us that whoever has the proper faith must necessarily have works to correspond. FAITH WITH OUT WORKS IS DEAD WORKS ALONE NOT ACCEPTABLE In line with this principle, we note that God's favor- ites of the Bible have all been men of faith. Their faith did not make them perfect, nor were their works always acceptable in God's sight. But He published them for evil works, and rewarded them for faith. Thus we find in the Bible record that some of God's favorites committed grievous sins and made serious mistakes. Nevertheless, they maintained God's favor, by reason of their faith. Of all religious books ever written the Bible is perhaps the most candid. It tells of the mistakes and the sins of the very men which it holds up as examples. Yet the Bible incultates the highest possible standards of righteousness. In word, deed and thought. The Faith Before Christ Came. The first proclamation of God's purposes respecting humanity was made to Abraham. After Abraham had manifested his faith, God declared that He would greatly bless him and his posterity, so that through him would eventually come children who would accomplish the great work of blessing mankind, and who would rescue all from the power of sin and death. "In thee and in thy Seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." For years God tested Abraham. Yet "his faith staggered not." After Isaac had been born and as yet had no child. God directed that this son of promise be sacrificed. What a grand development of faith Abraham had acquired when he was ready to obey, accounting that God was able to raise Isaac from the dead! O the blessing of such faith It was the same with Isaac and Jacob. That promise influenced the whole course of their lives. Although they understood practically nothing of how God would accomplish so great a blessing, yet their faith laid hold upon the fact. It made them more like God. It shaped every interest of life. By and by, Israel was called the people of God. The Covenant of Sinai pledged them to be a holy nation. God covenanted with them that if they would keep His Law blamelessly, He would fulfil in them the Promise made to Abraham. He knew that imperfect men could not keep His perfect Law; but He let them try, thereby learning the lesson. Through that lesson He would give instruction to the angels respecting His righteousness, and also to Spiritual Israel, whom later He would develop and through whom the blessing actually would come. During the Jewish Age, God blessed those Israelites who shared Abraham's faith. St. Paul could enumerate a considerable number who pleased God because of their faith. Those Ancient Worthies, although they will not be the Seed of Abraham in the highest sense, on the spirit plane, will be the seed of blessing on the earthly plane—the channel through which blessings will ultimately come to all nations. Faith Since Christ Came. Christ's coming did not change the Divine Purpose, and therefore did not change the faith of God's people. Jesus and the Apostles believed and taught the very Gospel which St. Paul says, God preached to Abraham (Galatians 3:8). The Message still was that all the families of the earth would be blessed through Abraham's Seed. But there was an additional feature to be proclaimed; namely, that God FAITH SUPPORTED WORKS SEEING WITH THE EYE OF UNDERSTANDING AND ODEDIENCE IN SERVICE says, God preach ed to Abraham (Galatians 3:3) The Message still was that all the families of the earth would be blessed through Abraham's Seed. But there was an additional feature to be proclaimed; namely, that God had begun the work of providing this Seed—Messiah. God had sent His Son into the world, that He might become the Seed of Abraham on the spirit plane, and eventually fulfil every feature of the original Promise. Later, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle instructed the early Church that The Messiah would not be one person, but many. Not Jesus alone would be the Seed of Abraham, but Jesus the Head and the Church the Body, would be that Seed. Jesus was represented by the head of Isaac, and the Church by his body, as St. Paul says. "We, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of Promise." It has taken the entire Gospel Age, to develop this Body, the Church. This is "the faith once delivered to the saints," the hope set before us in the Gospel, which sanctifies our hearts. 13TH WRECK ON NEW HAVEN ROAD Forty-nine Persons Have Been Killed In Last Two Years. President Mellen and Vice President McHenry, Arrested In April, Were Never Tried—Thorough Investigation of Most Recent Catastrophe. Stamford, Conn.—Close on the heels of a succession of wrecks which in the last two years have cost forty-nine lives and more than twice as many serious injuries on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, whose president, Charles S. Mellen, and vice president, E. H. McHenry, were arrested last April, charged with gross neglect and manslaughter and are yet untried, added on the afternoon of June 12, the thirteenth serious railway accident on its line since June 8, 1911. A most rigid investigation from several angles is now in progress and has placed the blame of the recent catastrophe on poor equipment, an inexperienced engineer, faulty brakes on the huge engine, lax enforcement of rules and the attempt to run express trains too fast over the road. And with the report of the interstate commerce commission attributing the Westport wreck of Oct. 3, 1912, to a neglect by the railroad of warnings issued by the commission fresh in the minds of the