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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE VOL. XXXIV, NO. 26 WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913 WORK AT TUSKEGEE Chaplain John W. Whittaker, of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Preaches Thanksgiving Sermon—Gives Valuable Information as to Progress of Race—"What Hath God Wrought?" Among the Thanksgiving sermons preached on Thanksgiving Day, none was more notable or thoughtful than that of Chaplain John W. Whittaker, of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, preached from the text "What Hath God Wrought?" Chaplain Whittaker detailed conditions immediately following the war and described the depths of ignorance into which the black people were plunged and then at great length spoke of the progress which has been made by the four million emancipated slaves. In part he spoke as follows: Not only has the Negro progressed in the past fifty years, but the white South has come to see things in a new light. They have been taught during that time that they were mistaken in many of their fears about the Negro. They have learned from their experience with the Negro during this half century of his freedom that he can be educated, that he will work as a free man, that he has abilities capable of development, that he is in their midst to stay, that he is worth more now to the community than he ever was as a slave, that it is to their own best interests to see that he has a fair chance in the race of life; and that he is properly trained to be a useful citizen to the Republic. Today the Negro is gradually being recognized as a man capable of taking his place among men. We have been looking to the North for aid in our upbuilding, but the white South is beginning to regard the Negro problem as their problem. Professor Wm. M. Hunley, of the University of Virginia, says: "In its last analysis, the Negro problem is our problem. It is essentially a Southern problem." A committee on race relationships consisting of some of the best informed Southern men are giving the question of Negro development careful thought. Also through the instrumentality of Dr. Dillard, the University Commission on Race Questions, consisting of representatives from ten Southern State Universities, has been appointed. The men on these committees are speaking out boldly and fearlessly the truth as to the Negro. They are calling upon the white people of the South to awake and take hold of this question. They are urging it upon them as a duty not to be shirked. Professor Hunley of the University of Virginia uses these words in one of his addresses: "The salvation of the South demands the cultivation of the Negro. I use the word cultivation here in the same sense that I would use it in agriculture. The cultivation of the morning-glory means the training of the plant and bringing it up into the most useful form. The cultivation of the Negro means training the Negro to be a useful person. I believe that the greatest opportunity presents itself in the South." Dr. Weatherford, of Nashville, Tenn., in one of his addresses on the Negro, said: "I wish to make clear in the very beginning that the same type of agency which can improve the conditions of the white people can also improve the conditions of life for the Negro. Humanity is humanity whether the color be black or white, and I know of no fiat of God that makes white any more valuable as a color or any easier to deal with than black. Every social agency which is working for the uplift of the white race should also be working for the uplift of the colored race." Not only are these men working for the education of the Negro, but they are advocating for his political rights. Professor C. H. Brough, of the University of Arkansas, in an address on the work of the Commission of Southern Universities on the race question says: "As an American citizen the Negro is entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the equal protection of our laws for the safeguarding of these inalienable rights. The regulation of suffrage in the South, as well as in the North, is and always will be determined by the principle of expediency. But none but the most prejudiced Negro-hater, who oftentimes goes to the extreme of denying that any black man can have a white soul, would controvert the proposition that in the administration of quasi-public utilities and courts of justice the Negro is entitled to fair and equal protection of the law." Mr. Weatherford says again in the same speech from which I quoted a few moments ago: "We need a new crusade of a 'Peter, the Hermit,' not to rescue an empty tomb from the hand of an infidel power, but a crusade to wrench the helpless and belated from the hands of a maddened mob which puts money above man, which puts prejudice above persons, which puts license instead of law, which uses immoral mobs to uphold morality, which despises and degrades all personality in a so-called attempt to vindicate the wrong of a single person. If the churches, the schools, and the associations would throw themselves into this great cru sade, we should have a new appreciation of the Godhood in man and hence less of injustice, inequality, and crime." "I should like," says Mr. Weatherford, "to see a call for such a crusade as this, which would set a thousand pulpits singing with a new message or humanity and would give new meaning to the teaching in ten thousand school-rooms because God and humanity has found a defending voice." Mrs. J. D. Hammond, of Augusta, Ga, speaking on the Test of Civilization, had this to say: "What is our duty to the Negro? What tons of air have been breathed in answering that question, what volumes written, what complex difficulties unearthed! And-all the time the plain, straight, simple answer stares us in the face, the answer that meets all the peculiar conditions that ever were or ever will be, the whole world around: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." "The old question springs to our lips at once: Who is my neighbor? And straight and simple the answer comes. "The man who has no chance, the down and out, the man who needs—Thou shalt love him as thyself." Now all these quotations are taken from the lips of Southern men and women. They might be multiplied indefinitely; but I have given enough, I feel, to make clear to you that the South is gradually adopting the attitude of helpfulness and sympathy toward the Negro. The intelligent white South is determined to see that the Negro has better educational advantages, that he has his political rights, justice in the courts, opportunities for his moral development, and better and more sanitary living conditions. The old South is passing and the New South is coming into view. There are two forces at work, prejudice, and good will. Which will triumph? In the very nature of things prejudice can not triumph. God is against it. But God by his spirit is working towards "Peace on earth and good will to men." Hence good will must triumph in the long ruh. We can already see the day dawning, when here in our beautiful Sunny South, white and black will dwell together in perfect peace, animated by a spirit of good will and mutual helpfulness. What hath God wrought? Surely we have reason to give thanks today. God has done wonderful things for us whereof we ought to be glad. * * * Then again, in order to do our best work, we must forget the things which are behind and press forward to that which is before. Whatever wrongs our forefathers and we have suffered must not be harbored in our hearts. For neither the white people of the present day nor we are responsible for them. It was and is a condition which we found here. And these past wrongs should not be allowed to imbitter us and prevent our hearty cooperation with our Southern white neighbors in their desire to help us. Let by-gones be by-gones. Let us put out of our hearts all bitterness and all prejudice and meet our white brother in the spirit of love with a readiness to seize every opportunity for improvement. Then again, we must not be afraid to ask for what we want. Some time ago our women's clubs sent a committee of women to call on the authorities of the Tuskegee Railroad to ask them to clean up the colored waiting room and to put in and keep it in a respectable condition. These ladies met the president of the road and explained to him their mission. He replied to them in these words: "Yes, we will have it cleaned. Nobody need take a back seat in this world unless he wants to." Now that remark sets forth the attitude of the Southern white people toward us. If we are willing to take a back seat they will let us. In other words, we shall have better conditions for ourselves as fast as we know enough to ask for them. Let us not be afraid to make our wants known. "Ask and ye shall receive." So today we stand upon the threshold of a new era, an era of better and more glorious things. So this is a day of gladness. Let us rejoice and give thanks. Eat, drink, and be merry, and in our merriment forget not the poor, that all the people may be happy and glorify our God for His manifold kindness towards us as a people. CATHOLICS COMMEND. The Bee's Editorial Meets the Approval of White and Colored Catholics. Washington, D. C. December 6, 1913. Editor Bee: Your editorial comment in The Bee of today, in which you refer to the recent Thanksgiving Day service held in St. Patrick's Church, is, I must say, very fair, patriotic and truly just. You, like all good American citizens, regardless of color, race or religious sentiments, are opposed to fauning the old—and let us hope forever dead flag—of religious prejudice. The days of know-nothingism have gone, the days of A. P. A. ism come and have gone, and any "ism" that has for its purpose the waging of religious strife in this "land of the free," will last but a short while! The American people, all classes, rich or poor, white and colored, are becoming educated and know, and if they do not know they have learned leaders to tell them of WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913 ```markdown ``` their rights under the constitution of the United States. We Catholics are part of the people of this great nation, and in every conflict in which our country has been involved from the days of the Continental war, down to the Spanish-American war—the writer being an humble private soldier who served honorably in the latter—we have shown our patriotism and sacrificed our blood, and in the communion of our church are thousands of patriotic colored men, women and children. We accord them their rights as Christian American citizens. In all our public demonstrations held in this or any other city, by Catholic organizations, you will find the white and colored Catholics working as a unit, and when ever we have any parade or the like, you will find our colored brothers marching along side with other men. This was exemplified some while ago in our own fair Washington in the Holy Name Society parade in October, 1912. Woodrow Wilson, President and your President, the white man's President and the colored man's President was asked by his fellow citizens, members of the Catholic Church, to attend divine service in commemorating the national festival of Thanksgiving; he was asked to assist by his presence, and like his distinguished predecessors attended, and those who protested should have known that Woodrow Wilson is President of the United States and that in these United States we have a Catholic population of nearly thirteen millions of citizens, and we mind our own business, and in conclusion I wish to add in this vast army of Catholic population will be found thousands of 'colored men, women and children. I am very glad you took the stand you did in offering a rebuke to those of your race, reverend gentlemen, who joined in the opposition to the Pan-American celebration of Thanksgiving Day. The broad principle of "doing unto others as we would have others do unto us" should be the motto of all people, and in my broadness of mind, believing as I do, that every citizen should have the right to exercise his religious and political beliefs without offering an apology to those who may oppose, and believing in justice, fair play and adhering absolutely to the rule of non-interference in my neighbor's religious or political affairs; I could not let the opportunity pass without adding my approval to your comments. SOUTHERN OLIGARCHY Negroes Not Wanted Upon the Farm—President Dudley's Masterly Letter—An Appeal to Reason. (From the Greensboro, N. N. News.) Greensboro, N. N. About the first of October I wrote a letter to a prominent editor in this State asking him to kindly favor us with publication. He was and is now using every effort to mold public sentiment in favor of rural segregation by legislation, and for this reason I asked the courtesy of his columns to present to his readers the other side of the question as best I could. He has promised so to do, but as yet has not been able to keep that promise. For this reason I am writing to ask, in behalf of the farming interest among the Negroes of the State, and, I really believe, in behalf of the best interests of the State itself, that you favor us with your columns in order that we may be able to get a hearing to enter a protest before sentiment is crystalized in favor of legislation that will restrict the right of a white land owner to sell and the privilege of an industrious Negro to buy. We make this protest because: First. It is not necessary. Segregation of races and peoples is natural all over the world. The general tendency of people of the same race is to get together. Abnormal exceptions exist, but they