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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 ARMOND W. SCOTT A Man of the People-A Successful Practitioner-Strongly Supported for Exalted Ruler. The announcement that Armond W. Scott, Past Exalted Ruler of the Morning, Star Lodge No. 40, I. B. P. O. E. of W., of Washington, D. C., will be a candidate for the office of Grand Exalted Ruler of the Colored Elks at the meeting to be held in Atlantic City, beginning August 26, has served to recall some interesting facts about this courageous member of the bar. When the agitation to secure justice for the discharged Brownsville soldiers was on, Mr. Scott was in the vanguard of those loyal race men who assisted Senator Foraker. When the grateful colored men of this country decided to present Senator Foraker with a loving cup, as a slight testimony of their appreciation for his valiant defense of the soldiers and the race, it was Mr. Scott who was chosen to make the presentation speech. And that speech will go down in history as a classic and masterpiece of eloquence, and as an uncompromising defense of his race. Mr. Scott is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in the capital of the nation. He came to Washington without means, and practically a stranger in this community. But he has steadily forged his way to the front, until he has won a reputation as a lawyer and a man who is a credit not only to himself, but to the race with which he is identified, and for which he has constantly battled—for equal justice and equal opportunities. It was his tireless energy and his devotion and loyalty to his race and clients which has made him one of the idols of his people. He is not only a highly respected member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, but he has also been a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States for nine years. When he became an Elk he was just as untiring and just as unselfish in his efforts to build up that order and to chase from its temple the money changers as he had been in other endeavors. Mr. Scott has long been regarded as an in-place face to such lawyer members of the order, who would reach their repacious hands into the grand treasury to take from it funds for themselves, that which he believed should be reserved and protected for sick and indigent brothers in the order, and for deceased members and their destitute families. As Grand Legal Advisor for the order, he has saved it thousands of dollars without a penny's compensation to himself. Just at this time a crucial period in the history of the order, when the white Elks in some states are seeking to enjoin the colored Elks out of business through the courts, the services of a trained, able lawyer, and an unselfish, tireless, loyal worker for the order like Mr. Scott is needed. Mr. Scott's friends from every section have pressed him into service. Every day they are receiving assurances of support from members interested in the perpetuity of the order, and are hearing that lodges are instructing their delegates to vote for him for Grand Exalted Ruler. The belief exists among many Elks, that if Armand W. Scott is elected Grand Exalted Ruler at Atlantic City it will mark the beginning of a new and prosperous epoch for the order; that the order will advance steadily. The belief also exists that if he is chosen, the order will have a man at its head who can measure legal attainments with the best white attorneys in defending the rights of the colored Elks to the ritual, works, emblems and name with and under which they have carried benevolence and love into the stricken homes of the lowly poor of the race. Mr. Scott is in every way equipped—with brains, energy, fairness and devotion to the I. B. P. O. E of W. The Bee has watched with much interest the career of Armond W. Scott since he came to Washington, and after all it believes that his success is due largely to his careful and conscientious regard for the lowly. He has always been most solicitous for that class of society who are looked upon as constituting the "under dogs." He believes that there is no excuse for any man, whatever his educational advantages have been, to hold himself aloof from the common people—upon the theory that he is better than somebody else. He further believes that the test for true manhood and true womanhood in this world is moral character. That the man who digs in the ditch, or the man who pleads eloquently at the bar are both equals and brothers, if they are honest, moral and upright men. The Bee confidently predicts that if Armond W. Scott is elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Colored Elks at Atlantic City, the order will be put upon a paying and business basis, and that he will inaugurate such policies as will result in stimulating new hope and new inspiration throughout Elkdom. AN APPEAL TO MY RACE. In consideration of this, the crisis in the history of my race, I am looking for the silver lining to the dark clouds which hover over us. For the night is surely here and no man can see clearly how to work. But though it be dark owing to the law of nature, it will not be always so, but will be followed in succession by the dawn. In this natural order of succession we have no hand any more than we do in the succession of the natural day and the natural night. I love my country and I love my God and the work of His hands, for "He is not dead, nor does He sleep. He works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform: He plants His footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm." Therefore, the same God who suffered the great struggle of '61 to be that the hand of oppression may be lifted from His people is with His people today, and in the same manner in which He delivered them He will deliver us today. But He only helps those who help themselves. In '61 the people helped themselves by devout and ardent prayer before deliverance came. This was the only weapon they used and it proved to be a powerful one contrived as it was by a life of loyal service to the persons by whom they held in bondage—thereby building for themselves everlasting monuments, the amount of which can never be erased from the pages of traditional history. Self-helpfulness is as much a necessity today as it was in '61. We must help ourselves if we expect God's reward, which will surely come to His people if they are faithful and refrain from doing what the Children of Israel did after their liberation from bondage, and that is the worshipping of idols. The idol of our race is the wasting of precious time in talking of the atrocities and indignities heaped upon the race for the purpose of humiliating it. For this there is no need; it is precious time wasted which could be used in constructive work: the up-building of a strong, united, and independent race. In uniting with the better element of all races in an effort to uphold the honor of our country. We have friends today in the white race just as we had in '61 who will not only speak for us when the time is ripe, but who will defend us, too, if we act well our part. "Act well your part; there all the honor lies." Many of the people are silent because they do not want to stir up the peaceful relations which have been existing between the races for the past fifty years, as was evinced by the resolution of Senator Clapp, of Minnesota in the Senate: Resolution. "Whereas, it is reported that there has been a segregation order issued by some unknown source or authority in the Post Office Department, and "Whereas, the clerks and employees have worked together peacefully for over fifty years; and "Whereas, the said segregation will cost the Government of the United States over $150,000; therefore, be it "Resolved, that the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads be, and they are hereby, authorized to inquire into and to report by what authority the said segregation order was issued and what necessity, if any, exists for such order in the executive departments after fifty years of perfect peace among the employees of the department, which order makes it very inconvenient for the clerks." Let us come together in one united race and join in fervent prayer, which is the key that unlocks the doors of heaven. Do not talk lines, but aim to wipe them out and be a free and independent people, thereby releasing the bonds also of our oppressor. Work for the upholding of a strong, united, independent race Enter the Commercial world to benefit the people at large, which will be a benefit to our people. Accumulate property first, then the dark clouds will disappear from the horizon and the dawn will surely come when we model, our race along, broad and unselfish lines despite the obstacles which pile high across our pathway. Keep ever in mind this one question: Does the great Pullman Palace car stop in its course for every cur that barks at it? THEMIS The Bar a Great Factor. Editor W. Calvin Chase, care The Bee, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I received your letter and also copy of your paper in June. I note the contents of both with great interest. Having had time to read the paper thoroughly, I am inclined to indorse most heartily the sentiments expressed therein. At the time I am of the opinion that it is well to bear in mind the fact that any minority must use the greatest diplomacy in respect to sociological, political, municipal and other affairs, without, at the same time being what is commonly known in common parlance as "stool pigeons" for others. Your paper is undoubtedly of great benefit to the people of Washington and to all who receive it in their homes and that it endorses those fundamental principles upon which our government was formed, the observance of which depends the continuity of our government, or that it may long endure. Hoping you may continue the fight for civic righteousness and all phases of State, municipal, national and sociological affairs, as I beg to remain yours truly. CHARLES L. RAYSOR Attorney-at-Law, 60 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1913. THE NEW YORK TIMES ATTORNEY A. W. SCOTT. Who is Strongly Urged for Exalted Ruler of the Elks. ATTY, POLLARD DEAD WM. L. POLLARD DEAD. A Well Known Lawyer and Odd Fellow Passes Away—Pleasing Manners, Dignified and Brilliant—Lawyer-Meet in the Law School of Howard University—Will Attend in a Body. William L. Pollard, Esq., a prominent member of the District bar and a well known Odd Fellow, died at his country home, Benning, D. C., last Monday evening, at 7.30 p. m. Mr. Pollard was one of the best known lawyers at the District bar and a successful real estate dealer. He was at one time a high-class clerk in the city post office department, from which position he resigned ten years or more ago to assume the practice of his legal profession and enter actively in the real estate business. Mr. Pollard was not only a successful lawyer and real estate dealer, but he was a prominent Odd Fellow, having been elected ananimously District Grand Master without opposition—the only man in the history of the order to receive a unanimous vote for such a position. ATTORNEY W L. POLLARD. A Distinguished Member of the Bar, Who Died at His Country Home Monday Evening, August 11, at 7:15 P. M. A large meeting of the colored members of the bar was held in the lecture room of the Howard University Law School Wednesday noon, the meeting having been called by Attorney Augustus W. Gray, who announced the death of Mr. Pollard in a most feeling manner. It was decided that a committee representing the bar be appointed and attend the funeral in a body. The funeral of Mr. Pollard took place from the Florida Avenue Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon. The largest crowd that has ever assembled in that church was present to do honor to this young and well known member of the bar. Rev. Taylor, pastor of the church, preached a most eloquent and feeling sermon, making a graphic description of the life work of this young lawyer and the value he has been to the community. Attorney B. L. Gaskins was elected secretary. About thirty members of the bar responded to the call of Chairman Gray. A committee consisting of Attorneys W. Calvin Chase and Hill and Judge Terrell, was appointed in a floral design. Attorneys Stewart, Cobb, Richards, Houston, and Davidson were appointed on resolutely. The entire body voted to attend the funeral, which took place from the Florida Avenue Baptist Church Friday afternoon. The honorary pall-bearers were Attorneys Gray, Chase, Terrell, Houston, King and Jones. The funeral director was James A. Winslow. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. MORE ABOUT THE COLLAR WHICH PITMAN WILL NOT WEAR Subscriber Asks a Few Questions. From the Dallas, Texas, Express. Fort Worth, Tex., July 31. Editor Dallas Express: I am a regular reader and admirer of the Express, but I have been somewhat inclined to the opinion that in your issue of the 19th inst., in stating that W. Sidney Pittman, son-in-law of Booker T. Washington, was in no way indebted to the friendly efforts of Mr. Washington for his apparent success, that you were going it on a supposition which had no foundation in fact. Knowing you as I do, and knowing that, as a rule, you know where-of you write, I take the liberty to display to you the flag of caution. "Subscriber" takes the Dallas Express to task for trying to clear up the capabilities and energies, activities and successes of Mr. W. Sidney Pittman. That is about the size of his letter Well, we object. If Mr. Pittman, or any other man it matters not who is his father-in-law, is going it alone in the world in the difficult field in which Mr. Pittman is operating, and through his own efforts and the efforts of friends whom he has won to his way of thinking, we believe that he should have full credit and an even mede of praise for his accomplishments. We believe that Mr. Pittman is succeeding here without being one of the tails on the Booker T. Washington kite, and if we are correct we can see no impropriety in letting the world know the facts in the case. We believe that we are correct and it is important that the public should know it if we are, or as for that matter, if we are not. This is an age where there is much coat-tail ridings where many men appear to great advantage, when as a matter of fact they are being sustained by a hand unseen. This humbuggery should cease. This mask should be torn off; in order that mendicants and mediocres may not pose as men of worth and merit. Equally true is it that those who have real merit should not be robbed of the esteem and respect which the world is always willing to bestow on those who engage in its battles and make good. Mr. Pittman is in this latter class and the world should know it. We would not be afraid of Mr. Pittman's answer, nor doubtful of his proof should he submit and say whether he is his own man or Mr. Washington's creature. Attorney Jones' Experience. Mrs. Mary E. Jones, who has been visiting her daughters in Detroit, Mich., Miss Georgia, arrived in the city last Saturday evening and entered her house unaware to her husband, who was ill in bed. She had been in the house from 12 to 4 a.m. without the knowledge of her husband, but when he aroused to get water to take his medicine and just as he was about to enter the bath room for water, Mrs. Jones addressed her husband, who was almost taken with hysterics. Fortunate for Mrs. Jones, her husband had no weapon and the fright which he received caused him to forget about a weapon. This was 4 a.m. in the morning before the roosters began to crow. The nervous shock received by Lawyer Jones suggested to his wife to take a trip to Frederick, Md., Sunday. Just as he boarded the 5 o'clock train he and his wife were told that a "Jim Crow" corner in the car was reserved for colored people. Mr. Jones informed the conductor that he was an interstate passenger and a lawyer who knew his constitutional rights and he therefore refused to move. After a laxity consultation with a few railroad officials, Attorney Jones and his wife were invited to a whole car, where they remained, alone and undisturbed, until Frederick, Md., was reached. Turned Preacher. Upon his arrival Sunday he went to the church of his brother and occupied the pulpit and preached a very interesting and instructive sermon and at its conclusion he dismissed the congregation as a real preacher dismisses his congregation. PATTERSON DOCUMENT A Bitter Pill—Vardaman and His Policy. Washington, D. C., Aug. 4 To the Editor: I respectfully request the privilege of placing myself on record as protesting with all the bitterness of which my nature is capable against the doctrine laid down in that infamous 'document sent to the White House by one Adam Patterson, a Negro, requesting President Wilson to withdraw his nomination as Register of the United States Treasury. The most rabid enemy of the Negro race could not have announced a doctrine more destructive of the race's best interests than that laid down in the communication reiterated to During the last Congress members of House Committee on Elections No. 2 placed themselves on record as holding that the most sacred gift of a free government to its people was the right to vote, and next to the suffrage the most sacred gift was the right to hold office. This is the only true doctrine known to free institutions. Wherever