public, the management has failed so far to give even a lucid explanation of the cause of the Stamford wreck. The New Haven's trouble, railroad men say, is in attempting to use an- M. H. Photo © by American Press Association. PRESIDENT MELLEN OF NEW HAVEN AND VIEW OF LATEST WRECK. titquated machinery and methods for maintaining modern passenger train schedules. Most of the recent wrecks, it was pointed out, were due to taking unsuitable crossovers at high speed. It was admitted that the company had rules which called for a slowing down of trains at antiquated crossovers, but it was added that an engineer had never been discharged for breaking those rules. This is the New Haven's record of wrecks in two years, responsible for forty-nine deaths: June 8, 1911, Fairfield, Conn, freight, four killed; signals were disregarded. July 12, 1011, Bridgeport, Conn., Federal express, twelve killed, a hundred injured; due to the carelessness of the engineer in taking a crossover at a high rate of speed. Aug. 28, 1011, Middletown, Conn., passenger train, sixty injured; rallies spread. Oct. 15, 1011, Berlin Junction, Conn., passenger train, two dead, five injured; due to runaway freight cars crashing into rear end of train. June 11, 1912, Clinton, Mass., passenger train, eight injured; ran into an open switch at high speed. July 15, 1012, Stonington Junction, Conn., passenger train, three killed. four injured; collision due to defective signals. Aug. 8, 1912, Dorchester, Mass., five killed, sixteen injured; passenger train jumped track. Aug. 9, 1912, South Boston, passenger train, seven dead, forty injured, derailed. Oct. 3, 1912, Westport, Conn., Spring field express, nine killed, fifty injured, due to taking a crossover at a high rate of speed. Nov. 10, 1912, Green's Farms, Conn. Merchants' limited, thirty-five injured due to defective equipment. Nov. 17, 1912, Putnam, Conn., freight train, one killed, two injured; rear end collision. Feb. 22, 1913, Waterbury, Conn., passenger train, twenty-one injured; rear end collision in a fog. June 12, 1913, Stamford, Conn., Boston express by way of Springfield, six killed and about a score injured; collision caused by ignoring signals and failure of air brakes to work. National Religious Training Schoo The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale background with no discernible features. 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Harrison Introduces Bill for Race Segregation in District of Columbia—Lawyers Discuss Ruling—Death of Civil Rights Act in Supreme Court Gives Rise to Proposed Legislation — Mississippi Representative Would Run Two Cars in Train or Partition Cars—Howard Has Similar Bill. Following Monday's decision of the United States Supreme Court, holding the "civil rights act" of 1875 to be unconstitutional in its application to the District of Columbia, Representative Byron P. Harrison, of Mississippi, yesterday introduced in the House a bill to provide "Jim Crow" cars for the District. Prominent local lawyers—those who have made a specialty of constitutional law and others who have applied themselves to railway law—were busily engaged yesterday reviewing decisions which have been rendered in the famous cases brought under the "civil. rights act" that caused the measure to be held unconstitutional as to the States many years ago. They were also refreshing their memories on points of common law, by which citizens are guaranteed certain rights. Decision Puzzles Lawyers. The object was to determine whether the Supreme Court, by erasing the old act of 1875, had made it possible to institute cars for the segregation of the races. None of the lawyers approached was willing to comment very freely on any possible effects of the court's decision, desir- VIRGINIA House & Herrmann 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. ing first an opportunity to read the opinion, many copies of which were sought. Representative William S. Howard, of Georgia, who a few days ago introduced a bill providing the same end as that proposed by Representative Harrison, said that he did not think that the decision would have any influence upon his object. 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For sale by Gustave Oppen- heimer, Cor. E and 8th Sts. N. W. COON ADOPTS GUINEAS. Hatched In Kitchen Stove and Kept Warm by Pet. Monessin, Pa.—Smoke, a pet coon belonging to Franklin Sauter, has adopted a brood of young gulnea hens that were batched in the oven of Mrs. Sauter's store a few days ago. Local naturalists and woodsmen assert that s the only instance on record a coon is known to have overhis natural instincts to kill all red creatures. real months ago Sauter captured ng coon that had been pulled and injured by the dogs. It soon e domesticated and became a pet around the house. er is also a breeder of guinea fowls, which are prone to leave their nests and sit in the fields and woodlands. Missing one several weeks ago, Sauter traced her to the fields and secured ten of her eggs, which were within a day's time of incubation. Not having an incubator, Sauter put the eggs in the oven of his stove, and when they hatched he placed the chicks in a box behind the stove. He was greatly surprised in the morning to find the coon in the box "mothering" them. NO WAGES FOR PORTERS. "Red Tops" on Pennsylvania Must Rely on Tips. Philadelphia—Some porters in Pennsylvania railroad stations do not get even $1 a month in wages, as Lotterbury Boyd testified that he did when pleading guilty in Pittsburgh of stealing $5 from a woman passenger. The porters in the Pennsylvania railroad stations, or "red tops," as they are called, are taken from the cleaning gangs. The men in the cleaning gangs get $40 to $45 a month. When more "red tops" are needed the station master goes to the cleaning gangs and says that he needs so many men, and the vacancies are filled by volunteers. At first the "red tops" receive no wage at all. They must live solely on tips. But after they have been in the service for some time they get $20 to $30 monthly. The purpose of the small wage is "to make them hustle," it is said. . Dabney Parties, Balls, Receptions, Etc. Class style. 