are negligible quantities, too insignificant for special leg- That government is best that governs least—that places no unnecessary restrictions and handicaps upon the activities of the people. The white man, with his ownership and control of the bulk of farming land, with his superior wisdom and strength, with his ability to form and conduct powerful organizations to promote and protect his interests such as the Negro has not the capacity to do—the white man, with all of these advantages, needs no legislation to keep the Negro in his comparative poverty and weakness from driving the white farmer from any section of this country. The white residents of a community need no legislation to give them the advantage in competing with the Negro prospective purchaser in dealing with a non-resident land owner. Racial consanguinity and superior financial ability to drive the prospective Negro purchaser from the field of competition render class legislation entirely unnecessary. The white women of the rural sections will find no protection in such legislation. This legislation strikes not at the Negro criminal, but at the industrious Negro farmer who is just as ready and willing now to protect the white women of his neighborhood as his fathers did in the days of the civil war, when the masters left their wives and daughters in the charge of these slaves, who, although an outrage committed upon a white woman at that time was classed only as a minor and not a major offense, were never known to violate their trust. The class of Negroes whom white women may dread will not be touched and are not interested in legislation segregating the races. They more nearly belong to that largely thriftless class who may be found more often among your servants and hirelings, and would therefore be exempted from the operations of segregation legislation. Second. It is not fair. This legislation, whether intended to be so or not, is likely to prove class legislation, in which the Negro will have no voice in making and little influence in its enforcement. We know what laws for the segregation of the races mean. The separate car law on its face is very fair, but because we have no representative at the seat of power we are compelled daily to pay equal railroad fare, while the accommodations for our comfort and the protection of our lives are decidedly inferior. Wherever legislation is made for separation, because we have no representative at the seat of power, and because we have been largely disfranchised, we are forced to bear flagrant, open breaches of justice; we are so very far removed from the seat of authority that it is difficult in the distance to make our faint plea for fair play heard. Third. It is not wise. The Negro farmer of North Carolina is probably the most potent favor that the Negro race contributes to the development of the State. With the disfranchisement of the race, the separate car laws, now with a law to hamper the Negro in the purchase of property, the question would come, "What next?" This agitation is calculated to disturb industrious Negroes all over the State; to excite their fears and give force to the plea of Northern interests who are now thoroughly canvassing the Negroes to put their surplus earnings in Northern real estate, and to have in the South the fruits of their labor in easy portable shape so that they may be ready for the "what next?" Such restlessness helps to narrow the chances and to increase the handicaps upon Negro industry, development and character. You cannot disturb so important an element in the development of the State without injuring the general interest for the State as well. For these reasons, on behalf of the Negro farmers of North Carolina, I thank you for the privilege of appealing to the conscience of your readers. I beg them not to strengthen the hostile spirit as represented by such men as Governor Blease, Senator Vardaman and the Rev. Thomas Dixon. The fairest laws in the hands of such men would be cruel and oppressive to Negro farmers. We appeal for fair play, and we most respectfully enter our protest against such restrictions upon the activities and privileges of Negro farmers, because it is unnecessary for the protection of the white people of the State, it is unfair to the Negro farmers of the State, and it is unwise in dealing with the future development of the State. JAS. B. DUDLEY. Greensboro, Nov. 21, 1913. FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM. Bishop Alexander Walters Opposes Segregation — Distinguished Men Speak. True Reformers' Hall was crowded last Monday evening with many distinguished speakers and people. The occasion was the Fiftieth Anniversary of Freedom and Educational Rally for the new Livingston College. Bishop Alexander Walters was the principal speaker, who said among other things that he was opposed to the segregation of the colored people in the several departments of the government. The following program was presented: Opening Chorus. Invocation—Dr. J. W. MacDonald, Chorus. Remarks by Master of Ceremonies, Dr. S. L. Corrothers. Address, "Freedom and Education" —Bishop Alex. Walters. N. B.—Greetings—Five minutes. Howard University, Prof. Kelly Miller; A. M. E. Church, Dr. I. N. Ross; Baptist Church, Dr. M. W. D. Norman. Chorus. Address, "Livingston College,"— Hon. J. C. Dancy. W. Calvin Chase responded to the press. Rev. Walter H. Brooks was the last speaker, who congratulated the good work that was being done by the Methodist Church. Bishop Walters announced that he and Mr. John C. Dancy had collected fully $4,000 for the college fund. Bethel Literary and Historical Association "Race and Nationality in Art." is the subject of an address that will be delivered by Prof. Alain LeRoy Locke, Tuesday evening, December 16, at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Prof. Locke is an Oxford-Rhodes Scholar, and a most brilliant young man. Music will be rendered by True Reformers' Vested Choral Society, Prof. James Wright, director. A treat is in store for all who attend this meeting. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The Report of the Condition in the Medical Department Pigeonholed. Rev. Wiseman Made His Report Some Time Ago. Some few months ago Rev. D. L. Wiseman met a representative of The Bee and informed him that he was ready to make his report on the condition of the Medical Department of Howard University. When he was asked whether the conditions as he found them, good or bad, true or false. Some of them were true, remarked Dr. Wiseman, and some were not true. He was pushed for facts, but he declined to say any more. The report has been submitted to President Ranking, of Howard University, and he has had it some time. He has been asked either to submit to the board of trustees or give the committee a decided answer as to what he intends to do. It is not believed that the medical students will permit the report to be pigeonholed. It is not believed that they will allow a prejudiced white man to call them ignorant "niggers", and other uncomplimentary names, and not resent it. A change in the secretaryship of the medical school is an absolute necessity for the good of the medical department. Just what move Rev. Wiseman and his committee will make The Bee has not been advised. A Grand Candle Service. The Apostolic Candle Service, under the direction of Miss Maud Lockley, will be given by The Young People's musical club, of the People's Congregational Church, for the benefit of said church, Mr. Erastus Molen, captain, Sunday evening, December 14, 1913, at 8 o'clock, at the church, M Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets Northwest. Everybody should see this grand and impressive service. Rev. Arthur Randall will preach the sermon on the Candle and the Altar, and give an explanation of the Biblical meaning. Mr. Frank Hearns, Treasurer. Silver offering. Mr. Raymond. Mr. Wm. Raymond, of Salem Jamaica, N. Y., was last week the guest of Mr. James A. White. He is one of the best known and progressive men in Jamaica. He has a fine pleasure resort at Arlington, Md., where he is prepared to entertain his friends. THE TESTIMONIAL A Well Deserved Compliment. The reception tendered Rev. Sterling N. Brown, retiring pastof of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church on last Friday night, by the members and communicants of the church, supported by the citizens of Washington generally, was one of the prettiest and most spontaneous affairs of the kind it has been our good fortune to witness in a long time. Unique and original in conception, it was beautifully executed. The printed program itself was well arranged and suggestive in design, comprising a valuable souvenir. Much of the success of the entertainment was due to the initiative sense and executive ability of Mr. Newsm and his committee. Short, stirring addresses were made by the institutional heads of the church—the Junior Endeavor, Christian Endeavor, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Sunday School, the night school, and 'ending with representatives of trustees and deacon boards. Appropriate music, consisting of vocal and instrumental solos and' a pantomime, were touchingly rendered. Nearly every associate pastor of the city was there, too, to give his word of tribute to the retiring brother, and bid him Godspeed in his new field of labor. The retiring pastor himself was visibly touched by the tender words of good will and good wishes spoken, as was plainly seen in his labored, but warm and happy response. A committee of ushers from the theological department of Howard University, headed by H. H. Holder, handled the crowds with becoming dignity and clock-like precision. Rev. Mr. Brown, D. D., has just closed a pastorate of nearly twenty-five years in the District of Columbia. He came to this city twenty-five years ago as a Congregational minister, and yet his long and useful services to the community have given him the name he well deserves—"a helper of all." The large and enthusiastic testimonial given last Friday night by, not only the members of Dr. Brown's own church, but also by the citizens in general; and the crowd of people who came out on Sunday through the rain to hear his last sermon as pastor, gave evidence of the high esteem in which he is held by all the good people of Washington. Mr. Brown is a quiet, unobtrusive Christian gentleman; but a man of ever-growing influence. It is fair to say that there are few men of his race with a clearer sense of duty, a sounder judgment at crucial moments, or of more determined purpose in a stand once taken for what he believes to be right. You might as well attempt to move a mountain as try to drive him from a well grounded conviction. He is gentle and kindly disposed to every one; but is positive and thoroughly business-like in all his actions. It is this that has made him the unusual force that he is in this community. The growth and standing of Lincoln Temple will ever attest the effectiveness of Dr. Brown's long pastorate in Washington. The School Board never had a more strenuous worker, or a more successful member to bring things to pass than when he was member of the Board of Education. We predict that Sterling Brown, now relieved from the pastorate, will some day, be a member of the Board of Education. We prophesy for Dr. Brown a bright future at Howard University. It is well know that whatever he puts his hands to must go. Lincoln Temple has lost a man whose place will not be easily filled. We congratulate Howard University in securing Dr. Brown's fulltime. THE TENTH CAVALRY Extends Thanks to the Citizens. Headquarters Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, November 19, 1913. Mr. F. D. Lee, Chairman, Citizens' Committee of Reception for 10th Cavalry, October 7, 1913. My Dear Mr. Lee: I take this opportunity, in behalf of the enlisted men of the Regiment, to thank you, and through you, Dr. C. W. Childs, Hon. J. C. Nanier, Dr. John C. Norwood, Mrs. Julia M. Layton and any others in any way connected with the complimentary reception given in honor of the Tenth United States Cavalry, Tuesday evening, October 7, 1913, at Convention Hall, Washington, D. C. The entire regiment join me in say- ing to you that the entertainment was the grandest ever accorded the Tenth United States Cavalry. (Signed) E. P. FRIERSON. (Signed) E. P. FRIERSON. Sergeant-Major of the Reg. . (Official) Under Seal Announcement—Season 1913-1914. Second Season of Popular Monthly Public Concerts by "The Hoffman ular concerts will be held on the evening of Sunday, December 14, 1913, at the New Howard Theater, Seventh and T Streets Northwest, Andrew J. Thomas, Manager. Concert begins at 4:15 P. M. sharp. Soloists—Mme. Lucy Blagburn, soprano; Mr. Edward Howard, cornetist; Mr. Louis Brown, pianist. CONSUMPTION AND THE GOSPEL Ravages of Disease Part of the Penalty of Sin. BELIGION AND WHITE PLAGUE Pastor Russell Calls Attention to Sin's Relationship to Sickness and Death. "The Wages of Sin Is Death"—Man's Battle Against the Curse a Losing One—"In God Is Thy Help"—God Is For Us—The Result Will Be Glorious. New York, Dec. 7.—Pastor Russell, speaking from the platform of the new City Temple to a crowded house, announced his 'text from Leviticus 26:16: "I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning plague, that which PASTOR RUSSELL New York, Dec. 7.