men have advanced in civilization this doctrine is dear to the human heart. Whoever backs down from this doctrine makes a concession to despotism. Instead of telling President Wilson that it was better for his people to be denied the second most sacred gift of a free government to its citizens, Patterson should have told the truth, which is just what Hon. Ralph W. Tyler said a few days ago, that the Negroes of the United States are fast reaching the position of an animal at bay. He should have pointed out, withal, that this very policy of depriving him of the rights which other men hold as dear as life itself is fast driving the Negro to desolation. Have New Yorkers forgotten Cain's case? Cain, it will be recalled, got into a slight altercation with a white man on an elevated train. In an instant the man became a demon, and before he could be brought down every person whom he had been able to reach was either dead or frightfully wounded. Cain is now in an insane asylum, but who has stopped to figure out just how much of that insanity is due to the black cloud of oppression under which Cain found himself, compelled to live from the day of his birth? Cain's case, standing alone, means nothing. Taken, however, in connection with the whole status of the Negro in this country, it teaches the lesson that it were far, far better to encourage the Negro to be a good citizen than to make of him an Ishmaelite. On the 29th of last June Senator Vardaman said the people of the United States, without regard to section, are now ready for the political degradation of the Negro race. Upon the floor of the Senate Mr. Root, responding to Mr. Bacon, declared that if the people of the United States ever came to realize that the political degradation of the Negro race was about to be accomplished, then and there the great reserve powers of the Federal Government would be called into play and the attempted infamy should NOT be allowed. Who is right—Root, the statesman and builder, or Vardaman, the destructionist? Mr. Vardaman says the question of the Negro's political status is far more important than any other question now before the American people. From one view point—the true one—this is largely correct, but everybody knows that Senator Vardaman means no good either to the Negro or to the nation as a whole. In writing as he did, Adam Patterson has played into the hands of Senator Vardaman, thereby traducing the honor of his people. As long as he lives Adam Patterson will deserve the hatred and contempt of his fellows, and I have no doubt that, like Benedict Arnold, he will receive both Very sincerely, WILLIAM WILSON. DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTEREST A church in Greenstead, near Ognar, Essex, England, has celebrated its nine hundredth anniversary. It is built of split oak trees. There are 3,700 Theosophists in America, belonging to 125 organized branches. Over 51,000 locomotives are daily operated in the United States. The public debt of this country per capita at the last calculation was $10.74. France has one automobile for every five hundred people, one cycle for every thirteen, and one motorcycle for every one thousand three hundred and eighty two. The cotton industry of Italy has 4,575,000 spindles and 134,380 power looms, 45 per cent located in Lombardy, 20 per cent in Piedmont, and the remainder in Vencita and Liguria. The industry employs 201,312 operators. The value of farm animals in this country was $5,008,149,600. An electric restaurant is in successful operation in London. The cooking is faultless, and the prices are lower than those of the neighboring establishments of the same class. The peace treaty between the Balkan States has been signed. The treaty provides that the Roumanian army shall evacuate Bulgarian territory in fifteen days after its signature and the Servian and Greek armies in three days. The weight of the average person's heart is only eleven ounces, yet so powerful is it that it does enough work every day to lift one hundred and twenty tons a foot high. The quantity of sugar entering from foreign countries and our own islands in the year ended June 30, 1913, was 6,500,000,000 pounds, and exceeded by 500,000,000 pounds the figures of the former high record year, 1912. France has given back to Russia the great bronze bell taken from the cathedral at Sebastopol and brought to France as part of the spoils of the Crimean war. Since then it has been in one of the towers of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris. The bell weighs upward of three tons. Miss Moten Receives Red Cross Degree. After taking a full course of lectures and passing a creditable examination, under the instruction of Dr. Cary Grayson, who is President Wilson's physician, Miss Katie Moten, of this city, on July 31st, was awarded a First Aid Certificate in the National Red Cross Association. Miss Moten-is a life-long resident of the Capital city and for a long while has been one of the highly efficient corps of employees of the Library of Congress. She is the first colored lady to be admitted to membership in the Red Cross and to receive a First Aid Certificate. She completed the full course of lectures at the Library of Congress-, which were given by Dr. Edwin Larkin, the well known army surgeon. The National Red Cross has always had a first aid branch, directly under the Medical Corps of the army, but this is the first instance where a colored female has received the instruction and been awarded a first aid emergency certificate. Miss Moten belongs to one of Washington's oldest highly respected families, and received her degree along with the other eighteen white female employees engaged at the Library of Congress. NOTICE. Business League on to Philadelphia. Fourteenth Annual Convention August 20-23, 1913. The delegates and friends of the Local Branch of the Business League of the District of Columbia will leave Washington Tuesday, August 19, at 12 o'clock by way of the Pennsylvania road. All delegates, members and friends who are desirous of taking advantage of the reduced rates offered to this organization will please be at the Union Station not later than 12 o'clock on Tuesday, August 19. The road has signed written agreement to take the party to Philadelphia in special fine steel coach and will sell tickets to members of the party only for $5.50 round trip. Tickets good for thirty days on any train to and from Philadelphia. Any persons wanting fare one way, only, tickets will be sold at $2.75 to and from Philadelphia. Secure identification cards from Daniel Freeman, President 1833 Fourteenth Street. Northwest. J. P. Coleman, Secretary, 1234 U Street, Washington, D. C. Colored People's Outing CHAUTAUQUA LINCOLN On the Wash., Balt., and Annapolis Electric Railroad MD. Monday, August 18, Maryland and Washington Business League Reception to Delegates of the National Negro Business League. Base Ball Game between Business Men! Maryland Dinner, Water Melon Day. Tuesday, August 19, Sunday School Congress Maryland and Washington Sunday School Unions, First Baptist Church (Baltimore). Egg Hunt, Potato Races, Maryland Dinner, Cantaloupes. Wednesday, August 20, Sunday School Congress Maryland and Washington Sunday School Unions, Congregational Churches (Washington). Inter-City Base Ball Game. Maryland Dinner, Sweet Potatoes. Sunday, August 24, Camp Meeting, Corner Stone Laying Metropolitan A. M. E. Church (Washington), Bethel A. M. E. Church (Baltimore). Maryland Dinner, Grandmother Cabbage. Monday, August 25; Secret Societies' Day Masonic Union Picnic (Maryland and District of Columbia), Odd Fellows Conclave (Maryland and District of Columbia). Addresses by the Grand Masters. Maryland Chicken Dinner, Water Melons. Banneker Relief Association. Young Men's Immediate Relief. Addresses by Distinguished Knights. Big Dinner, Melons, Corn, Wednesday, August 27, Woman's Day. Addresses by Le ing Women Social and Missionary Clubs of Baltimore and Washington. Fashioned Quilting Contest. Enon Baptist Church (Baltimc Psalmist Baptist Church (Baltimore). Chicken Pie, Apple Du lings, etc. Thursday, August 28, Family Picnic Day Beneficial Societies Outing. Reception to St. Luke's Convent. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church (Baltimore). Maryland Dinner, Homemade Pies. Friday, August 29, Family Picnic Day Beneficial Societies, Reception to True Reformers' Grand Fountains, St. John's M. E. Church (Baltimore). Cross Roads Prize Spelling Match, Athletic Games, and Raices. Maryland Dinner, Chicken Pot Pie. Saturday, August 30. Everybody's Day Saturday, August 31, Camp Meeting, Farewell Day Young Men's Christian Associations, Young Women's Christian Associations. Chicken Dinner, Water Melon Feast. EXTRA! Sunday, September 7, Booker T. Washington will speak at Lincoln at 10:30 A. M. Old-Fashioned Basket Dinner. Refreshments for those who do not bring baskets. RAILROAD FARES AND SCHEDULES Round Trip Tickets from Washington to Lincoln, including admission to the grounds will be sold for 50 cents. Get tickets at W. B. & A. Electric Stations, 14th and New York Avenue, N. W., or 15th and II Streets, N. E. The tickets will be good on all local trains as follows: 6:00, 6:45, 8:55, 10:55, A. M., 12:55, 2:55, 3:55, 4:55, 5:55, 7:00, 9:05, etc., P. M., and returning at all hours. Round Trip Tickets from Baltimore to Lincoln, including admission to the grounds will be sold for $1.00 Get tickets at W. B. & A. Electric Station, Liberty and Fayette Streets, Baltimore. Tickets good on special trains leaving Baltimore at 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Bishop JOHN HURST Prof. D. S. S. GOODLOE Rev. W. G. PARKS HARRY T. PRATT THOS. J. CALLOWAY GARNET C. WILKINSON J. H. BLACKWELL Rev. L. G. JORDAN JOHN R. HAWKINS CARRINGTON L. DAVIS Admission, with railroad ticket coupons FREE Admission, without coupons 25 CENTS Meals and Refreshments at reasonable prices No Liquors Sold or Permitted on Grounds WATCH THE DAILY PRESS FOR PROGRAM CHARLESTON HAS BIGGEST TEN-CENT STORE. Only One of Its Kind in America— $20,000 Raised by Dollar Subscriptions—Building Four Stories—Twenty-five Young Men and Women Given Work. From the Chicago Defender. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 2.—What is reported to be one of the largest commercial ventures of the race in the ACCUSED OF 25 MURDERS. Missouri Life Prisoner Said to Have Used an Ax. Leavenworth, Kan.—Twenty-five murders committed with an ax within the last three years in Missouri, Kansas Colorado, Iowa and Illinois are ascribed to Henry Lee Moore, now serving a life term in the Missouri penitentiary according to a theory formed by M. W. McClaughry, special agent of the department of justice, after an exhaustive study of the so called ax murders. Mr. McClaughry is a son of Warden McClaughry of the federal penitentiary here and has charge of the bureau of criminal identification at the penitentiary. Moore went to the penitentiary at Jefferson City after being found guilty of the murder of his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. George Moore, at Columbus, Mo., in December last year. Moore, on trial said he had made a study of famous murders, including the Crippen case in 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 is considered the most unusual mortgage ever recorded in this or any other county.' The security named in the recorded instrument consists of the following valuable property—to wit: "Nine chicken hens, two sow hogs and a 32 caliber pistol." The amount of the debt thus secured is $23, and it is provided that if the obligation is not met at maturity the property mentioned therein shall be sold at public outcry. All homestead exemption rights are waived by the maker of the mortgage. The question is being asked, "Does this mortgage. emphasize the increasing value of the 'hog and hominy' propaganda, or is it but another indication of the extreme stringency in the land about which so much has been said and written—which?" Bangor, Me.—A Maine sheriff might ind a barrel of beer or even a jug of whisky, but he can't find a beer lozenge or a cocktail tablet, and over that glad act the thirsty of this state are rejoicing now. For the tabloid booze drummer has come to Maine and is doing a rushing business in condensed drinks of all kinds, from plain whisky to cocktails and from beer to gin flizzes. The drummer carries a considerable stock of the tablets with him for immediate demands and arranges for further and unlimited supplies by mail. Many bars in Bangor, Lewiston and Portland are selling tabloid drinks, while a great many men who just must have their whisky or beer when they want it have obtained their own supplies and make their liquor at home while they wait, and the wait is not long. Nobody here knows anything about the constituent elements of the tablets but nobody cares so long as they produce something that looks and tastes like liquor. The tablets come in little paper boxes or glass bottles of a dozen each and the price varies. A small phial on one kind of tablets, costing 13 cents, dissolved in a gallon-of water, with other ingredients costing 50 cents makes a gallon of what passes for whisky—total cost, G3-cents. It is not whisky that would appeal to a connoisseur, for it burns and bites all the way down, but is as near to whisky as a good many people are able to get in some parts of Maine, and it "goes." WHISTLING CAT HAS HARÉLIP Animal Never Has Mewed, but Is Musical Prodigy. Springfield, Mass.—Stanislaus Czynszky of Prospect avenue, West Springfield, is the owner of a cat with a harelip, which whistles with the celllity of a schoolboy, but cannot mew or at least, never has mewed. Czynszky is inclined to believe that no animal in its normal state of mind would whistle, but is loath to do away with the cat, which, he says, attracts more attention than any other member of the family and is regarded as a musical prodigy. Neighbors have suggested that the cat would probe a treasure to a maker of catgut violin strings. Vancouver. Wash.—An egg weighing but fifteen grains, laid by a real live hen, is the property of Mrs. Harvey Alexander of this city. The egg, about half the size of a hazelnut, is but 1-33 part of a pound. Mrs. Alexander found an egg with a soft shell, which crushed in when she picked it up, and inside was the small egg, perfect in shape and with a hard shell. 11th Born to 11th of 11th. Lawrenceburg, Ind. — An eleventh daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sillas W. Jackson of Miller township. Mrs. Jackson is the eleventh daughter of an eleventh daughter of a family in which there were no boys. The new arrival welghed nearly ten pounds and is thriving. Federal 2 Per Cent Bonds Taken as Security at Par—Commercial Paper Also Will Be Accepted as Collateral For Loans—First Time In History. Washington.-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has taken action which will checkmate any attempt made by New York bankers in their fight on the currency bill to tighten up on loans when farmers and commission men need money to move their crops. He ordered transferred from the treasury vaults to the national banks in the south and west from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of the $500,000,000 emergency currency to facilitate the movement of crops. This step is taken under the Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currency law. The secretary further made the 2 per cent government bonds good as security for this emergency currency. He has directed that the 2 per cent bonds be accepted as security at par. He believes this will tend to force the price of the bonds up and offset the bear movement which drove them down to 95%. State and municipal bonds and prime commercial paper will also be accepted as security, the latter, it is said, for the first time in the history of the government. The secretary took the precaution to prevent banks from withdrawing from circulation all of their national bank currency secured by the 2 per cent government bonds by ordering that no A. 1913, by American Press Association. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY M'ADDO. bank which had not taken out at least 40 per cent of its authorized circulation should receive any deposits of this emergency circulation. This policy is directly opposed to that adopted by former Secretary of the Treasury McVeigh, who a year ago declined to make government deposits to relieve the tight money market on the ground that the moderate surplus federal funds at that time should be held as a reserve to be utilized at some possible critical stage. With the net balance in the general fund amounting to nearly $132,000,000, Secretary McAdoo has taken the stand that the government should anticipate the situation by placing deposits where and at the time they are needed. If the full $50,000,000 is deposited this step will temporarily nearly double the government's deposits with the banks, which at the present time hold $58,000,000 of federal funds. While Secretary McAdoo was announcing his plan Senator Tillman of South Carolina was issuing a statement declaring that unless congress acted quickly to provide an emergency currency the cotton planters of the south would lose $100,000,000 through inability to get money in New York to move their crops. "US GIRLS" VERY PEEVED. Ask United States to "Fire" Postal Clerk Who "Spoons." Washington. — Postmaster General Burleson is called upon to solve many riddles. The latest is a quarrel between young women patrons of the postoffice in a thriving western town and a woman clerk. The row was brought to Mr. Burleson's attention by the following letter: Dear Sir—The girl in the postoffice here reads us girls cards and tells us what is in them. Also this girl has a beau, her man standing at the window spooning all the time. Wish you would look into it and change, for we are very sick of her. Farmers cannot get to the window after their malt. I remain. DOG AIDS STRANDED AUTO. Runs Twenty-five Miles With Note and Brings Relief to Athletes. Wilmington, Del.