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Menomonle, Wis.—Thirty-five years ago this spring Register of Deeds Alfred Halverson of St. Croix county, then a young man, became the posseer of his first watch, an open faced silver watch, with a heavy case. Young Halverson valued his new possession so highly that he carried it with him at all times, even when he was plowing on his uncle's farm. He was heartbroken after plowing a few furrows one morning to find that the watch had slipped from his pocket and had been plowed under. With his cousin, Edward Halverson, he back plowed the furrows, cross plowed them and then combed the earth for hours in search of the precious timepiece, but in vain. Recently while plowing on the Star Prairie farm, Edward Halverson saw the plow turn something metallic out of the ground. He stopped and picked it up and found it was a silver watch. He at once thought of the one his cousin had lost thirty-five years ago, and although the fields had been changed, he discovered this was where he had helped look for the watch years ago. The thick crystal was broken, and the hinges were rusted, but he returned the old timepiece to its owner, and a jeweler to whom it was taken for repairs discovered that the works were free from dirt and rust and the ad justment still perfect. A little oil, a new pair of hinges, a new crystal, and the watch when wound started to run as though it had merely run down the night before. TRIES TO KISS THE JUDGE. Mexican Woman Seeks to Embrace California Magistrate. Los Angeles. — When Mrs. Ricardo Rivera, a Mexican woman, offered to klas Superior Judge Monroe in gratitude for a gift of $2, which brought her and her husband together again, the magistrate blushed and directed an official to lead her from the courtroom. The husband was up on a charge of failure to provide. He promised to be good, and the court discharged him. Rivera informed the magistrate that he did not have sufficient funds to take his wife with him back to his job at Ontario, whereupon Judge Monroe handed him $2. Nine-year-old Hen Earned $56.70. Republic, Ark.-Mrs. B. M. Lervold of Republic has lost a remarkable nine-year-old hen which was hard to beat as an egg producer. During its lifetime the Biddy laid ninety dozen eggs, which, at 15 cents a dozen, means $13.50; each year raised 216 chicks, which at an average of 20 cents each, increased her earnings $45.20, or a total of $58.70. PLANSTO IMPROVE POSTAL SERVICE Burleson Making Efforts to Increase Efficiency. OFFICIAL STATEMENT MADE. Reviews Measures Adopted or Contemplated—What Is Being Done With $600,000 Emergency Appropriation—Battering Railway, Mail and Parcel Service. Washington.—Many improvements in the postal service have been made since Postmaster General Burleson took hold, succeeding Mr. Hitchcock. In a recent statement issued from the postmaster general's office the conditions as they were found when he took hold are reviewed, and plans to meet the emergency which confronts the service are outlined. Among the improvements which have tended to increase the efficiency of the service is the addition of about 1,000 clerks and 500 letter carriers at various offices throughout the country. Approximately $1,000,000 has been authorized for temporary clerk hire and $500,000 for city letter carriers. Such unusual financial demands made it necessary for the postmaster general to go to congress early in May for an emergency appropriation. The sum of $600,000 was granted and an additional $300,000 was appropriated for temporary clerk hire and a like amount for temporary carriers. Mr. Burleson points out that on March 5 there were 2,200 vacant postmasterships of presidential grade and some 300 have become vacant since. There were 4,500 fourth class postmasterships vacant on March 5. These vacancies are being rapidly filled as the result of civil service examinations. Mr. Burleson's statement continues: "Within the last sixty days 488 petitions, for rural delivery routes have been disposed of, resulting in the establishment of 203 routes, involving an annual expenditure for maintenance of approximately $100,000. By the establishment of these new routes and the extension of old routes more than J. Photo © by American Press Association. POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLESON. 