—Pastor Russell, speaking from the platform of the new City Temple to a crowded house, announced his text from Leviticus 20:16: "I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning plague, that which consumeth [before] the eyes, and causeth sorrow of heart." His topic was chosen in harmony with the general movement against consumption, the white plague, which he declared is annually sweeping more millions' to the grave than are all the wars of all the world. True, the Pastor's Divine commission is to preach the Gospel. Nevertheless, since the Gospel is the Good Message of the Divinely arranged recovery from sin and death, he considered it eminently proper to call attention to the ravages of the white plague as a part of the penalty of sin. He would not in this be understood as meaning that all consumptives are especially sinners. Some of the most saintly of God's people have died of consumption and other ailments. The Redeemer is credited with having died of a ruptured heart, a disease not unknown to medical practitioners. The speaker declared that much confusion prevails amongst Christian people respecting sickness and health. It seems only logical for us to reason that God wishes His creatures to be healthy and happy always, especially such as seek to fire in harmony with Him. True, we have received the Bible instruction that sickness is a part of death; that death is the Divine curse, or sentence, or penalty, for sin; that sin entered the world through the disobedience of our first parents; and that all mankind therefore are under the curse, or sentence of death, of which sickness is merely a forerunner—the dying process. Still it seems natural for us to think that after we turn from sin and consecrate our lives to God, He would relieve us of the penalties of sin and restore us fully to His original favor—to human perfection and to everlasting life and to happy conditions. When we find that some of the best of God's people, including the Savior, the Apostles and the Prophets, have suffered, even unto death, and that none are immune from this penalty, a perplexity takes possession of our minds which only the Bible sets straight. The Old Covenant and the New. In that Covenant God agreed to certain things, and Israel to other things. Israel agreed to keep the Divine Law perfectly; and God agreed that if they would do so. He would bless them with everlasting life, and open the way by which they might be the saviors of the world, to help all out from under the curse and back to the favor of God. But Israel failed to keep the Divine requirements perfectly, as God foreknew they would. Hence they never gained everlasting life for themselves, but died like other men. Hence, also, they were not able to be the world's uplifters from sin and death. Later, God explained to them that a greater than Moses would come; namely, Messiah, who would so help, strengthen and uplift from sin and death a select Seed of Abraham that such, with Him, would be qualified to constitute the Kingdom of God—the ruling power which God would use in putting down sin and Satan, ignorance and wrong, and in lifting up mankind under the Law Covenant renewed. Our text is a part of God's message to Israel, in which He assured them that if they would keep the Law they should have all the blessings of His favor in their earthly lives; but if they were disobedient, various sicknesses would come upon them as chastisements. As for the other nations of the world, they were not in covenant relationship with God, and were subject to the mutations of their dying condition. Only with the Israelites was consumption specially stated to be the penalty for sin, and only the Israelites were promised immunity from these sicknesses on condition that they would live in obedience to the Divine Law. God never had any such arrangement with any other people. They are all sinners, all under sentence of death, all dying, justly, regardless of whether it be a more gradual wearing out, or instantaneous death—whether it be by hunger, accident, white plague, black plague, or other aliment. But should not the followers of Christ expect exemption? some inquire. We answer, No! Quite to the contrary, these enter into a special Covenant of Sacrifice—surrendering or resigning all their claim to an earthly life, earthly hopes, earthly joys, in exchange for the Heavenly ones which God has promised to all the followers of Jesus. Only those who suffer with Him will reign with Him. Only those who die with Him to the earthly nature, etc., will live with Him on the Heavenly plane, and be kings and priests and joint-heirs with Christ in the Heavenly Kingdom which is to bless the world and restore it to human perfection. Few seem to have noticed that Jesus neither healed Himself nor any of the Apostles. The miracles of healing were performed on outsiders, with a view to evidencing the Redeemer's teachings; and even these attesting miracles, as St. Paul pointed out, ceased after they had accomplished their work—after the Church had been established. But, we are asked, did not Jesus say in Mark 16:17, 18 that the healing power would be an evidence of discipleship throughout this Age? No, we answer. All scholars now agree that no part of the 16th chapter of Mark after the 8th verse was written by St. Mark. That the portion from the 9th verse to the end of the chapter was added long centuries after St. Mark was dead is clearly evidenced by the fact that those verses do not occur in any manuscript of earlier date than the 5th century. The rewards of this Age, offered to the Church, are Heavenly, spiritual, to be attained fully in the resurrection change of the Church. Nevertheless, the faithful followers of Jesus enjoy certain special blessings of mind and body in their present life—such as "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding," a rest from the worrying care common to the remainder of the world. These, indeed, bring often a measure of health to persons previously annoyed by every trying difficulty of life, but now enabled, through faith in Christ and acceptance of the Divine promises through the Holy Spirit, to take no anxious care in respect to the future, knowing that their Father caret for them and has promised that all things shall work together for their good; whether it be sickness or poverty, or what not. The Gospel Respecting the Plague. The Gospel has a special Message to every one smitten with the white plague or the black plague, or any other of the hundreds of forms of death. That Message is that the present life is but transitory, a vestibule to a more glorious life, an anteroom of instruction, preparatory to entering the life which God has provided for all of our race who are willing to accept it on His terms through the merit of Christ's sacrifice. The broad Message of the Gospel, while it has only one offer in the present time, assures us of a future opportunity for all. Those who now accept the grace of God have the great privilege of becoming members of the Church in Glory. Others have the assurance that there will be a resurrection, not only of the just, but also of the unjust; and that this signifies an opportunity of rising up out of sin and death conditions to human perfection. But even to attain that blessing would mean to attain an earthly instead of a Heavenly inheritance. Moreover, that blessed opportunity of attaining eternal life and earthly perfection will not mean an escape from the penalty of wilful sins of the present life. It is a part of the Divine Law that whoever sins shall suffer; and that "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be also reap." But those who have known the Master's will, and failed to do it, will receive more and severer "stripes," more punishments, than others who have not known His will, and have done equally evil things—the heathen, for instance—Luke 12:47, 48. The Morning Is Dawning. The light of the Millennial Morning, gradually breaking through the darkness, ignorance and superstition of the past, is showing us more particularly what disease is and how it should be combated. And although we cannot hope to accomplish great results, it is our duty to do our best in opposing the reign of Sin and Death—to do all in our power to stamp them out. All the diseases of our bodies are aggravated by sin and more or less relieved by proper living, proper thinking, and a mind and heart resting in faith upon the Redeemer, and His glorious provision for our future. We are learning, too, that as the sunlight of Truth is good for our mjnds and morals, so the natural sunlight is good for our bodies. It is an important factor in the healing of all diseases. As the Word of God is the pure Food which builds us up spiritually and makes us strong in the Lord, so pure foods, nourishing foods, are necessary for our physical bodies—the more so if they are afflicted with the white plague—consumption. In a word, cleanliness, pure air, and pure, nourishing food, are the most prominent factors for the relief of sufferers from this plague. These may be supplemented by a tablespoonful of pure glycerine, three times a day, and by a biochemical salt, calcaria phos. All should know that this dreadful disease, which literally burns up the vitality of the patient, is highly contagious through the excrement. All discharges contain the elements of dis case liable to spread the contagion. Discharges from the head should preferably be on paper, which should be burned in the fire before becoming dry. When dry, the dust carries the infection to whoever may breathe it. This also reminds us that she is like disease. It is contagious. Every sinner, therefore, who realizes his condition, will strive against contaminating others. Indeed, who does not know that the impression made by words may do far more harm in the hearts and minds of others than all the fleasly diseases we could imagine! Oh, careful we should be that evil coming into our minds should be put away, that we do not spread the contagion of moral sin, even as we should be careful to avoid spreading the contagious physical ailments; and thus will our influence for evil be minimized! Leprosy Also Typed Sin. Under the Mosaic Law, leprosy seems to be indicated as a special type of sin. When in India nearly two years ago, I was invited to the Leper Hospital to address the poor inmates. I tried to tell them of the love of God and the glorious provision made for all mankind through the death of Jesus, not only for the healing of leprosy and all diseases, but for the healing and overthrow of sin; and that all this is near at hand, to be brought to mankind by Messiah's Kingdom. But alas, poor creatures! I could see that although they understood the words of the interpreter they had no hearing ears or seeing eyes of the heart. "The Apostle's words came to mind: "The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not." Oh, yes, I said. It is only he that hath an ear that can hear; only he that hath an eye that can see! Where Satan's work has been so fully accomplished, and men are blinded by ignorance and superstition, the Gospel message can do nothing. We must wait for the Kingdom power. We wait in full assurance of faith, knowing that He who hath given His Son gave Him not in vain, noting also that the Son, "who gave His life a Ransom for all, to be testified in due time," will yet "see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied."—1 Timothy 2:6; Isaiah 53:11. Oh, what a blessing is knowledge in association with faith in God! How differently we can look upon all the dreadful evil which afflict the world, mentally, morally, physically, than before our eyes were opened! What manner of persons ought we to be in "showing forth the praises of Him who harked叫 us out of darkness into His marvelous light!" How generous and sympathetic we should be to all who are in any trouble, physical or moral or mental! We should be like unto our Father in Heaven, who is kind to the unthankful, and sends His sunshine and rain upon the evil and the good. How we should prepare ourselves at any and every cost that we might be accounted worthy of a share with our Redeemer in His excellent glory!-Romans 8:17, 18. Cancer Also Represents Sin. Another dreadful disease, often considered incurable and therefore like skin, is cancer. Consumption (tuberculosis) is a disease of the blood, which afflicts more or less every part of the body. Cancer, on the contrary, appears to be a fungus growth which feeds upon the human tissue, and propagates itself at the expense of those parts of the body which it attacks. This more particularly corresponds to the vices which attach themselves to humanity, and are destructive to our usefulness in respect to those parts of our character which are especially afflicted. Only a most radical treatment seems to affect the cancer. Ordinarily, it is claimed, only the surgeon's knife, pursuing every root and branch of the cancer, will arrest its growth. And often this is ineffectual. So in the treatment of vice: If we find that it has attached itself to us personally, or to our city or village, drastic measures are the only ones which will give relief. In the interests of many who are suffering from cancer, let me here mention that quite recently I came into possession of a cancer cure. It can be used only for cancers upon the surface of the body, and not for those which fasten themselves upon the internal organs. It is highly recommended by many who have used it. We are informed that the recipe was sold on one occasion to a physician for a thousand dollars, after he had seen the good results. We are informed that he has erected a sanatorium for the treatment of cancer and is meeting with success. The death of the doctor who discovered the remedy brought it into the hands of a relative. That relative gave it freely to me, and I am offering it free to all who desire it. I would publish the recipe, but experience teaches me that more will likely be benefited by it if obliged to write for it. Any reader of this sermon is welcome to the recipe, and he can purchase the ingredients of his own drug-gist for a dime. I may be addressed either at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, New York, or at the London Tabernacle. While urging all to help themselves and each other in the fight against the ailments of the flesh, the dying conditions of the present time. I still more particularly urge that we all fight sin and assist one another in finding the remedy which God has provided in Christ. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin." But we can have access to that blood only by faith now, and by becoming footstep followers of the Redeemer, counting the present life and interests as loss" and dross in comparison with the glory, honor and immortality promised to the faithful beyond the yell. "Be sure your sin will find you out."—Numbers 323. THE Israelites, flushed with victory, proceeded with the conquest of Cannan. Spies were sent to Al. Returning, these advised that the place was small, and that two or three thousand men would be quite sufficient for its capture. They anticipated that their enemies would be so terror-striken as to render little or no defense. But the experiences at Al were the reverse. Thirty-six Israelites were slain; and Israel's army, perceiving that they had not the Lord's favor, fled before their enemies. Joshua and the Elders of Israel were bewildered at this defeat. They prostrated themselves before the Ark of the Covenant, bewailing the trouble, and especially fearful of the influence of the defeat—encouraging their enemies and discouraging Israel. The Accursed or Devoted Thing. In our Common Version, occursed has been used where devoted would have been preferable. The Lord informed been pretable. Joshua that the Divine favor was not with Israel because of their unfaithfulness. When Jericho was captured, a portion of the spoils had been appropriated by a soldier. According to the Lord's arrangement all the spoils were Divine favor was not with Israel because of their unfaithfulness. When Jericho was captured, a portion of the spoils had been appropriated by a soldier. According to the Lord's arrangement all the spoils were devoted in advance, hence this was a breach of their agreement, and Israel's army could have no blessing until the matter was rectified. That the lesson might be learned by all Israel, the Lord directed that the representatives of all the tribes appear before Him, and lots be cast; that thus would be indicated the tribe to which the guilty one belonged. In like manner the different families of that tribe were tested, and the family found. Step by step the matter came down to Achan, who was indicated as guilty. The penalty upon Achan was death by stoning, and after the stoning the corpse was burned—the burning indicating symbolically that there is no hope of a future life for any of the wilfully wicked during Messiah's Reign. Achan, as a member of Adam's family, must have a share with all the race in the redemption provided by Jesus' death. As the Sodomites, redeemed by the merit of Jesus' sacrifice, will be awakened from death during the Millennium, and their experiences be more tolerable than those of the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida, so it will surely be with Achan. Covetousness In Our Day. Perhaps never has there been so much covetousness as today. How few comparatively would do very differently from what Achan did! If all such were to be stoned to death and burned, the world would be one vast funeral pyre. True, they are not deterred by fear of any such punishment; nevertheless, a large proportion of them profess to believe that for all such sins the penalty is eternal torture. Many who are ready to condemh Joshua's course in stoning Achan are ready to believe that the God of all Grace, the Father of Merces, would do ten times worse by practically the entire human family. Alas, how twisted our minds have become! How glad we are that the true light is now shining and chasing away our hobgoblinls of false doctrine, handed down from the Dark Ages. Covetousness In the Consecrated. The term Christian today has a very wide application, and in general signifies a civilized person. But it really belongs to a comparatively small class—those consecrated to be Jesus' footstep followers. These have entered the antitypical Canaan, and are fighting the good fight. These would recognize all the spoils of The Penalty—Death by Stoning. ```markdown ``` warfare as consecrated to God. It is for these to inquire. Am I with holding any part of what I consecrated to God? If they are so doing, they are in danger, not only of exercising an injurious influence upon others, but also of the fate typically illustrated in Achan's case—the Second Death. "Covetousness, Which is idolatry." The Apostle declares that covetousness is idolatry. It puts first the thing coveted; and when this is contrary to the Divine will, this attitude signifies that the coveted thing is more desired than the Divine favor. Thus we see the world is full of idolatry. The idols most worshiped are wealth and pleasure. On the contrary, the true God, from whom comes every good and perfect gift, receives but slight attention from the masses of His creatures. His laws, His will, His pleasure and His favor are scarcely thought of. Yet wealth and pleasure, pursued on every hand, bring neither joy nor peace. The worshipers of mammon and pleasure are unhappy, discontented and apparently growing more so. Mar is so constituted by nature that his finest and noblest sentiments, which bring him the most joy and peace, are the exercise of his mind and talents Godward. TRADES BABE FOR CHICKS. Woman Gives Up Her Infant For Six Hens and a Rooster. Kansas City, Mo. - How. a mother traded a year old girl for six hens and a rooster because she had been deserted by her husband and could not support it has come to light through the death of Mrs. Millie Karnes after being burned at her home, 2518 McGee street. Seven months ago, according to a story told the juvenile court officers, Mrs. Karnes took the baby to a Kansas City woman and asked that she care for it. When she left the child she was given the poult. The court officers believe the baby has a good home and will leave it with the foster parents. Frank, the nine-year-old son of Mrs. Karnes, is afflicted with hip trouble and has been taken to Mercy hospital by the court officers. DIG UP INDIAN CHIEF'S BONES With Them Are Found Copper Ornaments and Arrowheads. Maple Rapids, Mich.-The bones of an Indian, who probably died a century ago, were found recently in a gravel pit in the western part of Maple Rapids. The red man was evidently a man of some importance, because there were copper armlets on his wrist bones, and his full bore flintlock, with the flint in place all ready to fire, had been buried with him. Alongside the bones were also found a brass kettle and some arrowheads. He had a full set of perfect teeth. The location of the grave is on what was formerly a main Indian trail. An Indian trading post was established nearby about 1830. ERROR MAY COST HER $8,000 Texas Widow's Damage' Suit Hinges on Slim Technicality. Washington—It may cost Mrs. Peter C. Boston of Paris, Tex., $8,000 to learn "what's in a name." She sued a Texas railroad for damages on account of the death of her husband and obtained a judgment of $8,000. The suit was brought in her own name, as permitted by the Texas employers' liability law, but not as administrator of her husband's estate, as required by the federal employers' liability law. The railroad brought the case to the supreme court on the contention that the Texas law was repealed by the passage of the federal act and that Mrs. Boston brought the suit under the wrong name. REVENUE CUTTER'S LONG ARCTIC CRUISE Steamed 18,000 Miles and Arrives With 37 Refugees. Port Townsend, Wash. - Completing a cruise of seven months in the arctic, during which she steamed nearly 18,000 miles, the United States revenue cutter Bear, Captain J. G. Ballinger, arrived here from the north, having on board thirty-seven refugees from Nome, who were landed at Seattle. Captain Ballinger before leaving Nome took all the Eskimos from that city and vicinity to their homes, so that they would not be a burden on the community during the winter. That the Bear rendered valuable service to Nome after the storm is evidenced by a vote of thanks passed by the city council to Captain Ballinger and his officers. This is the third cruise Captain Ballinger has made on the Bear as master to Point Barrow. The two previous voyages the passage was free from ice, but on this trip it was with difficulty that he succeeded in reaching the top of the continent. The Bear sailed from Point Barrow on Aug. 18, having been delayed seven days in the ice, and Captain Ballinger says that if he had not sailed when he did his vessel would have had to winter in the far north. The Bear is the only vessel which went into the arctic this year that was able to get out. She made many trips to the relief of vessels in distress, most of them being small craft. Captain Ballinger expresses the belief that all the vessels caught in the ice are safe and those on board can reach native villages. The Bear after a stop at Seattle will proceed to San Francisco. OWES LIFE TO CHEAP PANTS. Caught In Machinery, Trousers Give Way Under the Strain. Chester, S. D. - The fact that his trousers were of sufficiently filmy material to not stand the strain saved the life of John Schmidt, a farmer living near town, when his trousers became caught in the machinery while he was elevating a load of corn into a crib. Had his trousers not given way and released him he would have been seriously injured and in all probability killed. As it was he escaped with a broken ankle bone. Auburn. Neb.—Hamburg, Ia., has a rural mail carrier who enjoys a unique distinction. Every day he drives into three states—Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Hamburg is very close to the Missouri line, and there is an island in the Missouri river, well populated, that belongs to Nemaha county, Neb. FIND RING LOST 19 YEARS. Wedding Emblem Discovered by Daughter Buried in Ground. New Orleans—Nineteen years ago Mrs. L. A. A. Gaal shook her wedding ring off her finger while cleaning tea leaves out of a teapot on the rear porch of her home. The little band of gold, which her husband had placed on her finger five years before, fell out in the grass, and search by a dozen neighbors and by Mr. and Mrs. Gaal for hours failed to reveal a trace of it. A few afternoons ago it was found, at the very spot lost, by a daughter, Miss Viola, who was but three weeks old when the ring disappeared. in the weeds. "It's now treasured beyond anything in the world," said Mr. Gaal, with the happiness of a child over a new toy. "The ring is just as pretty and shiny as it ever was. Its long slumber in the ground has not hurt it a bit. "My daughter was digging art- chokes when she turned up the ring with a spadeful of dirt. She brought it to me, and I was a proud man to skip it on to the third finger of my wife's left hand for the second time." WELL, BUT IN BED 55 YEARS MHe. Lecaux's Refusal to Leave Her Couch is Unexplained. Paris-Mille. Lecaux. who has for seventy-five years been living in the environs of Paris and in perfectly good health, has remained abed for fifty-five years. The reason is unknown. Some say it is hypochondria, others assign love affairs as the cause; but, be that as it may, in 1858 she made her decision. A caller investigating the case was shown into a white room containing a bed in a wooden alcove closed by white curtains like a sepulcher. The family objected to the visit, saying that she was in bad humor, and her authoritative voice, strong and healthy, gave evidence of the fact. She then ordered dinner-radishes, mutton and black coffee. Several doctors who have visited her report that her digestion is admirable. Her limbs are only slightly feeble from disuse. STOLEN AS A BOY NOW FINDS HOME After 14 Years Youth Returns to Mother's Aunt. Seattle, Wash.—John James Hurley, who was kidnapped fourteen years ago, speeded back to his mother, sisters and brothers at Punxsutawney, Pa., his identification having been fully established by the Seattle police and those of his old home town. John James, as he was known until a few days ago, was stolen from his mother at Punxsutawney when he was six years old. He always has believed that his kidnapper was his father. He knew the man as Hurley. The mother in Pennsylvania has kept up a search for the boy, and John James, remembering coal mines and Pennsylvania and a town the name of which was so odd he could never bring it from his childhood memories; also has striven to establish his identity. Since having been cast off five years ago by the man who stole him he has been busy sending letters to the police of various towns in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Emma Floetke, who had a boarding house in a Washington lumber camp where John James worked, heard his story and, having lived in western Pennsylvania, she advised him to write to Punxsutawney. He did so two weeks ago and an answer came from Chief of Police Palmer and one from the mother. Through the exchange of letters John James' identity has been fully established. John James thinks that the first town to which he was taken after he was stolen was Chicago. His kidnap, who was a coal miner, then took him to Belt, Mont. Later they went to Helena, Mont., and bick again to Crescent, Pa., where the boy was placed in school. CHILD HAD NO BRAIN. Lived to Age of Four Years Without That Organ. Bertlin.