-The Christiana Athletic club's auto bus broke down on a country, road near Middletown. Del., twenty-five miles south of here. A note asking for help was tled to the club's dog, and the animal was told to go home. The dog started on a run and made the journey to Wilmington in two hours, arriving at the clubhouse exhausted. A relief bus got to the stranded ball players in another hour. SEEKING BEST FARM SY: Report on These of Northern for Southern Minnesota. Washington—Dr. Thomas N. Carver, head of the rural organization service, department of agriculture, has reported to Secretary Houston that he had found the farmers in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota about as well organized and as prosperous as any in the world. Dr. Carver is studying co-operative systems in practice in the northwest, with a view to recommending the best ideas in use there to farmers in other parts of the country. Since the start of the rural organization service, a few months ago, intensive studies have been going on in Minnesota into every phase of the farm life there, social, moral and economic. "Our principal work," said Dr. Carver recently, "will be to find out where the best possible farming conditions prevail and what causes are responsible for this success and then to get farmers elsewhere to adopt similar methods with the hope that equally good results will follow." BANKING BY MAIL. ALSO. Announced In Connection With Extension of Parcel Post. Washington. - Postmaster General Burleson announced that on Aug. 15, the same date, as that on which the extension of the parcel post is effective, the "banking by mail" feature becomes a part of the postal savings system. This innovation will enable depositors living in remote districts to avail themselves of the system. In the matter of the parcel post, Mr. Burleson announced that after Aug. 15 the weight limit on packages is placed at twenty pounds and that a reduction in charges was ordered for local delivery from 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof. For delivery in the first zone the rate will be reduced from 5 cents for the first and 3 cents for each additional pound to 5 cents and 1 cent; for the second zone the rate will be cut from 6 cents and 4 cents to 5 cents and 1 cent for each additional pound. BIG CUT ORDERED IN EXPRESS CHARGES In Some Instances Rates Will Be Lower Than by Mails. Washington. The interstate commerce commission has ordered the express companies to lower their rates, improve their service and modify their practices and systems of accounts The order issued by the commission radically lowers the rates on express packages under fifty pounds The reductions, which range from 10 to 60 per cent, with an average of 15 per cent, will cost the companies $26,000,000, or nearly 16 per cent of their gross revenue, it is estimated. The new rates become effective Oct. 15 and continue for two years. It is believed that it will require two years to try out the proposed schedules. In making the order Commissioner Marble said the report and order lay the following requirements upon the express companies: The adoption of the block system of stating rates; the establishment of a uniform classification; the publication of a joint directory of express stations; the publication jointly of the pick up and delivery limits at each station; the adoption of revised rules and regulations. Under the present method of compiling tariffs 000,000,000 separate rates are published by the express companies. Under the block system the number is reduced to 650,000. The United States is to be divided into 800 blocks, averaging 2,500 square miles to the block. The most important change is in the modification of the present graduated scale of parcel rates. The 100 pound rates for short distances have either been but slightly reduced or have been left unchanged. For long distances the 100 pound rates have been somewhat reduced. MRS. EATON'S TRIAL SET. Must Face Jury Oct. 13 For Murder of Admiral. Greenfield, Mass.-Chief Justice Alken of the superior court has ordered that the trial of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, for the murder of her husband, Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, be called at Plymouth on Oct. 13. Mrs. Eaton was arrested twelve days after the admiral died from poisoning at their home in Assinippi, on March 8. With the exception of two brief appearances in court she has since been in jail at Plymouth. Mrs. Eaton is accused of having placed poison in coffee and other food prepared for the admiral. Fond du Lac, Wis. — Death by drowning in a milk can that contained only four inches of water was the fate of Norman, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schumacher of Calumetville. The child's chair, standing at the side of the milk can, gulded the grandmother when she sought the missing child, who had fallen headforemost into the receptacle and was dead. BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND London. August 10. — Pastor Russell addressed the London Tabernacle congregation twice today. We report one of his discourses from the text, "If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." — Matthew 15:14. The Pastor opened his discourse PASTOR RUSSELL Satan's Great Success- Immortality In Christ. The Bible does indeed out for the Church the hope of immortality; but it is only a hope, not already a possession. Man was not created unqualifiedly immortal. The life gives This everlasting life of the future is usually styled immortality; for it will be a deathless life—a life free from the imperfections of the dying condition. But the immortality of the Bible, which is for the Church alone, is separate and distinct, and elsewhere described as "the Divine nature."-2 Peter 1:4. As We Now Sober Up. Foolish Incredulity—Wise Faith. Patience and Sympathy Necessary. Thus we see the fallacy of the circle-reasoning of those who would judge the Lord merely by their own weaknesses, and not by His Word. How grand is the view presented in the Scriptures! How wonderful the Divine Character, as presented in the Divine Plan of human salvation! CHINESE REBELS FAIL IN REVOLT Outlawry May Follow Revolution, Now at an End. WESTON'S LONG WALK OVER. Arrives at Minneapolis on Schedule After Tramp of 1,500 Miles. Minneapolis, Minn.—Edward Payson Weston completed his tramp of more than 1,500 miles from New York city here on his schedule. The aged pedestrian, by changing his plans after leaving New York, added 100 miles to his original itinerary and walked 1,546 miles. Train Load of Bables Arrive. Douglas, Ariz.-A a special, train arrived here from Nacozari, Mexico, bearing scores of babies to be baptized. Because of the revolutionary troubles there has been no priest in Nacozari for several months, and the babies' parents, most of whom are wealthy, chartered the special train to take their enfraping to Douglas for baptism. SHIRKING HORSE CURED. POISON FAILS TO KILL Woman Takes Dose Which Would Kill a Hundred Persons. This is an amount, physicians say, sufficient to kill more than 100 men, but Dr. Maurice Thompson and Dr. Walter Harrell predict that she will recover, after the application of hot water bottles and electric globes and the injection of saline solution or sodium carbonate every three hours. NO MORE FLYING Aviator Hearkens to Mother's Plea to Stay on Ground. KILLED · 745,634. RATS. MARRIES HIS ACCUSER. FUSION HOPES TO DEFEAT TAMMANY On the fusion ticket with Mitchel, if they all accept," will be five others who have been members of the board 1913, by American Press Association. JOHN PURROY MITCHEL. Tuftm Destroy Dentistry Lyle Chicago - A speck of enamel chipped from a patient's tooth by a dentist's drill flew into the eye of Dr. Leroy Kerr recently, and he was advised to have the optic removed to save his Mfe. Diphtheria germs were carried on the speck into the eye. Belt Kills Man In Mine. Pottsville. Ia.-Lightning struck at the bottom of a 1,200 foot shaft at the Blackwood colliery; operated by the Lehigh Valley company, near here, and instantly killed a workman. Another worker was seriously injured. THE BEE Published at 1109 Eye St. N. W. Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance... $2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... .50 Subscription monthly ..... .20 The accumulated interest, as shown by letters from lot-holders and others to The Bee, relative to improving the grounds and open-door management of the affairs of Harmony Cemetery, is ample justification for the unselfish interest taken by a few public-spirited citizens—through The Bee—in demanding that the final resting place for their departed loved ones be under such rules and provisions as to enable them to be assured that no disposal of the ground—near or remote—will despoil the hallowed spot. The Advisory Committee reported that the veiled ownership of the cemetery grounds, by private parties, was an exploded relic having for its resurrection an antiquated figment in the undeveloped brain of college students. In the matter of guarantee for security, to the lot-holders for their sites, it was urged that immediate steps be taken to impress upon all lot-holders to demand a deed instead of a receipt, as is now given, for the lot paid for by them. The committee further reported that the present system of filling vacancies on the trustee board was unsatisfactory, as it enabled those inside to perpetuate a mutual admiration society, and not affording an opportunity for the plain people to seat any of their representatives, the silk-stocking gentry monopolizing all the soft and easy places. The Advisory Committee called attention to numerous complaints lodged with them relative to the secrecy surrounding the meetings, and business transactions of the trustees, no member, it was alleged, being allowed to repeat or discuss with any lot-holder any matter pertaining to the management of the cemetery. This, together with several other matters, including the financial status and system of disbursement, was, for investigation, referred to a special committee. DOING-WELL. On a trip to North Carolina Editor Chase, of the Washington Bee, found the Southern Negro industrious, progressive and happy. He says the charge is untrue that the Negroes of the South are shiftless and lazy. The South now is like the other sections of the country in most respects. With us it is also a matter of "root hog or die."—Natchez (Miss.) Herald. The southern colored man is progressive. In Durham, N. C., the editor of The Bee failed to find an idle colored man, woman or child. They work there from 8 to 70 years of age. The white and colored people work in harmony and without friction. The great North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association is a factor in the South. The National Religious Training School at Durham, N. C., and the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Greensboro, N. C., Dr. Jas. B. Dudly, president, are only a few of the great institutions in the State for colored people. There is less pretentious doings in North Carolina, on the part of the colored citizens, than any part of the South. Then there is Prof. Pearson at Durham, N. C., a man of ability and progressive in his ideas and a man of the people. Then there is Messrs. Merrick and Spaulding, who stands high in the business world. The colored business men and educators of North Carolina are on top. The Editor of The Bee has nothing to retract. RESPONDENT. Discriminations against the Negro have been boldly rife in Washington under the Wilson administration. Segregation has reached the point where "For Colored" signs have been put up in government buildings here, and yet a certain fellow here, who claims to be a national newspaper correspondent, has not sent a line about it to the Negro newspapers that he sends. correspondence to. A newspaper correspondent who is not in position to send papers the real news, send them facts and conditions as they actually exist is an unreliable and undependable correspondent. When the Wilson administration assumed control and even before it did, in fact immediately after the election, Thompson sent out a lot of rot about how fair this administration would be to the Negro, but when his promises did not become realizations, when Negro after Negro was succeeded by white men, when Negro clerks were dismissed and demoted, and when separate toilet rooms were designated by signs, even in the building in which he is employed as a $840 per year messenger, he became as silent as the tombs—did not mention these in his letters to the newspapers he serves. A man who can't send his newspapers the actual news ought to be repudiated as a correspondent. This is no time for trimmers, soft pedalers and speechless hypocrites. This is the time for real manly men. ELIMITING THE NEGRO. ELIMITING THE NEGRO. When the administration assumed the reins of government, Ralph W. Tyler predicted the race would receive nothing at its hands. His predictions were poopooed. He stuck by his guns, and stoutly maintained time would vindicate his predictions. Even the editor of this newspaper disagreed with Mr. Tyler. His friends said he was clear wrong. The Negro Democrats, said he was wild in his statements. Time has demonstrated Tyler's prophecies were right; that in this, as in other political matters, he demonstrated his knowledge of men. Now, what have the Negroes received? Nothing. When Tyler predicted a white man would be appointed Minister to Haiti, and insisted his prediction would come true. They, Negro Democrats and Negro Republicans, laughed at him. A white man has been appointed Minister to Haiti. A white man will be appointed Recorder of Deeds; white men will succeed Negro Consuls; a white man has been appointed Auditor of the Navy; a mixed-blood Indian—more white than Indian—has been named Register of the Treasury. Everything has gone Democratic and Bishop Walters and his unsophisticated cohorts have been given the marble heart and the stoney stare by Woodrow Wilson. Harper's Ferry W. V. August 12, 19 We are now having our first rain of any account for many weeks. It's very cool, but almost every-body is looking forward to a pleasant time at Mt. View reception Saturday night, August 16. are packing up. We have been visited by Maj. J. E. Walker, Lieut. J. E. Smith, Lt. T. E. Jones, Lt. H. Hamilton, Lt. A. C. Newman, and several non-commissioned officers and privates, Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Francis, Dr. Cragg, and Mr. Nat, Guy, of Washington, and Dr. S. B. Hughes, son and niece, and Rev. M. J. Naylor, of Baltimore, stopped over a few days on their auto touring trips. Sunday was a big day at Harper's Ferry. Camp Ordway received 8,000 visitors. Quite a number stopped by Mt. View to take dinner with us. Amour the guests we notice the following: Messrs. H. I. Brown, W. L. McLendon, W. A. Jones, Dr. C. Frey, Dr. Julia Rankin Hall, M. S. Koonce, Mr. T. J. Houston, Miss Morie E. Scott, Dr. and Mrs. Lofton, dentist, their children, and Maid, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Cahanness, Mrs. Mable Ridgley, Mrs. M. E. Evans, Alexandria, Vt.; Mr. R. B. Peterson, mail clerk: Mr. R. W. Johnson, Y. M. C. A.; Mr. BenJ. Washington, in charge of Y. M. C. A. at Camp Ordway; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Smoot, of Anacostia, and Mr. Smith I. Adams, the popular undertaker on the other side of Eastern Branch; Since our last letter we are pleased to note the following regular guests at Mt. View: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Murray, Miss Josephine G. Weston, Miss Eva B. Brown, of the Park: Miss Julia H. Smith, Swann Street; Mr. Richard H. Lewis, Y. M. C. A.; Mr. Howard H. Williams; Miss Sallie Fisher has returned to Mt. View. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Smoot, and Mr. Smith I. Adams, of Anacostia, called on their old friend Martin, and were for a short stay the house guest. Mountain View Ball and Reception Saturday, August 16, for the guests and their friends. Public Men Ard Things This vacation business ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's all a delusion and a snare—for Mr. Ham. I went to Buckroe Beach and I hied myself away to a "forty acres and a mule" farm back of Culpepper, but let me say to you when I hit my de luxe edition of a mattress, out in Le Droit Park Wednesday night. I had the first real-good night's rest in three weeks. And, except the bath I got while in bathing at Buckroe Beach, I hadn't had a real bath—just those towel baths, until I correened myself in my five-foot-six bath tub Wednesday night. You bet your life, home's a real luxury after all. Last summer, and the summer before, I "enjoyed" myself at Atlantic City. Had a room big as a soap box, a bed that felt like a bunk at Eldest Precinct Station, a swarm of mosquitoes and an army of "chinches" all for one dollar a day. And in that soap-box size room were two big husky anvil choruses from over in Maryland who smelled like a rummage sale of Willow Tree Alley effects. Now, I've figured it out these summer vacations at summer resorts are a strictly white man's privilege or a Negro who's got the price. But us imitators who have to save for a whole year to get the price of a week's board at some summer resort, then have to economize for six months after we get home, ain't got no business four-flushing. Hereafter my cozy little old six-room shanty out in Le Droit Park will do for mine. When I struck the Avenue de Nig I heard all the news what's happened since I've been away. I heard all about Patterson's flunk, and I saw the "effusion in ebony graced with a continual shallow grin" what tooted for Patterson, and even stood for his letter. That's Oklahoma Ford, who does some kind of a stunt down at the Indian Bureau. When I dropped in my barber shop to have the ingrowing wire bristles on my ivory trimmed, the barbers all gave me the glad hand and handed me a bunch of talk that made the jargon you hear in a cage of monkeys sound like a fellow's voice who calls you for two-bits with nothing but a two-card straight to base a hope on. Now, right here I'm going to break into print with a head-on-collision with colored barbers. They just don't give you the service for your ten cents a Greek razor artist gives for five cents, and they treat you like a day-late fishing smack. For instance, while I was getting shaved, my barber stopped twice to go to the window to ogle a bunch of slit skirt what- went by showing a pair of number nine hose covering a pretty healthy calve. Then he stopped once to argue with another pipe-dreamer as to whether the Bible says "Christ went down into the water and came up out," or "Christ went into the water and came out." For five minutes they argued on whether "up" was in or out of the Bible. Of course, all the time the lather was drying on my face and itching me like the seven-year itch. Then he stopped once to tell what he knew about the tariff. And you know it takes an anthracite a long time and a lot of words to tell what he don't know a frazzling thing about. When he turned me out of the chair. I had two beautiful cuts—one on my chin and one on my cheek. And I got all this for ten cents. Now, in a white shop they place an embargo on all this. You don't get nothing but a nice, clean shave. Why, it's as quiet in a barber shop as a hospital, and the barbers stick as close to shaving a man as Doc Corsan sticks to his work when he's removing one of them phibroid tumors. Now, if the proprietors of some of the colored barber-shops will only give their "keen-kutting" artists about two weeks' course in some correspondence school what teaches silence, they will confer a favor on the fellows who have to pay ten cents for a shave and a lot of air-castle and St. Elizabeth talk. Of course, all anthracite barbers ain't built this here way, but the average of them makes a fellow wish he could make Gray's "Elegy in a Graveyard" a forgotten poetic effusion by writing: Full many a Ham of much talkative power. Some toilet article bereft Ham bars ber shop shelters. Course. I know I'm up against a 4-11-44 gig when I hand coalized barbers this line of talk, but it evaporates just the same. THE PRESIDENT AND THE NEGRO. From the New York Evening Post, August 1 August 4. Mr. Wilson finds himself thus early in his administration at the parting of the ways in the matter of the Negro citizen. His nomination of Mr. A. E. Patterson, of Oklahoma, as Register of the Treasury, has been withdrawn at the nominee's request, and for the first time in a quarter of a century the office is to go to some one else than to a Negro. Mr. Patterson asked to be allowed to withdraw because of the violent opposition of the Negrophohe Southern Senators—Vardaman, Tillman, Hoke Smith, and the rest. That he lacked the courage to stick it out and to insist on having his name passed upon is greatly to be regretted. In a sense, he was recrent to his race; that he has not helped either Mr. Wilson or the colored people appears clearly from Vardaman's glorying in the defeat of Mr. Patterson's ambitions. No. Negro, he says, shall be appointed to any executive office in which there may be white employees subordinate to him, and his platform contains these further demands: "Segregation in all forms of Government employment; the entire separation of the races in Federal employ; Negroes and white people must not be compelled to work side by side." The integrity of the Anglo-Saxon race. Mr. Vardaman adds, depends upon the "faithful consummation" of this program. What a delicate integrity it must be! For the first time since we have heard of him, it occurs to us that this Senator from Mississippi is serving a useful purpose. He has flung down a challenge to this Democratic administration which Mr. Wilson cannot avoid. Shall the President give up the historic right of the Executive to appoint to office, to the extent at least of permitting a fraction of the Senate to bar out ten millions of American citizens from serving the Government, save in the lowest positions, and then as lepers set apart? Does he sympathize wholly or in any degree with the attitude of Hoke Smith and Vardaman? Is he going to ignore the colored man in his appointments hereafter, or is he going to select one who will stick, and then fight it out on that line, whether it takes some summer or the rest of his administration? Shall he fling the Negro overboard after more of his race voted for Wilson than for any other Democratic candidate? Shall he be a just President of all the American people, or only of those of the white race? Is the "New Freedom" to be accepted as preaching political doctrines whose truths are no longer truths when they meet the color line? We realize, of course, how uncomfortable it must need be for the President to encounter the enmity of the Southern Senators just at this time His tariff bill and this currency measure are before them, and his whole legislative program not yet formulated will go before them next winter. But he has excellent Democratic precedent for stubbornly taking his position against them and sticking to it. Mr. Cleveland nominated a colored man to this same office of Register of the Treasury, and when, after a long struggle, he could not obtain his confirmation, he sent in the name of another one and had his way. Mr. Roosevelt's long fight on behalf of the confirmation of Dr. W. D. Crum, of Charleston, S. C., was altogether one of the finest things in his administration. Can Mr. Wilson do less? We do not see how it is possible for him to steer a course of compromise and expediency in this far-reaching matter, and we do not believe that he wishes to. The assurances that he gave to the Negro delegations which called upon him during the campaign would forbid it, did he not naturally subscribe to the doctrine of all men up and none down. So far as the colored people are concerned, they are already deeply stirred by the action of several of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet officers in segregating the Negro employees within their departments—in some cases they are being screened off in corners as if even their aspect were contaminating. As usual in such cases, the excuse is that it is all for the Negroes' welfare that it is being done. That they are thereby rendered more safe in the possession of their offices, and are less likely to be discriminated against, is. the sincere belief of some who have had part in this innovation. What they do not see is that this for the first time officially establishes a caste among the citizens and employees of the Federal Government; that within a short time the Negro sections will be pointed to as the "nigger departments" and hate of such men as Vardaman and Hoke Smith and their less conspicuous imitators; that the "nigger sections" will become as despised and as neglected as the "Jim Crow" car. So far from helping the Negro to retain office, it will soon make it impossible for fine and able Negroes of self-respect to enter a service which begins by classifying them as inferior, as people who must be set off lest mere contact with them result in some kind of moral contamination. In the Far South every fresh act of discrimination, every additional effort to degrade and to humiliate will allege its justification to this action of the Federal Government. Needless to say, those Cabinet officers who have begun this shocking segregation process took great care not to ascertain in advance what the wishes and feelings of those to be "Jim Crowed" might be. It was the point of view of those who had the power to act which prevailed. That all of this will go without challenge is not to be expected.' The Progressive Senators are already alive to their opportunity. The colored-people themselves are beginning to be heard from, and their political influence is not to be despised. But we do not believe that this phase of it will concern Mr. Wilson. We think that when the matter is put before him in its true light, he will withhold his sanction from it, just as we believe that he will not permit any Southern reactionaries, however influential, to deter him from giving, in the matter of offices, fair play to a heavily disadvantaged race. NEGROPHO (FEAR) BIA. Senator Newlands said: "I also believe that we should write the word "white" in our constitution and restrict suffrage to the people of the white race." Blacks Back to Africa. "I see no reason why ultimately this unfortunate people, as yet a race of children, should not by a gradual process extending over many years be restored to the land from which they originally came. The race question is a blight to the youth, and unless we take hold of it intelligently the segregation will take place upon our soil and the South will eventually become almost exclusively dedicated to the black race." Separation of the white and the colored or African races in the street cars, city, urban and interurban, and in the government departments located in the District, is provided in a bill introduced in the House of Representatives today by Representative Joe B. Thompson, of Oklahoma. Taking up the matter of the separation of races in the departments, the bill provides for separate compartments, in every department of the government where both white and colored are employed. The bill states that it shall be so construed as not to prohibit the employment of messengers, janitors or porters, and does not prohibit them, while in the discharge of their official duties, from entering or occupying a compartment set aside for the race drawn to social equality. Vardan said "I think that the defeat of this appointment is of more importance than the passage of the tariff bill and the enactment of currency legislation. It rises like a mountain peak above the other questions of the day. I shall use every effort to defeat the confirmation. Every Senator from the South I have spoken to on the subject has expressed his intention to opposing the confirmation. I shall fight every Negro appointment that is made. If a colored Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia is appointed, my protest will be still more vhement." Can you beat it, Mr. Editor? And yet there are some Negroes still foolish enough to call themselves Democrats. And some of them even have the audacity to try to pose as race leaders. CAN YOU BEAT IT? JAMES CONWAY JACKSON BUSINESS LEAGUE MEMBERS Philadelphia, Pa.—All information at hand points to the largest gathering of Negro business men ever assembled when the National Negro Business League convenes in this city at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, August 20. The Committee on Arrangements have labored industriously to make this a top-notch meeting, and the city authorities have lent every possible assistance. As only a few days will have elapsed before the meeting, delegates and friends from a distance who expect to attend are urged to communicate without delay with the Committee on Arrangements, 1438 Lombard Street, about accommodations. Not only has a most interesting program been arranged for the meeting, but the speakers selected to address the sessions have been chosen with care. Charles H. Brooks, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, and his committee members have been untiring in their efforts to make the meeting a great success. The program includes, in addition to the business sessions Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, an Industrial Street Parade, an automobile ride around the city, reception to the delegates and friends by John Wanamaker, in the famous Egyptian Hall of the great Wannanaker store. League banquet and reception at Horticultural Hall, the finest auditorium in the city, and a ride up the Delaware River as far as Burlington Island, for which one of the finest vessels afloat has been placed at the service of the committee. This, the fourteenth annual meeting of the League, is expected to be a record-breaking and an epoch-making one. Dr. Booker T. Washington, who has taken the liveliest interest in the forthcoming meeting, will arrive carly and throw his powerful personality and influence to make it a success. An immense attendance is predicted. The citizens of Philadelphia, without reference to race, color or creed, are doing their utmost to make it a success. LITTLE STORIES OF SUCCESS Number 4. Stevens of Troy. From time immemorial Troy and its citizens have been famous. There was Priam, who ruled over that ancient Troy, which we are told was located in Western Asia on the shores of the Mediterranean. There was mighty Hector, the son of Priam, whom the still mightier Achilles slew. Then there was that other son of Priam, Parks, who eloped from Greece to Troy with Helen, the most beautiful of women, and as a result caused one of the most famous wars in all history. It is not, however, of this Troy that Henry Vale Stevens, the subject of this sketch is a citizen, nor has he had a Homer to sing his praises. He is an humble black man, a harness-maker who lives down in Troy, Ala, which is one of the least of the thirty-three Troys in the United States. Mention is made of Stevens, not because of any specially wonderful thing that he has accomplished, but to call attention to the opportunities which a Negro with a trade has in the smaller cities and towns of the South. Stevens received a certificate in harness-making from Tuskegee Institute in 1900 and since that time has been working constantly at his trade. Several years ago he started in business for himself at Troy and has always had as much or more work than he could do. In connection with his harness-making he carries on carriage-trimming and shoe-making. He owns a good home and other property and is a leader of his race in that section. He receives the patronage of the best white people of the town and vicinity. Concerning him A. C. Edmonson, the Probate Judge of the city in a recent communication said: "I have known H. V. Stevens for the past five years, and I can say that he has conducted himself in a high-toned and gentle manly manner since he came here, is well thought of by both white and colored and has the respect of all. I consider him of the best harness-makers that has ever been in this part of the State. He certainly is master of his profession and has the confidence of all." M. S. Carroll, president of the First National Bank, in his testimonial concerning Stevens, said: "It affords me pleasure to state that H. V. Stevens of this city is an upright man. I have had considerable dealings-with him. He is worthy of the confidence of the business public; he is a harness-maker by trad- and his work is of the very highest type. He has not only served the public well in his trade, but has made a reputation for fair dealing and has the confidence of the citizens of this city." at Tuskegee Institute. in trade and in acquiring the spirit" of push and energy "Tuskegee idea," "do what you can for the good" of the community in which you are located," have been of the greatest value in enabling him to become the useful and highly respected citizen that he is. JUST SNAKES. VIENNA, VA. NOTES. On Sunday, August to, Mr. Lee, from Floris, Va. Mr. and Mrs. King-Whittening, of Kenilworth, D.C. Miss J. Blake, of Washington, D.C. Mr. Charles Harris, merchant in K Street Market, and Mr. C. F. Smith, of Washington, D.C. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Burless and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Miner. Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Kelly were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Myers, Sunday. In a Great Effort to Raise a Fund to pay off Debt on the Douglass Home. Generous Friend Offers New York Property to Successful Contestant. Meals at all Hours. Open from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Open Sundays 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. LEE'S LUNCH ROOM Geo. H. Lee, Prop. 1231 E Street N. W. Meals 15c and 25c. Washington, D. C. The Week in Society Everybody is now going to Board's Pharmacy at 1912% 14th Street. Cooling breezes and colder soda—so delicious, so snappy, tasty and pleasing, make existence here a pleasure, regardless of outside summer heat. Highest grade drugs and medicines at Board's, the 14th Street Pharmacy. Dr. W. H. Jernagin, D. D., pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, returned to his charge, from his western tour, on the first of the present month. He visited Oklahoma City and preached at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he formerly pastored. The people were extremely delighted to have him, and gave him quite an ovation. He also visited a number of other places among which were Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Denver, Col., and Colorado Springs. On Sunday night, August 3, he delivered a most interesting lecture on his visit to the Gardens of the Gods, Cave of the Winds, Seven Falls, Helen Hunt's Grave, North Canyon High Drive, Mollie Groves Mine on the Moffat Road, from which he brought some of the ore, and Pike's Peak. Every one was so much pleased that he has been requested to deliver it again at an early date. Monday, August 4, he performed the ceremony for the quiet marriage of Miss Ella Dunjee, one of the leading young ladies and Christian workers of Oklahoma City, and Mr. A. F. Williams, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., of Newport News, Va. To show the high appreciation and love that has been awakened in the hearts of his membership on last Sunday, he was presented with a handsome passenger touring car. Dr. A. M. Booker, president of the Arkansas Bartist College, at Little Rock, Ark., one of the leading educators of this country, honored us with his presence on Sunday night and delivered an able sermon on the necessity of launching Out in the Deep." We are looking forward to another rare treat. Miss Lucie B. Shaw, daughter of Mr. Richard A. Shaw, manager of the Senate Restaurant in the Capitol, is the guest of Lady Emna Phillips', at the palatial home of her father, Bishop C. H. Phillips, Nashville, Tenn. Since the closing of school Miss Shaw has visited Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Nashville, and other points in Tennessee and Kentucky. Dr. Bennie Brown, of Baltimore, formerly of Washington, D. C., is sick at 1911 Second Street Northwest. Mrs. Mattie A. Boston, of 2029 Thirteenth Street Northwest, is numbered with the sick. Miss Ruth Matthews, of 522 U Street, a student at the Armstrong Manual Training School, is spending the summer as a guest of Miss Ida Poole, 42 West 136th Street, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Smith, of New York City, are spending their vacation in this city with relatives. They will stop at Philadelphia on their return. Mrs. Addie O'Neil Grigsby, accompanied by her sister, Miss Marie O'Neal, left the city last week for Providence, R. L., to visit relatives and friends for several weeks. *Miss Ida Green, of this city, and her niece, Miss Indian Parker, are spending a few weeks at Chesapeake Beach. Miss Sidney Ray, of Pittsburg, Pa., is in this city visiting relatives and friends. Miss Minnie Wilson and Ione O'Dell spent Thursday afternoon at Heinz's plant, Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Burnice Sewell is the guest of Miss Ella and Josephine Richmond, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss L. J. Thornton is spending the summer at Hotel Metropolitan, Asbury Park, N. J. Mrs. A. Glen is the guest of Hotel Lincoln, Arverne, L. I. Miss Jennie Cornell, of this city, is spending the summer with Misses Mary, Joe and Hettie Monroe, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Robert Jones is the guest of Dr., Rosemond Davis, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss Almiria Tucker, of Floris, Va. is in the city for a week. Mrs. Annie Page and Mr. Clarence Page and Mr. Freddie Page are visiting their mother and grandmother in this city. Miss Lottie Gordon is spending the summer with her brother, Mr. H. Gordon and family, of Luray, Va. Rev. W. A. Taylor, of Newport News, Va., left Thursday for this city, where they will make their permanent home. Miss Nettie Wiggins and brother, Norman, will leave tomorrow for Heathsville, Va., to visit relatives and friends. Miss Fairfax Brown, of this city, was a recent guest of Mrs. Bessie Cook, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Delilah W. Burrell is spending a few enjoyable days with her brother, Mr. Henry Young and wife, of Philadelphia, Pa. Willie R. Carrington, of Philadelphia, Pa., physical teacher, visited the Y. M. C. A. this week. J. A. Taylor is one of the arrivals at the Lipscomb Cottage, of Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Maggie Morris, of Baltimore, will spend two weeks here. Buy your drugs, medicines and toilet articles at Board's, 1912½ 14th Street. Guaranteed satisfaction in quality and price. Miss Jessie Brown, of Philadelphia, is visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Mattie Williams, Miss Dollie L. Warrend and Mrs. Dr. Green will visit the city in a few days. Miss Ethel Mae Gibbons, a teacher in the public schools, is spending her vacation in Atlantic City. Miss Pocahontas McBaine, secretary to Prof. J. Hawkins, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church, is a guest at the Ridly Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. Also Mrs. I. E. Washbury and E. Gibbones. W. H. Edwards is a guest at the Wright's Hotel. Misses Florence, Annie and Frances Rawlings, of Providence, R. I., are in the city visiting parents. Mrs. Ada Carey and baby of Savannah, Ga., arrived in the city a few days ago to join Mr. Carey. Mrs. Johanna Sneed, of this city, is spending a while with her mother in Savannah, Ga. Miss Inez S. Hadley, of Savannah, will spend several weeks in this city. Miss Ethel McKinley is visiting her aunt, Miss Essie McKinley, of Charleston, S. C. Mr. Carl J. Murphy, a recent graduate from Howard University, with the degree of A. M., is to teach German in Howard University. He is the son of Mr. John Murphy, editor of the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger. Miss S. E. Shorter is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. A. Brown, of Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. Laura E. Johnson and her little family are having a delightful time at the country home of Mrs. Sarah T. Ping of Sidehurn Va. Miss Mabel Turner and Miss Violet Ferguson have gone to Atlantic City for two weeks' vacation. Miss Winola Ballard is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Moore, of Richmond, Va. Mr. Benjamin F. Holmes, insurance agent of Orange, N. J., is here on a visit to his family, Mrs. Lucinda Holmes and daughters. Rev. Draper and Rev. Chaplain respectively will occupy the pulpit at Mt. Zion M. E-Church Sunday morning and evening services. Dr. Furniss, United States Minister to Haiti, will be in the city in a few days and will be the guest of Dr. West. Mr. R. R. Horner and wife will visit Canada next week. They will remain some time. Drs. S. W. Pierre and Gill are at Leedstone, Va., having a delightful time. Miss Anna Speaks, of Maryland, who has been a guest of Miss G. B. Maxfield, left the city for her home this week. While here Miss Speaks was entertained by Miss Flossie Hunt and others. Miss Nolye B. Thomas will leave the city today for Harper's Ferry, where she will spend some time. Miss Marie Oram has returned home after attending Cheyney Summer School, and Atlantic City, also Philadelphia, Pa. The Misses Louise and Olive Madella, of this city, are spending a portion of their vacation at Niagara Falls. Misses Alice and Eunice Carroll are enjoying the vacation at Niagara Falls and Canada. They will return in the fall in time to resume their schools duties. Messrs. Joe Murray and W. O. Davis will leave the city next week to visit New York and Atlantic City. They will attend the Elks' reception while in the latter place. FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS. Citizens' day was observed at Camp Pleasant Saturday, August 9. There was a band concert from 3 to 8 p. m. Flag raising and camp fire. Short addresses were made by Judge J. William Latimer, of the Juvenile Court, Dr. C. W. Childs, member of the Board of Education, Prof. Geo. W. Cook, of Howard University, Dr. Geo. W. Cabuniss, Rev. W. D. Jarvis, Mrs. Julia M. Layton, Dr. Walter L. Casper, secretary, Summer Outings Committee, and Mr. Ferdinand D. Lee, who had charge of the meeting. All the speakers spoke in glowing terms of the great work now being done by the officers and friends of the court. Special mention was made of the generosity of many white and colored friends, of the camp, and more especially of the service of the superintendent, Dr. Warring, and his good wife and sweet daughters. They all seem to be consecrated to the work. It seems a great pleasure to them to nurture and nurse the dear little ones who are classed among the less fortunate. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, the wife of Dr. B. T. Washington, and the great idol of the colored women of Alabama and the South, passed through here Thursday, August 7, on her way to Tuskegee, having spent considerable, time in the North and East. She made a brief stop over at the National Training School for Women and Girls, Lin- coln Heights, D. C. Mrs. Washington seemed to be in the very best of health and looked-as she use to look some twenty years ago, when we were a student at Tuskegee and she was Miss Maggie J. Murray, the lady principal. Lawyer Thomas J. Calloway, a member of the Washington Bar, accompanying Mrs. B. T. Washington, passed this way August 7. They made a brief stop at the National Training School for women and girls. MRS. ADDIE B. MULLIN'S RETURNED. Mrs. Addie B. Mullins, of White Avenue has just returned from a ten days trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Rev. Ernest, S. Williams, D. D., who has been sick at one of the leading hospitals in Washington, for more than a month, is home again. James A. Armstrong is spending time up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His Postoffice address is Skyland, Luray, Page Co., Va. Mr. R. S. Nichols spent his vacation at Atlantic City. He returned Sunday, August 10. Miss Lillian Knight, who has been very ill for four weeks, is on the mend. The citizens here and especially the church-going people have been quite uneasy about Miss Knight. Her disposition is so lovely and sweet that every body loves her. Even the children have shown their anxiety. Mr. James F. Armstrong and Mr. Joe Munnerlyn, two clerks of the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., have been recommended for reinstatement by the board of personell of that department. Unless complications arise they will be themselves again in a few days. SERVICES AT THE M. E. CHURCH. Rev. O. C. Sprague preached an instructive sermon to a large congregation Sunday morning, August 10. On the account of the storm, Rev. Dr. O'Connor did not preach at the Bible Chautauqua of the Presbyterian Church August 10, at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Susie Bogle is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coles are on the sick list. Mrs. Blanche Lewis is on the sick list. Mrs. Christina, of Jersey City, N. J., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wm. G. Silence. Since being here she has purchased a beautiful lot in Bryn Mawr, West Fairmount Heights. ALEXANDRIA NEWS. The G. W. Parker Lodge, G. U. O. of O. F., celebrated its anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 7, in regal style. In the afternoon there was a parade, in which they were joined by Harmony and Lancaster Lodges and the Alexandria Patriarchy. At night a largely attended reception was given at Odd Fellows' Hall, S. Columbia St. The boys deserve congratulations. Mrs. Cora Couway is quite sick at Mrs. Cora Conway is quite sick at her home on S. Columbus Street. Miss Bessie Jackson, of Baltimore, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary Meadows. Mrs. Jennie Goldsborough, of Chester, Pa., paid a flying visit to her mother, Mrs. Cora Conway, Sunday the third. Mrs. Sarah D. Gray left on Wednesday for Brooklyn, N. Y., where she will visit her brother, Mrs. James Derrick. Mr. John Smith, of Jersey City, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, of West St. Mrs. Julia Roberts, of Miami, Fla., is spending sometimes with her mother, Mrs. Katherine Butler, S. Fairfax St. Mr. F. H. M. Murray spent several days this week in New York. Miss Mary E. Dorsey left on Thursday for a few weeks' stay at Sea Girt, N. J., New Haven, Conn., and Long Island. Miss Edith Johnson will spend the next few weeks at Woodbury Forest, Va. Mrs. James E. Sadler, of Mt. Clair, N. J., is the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. Griffin Brooks, of Queen Street. WEST WASHINGTON. Blue Ridge Lodge 8500, Grand Order of Odd Fellows, of Merrifield, Va., celebrated their third anniversary Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church, of Merrifield, Va. Rev. E. E. Ricks, accompanied by a delegation of Odd Fellows, preached the sermon. Jas. L. Turner delivered the address on the order. Despite the heavy rain, a large number of the order was present from Falls Church and Hall-Hills and listened to a very eloquent discourse of Rev. Ricks. A collection was raised toward the Hall fund. The First Baptist Sunday School enjoyed their annual outing Thursday, August 7, at Patterson Woods. Mr. Edward Ferguson, an old resident of this place, died on Thursday last. His funeral took place Saturday afternoon from Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Rev. George Jacobs officiating. Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mr. Geo. T. Beason has been elected assistant editor of the Mt. Zion Review, the next issue of which will appear the first Sunday in September. Rev. George Jacobs is acting pastor of Mt. Zion M. E. Church during the absence of Rev. W. C. Thompson, who is enjoying his annual leave given him by his congregation. Georgetown Patriarchie No. 42, G. U. O. of O. F., will give their annual picnic at Early Rose Park, Twenty-seventh Street Northwest, on Wednesday evening, August 20. A special feature will be an exhibition drill by Patriarchies 18 and 42. Silver Star Orchestra. DEANWOOD NEWS Recently there have been opened in Deanwood two large subdivisions, where our people may purchase homes, a concrete side walk has been laid from Sheriff Avenue to Dean Avenue by the Municipal' Building Co. Mr. Thos. Stokes is completing a large number of houses for O. H. Fowler. Mrs. L. J. Broadus, superintendent of the Zion Baptist Sunday School, is out again from a severe attack of the asematism, under the medical attention of Dr. W. W. Jones. She was able to give the Sunday School their annual outing to the Zoo last week. On last Sunday, the roth, was communion at the Zion Baptist. Although stormy, we had a good day in Zion. We were assisted by Revs. Washington, McDonald, Breedlove and Crutchfield. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Mason had their two children prayed for. Lucy E. Mason had to stand for godparents; Mrs. L. J. Broadus, of Deanwood, Mrs. Sarah M. Lewis, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Catherine, of New York. For Sarah B. Mason, were Dr. and Mrs. Forrest H. Battes, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Anna Downey, and Mr. Charles Barnes, of Washington. Mrs. Lewis had to return on Sunday to her home, while Mrs. Dr. Battes is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Sarah B. Mason. The Pastor's Relief Club, with Mrs. E. Johnson, president, is busy getting the pastor and delegates ready for the meeting of the Mt. Bethel Association, which meets in Baltimore. We are expecting a full house on the 18th, at 8 p. m., at which time Rev. Dr. Wilbanks will preach to the Ministers' Alliance at Zion. Rev. A. Randall reports his work at the M. E. Church in good shape. Rev. G. G. Mills, of the First Baptist Church, is bringing things to pass. Prof. Elias Brown is yet very sick. Deacon Lomax is very proud of his fine baby. W. H. Butcher has moved in his new cottage. Miss Madeline Coats is planning a few weeks' stay in Virginia. Mrs. Adams, the mother of Mrs Garfield A. Pen, is yet sick. Pastor Broadus is a busy man. E. T. B. FALLS CHURCH NOTES. Sunday school at Galloway M. E. Chapel opened up with usual good attendance and pleasant spirit in which to begin the day. Dr. Colbert made quite a lengthy address to the school. Class No. 2, after keeping the banner for eight successive Sundays, lost it. Class No. 1, won it. After their own regular collection a crowning act of benevolence by the Sunday school was a donation of one dollar by special collection for a young man of the community, Mr. Harry Goins, who for some time has been sick and continues on the sick list. The donation was very much appreciated. The morning service brought a fair-sized congregation, and pastor Colbert preached one of his usual soul-stirring sermons. A large number of friends went from this place in the afternoon, to Merrifield, to witness the Odd Fellows' sermon, which was preached there at the First Baptist Church. The M. E. choir went up and rendered the music for the occasion. Mrs. Mary Richards is much improved, but still unable to leave home. Mr. John Denny, who has been confined to his home for the best portion of the summer, is still confined to his bed. He has the sympathy and best wishes of his many friends. Miss Bessie Rumbles had as her welcome guests Saturday and Sunday, her father, Mr. Wilson Terrell, from Herendon, Va.; also Miss Dade and Miss Marshall, from Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Ampha Byrd have as their guest their daughter, Mrs. Julia Cox, of Philadelphia, Pa. All the services at Second Baptist Church beginning with Sunday school, were well attended. This being communion Sunday, Pastor Powell preached his usual powerful sermon to a good-sized congregation. Rev. Gunn, of Washington, was a visitor and preached at night service. On account of the storm the Young People's meeting did not convene, but will be held at the usual hour next Sunday evening. The many friends of Miss Anna Henderson are very glad to see her our again after an illness of some weeks. Miss Louise Goins still keeps to her sick room. It is hoped that she may have an early recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown, of Washington, D. C., was the Sunday guest of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lauretta Brown, who is spending the summer with her cousin, Mrs. Ida Thomas. The farmers, gardeners, and ladies who love flower gardening are pleased, at this writing, to rejoice that the Lord has indeed sent "showers of blessings." MERRIFIELD, VA. NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray, of Alexandria, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harris, of Vienna, Va., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harper, Sunday, August 10. Miss Mamie Bradley, who has been quite sick for some time, is out again. Mrs. Robert Bradley, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., is spending the summer with her parents. Miss Clara Lumpkins, of Kenilworth, D. C., is spending some time with Miss Bradley. We are sorry to hear that our friend and neighbor, Mr. and Mrs. John Woodland, are going to leave us for some time. Sunday, August 10, was a great Odd Fellows' day here, the annual sermon being preached for Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 8500, by Pastor E. E. Ricks, of First Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., here in First Baptist Church to a very large congregation of home people and visitors from many points. On account of the storm the sermon was cut short—the collection of $40 or more also shorter than would have been. COME TO ATLANTIC CITY For the Elks' 14th ANNUAL CONVENTION I. B.P. O. Elks of the world HELD AUGUST 26th to 30th. 1913 Atlantic City, the Play Ground of America. The World's Greatest Seashore Resort. One of the Finest Bathing Beaches in the World. Unlimited attractions. Most hospitable citizens. Bathing, Fishing and Sailing. The Finest Boardwalk in the World. Trains every hour. One hour to Philadelphia. Two and one-half hours to New York. ASK MR. 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Street, between 15th and 16th Streets Northwest, are conducting interesting song and prayer services every Sunday evening from 6:20 to 7:20 o'clock. The topic for Sunday, August 17, "Lessons from Forest and Field." Psalm 104, 1-35. Mrs. Capitala Smith and Mr. S. M. Gilbert will lead. Interesting discussions of the topic and splendid singing will please all who love such. Strangers are made welcome. Rev. I. N. Ross, pastor, A. J. Williams, chairman prayer meeting, Anna S. Payne, president. FAIRFAX NOTES. Sunday, August 10, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church had their usual services, beginning at 11 o'clock, with Rev. Lomax, of Manassas, officiating for Rev. M. D. Williams, who is confined at home with an attack of paralysis. Sunday School at 2 p. m., with Superintendent Clark and his co-workers at their post of duty. Mrs. Mattie McDonald, of Washington, D. C., spent a pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Neal, last week, returning to the city Saturday evening. Mrs. Laura Neal and daughter, little Elnora, of Pittsburg, Pa., accompanied by Mrs. Josephine Pellard, of Fine Oaks, Va., and Miss Kellan were week-end guests of Mrs. Fannie Q. Neal last week. The town was given a very rare treat Monday and Tuesday nights Elks' Publicity Bureau, DING, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. and Mechanical College tained by the governments of North States. For males only. Board, Lodging and Strong Faculty. Excellent equipment. 1 term begins September 1, 1913: tions or for catalog. JAS. B. DUDLEY, Presideit, A. & M. College, Greensboro, N. C. Ladies' List. .25 Suits Sponged & Pressed... .50 .50 " Cleaned & Pressed... .75 up .75 Skirts Cleaned ..... .50 up called for-and Delivered. Pants Sponged and Pressed, (called for each week, for $1.00 per month. O. K. WILLIAMS, Mgr. OF NEW YORK Proclamation Commission WILL-HOLD A NATIONAL EXPOSITION Of the Progress of the Negro Race In the fine in all cases when Powell W. Gibson with aid of local talent staged his successful serio-comic drama, "Jake Among the Indians." The drama is a pronounced success and reflects great credit upon the race. Miss Roberta Horton assumed the role of an Indian princess with exceptional tact, while Chief Red Cloud and Jolly Jake were ably impersonated by Messrs. James Hunter and Smith Harris respectively. Miss Emma Horton was repeatedly enced in the rendition of Indian songs. Messrs. Leslie Horton, Garfield Robinson, Frank Robinson, Mesdames Willie Gaskins, Myrtle Hunter and Junita Lee also played their parts well. EBENEZER CHURCH. Rev. W. B. Hill Makes An Impression. The absence of the pastor, Rev. Dean, of Ebenezer, did not lessen the attendance at Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Fourth and D Streets Southeast, last Sunday. The pulpit was occupied by Rev. W. B. Hill, a young and rising pastor, who is making a hit in the convention. He is a young man of unusual ability. He took for his text 1 Cor. 222. Among other things, he said: "I am determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified." When can you find a more beautiful or more attractive illustration of pure, absolute self-forgetfulness, linked with a consuming devotion to Jesus Christ and His cross, than is found in this expression. The volunteer choir, which consisted of all male voices, rendered the music. The choir was under the direction of that old veteran singer, Mrs. Levy. The music was sweet. Mass Meeting. There will be a mass meeting held at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, D. Street Southwest, Monday evening, August 18, to protest against the unjust treatment of the Negro and its segregation. The rostrum is for all women and those who are interested. BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE STUDY ON ISRAEL SPARED, OR PASSED OVER Exodus 12:21-31—Aug. 10. "The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a Ransom for many."—Matthew 20:23. THE tenth plague upon the Egypi- tians for their persistent inju- sice toward the Hebrews was the death of their first-borns. In every home there was death—the first-born son or daughter. The terror of such a night can better be imagined than described. In Scripture death is always represented as the enemy of man—the penalty of sin. The death sentence came upon our first parents because of sin, and by the laws of heredity has passed to all their children—the human family. The Bible tells us that the only hope for recovery lies in the fact that God has made preparations for the satisfaction of Justice through the death of Jesus; and that during Messiah's reign the curse of death shall be removed. A What God brought upon the Egyptians in that night was, brought upon in the Egyptians in that night was, therefore, merely the same penalty that has been against all mankind for six thousand years. The first-borns, retiring in good health, were corpse before morning, the death sentence coming upon them more suddenly than it otherwise would have done. This plague did not touch the homes of the Israelites. Their first-borns were passed over, spared, by the Almighty; hence the name Passover. By Divine command the Israelites made the anniversary of this event historical. Every Israelite shows his faith in God and his confidence in this record of Divine deliverance of his forefathers, when he celebrates the Passover The Passover's Real Meaning. Israel's experiences in being passed over were allegorical. As a type they represented the experiences of God's Elect—S Spiritual Israel, God's salutty people, gathered from all nations and denominations. The chief members came from Natural Israel, but no nation can lay exclusive claims. It is an elect class, chosen along the line of character alone. S Spiritual Israel was represented in the first-borns of fleshy Israel, passed over in that night. The next morning Israel went forth under the leadership of the first-borns, who subsequently became the priestly tribe, typically representing the Royal Priesthood, whose Royal High Priest is the glorified Messiah. Just as the first-borns of Israel were not the only ones saved from Egyptian bondage, so the Church of the First-borns (Hebrews 12:23) will not be the only ones saved from the bondage of sin and death; symbolized by that Egyptian bondage. The preservation of the First-borns implies the deliverance of the romalder. "Israel My First-Born." Since deliverance from the power of sin and death was of God's grace, and not an obligation of justice, He had a perfect right to determine long in advance that His blessings should reach mankind through Abraham's Seed. Unnoticed by the Jews, the Lord indicated that Abraham would have two seeds; one a Heavenly, the other an earthly. Thus He said, "Thy seed shall be (1) as the stars of heaven, and (2) as the sand of the sea shore." God, in His wisdom, did not explain to Abraham the significance of this figurative statement. We, however, are permitted to see the meaning even of this feature of the Promise. The stars represent the Heavenly Seed of Abraham—Messiah and His Church. The sand of the sea shore represents the vast multitude who will ultimately be saved from sin and death, and recovered to Divine favor and everlasting life in the Messianic Kingdom. God's providences were to the Jew first as respects spiritual privileges, and will be to the Jew first as respects earthly privileges—Restitution to human perfection. First-Borns Blood-Protected. Let us not fall to note that Divine favor toward the first-borns of Israel was not without blood. Indeed, the whole lesson of the Old Testament Scriptures is that "without the shedding of blood there is no remission" of sins. The Israelites took a lamb of the first year without spot, killed it and sprinkled its blood upon the door posts and lintels of their houses, and ate the flesh within. Portability the blind As the Passover was typical, so also were the lamb and the sprinkled blood. The lamb repre- sented Jesus, the Lamb of God. His death was for the sins of humanity Christ died not merely for the Church, but, as the Scriptures declare, for the sins of the whole world. The Church is passed over in this night of sin, especially saved in advance of the others, through the merit of the Blood. That the Blood covers more than the First-borne is shown by the fact that in the type it was sprinkled not merely upon the first-borne, but upon the house, as indicating the Household of Faith. VALOR OF THE COLORED SOLDIERS PRAISED AT FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF FORT WAGNER IN BOSTON. Hon. A. E. Pillsbury Says Colored Race Should Take Their Rights and Must Unite on That Basis. (Boston Globe, July 19, 1913.) The Negroes in the United States will get their political rights when they get together and take them, and not till then, was the message delivered by Hon. Albert E. Pillsbury to an audience composed mainly of Colored people, that filled Fanueil Hall last evening at the closing event of an all-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the battle of Fort Wagner. The soldiers of two colored Massachusetts regiments, the 54th and the 55th, won fame in the deadly charge on that fort in Charleston Harbor. Mr. Pillsbury's speech came near the end of a long day of speechmaking by guests of the two organizations that arranged the celebration, the New England Suffrage League and the National Independent Political League. After Mr. Pillsbury had finished, resolutions by Edward B. Jourdain of New Bedford, were adopted by the meeting, calling for the creation of a public sentiment that shall demand equal justice for all men in this country, regardless of race. Mr. Pillsbury asked: "Why has not the whole community turned out to honor the Colored heroes of Fort Wagner?" He placed the colored veterans of Fort Wagner who were present last evening on a place with the veterans of the battle of Bunker Hill. Mr. Pillsbury quoted President Lincoln as saying that the promise of freedom to the colored man must be kept. "Yet," said Mr. Pillsbury, "today the Negro finds in the South the jim crow car, disfranchisement, the segregation law, death by mob law and the memory of Brownsville." "Congress has power," he added, "to enforce the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, in the interest of colored persons, yet does not do it." He said that the colored people lack the spirit of getting together and that when they learn that lesson their cause will be won. Biddle of 54th Speaks. Rev. E. George Biddle, a veteran of the 54th, said the Negro race in this country has never furnished a traitor, a dynamiter or an anarchist; that they have always rallied about the flag in every trying hour. "But unless he is expected to always kiss the hand that smites him, things may be different if the trouble brewing between the United States and Japan shall become a color question," he said. "The Negro then might be obliged to side with those that will treat all alike, regardless of color." William M. Trotter, who presided, made a plea for equal rights for the colored man. Councilor James A. Watson spoke of the battle of Fort Wagner and its lesson. Prof. Burt G. Wilder, formerly of Cornell, surgeon of the 55th regiment, spoke with appreciation of the valor of the Negro in the war. Other speakers were Dept. Commander Thomas J. Ames of the G. A. R.; Sergt. W. J. Furlong, of 54th; Rev. Chas. A. Smith, of Auburn, N. Y., of the 54th; Past Com. W. H. Dougal, of Connecticut. Lieut. W. H. Dupree, of the 55th, read Lincoln's Gettysburg address. W. H. Jackson read letters from distinguished absentees. Mrs. Nellie Brown Mitchell, a chorus of 70 voices under J. Sherman Jones, the choir of the 12th Baptist church and several instrumentalists gave a musical program. In Doric Hall, State House, the bust of John A. Andrew, the war governor, was decorated with a wreath placed by Eugene J. Curtis, 4 years old, whose great-great-grandfather was Private Hayes of the 54th regiment, led by Col. Shaw, at Fort Wagner. Among the speakers were William D. Bingham, Wesley J. Furlong and Francis J. Garrison. At a Faneuil Hall reunion Maj. Furlong presided and the speakers were Lieut. Joseph A. Andrews, Comrade Albert, Smith, Commander E. A. Ditmus, of Robert A. Bell Post 134, G. A. R.; Corp. Louis Benton, of Auburn, N. Y.; Comrade Joseph Palmer, John M. Webster, of the navy, and others. At noon the veterans were entertained at lunch by a committee of ladies at the Post 134, G. A. R., Hall on Joy Street. Several hundred stood in the rain during exercises in front of the Shaw Memorial on Beacon Street from 3 o'clock until after 5. Frank Sanborn, introduced by Chairman M. F. Hunter as a "friend alike of the white and black man," delivered the chief address of the afternoon. He paid an eloquent tribute to the bravery of the colored troops, to Col. Shaw, who led them, and to Governor Andrew. He said in part: "We are met here this summer afternoon to celebrate what? A defeat? Yes—but a defeat that was the prologue to victory, and the opening to an enslaved race of equal opportunities. The opportunity to die in battle would not seem a thing to be coveted and striven for; yet this is what the brave men who fell with Robert Shaw at Fort Wagner had long been seeking." "Those men went out to prove their rights to citizenship and to do or die. Again today it is our duty to dare, do and die and prove our rights to absolute equality with all other races. We can no longer permit our position to be called a servile one. We are men and American citizens and others must recognize it." The other speakers were M. F. Hunter, Col. F. S. Hesseltine, Israel T. DeWolf for the Massachusetts G. A. R., Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, Department Commander William H. Dougal, of Connecticut, Rev. Charles A. Smith, of Albany, N. Y., and W. J. Furlong, of the Fifty-fourth. A wreath given by Mrs. Lucy Ophey was placed on the monument by C. S. Winter, Jr. A musical program was given. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a street scene with buildings and trees. Offers superior advantages for the training of young men and women in many departments of work. The following Departments are in successful operation. 