200,000 people are now receiving their mail at their doors instead of at remote post offices. "In pursuance of the policy of expediting the delivery of mail the postmaster general has ordered the discontinuance of the back stamping of all ordinary mail which heretofore has delayed its delivery anywhere from twenty minutes to one-half hour. An investigation of the conditions shows that the slight benefits from back stamping were far outweighed by the advantages that would be gained to the public by its discontinuance and hence the prompt forward step by the department. "The parcel post regulations have been modified so as to permit the delivery to the addressee, without additional charge, of matter reaching the office of address with improper stamps affixed. "By an arrangement made with the Canadian postal service the rates of postage on Sunday editions of daily newspapers mailed to subscribers in Canada, who also are subscribers to the week day editions, has been fixed at 1 cent a pound or fraction thereof instead of at 1 cent for four ounces or fraction, as formerly. "Many of the changes which Postmaster General Burleson has put into effect have to do largely with the internal workings of the department, but their effect will be felt throughout the entire service. "A number of experienced officers of the department are now employed in the field studying conditions with a view to recommending remedies wherever defects in methods may be discovered. "It is Postmaster General Burleson's desire and earnest endeavor to establish in the interest of economy and efficiency uniform methods and practices throughout the entire service and to direct postmasters to the best way of administering the postal facilities." SEEKING KIDD'S TREASURE. Inspiration From Fortune Teller Leads Rivers in Quest. Oregon City, Ore.—Declaring that he has received an inspiration from a gypsy fortune teller which will lead him to discover the famous treasure of Captain Kidd, which has been sought for centuries, L. W. Rivers, a prominent Willamette rancher, will start from this city in about two weeks for the Oregon coast. Rivers states that several years ago while he and his wife were visiting at The Oaks they consulted a fortune teller, who told them that they would discover the treasure. She stated that it would be found in a cave in a rock which is a prominent feature of the coast scenery near Nestucca beach. Last year Rivers and his wife went to the beach and found the cave, which is marked by a cross and a horse shoe. Inside the cave, according to the fortune teller, they were to find the fortune at the end of a log. The log was found by Rivers, but he dug at the wrong end of it and so did not get the fortune. This, according to the fortune teller, is just as he would do, for she said he would have to make two trips before he would get the fortune. He is now trying to get capital to finance the scheme. AT 81 WALKS FIVE MILES. Makes Long Trip on Foot to Dance Bunny Hug. White River Junction, Vt.—Although he is eighty-one years old, Dana Burbank of Barnard walked five miles to attend an old folk ball here. Mr. Burbank did not learn to dance until he was seventy-six years old. Now he likes it better than anything else in the world. "I never saw the tango or the bunny hug danced." Mr. Burbank told a reporter, "but old as I am I would like to give them just one whirl. "I don't think there is any harm in dancing or attending dances any more than there is in attending church. I know there is a lot said about dancing, and the idea is that it is immoral, but I don't see it that way. I think there is a lot of enjoyment obtained, and it makes you feel that you are not on the shelf of old age. I love to dance, and I am now realizing what I missed by not learning before. I don't know just what started me." DOCTOR HELD FOR CRUELTY TO DOGS Girl Testifies That Machine Was Used to Break Backs. Philadelphia.—Dr. J. E. Sweet, assistant professor of surgical research of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, was held in $400 ball for court here by Magistrate Haggerty on a charge made by the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Cruelty to dogs in the vivisection and experimental laboratories of the university was alleged. Miss Henrietta Ford Ogden, rich, testified that every Friday for six months she had crawled through a hole in a fence so that she could gain entrance to the kennels of the university and obtain evidence. Miss Ogden identified the back breaking machine, which she alleged is used in the laboratories to crush out the lives of dogs. The machine is best described as a diminutive gallows. A heavy iron weight is operated on ropes and pulleys so that it will descend with sufficient force to break the backbone of any animal held beneath it. Magistrate Haggerty at this point said: "We realize the right of the university to perform necessary animal experiments, but there is nothing too severe for a person who would devise or use such an apparatus as this. It is almost incredible to believe that a civilized human being would use an apparatus of this sort. It is an in fernal machine." Samuel'S. Geyer, formerly in charge of the university kennels, said that the members of the faculty ordered the surgeons to remove all evidences of cruelty to animals when the legs lature was acting on the vivisection bill. He declared that after the measure was defeated and after the danger had passed the practices were continued. CORNELL MEN'S EARNINGS. 1,069 Make $184,906, 32 Per Cent of College Expenses. * Ithaca, N. N. Y. is found that 1,069 Cornell undergraduates are partially self supporting, and their combined earnings $ x year amount to $184,906, or $173 per capita, by figures compiled by the Scroll and Spade, an organization of working students. This sum represents 32 per cent of their college expenses, which amounted to $733,794. Only 123 students are earning their room and board. Of individual earnings 380 men made between $100 and $200, 218 between $200 and $300, 51 from $300 to $400, 31 between $400 and $500 and 42 more than $500. At Eighty-four Cuts Third Set of Teeth Brazil, Ind.