—A German medical journal reports the curious case of a child born without a brain which in spite of this handicap lived to the age of almost four years. At the autopsy it was found that both the cerebrum and cerebellum, the so called "big" and "little" brain, were completely lacking, only the medulla oblongata being present. This little knot of brain tissue at the base of the main brain, which in fishes forms the sole brain, was able here to control the functions of the body necessary to a bare existence, but nothing more. The child lay in a state of coma, with contracted arms and almost motionless, during its whole existence. It was impossible to obtain the slightest mental reaction. Fastest Box Maker. Dayton, Ore.-Wills Bellows is believed here to be the fastest apple box maker in the northwest. In a season his average is 600 daily. In La Grande, Ore., he broke a record, manufacturing 7,000 boxes in ten and a half days. On another occasion he made 610 boxes daily for fifty-eight days. In his regular speed he is able to keep ten trained apple pickers filling his boxes as he makes them. 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Lane and his director of the bureau of Indian affairs, Ode Sella, have launched a vigorous campaign against prominent persons in Oklahoma wuo, it is alleged, have been robbing the minor Indians of the five civilized tribes out of their birthrights. "I am determined that the Indian minors in Oklahoma shall have better protection," said Secretary Lane. "Their property rights must be safeguarded. "They are on an average the richest children in the United States and have less protection for their property rights than the children of any other state. It is estimated that, while the approximate cost is 3 per cent to settle a white minor's estate, the expense of administering the estate of an Indian minor is at least 20 per cent. Guardian fees, attorney fees and other expenses make up this charge. In many cases gross misappropriation of funds has been found. "Where there has been misappropriation of funds there will be prosecutions." The tribal attorneys of the Five Civilized Tribes have been directed to act at once on cases of alleged frauds. One tribal attorney wired as follows to Secretary Lane: "Began presenting evidence to grand jury on indictments in matters affecting management of Creek,minors' estates. Grand jury just returned true hills against two prominent business men for embezzlement, one prominent 1 1913, by American Press Association. FRANKLIN K. LANE. attorney for embezzlement, another prominent attorney for obtaining money under false pretenses and against guardians in other casea." Later telegrams told of the indictment of two attorneys on a charge of embezzling funds of Creek minors in their hands as guardians, the indictment for embezzlement in cases of two other guardians, the indictment of three leading attorneys charged with practicing deceit upon the court in obtaining approval of exorbitant allowances as attorneys' fees and an indictment against the guardian and former district court clerk for embezzlement of Creek minors' funds. The situation in Oklahoma, Mr. Sells says, is a disgrace to the nation. In forty counties, he says, there are from 800 to 1,500 probate cases pending, and 85 per cent of these involve Indians. It costs seven times as much to settle an Indian minor's estate as it does the estate of a white child. It is charged by Secretary Lane and Mr. Sells that guardians for the Indian minors are almost universally appointed without regard to fitness or responsibility, the purpose being to benefit some other person who would rob the minor. Bonds have been made in many cases without regard to the solvency of the bondsman. Mr. Sells declared that in many cases no actual reports have been made by those settling estates, and on final settlement the minors found themselves without property. In numbers of instances guardians absconded and bondsmen were insolvent, leaving the minors destitute, charges upon the public. This sort of thing has gone on so long, explained Mr. Sells, that there seems to be a common understanding that the property of an Indian minor is common prev. The blame for this state of affairs has not been definitely fixed. The judges of the courts have been handicapped by the enormous amount of probate work and could not give the attention to the matter of minors' estates that it deserved. Mr. Sells has instructed the tribal attorneys to pay attention not only to the tribal affairs, but the individual troubles of the Indians. Assistants will be given to tribal attorneys so that there will be no lack of counsel. The investigation will extend to every probate case. A list of all the cases handled and a history of each case are being prepared. 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 HOME INDUSTRIES The colored population of this city will number at least ninety thousand or more. There is no reason for this large population to join a class of paupers when there is growing up daily so many valuable industries among this population. Every year there are graduated from the Colored Normal Training and Trade Schools hundreds-of boys and girls. When a diploma is presented to each graduate what is there for him or her to do? This ninety thousand or more have failed to establish sufficient industries in which to place them. If the girls should take it into their heads to marry $ _{1} $ what is the result? The young wife is seen at the Juvenile Court enforcing the law to make the husband support his young wife and baby on babies. Oppression is doing some good to force the oppressed to unite for the common good of all. It is surprising to see so many industries springing up in the community today. There are industries in which not very much interest is manifested. We need good pharmacies. There is but one colored registered pharmacist in this city, and yet if we had more it is doubtful whether they would be supported. We have one registered plumber and he is not overcrowded, considering this large colored population. This one colored registered plumber should be employing two dozen or more helpers, but it is doubtful if he is employing three. Right here the lack of race pride is manifested. Within a few years, The Bee expects to see the graduates from the vocational trade schools do something. If we have no more tradesmen, it is not the fault of our school. Our colored schools are doing better and more work than it has ever done before. There is but one colored shoe store in this city, which should have an establishment twice as large as Hahn's. Why? Because 90,000 colored citizens in this city wear shoes. This shoe store, that is conducted by a colored man, carries stock equal to any and superior to many. There is no excuse for colored people to go elsewhere. We have a gents' furnishing store. We have first-class dairy lunch dining rooms. We have a first-class delicatessen store, where everything that the appetite calls for is sold. every particular. Mr. Underdown is an up-to-date caterer and it is a well known fact that he has no superior and few equals, if any. There is no excuse for the colored citizen to go to places where they are not wanted or where they are "Jim Crowed." The Bee doesn't mean to advise its readers to ignore these white establishments which are friendly to the colored people and who treat them as American citizens. Every white firm whose advertisement appears in The Bee means that an invitation is extended to every colored citizen to patronize it and his presence is welcome. Every colored person who presents himself at a white theater where he is "Jim Crowed" is unworthy of the respect of his fellow citizens. Any colored citizen who holds a government position by virtue of being a colored American or a position in our colored public schools and attempting to pass for white, when seen upon the public streets should be kicked out and branded as traitors to the race to which they are identified. The Bee is reliably informed that there are a few of this breed in the government. In fact, The Bee is aware that at least ten or more exist. One Negro in the Treasury Department wears colored glasses to keep from speaking to his colored friends whom he may meet upon the public streets. Another visits white cafes alone. When such characters are eliminated or ostracized by society, The Bee is confident that the race would be better off. Why should a colored man be ashamed of his color? The only embarrassment they encounter is when they attempt to sail under false colors. In spite of such false faces, our colored industries are growing. There is one of these industries that has expressed a surprise because the colored people don't patronize it as he thinks they ought. The remedy is: let this individual take off his false face and present himself in his natural color. Then perhaps the colored people will patronize his enterprise. Let us unite. CONSISTENCY It is interesting to note the active interest the President is taking in the welfare of the insular possessions of the nation, relative, particularly, to the establishment of a system of just laws and equitable government. Upon perusing his recent address before Congress, one would suppose that there is no cause whatever for complaint from any source in this country; that all classes, without distinction as to race, color or creed, are living in the best accord and occupying in full measure the blessings of happiness and contentment. In referring to Porto Rico and Hawaii he says: "We can satisfy the obligations of generous justice toward the people of Porto Rico by giving them the ample and familiar rights and privileges accorded our own citizens of our own territories and our obligations toward the people of Hawaii by perfecting the provisions for self-government already granted them." And it is presumed that the President will seek to materialize such obligations with promptness and vigor. It seems passing strange that the President should take such warm interest in far-away possessions and fail to recognize and apply a remedy for the untoward social tendencies so fearfully patent right here under his very nose. He sees the spirit of race prejudice manifesting itself in every arena which can be affected by his party associates—a spirit rampant and well nigh riotous and which can have no other result than a disruption of the social ties which have kept the various component elements of the nation in tolerable equilibrium. Yet he has given expression to no word or sign of his disapprobation. Bearing upon matters other than political reforms, he says: "Social justice comes first. Law is the machinery for its realization and is vital only as it expresses and embodies it." It would seem that a preacher who tasks in such strain would seek to be consistent and carry out in his conduct what he so piously and properly preaches. It is social justice for which the colored people are now contending. For them, who have been largely instrumental in the formation of the institutions of the country, who have shared its trials and burdens, is asked the boon of simple social justice. From those who are at the head of public affairs the colored people hope for fair treatment and not foul, and if such treatment is denied, the least that can be asked or received is non-interference with their affairs—to be let alone. The spirit of stirring up bad feeling, fostered not far from the White House, is a shameless, nefarious and ungodly business and it is as little as the President could do to call a halt, even if he was too modest or too cowardly to openly rebuke the un-Christian methods. In the light of what the President has said concerning citizens resident in far-away possessions, some action on his part looking toward crushing out the spirit of segregation would certainly place him in a more consistent position than that in which he now appears to us. Oh, for a noble act, Mr. President!! THE COLORED LAWYER. has every opportunity to make himself a power. The Bee has often heard complaints from white members of the bar as to the conduct of causes by colored members of the bar with their more fortunate associates. Instead of trying the issue, they abuse their white associates. Such conduct is not in keeping with legal ethics and often prevents the white members of the bar from associating themselves with the white colored members. Then again, their is too much bickering, back-biting and abuse by colored members of the, bar from each other. Why is this? Why will colored members of the bar continue to bicker and quarrel over cases? There is no necessity for it. Why has Assistant United States Attorney James A. Cobb commanded the respect of the white members of the bar and his superior officer, Mr. Wilson? It is because he keeps out and away from these petty bickerings and contentions that seem to be so prevalent among some colored members of the bar. When such high-class lawyers as United States Attorney Wilson commends him, and others of equal standing and influence at the bar, Mr. Cobb must then be doing his duty. More or less every day some kind of displeasure creeps out among the colored members of the bar. The Bee has repeatedly said that such men as Attorneys W. C. Martin, Fontain Peyton, Royal Hughes, A. W. Gray, Thomas L. Jones, Armond W. Scott, F. L. Tignor, Zeph Moore, J. H. Stewart, Jabez Lee, Thomas Walker, J. F. Bundy, Charles H. Hill, B. L. Gaskin, Walter Pinchback, Charles H. Hermans and others should get together and organize a bar association in conformity with the recognized local bar association. Then, perhaps, there may be a chance of perpetuating harmony and good fellowship among colored members of the bar. NATIONAL, BENEFIT. NATIONAL BENEFIT. One of the greatest insurance companies in this country