1. Department of Religious Training. This department is intended especially for the training of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries. Settlement workers, Deaconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. The Opening of Celebration. The all-day celebration of the citizens' celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Fort Wagner, where the assault was led by the gallant Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his brave Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, was formally opened this morning at 9:30 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Andrews, formerly of Forty-eighth U. S. Volunteer regiment in the Philippine war, treasurer of the Committee on Arrangements. Fourteen of the faithful stood, the men with bared heads, in front of the Governor Andrew monument at John A. Andrew Square, Jamaica Plain, as Rev. A. W. Puller, of the Calvary Baptist Church, Boston, offered a fervent prayer. Then a handsome wreath of purple flowers was placed at the rail by Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson, 9 years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, of Augusta, Ga. Remarks in cology of Governor Andrew, who enlisted in the first colored State troops for the Civil War, were made by Rev. E. George Biddle, of Company A, Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, who was wounded at Fort Wagner; Comrade Lewis; Legard Simpson, of Bridgewater, of Company G, Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment. a veteran of Wagner; Mr. W. W. Wilkerson, donor of the wreath and treasurer of the National Independent Political League, and Mrs. Virginia Trotter, widow of the late Lieutenant James M. Trotter, of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment. Others present were Mrs. W. W. Wilkerson, Mrs. Augustus Wilkerson, of Augusta, Ga.; Miss Avis Kemp; Wendell H. Simpson, son of Comrade Simpson, of Fifty-fourth, principal musician of Capt. Nahum Leonard Camp, Sons of Veterans, Bridgewater, Mass.; M. F. Hunter, chairman Citizens' Auxiliary Committee; Wm. Monroe Trotter, treasurer New England Suffrage League; Rev. E. J. Henry, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Snowhill, Md., and W. M. Murray, of Chicago, Ill., of the Illinois Idea, the leading colored paper of the West. The keynote of the celebration was Charles Sumner's saying: "The battle for freedom has been won, the battle for equality is pending. In separation there is no equality." Jitacrowism in the South and segregation in the North were condemned, including the use of Colonel Shaw's name for a Colored Settlement House in Boston. CARDINAL IS 79 TODAY. Will Offer Thanksgiving in Chapel of Shriver Home—A Flood of Congratulations—Messages from the Pope and Other Cardinals and from Rulers of Countries of Europe. From the Baltimore Sun. In a modest chapel at the home of T. Herbert Shriver, at Union Mills, near Westminster, Carroll County, Cardinal Gibbons will celebrate this morning the mass of thanksgiving that will mark the seventy-ninth anniversary of his birth. Only the immediate family of the host will be present. The rest of the day the cardinal will pass in quiet and repose, perhaps taking a stroll or an automobile ride. A few friends will likely call to extend congratulations, but there will be no formal observance of the day. The cardinal desired that there be no particular ceremonies. Telegrams and letters of felicitation have already begun to arrive in large quantities at the cardinal's home in Baltimore. Some of the telegrams are from fellow-members of the cardinal in the Sacred College of the Catholic Church. The Pope's message is included in the cablegrams, as are congratulations from some of the rulers of Europe. His Baltimore friends also shower him with letters and some send flowers. Last year the hallway leading to his room was banked with cut flowers. The cardinal is in good health, and is already planning an active autumn. It is expected that he will preach several times at the Cathedral before Christmas. These sermons attract great crowds each month, and all who attend marvel at the prelate's strong vice and vigorous delivery. One of the letters of congratulation received by the cardinal came from Harry S. Cummings, colored, City Councilman from the Seventeenth Ward. It was as follows: To His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons, Cardinal's Residence, North Charles Street, City: Greeting-Today marks the seventy-ninth anniversary of your birthday. For more than a half century DURHAM. N. C. training of young men and women in successful operation. Training. This department is of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Deaconesses, and for Home and House 7th a WHEN IN DOUB Household of all kinds and description, House to visit. There is no other where the people can house that, wi and women 6. department is W. C. A. home and women IN DOUBT ABOUT hold F. motion, House and' is no other house or people can be satisfied that' will satisfy House & Herrmann 7th and Eye Sts., N. W of all' kinds and description, House and Herrmann is the place to visit. There is no other house of its kind in the city where the people can be satisfied. This is house that, will satisfy you. Go To HOLMES' HOTEL 333 Virginia Ave. S. W. Finest Afro-American Accommodations in the District. European and American Plan. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give Us a Call. James Ottoway Holmes, Prop., Washington, D. C. Phone, Main 2315. you have served your great church as an earnest, cloquent and devoted messenger of its doctrines to many, many thousands souls, and for more than twenty-five years of this period your able and eminent services have been rendered as cardinal with the sole responsibility and destiny of your church in America in your hands until a few years ago. What your personality and your services have been to your church has in many ways been attested by the evidence of their gratitude during your period of service. To but few men in our times and of your eminent position has the good fortune come to have so willingly rendered so much and so great a service to the needy, the down-trodden and oppressed of this land more than to yourself, and from the lips and pen of no living man in our times have come more effective messages in condemnation of the wrong and earnest enjoining to do the right at all times and forever than have emanated from your lips and your pen. So that, regardless of race, creed or condition, the oppressed of this land have and do rightly look upon you as their true friend, and therefore as one whose long life and continued service are a matter of the deepest concern and of earnest prayer. You will therefore permit me, as an humble representative of my race in this city, knowing as I do their sufferings and their hopes, their heart beats and their yearnings, their eternal gratitude and devotion to you regardless of their religious leanings, to congratulate you on this the seventy-ninth anniversary of your birthday, and assure you that our sentiment is a reflex of that of the more than 10,000,000 Negroes in this land. It is our earnest desire and prayer that your long and useful career may be extended over many more years to the blessing of your church and the good of mankind generally. These flowers are but a small token of our affection and esteem, and only a tender and gentle reminder that as you have been and are our friend, so are we yours. Very sincerely yours. HARRY S. CUMMINGS. Baltimore, July 23. LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC. Hits House Five Times and Knocks. Two Persons Unconscious. LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC. Hits House Five Times and Knocks Two Persons Unconscious. 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The Democratic party, which for more than half a century before the rise of the Republican party guided the destiny of this nation, has become the mere mouthpiece of populism, communism, anarchy, violence, fraud, passion, and caste hatred. Unable to grapple with national and world-wide problems, it fritters its time away preaching segregation and racial animosities against a weak race of people that forms the best citizenship in this country. It is a provincial force and with unhallowed hands seeks to array race against race, and section against section. We are told by eminent sociologists that nations, like men, have their infancy, childhood and decay. This must be true of parties. The Democratic party long since reached its period of decay. It reached it when it proclaimed the nonsense and the horror that the Most High sanctioned and sanctified the barbarism of human slavery. It reached it when it announced as a cardial article of its faith the dogma that the formation of this government was a compact and that it was not the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it; that a State could place its veto upon its authority, and if in its judgment circumstances justified it could leave the Federal Union at its own sweet will and pleasure. The spirit of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson no longer animates the Democratic party. The present national leaders of the party, if it may be said to have any, compare with these great men as a foothill does with the highest mountain peak. The men who are most universally credited with representing the conscience, the brains, and the hope and expectancy of the party are either downright, fakirs or peanut politicians. Nothing emphasizes this more than the fact that Senator Jas. K. 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The civil and political disabilities of the Jews in Europe were enforced and advocated by those who robbed them of money and property. The civil and political disabilities of the Negro are advocated and maintained in a large measure by those who deny him the right of the ballot box, and the most ordinary immunities to which he is entitled as a citizen of the republic. The same men insist upon filling seats in Congress that should under the Federal Constitution be eliminated where the Negro is not permitted to vote. To be plainer, part of Article of the Constitution of the United States provides: "Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons." The article further provides for a representative for every 30,000. If in each of twenty of the thirty-six congressional districts of Pennsylvania the Swedes should be overwhelmingly in the majority, and by violence or by legislative manipulation they should be permanently disfranchised and enfranchisement denied them regardless of fitness or qualification, then the Keystone State could not in good conscience, or under the law, be entitled to twenty congressional seats, or the twenty electoral votes thus tainted. If the law were strictly enforced she would be stripped of this representation and should be. To indulge her in such wrong would be equivalent to refusal to prosecute a thief for goods obtained by larceny. Politics has been the black man's Nemesis. "With inhospitable hands it has welcomed him to bloody graves." Until the comprises were inserted in the Federal Constitution in favor of slavery it held up the information of the national government; it proclaimed the bondage of the Negro a divine institution; it brought on the war, it murdered Charles Sumner's Civil Rights bill; it denies the black man the ballot and in some instances a fair and impartial trial. In some sections of the country it has cut down his educational training to the rudest primary instruction. One by one it is closing the industrial vocations to him and narrowing his opportunity to earn a living within the limits of the smallest compass. He is accused of being trilining, slothful, lazy, never do well, and yet the very persons who accuse him are the very ones who say they won't employ him because he is black. The man who refuses to permit the Negro to enter the machine shops simply because he is a Negro, and on the back of this chides him for lack of progress is very inconsistent indeed. No race ever had so many inimical and antagonistic elements to face as the Negro. He has been tried by flood, and flame, by rack, and gibbet, and whirlwind. He has been assaulted from within and without. With flaming swords the cherubims that guard the gates leading to the white man's civilization halt him with "thus far, and no farther." This condition of things has been largely brought about by two agencies, a class of newspapers that have prejudiced the Negro's case and concluded that the black man is hopelessly lost and refuse to consider evidence in his favor, and bigoted political agitators who denounce him for the mere sake of carrying elections. But it is cruel, barbarous and unjust to distort his shortcomings simply as a means to an end. The Negro has his faults—what race has not? The race problem is not to be solved by passion, because passion is darkness; not by misrepresentation, because misrepresentation is falsehood; not by prejudice, because prejudice is death. So there you are, Mr. White Man. Mr. Editor, I am a little late, although it was my aim and ambition to say a few things about that Mr. Patterson, who, by the way, came here a few days ago looking for a government position, but it seems as if it is impossible to do so, on account of time, but in passing let me say a word or two about this man. It is natural to admire and revere really good and honest men, whether white or black. They hallow the community to which they belong and lift up not only all who live in their time, but those who live after them Such men's example becomes the common heritage of their race, and their good deeds and lofty ideas are the most glorious of legacies to mankind. The foregoing statement has reference to one man who calls himself the tail-end of the Negro Democratic party, who was an applicant for the position as Register of the Treasury, from one of the states in the Union. His name was sent to the Senate by his President for confirmation. But Senator Vardaman, who is, by the way, the whole thing in the Senate, made a vigorous protest against this Negro, that he completely took the wind out of this flunky sail, which caused him to write such an effrontery effusion giving his reasons for withdrawing his name from the list of candidates whose names were submitted for confirmation. This is the worst thing in the Negro's Democracy. This man's action is enough to demoralize the moral air which blows around the community where other Negro Democrats live. I cannot find words in my hurry adequate to express my sentiment now, but all I can say is that this man ought to be driven away from the city in which he lives. He is worse than a polo cat, and it is dangerous to have such cattle as he seems to be. He is little less than a man; he has no courage, in consequence of which he should be separated from all good people. His action has given the other Negro Democrats a black eye, although they had a black eye before now, but what I mean to say is, that he has strengthened the case. Away with Patterson, away with him; he has more sense in his heel than he has in his head, and therefore a dangerous biped. Yours, Mr. Editor, for the race SALIENT. NATIONAL BAPTIST Convention Reforms That Will Be Carried Out. Nashville, Tenn. "All speculation and vendoring inaugurated by those who generally follow the National Baptist Convention are to be cut out and not tolerated during the sessions that are to be held in Nashville in September." This positive information comes from Dr. Morris, the president of the convention, who has issued a general order to this effect. In the carrying out of this last order it will make the National Baptist Convention this year superior in many respects from a real religious point of view than ever before. The order, according to its interpretation in this city, applies to the conditions around the Ryman Auditorium, where the sessions of the National Baptist Convention proper are to be held and has no bearing whatever upon what is to take place out at Greenwood Park, where the exposition proper and the Religious Jubilee will be observed. Dr. Morris is quoted as saying: "We are not going to put up with the odors from the cook kitchens and the amount of unnecessary selling right at the door of the Convention Hall that we have had from year to year in places wherever the convention has been held. I do not object to the enterprises in the city advertising for and getting the trade that will naturally follow the convention by reason of the large delegation. But the blocking of the sidewalks and the filling of the streets with eating stands, soda water fountains and the like will not be tolerated by the Executive Committee." It is understood that this, order will have no effect whatever and is not intended to militate against any one of the boards of the convention in the discharge of their duty, during which time they attempt to dispose of their publications, their reports, etc. They will be permitted to do this as heretofore Nashville, Tenn.