-Mrs. Caroline McGregor, aged eighty-four, mother of Judge Samuel M. McGregor, is cutting her third set of teeth. Eight teeth of the third set have come out so far as to prevent her wearing her false set SCHRODER L. C. SMITH & I Typewriter L. C. SMITH & BROS. Typewriter The escapement of the L C. 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St. Louis.-Irene Burnes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Burnes of Hillyard, who for the last seven and a half months has been confined at the Sacred Heart hospital on account of a most serious and peculiar case of hysteria, which baffled local physclients for several months on account of her refusal to talk, is improving. In about a month she will be able to leave the hospital, at which time she will be taken for a visit to Lewiston, Ill. Miss Burnes was at her home for a few hours recently, the first time since Oct. 2, when she was taken to the hospital. Although she has not entirely recovered her power of speech, she will at times, especially in the mornings when rested, talk for a little while. She understands all said to her, but under no condition can she talk unless she be thoroughly rested. Miss Bailey, her nurse, takes her for a walk each day. Miss Burnes since March has been under the care of Dr. W. T. Phy. 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At First the Campaign Was Regarded au a Mere Joke, but When It Came to Destroying Life and Property It Was Another Matter For Officials to Cope With—Many Serious Gutrages, =~ London—A retrospective review of the performances of the militant suf: fragettes of England—the ‘wild wo- men,” the “bash! bazoukesses,” the “pravler equads,” as they have been variously called—is startling for the pyramid of offenses, crazy and grave, which they have perpetrated with the idea of securing the vote—an orgy of arson, assault, riot, mischlef, self im: prisonment, {mmolation and suffering. The public that first looked upon the “wilt women” with crinning tolerance - © : : A rr & Qe q ye fs, Bee ‘fier A SSA. ee SE SJ Ae = 42 f= pr fey * . ReS % = > C4 Bo nay BOF eg wes fie fe Photos by American Press Association. EMMELINE PANKHURST AND DAUGHTER, CURISTABEL. have now been uroused ugalnst the wo- men as,the women bave been against tho government and Its officials, The “bobbies,” who used merely to good naturedly “hustle” women about when they came selling and shrieking in thelr sleges of parliament, do not hest- tate now to ride them down and tram- ple them, to wrench thelr arms and wrists and even to club them. Despite all, however, they continue to march and burn and rant and riot with delirious wavings of their ban- mers that anndunce. “No Votes, No Peace!” “Here 1s a summary of the acts of violence by. the suffragettes up to the seizure by the Davison woman of King George's entry while running in the Derby: Ricting—Eight years’ siege of the . honse of parilament, fighting the police with tooth and nail, with brickbats and barsting bombs of stifiing acids; whips and red pepper; pelting them with tiles ripped off the roofs with: fre axes; charges of battalions of umbrella lances; jujutsu and skyrockets and Roman candles, Assault—Three times gave Premier ‘Asquith violent shakings, twice horse. ywhipped Winston Churchill; beat Si ‘Augustin Birrell, frst secretary fot Ireland, into unconsciousness in 8t James’ park; struck Lloyd-George tn the face with a brass bound box: strock Jobn Redmond with a brick tortured 2 man caught in one of thel: meetings, pinching him and jabbing him with hatpins and stamping ot him; threw him out of a window screamed threats of violence in Que! Mary's ear; hurled “Votes For ‘Wo men” pamphlets at King George’: head; wounded 500 policemen an killed one, Mallctous Mischlef.—Smashed mor than 10,000 windows In London build ings, stores. clubs, newspaper offices ‘government buildings; destroyed hun dreds of thousands of letters by delug Ing mall boxes with burning acid: paint and refuse; threw acids Into po boxes on election day: ruined $5,00 worth of orchids in Kew, gardens: dc faced valuable paintings in the Roy al academy and Glasgow galleries, Incendlarisim.—Tried to burn Britis museum; burned Royal theater and sl fine residences: wrecked Lloyd-George’ suburban home: burned ballding’ s Eton school: tried to burn trac grand s{inds: tried to blow*nup thre railroad stations; fred famous Notting ham forest. © His Attempt Wee Void. ‘Thay bad been heving a discesstom eencerning the necessity er otherwise of porchasing a new silk dress tn order te be on a level with the De Moneys Bext door. Banks had vetoed the pur Base on the ground of extravagance end want of fonds, and his wie was mech put out. “Dinner ready, my dear?” he asked fm his most conciliatory manner. Het face bad been like a stale thunder wtorm ever since the disagreement, and Banks wanted to change It “Yes,” answered Mrs. B. shortty. ‘ost try agalo,” salé Banks to him self. Then aloud: “Ah, I'm glad of that, my love. I have what the poets ‘would call ‘an aching vold, Sarah.” “You often suffer from headache,’ she returned in a cutting tone. Banks drew his chair up to the tabl with unnecessary nolee and refraine< from further attempts at conciliatlor for the rest of the day. — foiling Fate. F A well dressed business man climbed nimbly up a telephone pole in the heart e¢ town yesterday and awung himeel out hand over band on a héavy cable Halt way to the next pole he stopped and, banging by his hands, looked dow: at a man who stood at the foot of the pole he had ascended. “Qome on and do yours worst,” he exied, “Ha, hat I dare