is our own, The National Benefit. This institution has grown from a small industry to one of great magnitude. For years the colored people knew of no insurance companies but those owned and controlled by the white men. But today there are insurance companies throughout the country. The National Benefit is to the people of this city as the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association is to the South. This latter association is a rich institution and its officers are high-class men. The National Benefit is officered by such men as Mr. Rutherford and Dr. Brown, and is one of the most reliable insurance companies in the United States. On our front page this week will be seen an account of its fifteenth anniversary. The half has not been told of this great institution. Go and inspect its offices and building and see from 30 to 40 young ladies, many of whom are graduates of our schools, employed by the company. They are refined and industrious and deport themselves as young women should. This insurance company has a system which it strictly follows. The employees are disciplined in such a manner until they perform their work according to Hoyle. Go into its store room and inspect its goods. This room has sufficient supplies to keep their many branch companies in the East in operation without embarrassment. If the ninety thousand colored citizens would take out a policy in this company, three or four thousand girls and boys, men and women would be constantly employed. Let us get together. MR. VILLARD In this week's issue of The Bee will be seen and read with interest a letter from Oswold Garrison Villard to Bishop Alexander Walters. Mr. Villard writes a manly and straightforward letter and in no particular does he make any charge against Bishop Walters, but regrets his retirement from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It will also be remembered that Bishop Walters, at a meeting last Monday evening, made an unequivocal denial that he favored race segregation in the government departments, notwithstanding the many reports to that effect. The Bishop made a most manly and eloquent speech last Monday night and no one could mistake his position. The address of Rev. Ross could not be deciphered. It was hard to say whether the distinguished pastor was for or against the Bishop. However, there was one thing that was understood the good and eloquent pastor said, and that was he saw nothing in the Democratic party. The Bee wants to congratulate Bishop Walters for being successful in raising four thousand dollars in his district for Livingston College. OUR ADVERTISERS This week's issue of The Bee contains a list of a number of new advertisers, and special attention is called to them. It is hoped that our readers will embrace the opportunity by calling in and inspecting the goods of the several firms and, if satisfaction is guaranteed, which The Bee knows will be, don't fail to make some purchases. It is the guilty who persues you and says all kinds of mean things against you. The honest man or woman never accuses the innocent. THE SAGE, WHERE IS HE? To the Editor of The Bee: Where, O where, is the Sage? It seems that no holiday comes and goes without taking off some good and useful man or woman. Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. And it seems that the Sage of the Potomac, that trenchant quill driver, was ordered by grim monster death to go also. Everybody liked to read after the Sage, for he was both instructive and, amusing at times. But the po' fellow is no more to be seen on You Street or at Gaskins' and Gains. Possibly it was at the latter place where the Sage, po' fellow, got hold of the wrong bottle, which landed him safely in the "happy huntin' ground'" for he was death on high balls, cock tails and such things. Now, mark my word for it, that fellow, the Sage of the Potomac, is going to be missed! He always came in mighty handy with his mouth, and nobody—not even a woman—knew more about other people's business than he did. We are very sorry, indeed, that he kicked the bucket so soon after everybody had gotten so interested in him. But such is life! The good die young. The Bee will not find it an easy task to fill his place. Be it said of him that he leaves a host of friends to mourn their loss; for he is gone where the wicked cease from troubling us, and the weary are at rest. Peace, peace be to his ashes, wherever he landed. MR. VILLARD'S LETTER Bishop Walters and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Offices—26 Vesey St. New York City, N. Y. November 11, 1913. Bishop Alexander Walters. Bishop Alexander Walters, 208 West 134th Street, New York City. My Dear Bishop Walters: In accordance to your request your resignation was accepted by the Board of Directors of the N. A. A. C. P. at their last meeting. You are quite mistaken in believing that there is any feeling whatsoever against you in the organization. We have always enjoyed our contact with you and retain pleasant memories of your ability and your personality. In regard to the recent happening at Washington, I stated to the audience that it had been said to me by high authority that a Bishop had favored segregation; that I should not mention his name because he had denied it, and that I would not raise an issue of veracity between the President of the United States and a Bishop. Since you write me that you have been informed by the White House and the Treasury Department that no such statement was made to me, there is nothing left for me to do but to infer that I was misinformed, or misunderstood, and to express my regret that such appears to have been the case. When I said in Washington that the Bishop had denied this statement, I had not seen your publication in the News. The Guardian, or the Age; I had in mind only the letter which you promptly wrote me denying that you had in any way seemed to favor segregation. Sincerely yours, (Signed) OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD Defeated the Men Dedicated the Men. J. C. Payne and Principal Newman, who led the secret fight against Emma F. G. Merritt for the presidency of T. B. A., were defeated. Miss Merritt was fearful of defeat before the election. She was shrewd enough to appoint tellers from her own department with but one exception. CALVIN C. CARROTHERS. CALVIN C. CARROTHERS. Mrs. Mary E. Stout, of Arkansas, is very anxious to communicate with Calvin C. Carrothers, who formerly lived in Washington and who may still be in the city. Any information to this end will be greatly appreciated. Address 1124 Vermont Avenue. Telephone, North 7951. 12-13, 20, 27 CHRISTMAS AT Smith's Drug Store, Fourth and Elm Streets Northwest. Don't fail to purchase a few of his high-class toilet articles, candies, and fine imported and domestic perfumery. The first high-class drug store in the Park. Public Men Ard Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) The -Thomas testimonial was a great success anyway. When Chase gets a thing in his head he is never satisfied until he explodes it. Speaking about the testimonial, my friend Roscoe, who was booked for Educational night, went to the theater in his evening dress, but the boys gave him the palpitation of the heart, but his throat had to be flamed. Roscoe was pregnant with a speak, and his dear little wife was surprised when he failed to deliver it. He can better explain than I can. \*\* That was some testimonial, but Doc Childs forgot his evening dress, as did Armond Scott. That was some cultured audience Monday night, December 1st. Cole and Andrew knew what was most becoming for such an august occasion. That was some speech Andrew delivered. He is an orator as well as a theater manager. My old friend Frank Cheek has been separated from our local government to make room for some white woman. Frank was one of the most efficient clerks in the assessor's office, and when he was handed a slip of paper 8 by 4, he was not surprised, because his friend(?) Assessor Richards, had great admiration for Frank, but the man in whom all classes have confidence is that ex-Confederate veteran, Mr. Petty. There is nothing deceitful about Mr. Petty. He will not deceive you. The separation of Frank Cheek from the assessor's office was a surprise as well as a regret to the old veteran, Mr. Petty, who could not be dishonest if he so desired. It is doubtful if any colored American is safe in the local government. You see, the anti-Taft Republicans wanted a change in the administration. Many of them declared that a change would improve conditions. You bet it did not alright. The change has made many a statesman a pauper. The next meeting of the Mu-So-Lit Club will be a timely one from what I have been told. R. Wordy will be given a ticket of bon mar. If he gets it, well, walking from Washington to Indianapolis would reduce his weight. This will prevent him from taking anti-fat. R. Wordy is going into hysterics over the Thomas testimonial. He raps Mr. Thomas under the pretense of being his friend, simply because he could not influence Mr. Thomas to reject the compliment the people paid him. I would like very much to see some one else try such an undertaking. I feel confident that Mr. Thomas is fully satisfied, not withstanding the cold water that the Indianapolis bombast tried to throw on it, but failed. A very few people read R. Wordy's hand bill. The advice of the Sage to R. Wordy is to keep his ears to the ground because it is coming, and it can't be stopped. Rev. L. C. Moore, who makes claim of being the only original Negro Democrat in the country, declared that Patterson, who give up the first for Register of the Treasury, was the weakest article that ever came down the pike. He had great hopes for him and Negro Democracy until he wrote that school-boy letter of withdrawal. Of course, Patterson gave up a twenty-five thousand dollar practice and a farm that was yielding him a fortune. Why should he take such a small job as Register of the United States Treasury. My little friend Charlie Barnes has more sense than his entire Negro Democratic organization. Charlies was anxious to see the Thomas testimonial a success, and it was the apologetic letter that R. Wordy wrote Andrew, pretending that his opposition was not against him, but against The Bee. Well the testimonial was a success, and R. Wordy will soon be going toward the Union Station for a limited to Indianapolis. You need not ask the sage, but watch his prediction. \*\*\* A. E. Manning, of the Indianapolis Freeman is in the city. He wants to go abroad, but Secretary of State Bryan has no place for colored diplomats. When a white man will go to a colored country he will take anything for the money. Editor Manning wants a foreign mission if he can get one. The Mu-So-Lit. I believe will soon have a smoker. The local statesmen have explained how things are done when an applicant is rejected. I understand that the constitution will be changed to enable the rejected applicants to be admitted. Speaking of Bishop Walters, he declared that he is against segregation. He is not inclined to believe in his false god any longer. Woody Wilson is no longer his ideal. I was waiting for Dr. Ross to paint the bishop with having power to resurrect. Could not just see what Dr. Ross was doing last Monday night. His speech was inconsistent. In one breath he would apologize for the Bishop and commend his course and in the next breath he would declare that he could not leave his first love, the Republican party. If Dr. Ross had been given a paint brush and a pot of gold dust he could not have painted Bishop Walters in a more brilliant figure than he did last Monday night. JAMES ORTWAY HOLMES. A Self-Made Man, Owner and Proprietor of the Largest Hotel in This City—A Progressive Citizen and an Up-to-Date Business Operator. James Ortway Holmes, the owner and proprietor of the largest hotel in this city for colored Americans. His hotel is situated at 333 Virginia avenue Southeast. No man is better known in this community than Mr Holmes. For heatness and convenience, the Holmes Hotel will compare as favorably with those that are conducted upon a larger scale than those that cost thousands of dollars more than the Holmes Hotel. For first-class meals, large and sani- tary rooms, the Holmes Hotel cannot be surpassed. The Holmes Hotel is one of the great landmarks in this city, and the Southwest. The building has a commanding appearance, on the outside, and a fascinating appearance when you enter it. For over a quarter of a century this hotel has been the admiration of the country, because there is no hotel conducted by colored Americans that equals it. This is the only hotel of its kind that has all uniform help. Mr. Holmes is a man who attends to his business. He is willing and ready at all times to assist the needy and the poor. He is a liberal contributor to the church and in it he takes a religious interest. There is no man in this community who is better liked or appreciated. As an Odd Fellow he stands among the most progressive. Mr. Holmes has succeeded in life by industry and perseverance. He THE FEDERAL NATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY has had many impediments, but notwithstanding them all he has succeeded whle others have failed. As a business man he has won the plaudits of his more fortunate fellow citizens. His credit in the commercial world stands above par. His affable and polite disposition commands the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He is a young man, and The Bee predicts for him a bright and prosperous future. Long before the new excise law went into effect, Mr. Holmes was putting his hotel in shape to meet all the requirements of the new excise law. He