—The evolution of the Negro church house will be one of the features in the "Fifty Years of Freedom" and Religious Jubilee to be observed in Nashville in September. This will be shown from photographs and illustrations installed in the various buildings out at Greenwood Park, situated on the Lebanon Pike, where the exposition proper is to be held. The gradual and yet real evolution or transformation of the Negro meeting house, or "meeting place," as it was formerly called, from the brush arbor so characteristic through the South, made famous by the camp meeting services, to the magnificent, stately, costly, palatial church edifices owned by the Negroes in every section of the country, will be portrayed. Modern institutional churches that are institutional in reality rather than in language, such as are being operated in several of the religious centers, will not only be illustrated, but their method demonstrated on a sort of chautauqua plan. The arrival of these photographs from various points, showing how the individual church was evolved, has begun. Particular reference was made this week to the fact that one pastor, the Rev. Harvey Johnson, D. D., of Baltimore, Md., author of "Nations from a New Point of View," has built three churches on the same spot where he is now pastor and where he has been for forty years. The present structure was upon the same site, both being valued at about one hundred thousand dollars. A monument, erected in the hearts of those who participate in this jubilee will be built to the ante-bellum and the mid-bellum ministers of the gospel who paved the way and cleared the forests for the religious folks. LAND RUSH DRAWS HUNDREDS Ten Thousand Acres to Be Opened at Dodge City, Kan. Dodge City, Kan.-With a company of state militia present to prevent enactment of violent scenes that characterized land opening in early days, a run for government land was arranged from this place. The prizes are the pick of 10,000 acres of government land in Hamilton county. Several hundred prospective settlers were present early, looking over government maps and picking out spots they think most desirable. The horse, hero of earlier openings, seems to have been succeeded by motorcycles and motorcars, although some of the new homeseekers declare their mounts are more reliable because of possible breakdowns of the motor-vehicles. At a given signal the settlers are allowed to start from the border of the reservation. First come, first served, is the rule, and the men with the speediest methods of transportation get the choice land. The land set aside for settlement is a part of the government forest reserve set apart by congress a number of years ago. The government's experiment in trying to grow trees there has not proved successful, and 10,000 acres of the reservation is to be given back to the county for agricultural purposes. LOCOMOTIVE SINKS SHIP. Crashed Into Vessel as She Was Docking at Camden, N. J. Camden, N. J.—Probably in no place except Camden could a collision between a locomotive and a schooner occur. Navigation on Cooper's creek has been paralyzed nearly a week, however, by just such an accident. The vessel, the Alexis, from Milford, Del., was raised from the bottom of the stream by the Craemer Wrecking company after she had caused great inconvenience and considerable loss to Philadelphia tug and barge owners by blocking traffic. The Alexis came up the Delaware river carrying a cargo of salt hay. She anchored in the stream to wait a discharging berth and finally was ordered to Cooper's creek. Her deck load was stacked up so high that the helmsman could not see, and when she was docking near Federal street a locomotive running on a side track at the Camden Iron works crashed into the bowsprit, causing her to sink. SAYRE WILL TAKE PLACE AT COLLEGE New York.-Francis B. Sayre, who is to marry in November Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of President Wilson, has decided to accept the place, of assistant to President Harry A. Garfield of Williams college. He will begin his new work in February of next year. Mr. Sayre will not resign his place as head of the abandonment bureau in District Attorney Whitman's office until the latter part of November, just before his marriage to Miss Wilson. After the honeymoon trip Mr. Sayre and his bride will go to Williamstown, where they will make their home. The place at Williams college which Mr. Sayre will take was offered to him nearly a year ago. The office is new, and according to Mr. Sayre, will be largely what he makes it. His duties for the first six months will be to assist President Garfield in the shaping of the administrative policy of the college. He will study social conditions among the students and will visit various cities to keep in touch with the alumni. He will also visit preparatory schools and interest prospective college students in Williams. Mr. Sayre is a graduate of Williams of the class of 1900. 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Works in 220 Degrees of Heat. Tonganoxie, Kan.—In a baker's oven 220 degrees hot, working in one minute shifts, Henry Toburen, a Tonganoxie baker, put in four hours one day repairing his oven. He was moved in and out on a board by an employee. He believes 100 degrees in the shade a cool weather. L. C. SMITH & Typewriter L. C. SMITH & BROS. Typewriter The escapement of the L.C. Smith permits the carriage to get away from the last printing point so instantaneously that no speed of operation is too rapid. The escapement of the L. C. Smith per get away from the last printing point so in speed of operation is too rapid. The hair trigger touch of the ball bearriage that is never shifted for capitals, a cap ing only one-third ordinary pressure, a co carriage return and line space, which space lines with the same sweep, and the light tension—give an ease of operation that is easy for the operator. 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All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 6th day of August. A. D. 1914; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 6th day of August, 1913. 1201 Tea Street Northwest. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Attorneys. THOMAS L. JONES, ATTORNEY. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding an equity court.—In Equity, No. 31-911. John Harris, Complainant, vs. Emma W. Harris, Defendant, and Joseph Smith, Co-respondent. Order of Publication. The object of this suit is to secure for the complainant, John Harris, an absolute divorce from the bond of marriage between him and the defendant, Emma W. Harris, because of her adultery with Joseph Smith. On motion of the complainant, it is this, the 9th day of August, A. D. 1913, ordered that the defendant, Emma W. Harris, cause her appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth (40) day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays occurring after the date of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for Three (3) successive weeks before said time in the Washington Law Reporter and the Washington Bee. (Scal) JOB BARNARD. HALL'S HILL NOTES. Mt. Salvation Baptist Church, with Rev. C. E. Coleman, pastor, has been engaged in a week's meeting, preparing for the grand rally to take place on the second Sunday in August. Sermons by different divines have been much enjoyed, and have served to enlighten the minds of the people to their duty in contributing for the cause of Christ, both spiritually and financially. Last Tuesday evening Rev. C. E. Queen preached an excellent sermon, the effect of which will be felt for some time to come by the deep thinking heads. The music was by the choir of his church, Calloway's Chapel, of this place. Friday evening we were favored with a song recital by the well-known and very famous lady, Madame Sloan, whose musical talent is unexcelled. The funeral services of Mr. Wm. H. Hall were held last Wednesday at first Baptist Church at Chesterbrook, Va., a few minutes car ride from here, and so well known and highly respected as a Christian gentleman, the Sunday schools of both churches were well represented. A floral tribute from the Baptist Church and a condolence was read from the M. E. Sunday School of Calloway Chapel by Mrs. E. V. Ferguson, the assistant superintendent. Several papers from his Sunday School and also from friends of the Hall family. Mrs. Marion Mooney presented a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her Sunday School class. Mrs. Hall has the sympathy of all who know them. Mrs. Carrie Carrington is very ill and under the professional care of Dr. E. T. Morton; also Mrs. D. W. Ferguson has been ill for the last few days. Mrs. Hill, of Cottage Park, continues under the care of the doctor. We hope them speedy recovery. The Village Improvement Association will give a picnic Tuesday evening at Harrison's Park. Purity Tent Society will have an all-day meeting August 17, in the old camp meeting grove at Hall's Hill, Va., near Mr. II. Dorsey's residence. Miss Emma Carpenter is on leave from her Training School in Baltimore for a few days. Calloway Chapel M. E. Church Sunday School was well attended Sunday morning, the hour being 9:30, with increased interest. This being Communion day here, begin- ning with the morning service it is also served at night. The pastor, Rev. C. E. Queene, was present all day, thus serving his people, who are always glad to meet him, judging him the right man in the right place. A Sunday school picnic is being planned for the near future. The rain Sunday served to reduce the extreme heat, which was very oppressive. LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA 'Bishop Hurst and Others Start Big Movement at Lincoln, Md. On next Monday a large delegation of the colored business men and women plan to journey to Lincoln, Md., on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway, where they will meet a similar delegation from Baltimore and elsewhere in Maryland for the purpose of arousing larger interests in the business world. The date, August 18, has been chosen because it is two days before the National League opens in Philadelphia and will give opportunity for many of the officers of the National League to be present and speak. Among the speakers for the day are Hon. J. C. Napier, Harry Cummins, of Baltimore, Emmet J. Scott, of Tuskegee and others. After Monday a program of two weeks will follow, as elsewhere announced in The Bee. WHAT SHALL WE DO. What shall we do with the Negro? How keep him from his right? Brothers, wake upl be stirring! In union is our might. We cannot hope for justice, Without a bitter fight. While the "Wardman class" is trying To crush us with their might. They're planning to defeat us, We're preying on their mind, They're mad, for we're progressing, Yes, leaving them behind. So let us band together, Prepared for what may come When the Vardaman class shall perish As God's will must be done. He seemed to stand quite near us, When the Titanic crew went down, And in our great injustice And in our great injustice On the "Vardaman crew" he'll become ADOPTS 300 CHILDREN. Charles Page Equips Eighty Acre Tract as Free Playground. Tulsa, Okla.--Every poor child in Tulsa is singing the praises of Charles Page, a local millionaire, through whose generosity they are privileged to enjoy a daily outing during the hot months of summer and who has adopted 300 children and hopes to increase the number to 1,000. Likewise many a tired, overworked mother is happy in this heated season, for she knows her little ones will have the fresh air and recreation they need to keep them healthy and contented and that she will be able to have her hours of rest every day. Near the village of Sand Springs, a suburb of Tulsa, which was recently established by Mr. Page, he owns a tract of 6,000 acres. He has converted eighty acres of forest into one of the most complete parks in the United States. In the equipment of the park particular attention has been paid to the playground for the children. Tee: Much Culture. "Aunt Penelope Wiggins," as every body called her, was visited one summer by a niece, a Vassar college graduate. Aunt Penelope was one of the most hospitable souls alive, but she was not greatly impressed by the superior learning of her young relative, and one day she freed her mind about her thus: "Talk to me about what a college education does for a girl! What do you suppose Matilda said to me the first day she came? She said: 'I'm so glad to meet you, anunty! You accent your name on the Aunty Penultimate, don't you? Did you ever hear such nonsense? I had to tell her my name wasn't Aunty Penultimate, but Aunty Penelope, and I thought she would die a-la- laughing!" JAPANESE OPPOSED TO WHITE MAN'S CLIQUE. Editor Tokutomi Tired of Way Caucasians Lord It—Says "Whites Act as if World Was Theirs"—Sees no Better Treatment of Pagons Converted to Christianity—Advises Resistance. In a special correspondence from Tokio, dated May 24, yesterday's Tribune published the following article describing Iichito Tokutomi's a Japanese editor's—impatience with the conduct of the Caucasian race toward other races: Under the heading of "Hakubatsu," or "The White Man's Clique," there is a discussion going on here which illustrates most admirably the state of feeling which the Japanese people have reached with regard to the assumption of superiority on the part of the Caucasian people of the world. It goes to prove that the outburst against the California land legislation is, aside from being a protest against a specific case of what is considered unjust discrimination, a symptom of the general feeling of this brown people toward the whites. "The White Man's Clique" is a term coined by Ichito Tokutomi, a man of prominence and authority and editor and proprietor of the "Kokumin Shimbun," a daily newspaper, which was the official organ of the government when Katsura was Premier. Mr. Tokutomi started the discussion concerning the clique of the white men of the world, and it has since been taken up in other Japanese newspapers and discussed by public men. Tokutomi's views are decisive and plain, but he is not as violent as some others in Japan, who at times are quite inflammatory in their remarks regarding the United States. Following is a translation of Mr. Tokutomi's ideas on "Hakubatsu": "People nowadays talk much about the evils of cliques, such as the clan, school, military, plutocratic, political and even petticoat clique, but why do they not talk of the evils of the white men's clique? This white men's clique we desire to overthrow, not only for the sake of the world at large, but for the principle of humanity. By the evils of the white men's clique I mean the present presumptions of the white men in the world. Of course, I admit there are many men of high character who honestly and piously practice the teachings of God both in Europe and America, but they are only the exceptions, and the attitude of the white men in general is as I have said above. We cannot, therefore, realize our object if we seek to destroy the white men's clique by power of religion alone. Must Destroy White Men's Clique. STRAIGHTEN YOUR OWN HAIR Madame G. A. Ceruti, 105 P. New York Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Box19, Station J, New YorkCity Sample of Comb may be secured at The Bee office, where orders will be received and Comb promptly delivered. 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Also see that five cents is sent in for each coupon. Where you send in a number of coupons at a time, you can send amount to cover all. For instance if you send in twenty coupons, enclose one dollar to cover them all. New York building lot Free Savings Bank with Street, N. W. If not, why haven't you? Did you earn but what you save? Do you upon your salary alone you will not you ever stop to think that your are young and active? Do you not feeble and old with nothing, your account with the Industrial Savings will open an account. It pays you guarantees the depositors the same. It is under the supervision of the ent to all car lines, located at 2006 above You. Banking hours, 9 to 5. e and Retail. Meals at all Hours. T. MURRAY, prietor. position only by the gospel of strength; without this strength Japan would have been a homeless, colored wanderer on the face of the globe. A colored race! 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For Sale—Three lots, 25x120 feet each, corner Fifty-third and Dayton Streets Northeast, two blocks west of National Training School, $600. Address "N." Bee office. are in the white men's eyes all inferiors. "From the above facts it may be said that the white men emphasize the paganism of the colored people only because they desire to exclude the colored peoples from their company. Therefore, if the colored people be converted into Christianity, the whites will discover another pretext for continuing to exclude them. "For the formation of the present white men's clique is, I think, more responsible for the weak attitude of the colored peoples than the deliberate acts of the white men. To tell the truth, the present humiliation of the colored people is due to their own fault. We have no reason, therefore, to make complaints against the white races, but we must endeavor to destroy the white men's clique and to give to every member of the human community of the world equality and freedom. This we must do, not only for our own sake, but for the sake of the principle of humanity. "And we can realize our object only by means of strength—by employing force in conformity with the principles of righteousness and justice, letting the white men know that some of the colored peoples are strong enough even to stand beside them. This is the best way of keeping a fair balance between the races. But by the word strength I do not mean all forms of strength, physical and moral. "I do not wish to be taken as instigating anti-foreign feeling among my countrymen. On the contrary, I adhere to the principles of universal brotherhood, and what I desire is to destroy the unjust prejudices of the white races prompted by selfish purposes."