you!” ‘The man on the ground seemed abou to follow, but tarned away at last shaldng his head. : “That 1s the second to escape me to gay," he muttered. “People are got ting too wild for any use.” “What became of the first?” sake; our reporter. “He jumped into the river,” replies the life fnsurance agent. — Newarl “News. : Phaucew#a Face ina Stine: In a geological branch of the Britsd museum the visitor is shown a won: erful specimen of natural imitation in a small “ribbon jasper.” This stone, the material of which {a not unlike that of other banded agates, has upon its surface a perfect miniature portrait of the poot Chaucer. Every detail {a startlingly correct, There are the white face, the pouting lips, the broad, low forehead and even the whites of the slightly upturned eyes. The at tendants say that it is utterly impos- alble to convince even some of the et- ueated visitors that it is not an art! ficial production. Putting tt Mildly. ‘Sho was only sixteen stone and three quarters, so that when she trod on 4 banana skin she subsided very gently. A pollte shopkeeper came out to asalst her to rise from a ‘box of his best new laid eggs. “Oh, I do hope I bave not broken them!” she cried. “Not at all, madam,” sald the polite one; “they are only bent.”—Londor Globe. oe es THE ALFRED JONES SCHOOL, A_ Successful Year's Work—Many - Prominent People Took Part—Of- cers and Teachers. ‘The teachers of the Alfred Jones School, through The Bee, desire to express their appreciation to the par- ents, and friends who labored with them to help make this the ,banner year of the Alfred Jones School a Success. With this thought upper- most in their minds, the speakers were chosen for the public exercises held at this school during the year 1912-1913. For the Harvest Festival at the Thanksgiving season, the speaker was Rev. J. F. Chestnut, a gentleman who stands for and represents what is highest and best. He has for years been actively identified with religious interests of our city. The speaker of the day for the Christmas festival was Dr. Tummel Prof. of History at Howard Univer: sity and rector of St. Phillips’ Church ‘of Anacostia. Mr. Wm. Offert, an enterprising industrious young man who spent < number of years in the Postoffice ser vice of Philadelphia. At present he is a student of the Law School o Howard University. The lessons to be learned from the life of George Washington on Wash: ington’s Birthday were taught by Dr Lane, a representative citizen and great civic worker of the Northeast As a model parent and citizen h stands high in the community. The Peace Day exercises were pre \sided over by Rev. William Howard chairman of the Peace Commissio1 of the O. H. S.A. The birth of the Teachers’ Associa ‘|tion in the District of Columbi ‘Tbrought to the cradle of its birt! |(Alfred Jones School) many promi ;|nent people who laid their offering {of appreciation at the shrine of it .|birthplace, Among the speakers, 0 ‘this occasion were: Dr, W. S. Mon! '|romery, supervising principal of th Twelfth Division, whose whole lif |has been spent ‘so unselfishly, H || needs no further eulogy. Prof, R. ( Bruce, the assistant superintendent c >|schoois, is the young man to whos -|Ex-President Taft referred at, th , | graduating exercises of 1909 as “You -|scholarly young assistant superinter .|dent.” Mr. Bruce has been head c .|the Academic Department at Tuske ;|gee and supervising principal in th | Washington schools. His educatio "|has been of a high type and his li is being spent in public service, tht *|shaping with a successful finish th magnificent public school system » |nobly begun by the foreparents. D r{Charles Marshall, 2 member of tt s| Board of Education and a practicin t|physician in the District of Colun ;|bia. He is a man especially marke ;|for common sense, rare judgmen .{and a clean character. Present als were Mrs. J. M. Layton, secretary « the W. R. C. and the foremost lead FREE F ens F g @ i E Vee E E ie COME AND SPEND YOUR WEEKS’ OR MONTH'S VACATION ~ : at + THE WEBB’S HOUSE on the Romantic Rappahannock River, close by the Urbanna wharf, where daily steamers ply: tp Baltimore and Fredericksburg: Delightful excursions of fishing and sailing. Parties are made daily on the bosom of the most beautiful river in the State. For further informa- tion address J. H. Webb, Urbanna, Va. j-28-4t of her race in the female world. Mrs. B. R. Bruce, president of the W. C. T. U. of the District of Columbia and prominent in all ‘civic movements in the District of Columbia, Dr. A. A. Russell, an eminent dentist _and pres- ident of the Original Home and School Association. Mr. W. J. Conway, much interested in the educational uplift of his people. Miss ‘R. EL Bell, chairman of the Commit- tee of Compulsory Education and Charities, who is identified with the ane work of the District of Colum- ia. The work accomplished at_ this meeting was. the reunion of the Home and School Associations, of which it was the founder in June 14, 1909. Flag Day was celebrated by_prac- tical Tessons, taught by Mr. Ferdi- nand Lee, prominent in G. A. R circles, But no two dates on the school cal- endar are anticipated with more pleasuée than that of Class Day and the reunion of the Alumni (the latter event being of recent installation) Perhaps it is because they are num: bered among the most noted infor- mal social events of the school. The latter of these two cvents, th Alumni, was held at, the ‘school or June 9th in conjunction with the en: tertainment of the Light Weigh Basket Ball Team, the champion o! the Twelfth Division. On this occasion the school was fa yored with an interesting talk fron Miss Frances E. Crickering, promi nent in civic circles of the. Distric of Columbia... - . ‘The following are the teachers it this school: E. A. Chase, principal J. Le C. Chestnut, M. EF. Quander I. 1. Saunders, M. E. Clark, G. A Dyson, B. M. Shippen, L. E. Jean, T Corrothers. The officers of the Parent-Teachers Association doing its active wor! are: Dr. A, A. Russell, president Mr. W. J. Conway, vice president Miss Josephine Green, secretary Mrs. A. Lyles and Mrs. R. Tolsor treasurers; Mrs. A. Dean, chairma of finance. | Committees—Miss R. E. Bell, chair | man of the Committee of Compulsor | Education and Charities; Mrs. |Johnson, chairman of the Committe ‘Jon Constitution; Miss E. A. Chas principal, founder and .organizer |juanita Howard, A. M. president ¢ ‘I the Alumni, eee ee ee ee ee It is the concensus of opinion of many of the leading _ publishers throughout the country that R. W, Thompson, the present président of the National Negro Press Associa- tion, is not the man for that office. As we understand it, the association is a Press Association, supposed to represent the publishers’ of papers ‘throughout the country. Mr. Thomp- son.is not a publisher; is not even connected with ‘a publication, and only supplies a few papers news mat- ter from the capital city, He is a messenger in the employ of the gov- ernment. The man that fills the office of president of this association should represent onc of the Icading journals of the race—(From an issue of The East Tennessee News of February 22.) SOUTHERNER NOW IN CAM- DEN TO EXPOSE Democratic Juggling in the South. ‘Some Interesting Politics. Camden, N. J., June 26. Hon. Joseph C. Manning, of Ala- bama, a Southerner, who has a great reputation as an orator and a long po- litical record, is at present in Cam- den, Mr. Manning has been a force- ful character, not only in the politics of the South, but of the North as well, for his political activities in the South has won for him marked recog- nition in the intelligent centers of the North. ¢ Mr. Manning has been a thorn ir the flesh of the machine politicians o! the extreme South, and some year: ago, as president of the Southerr Ballot Rights’ League, he was at the head of a movement that caused th unseating of forty Southern Congress men on the grounds of gross frauds which he had- thoroughly expose: through speeches and newspaper in terviews to the whole country. Not long ago he visited. New Eng LATEST STYLES. Our New 1913 Catalog Showing ‘the Latest Styles in Colored . Peaples Hair. * ip We are the largest importers and manufacturers of colored peoples hair. 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It is convenient to all car lines, located at 2006 Eleventh Street Northwest, just above You. Banking hours, 9 to 5. Saturdays, 9 to t and 6 tog P. M. : sind and made a speech before the ‘awentieth Century Club in Boston, on “The Repressed White South,” that created, as was declared by the Boston Herald, a great sensation among his hearers. Of his presence in New England, the Boston Post said: “Mr, Manning has made many speeches throughout New England and has stirred up intense interest in the amazing revelation he has made concerning political and educational conditions in the South. Some facts which he has presented have caused great astonishment to his hearers.” Mr. Manning, in an jnterview with a Courier representative, stated that behind the intrigue, beneath the cun- ning, underneath the beclouding of the real problem arising from the South there is not to be found an ac- tual conquest between the whites and the blacks. “It is not any alleged race issue of Negro problem,”he asserted. “The real, the actual, the vital condition confronting the South, and effecting the whole people of this country is the repression of popular government in the South. The Southern States are dominated not by a democracy but Jby_an oligarchy, and this oligarchy before the war and since the war has maintained minority government through one form or another, as the requirement demanded, of political re- |pression. The presence of the Ne- Bro in the South is made to serve {today just as effectively for the re- pression of the masses of the whites ‘as did the presence of the Negro as '|a slave effect this result upon South- ern conditions before the civil war. '| “That the slave holding ‘white mi- nority dominated every condition in the South during the regime of sla- '|very, that the less than 300,000 con. '|trollers of slaves ruled with an iron "|despotism at that time is not’ a bit ‘|more remarkable or astounding thar \Vis this present condition in the dozer | Scuthern States which now, although :| having an aggregate number of 4,000. ‘Jooo white males of voting age, elec- ted the entire Southern representa: tion in the Congress in 1910 on 900. -|000 ballots and dominated in the elec tion of 1912 with 1,000,000 _yotes There being 2,000,000 black males of -| voting age in these States, it will be observed that the aggregate Demo: cratic yote is not as great as is the ‘|number of blacks of voting age. I -Imust be observed that 1,000,000 voters t|sometimes less than that number, ex: -lercise government for 6,000,000 whit. -|and black male citizens of voting - age. | "erie will occur, just here, to th s|yoters of the North that"r,000,000 bal e}lots in the dozen States of the Sout! -|exercise as great a power in the af ¢|fairs of the nation as is attained it the North on 6,000,000 ballots. J nlthe North can only see an_ allege f | race issue in this, if the North, in th s| face of this showing of fact, is willin n'to swallow down this travesty on gov ejernment as a Negro question, the e|this condition is hopeless for Nort s-|as it is for the repressed masses ii s,|the South, d Onsen will recall that there wa 1-| quite an_uprising of the white masse of the South during the years feos z-| 1890 to 1896 as against the oligarch; - . f * y There was great unrest on the part of the farmers and this unrest culmi- nated in political action, a fusion of all the opposition forces was effected. Jeffersonian Democrats, Populists and Republicans combined. State and county tickets were nominated. In Alabama, in the election of 1892 and 1894, all of the counties in the State in most part populated by whites, were carried by this movement. It was in 1894 that I was elected to the legislature of Alabama as a leader of this political coalition of anti-Demo- cratic forces. There are 16 counties in Alabama in which the black popu- lation predominates and this section of the State is called the. black belt. At that time, Dallas county, a black belt county, having 2,500 white males of voting age and 9,800 blacks of vot- ing age, would not hesitate to return 800 votes for the Democratic party and such was truc of the other black belt, counties in which the vote was returned, according to the number re- quired to maintain political suprem- acy over the majorities honestly cast in the white counties. The, Demo- cratic papers in the South, ‘as well as Southern Democratic politicians, would confess to there being some frauds, here and there, to use their language, but always adding that this was resorted to that white suprema- cy might be preserved. “A way was found, however,” de- clared Mr. Manning, “in which the hy- pocrisy of this situation could b shown to the American people. W¢ nominated candidates for Congres: in several Alabama districts and thre of the. candidates made their race with the view of making contests an exposing the black belt frauds. Every Precaution to this end was taken. / district having 8 or 9 counti¢s woul have two or three black belt counties The white counties would give anti Democratic majorities and, althougt the blacks did not go to the poll: and vote at all, the usual black bel frauds were returned so that the can |didate of the oligarchy might get th Jcertificate of -election. The facts, a: gathered in the preparation of thi | contest cases, was placed before Con gress and by me, through public ‘ad ‘dresses delivered in the North, befor \the country. The same procedure a Jin, Alabama was taken in any dis |tricts in several Southern States |where the white masses, as in Ala |bama. were struggling to overthroy ‘}the oligarchy. As a result of this |there were 40 Democrats unseates \from the Congress and the oligarch: found itself confronted with a nev .| condition.” ee -| “It was to meet this new conditio .Jthat the oligarchy then changed it | method of politica! repression fror {that of open-faced, brazen and high f|handed fraud to that present syster i] of disfranchisement strategy, cunning .|manipulation and subterfuge. Th Jastute leaders of the oligarchy hav tl been so wise as to cause the Amer 1|can people to infer that these disfrar i|chisement laws aré a so-called ballc :|reform or an honorable method < proceedure through which the Sout s|could eliminate the Negro, but th s|truth of it all is that the political uy n|heaval in the South and the expo: - lures made in the Congressional cor Christian Xander’s SWEET GATAWBA 25c full quart f exquisite taste and unrivaled quality Only at 909 7th St. i No branch stores — 4 THE SL. 1 KIDNEY, BLAUDER, LIVER } : AND t BOWEL REMEDY. 1 ——— | By its ditect acton on the Kid- | neys and Bladder, relieves those important parts of the human system of Diseases of the Uri- nary Organs, such as Infamma- tioa of the Kidneys, Pain in Back, Cystitis, Catarrh of the Bladder, and by its mild laxa- tive properties acting on the Liver and Stomach, our remedy { is especially helpful in relieving Billiousness, Constipation and Kindred troubles. 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JUSTH’S OLD STAND, 614 D. tests, and through the press of | the North, forced the turning away frorh black belt methods to disfranchise- ment jugglery. This jugglery is an act of political aggression to thwart ‘the rules of the people. _ “The present disfranchisement acts jin the Alabama State constitution were adopted by the usual black belt frauds, for the white counties in the Slate voted, in most part, against ratification, The vote showed thatthe masses understood. the real motive of the acts. The motive of a general law is best shown, however, by the effect of its operation upon the peo- ple who live under it and who are ef- fected by it. In the State of Alabama there are 300,000 white and 200,000 ‘black male citizens of voting age. The aggregate vote .of the oligarchy dominating the State is about 75,000. There. are not, in all, 125.000 regis- tered or qualified veters in the State. Of the 200.000 hlacks of voting age there are not 3,000 of them in the vot: ing. It will be seen that 75,000 bal lots are employed to exercise govern. ment for 500,000 male citizens of vot- ing age and I think I have shown very clearly how this condition has been evolved step by step. I have confined what I had to say, in detail. of this condition to Alabama, but I may say that in the other Southerr States may be found in some of them a condition even worse than that i the State of Alabama.”