has a hotel indeed and in fact. It has passed the thorough inspection of the entire board, and today the Southwest has a hotel for the accommodation of the colored people. He is undoubtedly the most independent colored American in business in this city. THE ELKS MEMORIAL Eloquent and Effective Speeches On Sunday evening, December 7, the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, representing Morning Star. Lodge No. 40, and Columbia Lodge No. 85, held their annual memorial service at Miles Memorial Church, Third Street between L and M. The two lodges turned out in large numbers, making a fine display in their usual costumes. From beginning to end, the exercises were of the highest order of excellence and deserving of great commendation. The program was carried out with District Deputy S. H. Brooks, presiding, Charles Freeman, master of ceremonies. The ritualistic service was performed by I. Edward Wilson and J. Frank Blagburn, Exalted Rulers of Morning Star Lodge No. 40, and Columbia Lodge No. 85, respectively. At proper intervals the large audience was entertained by music from the Elks band, and the choir of Campbell Chapel, the latter accompanying the pastor, Rev. Davis, of Anacostia. Special mention should be given to the addresses of T. P. green, Rev. Davis, Prof. N. E. Weatherless and John Collins. The select reading by Mrs. Mollie B. Hall, created a deep impression on the audience and was most favorably received. The rendition of Thanatopsis by Dr. S. S. Thompson was quite a feature of the evening's exercises. More than passing mention must also be given to the decorations. Especially noticeable was the electric display, forming a part of the ceremony over the departed brothers. It was a presentation very unique in character and reflects great credit upon the orders assembled Under the efficient leadership of I. Edward Wilson and J. Frank Blagburn, Exalted Rulers of the two Lodges in the District, ranid strides forward are being made by the two lodges, and with a continuance of such progress, the time is not far distant when the District of Columbia will be recognized as the home of the highest and best exponents of Elkdom throughout the entire jurisdiction. The Elks band of forty pieces is part of the organization. This band commends the admiration of the entire community. Program. Simon H. Brooks, District Deputy, Presiding. Charles Freeman, Master of Ceremonies. Overture—Elks Band Grand March—Elks Band. Invocation—Chaplain Welcome—Rev. L. E. B. Rosser. Opening Ceremonies—By Lodges. Thanatopsis—S. S. Thompson. Tell Mother I'll Be There—By the Lodges. Music, Selected—Campbell Chapel Choir. Address, "Charity and Justice"—T. P. Green. Solo, Selected—Miss Kate Ware. Reading, Selected—Mrs. Mollie B. Hall. Address—Rev. Davis. Solo, Selected—Mrs Hattie Contee. Address—Prof. N. E. Weatherless. Music, Selected—Elks Orchestra Address—"The Grandeur of Elk dom"—John E. Collins. Closing Ceremonies — By the Lodges. Doxology. Benediction. The Week in Society Seasons may come and seasons may go, but each one brings a crowd of discriminating customers to Board's Pharmacy at 1912% Fourteenth Street Northwest, for the best drugs, remedies, candies and toilet articles at moderate prices, and the finest service in Ice Cream Sodas and delicious drinks the year round. Mr. and Mrs. Ollin Chestnut celebrated their silver wedding anniversary at their residence, 303 L Street Northwest, Thursday evening, November 28, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Ollin Chestnut were married at Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church November 28, 1888 by the Rev. Dr. Coles. The bride and groom received congratulations of their friends under a bower of palms and white chrysanthemums. Among those present were: Rev. S. L. Corrothers, Mrs. M. A. Tapscott, Miss L. J. Janifer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Fenderson, Mrs. Victoria Neal, and Mr. and Mrs. Bolton. Those who helped in the entertainment were: Miss Thomasine Corrothers, Mrs. Katie Waugh, and Miss Ada Chestnut. The affair of the evening was arranged by Mr. William H. Stewart. Mr. Wm. H. York, of Chicago, Ill., has been appointed lieutenant in Liberian frontier forces by the Liberian government at a salary of $1,200 a year. He has traveled extensively in the West and saw four years service in the Philippines and a short time in Cuba. He is a graduate of the Scientific Department of Wilberforce University. Mr. York is in the city looking after his transportation and other matters. Mr. Ford Dabney, the great Negro pianist, is offered a thirty-five weeks play or pay contract to devote his time to specially accompanying a noted artist of the Grand Circuit, New York. Mr. Nathan Bell and Mr. Walter Coleman, of this city, were visitors in Baltimore, Md., last Wednesday. Miss Ethel K. Graham, who sailed November 28th, aboard the Saratoga for Cuba, arrived safely. After a week's stay the party will leave for Bahama to spend the winter. Mr. Ford Dabney has opened an elaborate musical studio in New York City, where he has gone to teach. He has several compositions, both vocal and instrumental, which will soon be placed upon the market by his publishers. Mrs. Jane Wayman, of this city, spent a few hours in Philadelphia, Pa., with Mr. and Mrs. Davis, en route from Rhode Island, on her way home. Rev. J. Francis Lee, of Harrisburg, Pa., has returned home, after spending several days in this city, where he gave a reading and was well received. Mrs. Daniel Murray, of this city, spent the past two weeks in New York, the guest of Mrs. Cooper. She was shown many social courtesies. Ex-Gov, P. B. S. Pinchback, of this city, is recovering from a severe attack of acute rheumatism in the hand. Miss Theresa L. Bell, of this city, and Samuel H. King, of New York City, were quietly married by Rev. Wm. A. Moss, Thursday, November 27, 1913. Mr. Harmon Lutwiler, of this city, is spending some time with his home folks in Cumberland, Md. Dr. A. M. Carpenter, of this city, visited his parents at Winston Station, Va., not long ago. Mr. Harry Simms, of the Howard Theatre, in this city, was in Baltimore, Md., last week. Mrs. A. J. Leathers was called to this city from Durham, N. C., last week on account of the death of her sister. Buy drugs and medicines at Board's, 1912½ 13th St. N. W. Mr. Waldo I. Alexander, who was visiting in this city, has returned to his home in Culpepper, Va. Dr. M. W. D. Norman, of this city, preached an excellent sermon at the State Normal School, in Eilizabeth City, N. C., Thanksgiving morning before the faculty and student body. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Ryce have moved into their recently purchased residence on the Hill, No. 125 Wade Road, Southeast, Anacostia, one square from corner of Nichols and Sumner avenues. "High Brown" Face Powder and toilet articles are now all the rage. Buy the genuine at Board's Pharmacy, 1012 1/4 St. N. W. Miss Burrell Entertains Miss Hattie Burrell, of 1783 T Street Northwest, gave an afternoon reception last Sunday from 2 to 6 P. M. The supper was served in courses. It was a most brilliant affair. The gowns worn by the ladies were most exquisite. The dinner was given in honor of three young lady teachers of F.adelphia, Pa. FAIRMCUNT HEIGHTS Dr. Willis W. Jones, the leading physician in this community, delivered a very instructive address at the M. E. Church December 7. He spoke on tuberculosis, and warned his hearers against certain practices which usually opened and paved the way for this dread disease. Dr. Jones also gave many symptoms of the white plague and advised the proper steps to be taken when certain conditions exist. The meeting was under the management of the Epworth League of said church. The closing exercises of the second anniversary of the dedication of the M. E. Church, Sunday, Dec. 7, was well attended by many of the ministers who were to talk. Rev. Owen C. Sprague held sunrise prayer meeting, preach, Sunday morning and at night. The collections during the week were good. Rev. Sprague has won his place among the leading preachers in the M. E. Church. The citizens here are proud of their school and of its management under those in charge. There is but one question to be settled, and that is between Miss U. J. Wilkes, the principal and Mr. R. S. Nichols, one of the trustees. Miss Wilkes complains to the Parent-Teachers Association that Mr. Nichols was not careful enough in wording his resignation as a member of the Trustee Board, and she (Miss U. J. Wilkes) wants satisfaction. Just what will satisfy the young lady we are unable to say. What Miss Wilkes and her advocates hope to accomplish by constantly stirring up the people here we are at a loss to know. WEST WASHINGTON. Mt Zion M. E. Church Has a Bazaar, A Winter Bazaar is now in progress at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Twenty-ninth street. On Thursday night the Orpheus Dramatic Company rendered the beautiful cantata, "Esther, the Beautiful Queen," in excellent style, and delighted the hearers to loud applause. On Monday evening the Spicy Drame, "For Love or Money;" was presented under the direction of Mrs. Maude S. Thompson, the wife of the pastor. A great men's meeting, under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Mt. Zion M. E. Church will take place Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. Lewis E. Johnson, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will deliver the principal address. Mr. Wm. Douglass is president. All men invited. The vested choir of forty voices, of Mt. Zion M. E. Church will render a special song service Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, assisted by some well known talent. Mr. Emanuel E. Jones Director. Mrs. Mary Barnes, organist. Young Men's Protective League Elect Officers for 1914. The Young Men's Protective League was organized in the year 1895. Mr. Wm. H. Nixon, who was then the president of a literary club, conceived the idea of forming a benevolent organization for enjoyment of health and strength, forming some means for the necessities of the future and their efforts were successful in forming one of the most useful and prominent associations in the District, which has a membership of six hundred members, and a cash bank account of seven thousand dollars. On Tuesday night the following were elected as officers for the ensuing year: Wm. Stephen Fuller, president; Jas. L. Turner, first vice president; Nathanial Ruffin, second vice president; A. Lincoln Alexander, financial secretary; Alphonso Woodson, first assistant financial secretary; Jas. B. Smith, recording secretary; R. G. Smoot, assistant recording secretary; Daniel Freeman, treasurer; W. H. Hamilton; sergeant-at-arms; Chas. H. Shorter, assistant sergeant-at-arms; Joseph H. Lee, chaplain. Board of Directors—Geo. L. Walton, chairman; W. E. L. Sanford, vice chairman; Harry A. Goodrich, Arthur F. Boston, Wm. H. Johnson, Elton H. Jackson, Dr. E. D. Williston, Clarence O. Lewis, Joseph E. Washington. FALLS CHURCH NOTES. The Preachers' and Deacons' Union was held Saturday and Sunday, November 29th and 30th at the Second Baptist Church, all sessions were well attended. Meals were served in the basement of the church by the Mothers' Progressive Council. A repetition of the Old Folks' Concert was held at the Second Baptist Church Friday night, given under the auspices of the Mothers' Progressive Council. The concerts on both occasions have been a success. Miss Florence Baker, of Round Hill, Va., who has been the guest of Rev. and Mrs. George W. Powell for six weeks, has returned home. Mr. James Lee, who has been with us all Fall, left recently for Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. William Lee had as her guest Thursday, Mrs. Johnsp, mother of Miss Hazel Johnson, and Miss Essie Tyree, of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Chester Tinner, who has been sick is now convalescing. Mrs. Lillie Lee, of Washington, D. C., was in town Friday on business. The many friends of Mr. Amos Marshall are sorry to hear of his continued illness and wish him a speedy recovery. The funeral of Mr. Eli Blackwell, an aged resident of Merrifield, Va., was held at the Second Baptist Church Saturday. A large number of his friends attended. Rev. G. W. Powell and Rev. A. J. Askew officiated HALL'S HILL. Sunday morning opened up us with heavy clouds and rain, which continued until late in the afternoon Yet the Sunday School was not hindered altogether, the children gathered being stimulated with the preparation for their Christmas exercises. The service was very profitable to that end. The night service was very well attended. Rev. Dr. Howard preached a very excellent sermon The audience were inspired to a higher standard of Christian living. Sunday school will close up for the holidays with a grand concert, and expect a very jubilant entertainment. The Improvement League is proving to be very helpful, as it brings the parents in close contact with teacher and pupil, thus forming a connecting link, as in unison there is strength. Prof. Baltimore, the principal, with his very efficient assistants, Miss Beatrice Thomas and Miss Emma Holmes, is largely supported in their plans to bring about the proper standard of civilization in an educational way and trying to adjust whatever comes in the line of school duties. We are glad to report Mrs. Sarah Morgan, Mr. Wm. Hungerford, Mrs. Nannie Gillam, all in a very improved condition under treatment of Dr. E T. Morten. Mrs. Mary Moten a few days ago was admitted to the Freedman's Hospital to be operated on for tumor. We pray for her successful treatment. The good people of Langley, Va., gave the pastor, Rev. C. E. Queene, a grand surprise last Wednesday. There was a light fall of snow here Sunday night. VIENNA NEWS NOTES VIENNA NEWS NOTES. Although the weather for Sunday, December 7, was very adverse, there was a full congregation in attendance for the day at First Baptist Church here. The pastor, Rev. Joseph Matthews, was in his place, and conducted the services of the day through baptism, communion and funeral. The revival which had been in progress for quite a month gave nine candidates for baptism. At about 3:30 o'clock P. M., the funeral of Elsie Jackson, aged 15 years, 11 months and 5 days, at date of death Friday, December 5th, was held at this church. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. Lyfus Jackson, Jr., and was a faithful Sunday school and day school pupil. It was Tuesday, December 2, when her father and aunts were summoned to her bedside, when she told them her mother had called for her and she was ready to go. Her death took place after a long illness. The Sunday school sang three beautiful hymns, and Orrie Williams, a friend of Elsie's, sang quite feelingly "Jesus is Mine" Rev. Mathews was assisted by Rev. Taylor in this funeral service, both delivering forceful words on this solemn occasion. "God had a band in heaven, That was not complete; So he called our dear daughter, To fill the vacant seat." This by her parents and sisters. Allen Endeavorers The Allen Christian Endeavor Society met at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church last Sunday evening, November 30, and listened to a very excellent missionary program. Miss H. J Ball was leader for the evening, and also acted as mistress of ceremonies. After opening with a song service, the members participated in sentence prayers, and then the following well prepared program was rendered Many of the numbers were deserving of high comment. Song—Audience. Address—Mrs. Ford L. Mitchell, of First Baptist Church. Vocal Duet—Miss Alberta Williams and Mrs. A. Brooks Address on "Home Missions"—Rev. Lee. of Asbury Park, Md. Vocal Solo—Miss Ollie Wells. Remarks by the President—Miss Anna Payne. Installation of officers by the Junior Mite Missionary Society by Dr. I. N. Ross, with Miss Mahoney as president. Announcements for the coming week. Mizpah. The topic for the evening was "Home Missions," Deut: 8:11-20 and all of the speakers dwelt at length upon the need for more work at home in the missionary field. Next Sunday is Consecration Meeting and everyone is cordially invited to be present and take part in the exercises at that time. MERRIFIELD NOTES Miss Lucy Coates and her daughter, Miss Lucile, spent Thanksgiving visiting relatives and friends of this place. Mrs. Luckett, Mrs. Nancy. Williams and Mr. Lomax have returned from Philadelphia, where they attended the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mrs. Luckett's daughter. Mr. W. H. Parker and family, of Manassas, Va., have moved to this place. We welcome you to our neighborhood and wish you much success. Mr. Joshua Ball is visiting relatives in St. Asaph, Va. Mr. LaFayette Bradley has gone to Washington to spend the winter. Mrs. Robert Tavlor had as her guest on Sunday, Mrs. Cox, of Alexandria, Va. Mrs. J. F. Harper visited her sister, Miss M. E Bradley and Miss Patterson, of Washington, Saturday. Nov. 29. The public school of this place is progressing nicely. It has an enrollment of 56. Mrs. Robert Bradley spent Thanksgiving with her daughter, Mrs.er, at Falls Church. Mr. Eli well, one of the best and most highly respected this place departed this lifenesday evening, December, o'clock, P. He leaves a sons and our daughters grandchildren and a host of mourn their loss His fur held from the Second Baptist at Fans Church, Va., Re V Powell, assisted by Rev isiciating. Sunday being the first Sun Askew held communion so the First Baptist Church Mrs. Sarah land leaves for Philadelphia, where she can spend a few days visiting relatives and friends The Parent's Teachers' Association met in Miner Hall Friday night. Quite a large number of parents responded to the invitation, and showed a keen interest in the work of the school. Highly complimentary remarks were made of the discipline in and about the school, and the superior training along all lines. Miss Wood, of the M Street High School, read a very interesting paper on "Ideals." It was thoughtful; prepared. She was highly commended Helpful remarks were made by Mr J. C. Nalle; supervising principal, roth Division; Mrs Caroline Harris, and Dr Creed Childs, and Miss W. Mason. Dr. Alexander Coleman resited "Ingersoll's Oration at the Tomb of Napoleon." His rendition was great. Dr. Coleman is one of our most progressive and promising young men. Miss K. U. Alexander, principal, and her corps of teachers are doing splendid work in that vicinity, and the parents were loud in their praise of conditions and the influence of the school room that had found its way in the homes. Officers for the year were elected as follows: as follows: Prof. J. C. Calloway, president; Mrs. Judson Lyons, vice-president; Prof. Charles Thomas, secretary; Mrs. Emma Muse, Treasurer; Dr. E. E. Ricks, chaplain. At the close of the meeting light refreshments were served by the teachers and pupils. The evening was not only pleasantly but profitably spent. Jesse Powell. Mr. Jesse Powell, the expert wreath maker and decorator, is with Mr. F. H. Kramer, the greatest florist in this country. Mr. Kramer grows his own flowers and he has the credit of producing the most valuable roses in the United States. His most fa- PETER H. mous rose is Queen Beatrice, which took the prize in New York. Mr. Powell is known by every citizen of note in this city, as the right hand man of this famous florist, who has no equals in the country. If you want to see an expert in making wreaths and other funeral designs, Call at Kramer's the florist, 916 F Street Northwest NEGRO CHURCH ORATOR. Honor Conferred at Håvard Senior Class Election. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 10.—Alexander L. Jackson, Harvard's speedy Negro hurdler, shattered all university records along scholastic lines today by being chosen at the senior class elections to act as orator at the Harvard class day exercises next June. Jackson comes from Englewood, N. J. Dr. Smith's drug stores. Fourth and Elm Street, is where you may get fresh drugs and prescriptions compounded by a first-class registered pharmacist. CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR. Mme. C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower For sale at the branch office 1123 First Street Northwest. Dec. 13 tf PHONE, Main 4471. HIRSH'S SHOE STORES SHOE DESIGENRS AND BUILDERS, 1026-1028 7TH ST. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. Phone, Main 773. J. H. BUSCHER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Choice Beef, Lamb and Veal 539, 549, 541 Center Market, Ninth Street Wing Corned Beef a Specialty. Manufacturing Jeweler and Dealer in Catholic Supplies. 725 Seventh Street N. W., between G and H. Established 1880 Telephone Main We are entering upon another Christmas Season, full of determination to achieve greater success than ever before—full of determination to serve our old as well as new customers better than ever before, and determined to place our goods before the Public at the lowest possible profit consistent with good workmanship. You will be pleased with our Christmas line. It contains many new items—designs that are absolutely new, entirely different from lines offered by you by other Jewelers, and every article exactly as represented, backed by a reputation of thirty-one years' honest trading. Select your Christmas Presents now, and have them delivered when wanted. Experienced and polite clerks to attend to your wants, all of which will receive prompt attention...Promptness means a whole lot, especially at the busy season of Christmas. Put Your Money in Diamonds—No Better Investment Today DIAMONDS mean money, and the best kind of money, for they are constantly increasing in value. Why waste valuable time experimenting with Diamonds, when without trouble or loss of time you can secure from us the best goods—class for class—obtainable anywhere. This is a question of fact, not a theory or assertion. Examine the various grades of Diamonds we carry in stock, and be convinced that we stand without a peer among our competitors. Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150.00. We have Ladies' Handsome Diamond Rings, set in Tiffany Mounting, which we are selling at $30.00. This will make an appropriate present for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. We Have Been Manufacturers of Wedding Rings for 30 Years. All Sizes and Styles in Stock. We would suggest the Tiffany plain Ring. The latest style. COLONIAL WINE COMPANY Corner Ninth and D Streets Northwest Phone, Main 2188 Washington, D. C. SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFERINGS No. 1. I Qt. Keyport Whiskey.....$1.75 I Qt. XX Port Wine.....-35 I Qt. XX Sherry Wine.....-35 I Qt. XX Muscatel Wine.....-35 $1.80 Special Price, $1.60. No. 2. I Qt. Log Cabin Whiskey.....$ .90 I Qt. XXX Port Wine.....-50 I Qt. XXX Sherry Wine.....-50 I Qt. XXX Angelica .....-50 $2.40 Special Price, $2.15. No. 3. I Qt. Silver Wedding Whiskey.....$1.00 I Qt. Jamaica or New England Rum.....-75 I Qt. Barton Sherry Wine.....-75 I Qt. Catawba XX .....-35 $2.85 Special Price, $2.50 No. 4. I Qt. Silver Wedding Whiskey.....$1.00 I Qt. Barton Port Wine.....-75 I Qt. Barton Sherry Wine.....-75 I Qt. Best Tokay .....-75 $3.25 Special Price, $2.90. No. 5. I Qt. G. A. L. Whiskey.....$1.25 I Qt. Jamaica or New England Rum.....1.00 I Qt. XXX Brandy .....1.00 I Qt. Barton Port Wine .....75 $4.00 Special Price, $3.50. No. 6. I Qt. Colonial Cabinet Whiskey.....$1.50 I Qt. Imported Sherry Wine .....1.00 I Qt. Gold Seal Champagne.....1.25 I Qt. Crescent Brand Cocktails .....1.00 I Bottle Cherries .....25 $5.00 Special Price, $4.25. COLONIAL WINE COMPANY Headquarters for BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE and COFFEE. We roast your coffee every day. Try it—25 cents a pound. 916 Louisiana Ave. N. W. Fresh Tripe and All Kind of Pork Products. Chitterlings Fresh Every Day. The best place to purchase all kinds of well seasoned pork products. Why do we buy such immense quantities? Well, there's a fine chance to sell and make a profit, and so it goes. When we talk of slightly used overcoats at $3 to $10 they are here and worth the cash. Same applies to new pants, $1.50 to $3, and they are selling, and that's the main thing. One price. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. 610 D. M. HENNESSY. 316 Ninth Street Northeast. This is one of the best places in the city to purchase your holiday wines and liquors. Hennessy has everything first-class. First-class meals three times daily. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. 316 Ninth St. Northeast. THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT & DELICATESSEN CO., A. H. Underdown, Manager, 1226 You Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. Phone, North 864. Estimates for serving Weddings, Receptions, Dinner.and Tea Parties cheerfully given. Dainty China, Silverware, Glassware, Tables and Chairs for rent. A. D. POWELI Having purchased the business of Mr. James Winslow, I am now prepared to supply his former patrons and the public in general with best grades of Coal and Wood, and at moderate prices. Prompt and reliable service can always be assured, and a trial order is invited. Phone North 413. Fresh Fish and Oysters. Adjoining the Coal Office has also been opened a stand, where the public can secure fresh fish and oysters. Our oysters are shucked daily on the premises and can be obtained by the pint, quart or gallon. Special attention given to supplying oysters for church festivals, banquets, etc. Family trade a specialty. Remember the Location. Remember the Location 1200 R Street N. W. Phone, N. 413. CHAS. H. JAVINS & SONS Dealers in Fresh Fish, Oysters, Terrapin, Poultry, Game, Etc. Center Market, B St. Wing. Oyster House, 930 C St. N. W. Phone: Main 4480. COST OF LIVING IS UP TO CONGRESS McKellar's Bill Strikes at Cold Storage Combine. PROVIDES NEAVY PENALTIES Tennessee Representative's Measure Has Backing of Attorney General and Secretary of Agriculture Houston. Limits Time In Which Food Products May Be Kept In Storage. Washington.--Representative McKellar of Tennessee introduced a bill in the house designed to prohibit all cold storage manipulation of food products and prices. Mr. McKellar has had several conferences with Attorney General McReynolds and with Secretary of Agriculture Houston, and his measure is understood to have the backing of these officials. Mr. McKellar's bill would protect the public against being sold stale products by provisions that all goods in hurs storage must be so tagged as to show the date of production or manufacture and the length of time held in storage. Drastic anti-trust provisions are included in the measure, providing extreme penalties for agreements by which it is sought to fix buying or selling prices or by which territory is divided among the big dealers. This section is aimed particularly at the meat trust, which controls not only the meat industry, but the egg market as well. It is provided that daily reports shall be made by packers and storage houses to the government, showing stock on hand, receipts and deliveries. The bill contains maximum penalties of $10,000 fines and ten years' imprisonment. These periods are provided in the bill in which food products may be kept in storage: Beef or its products, seven months; veal or its products, two months; pork and pork products, four months; sheep or goats, four months; lamb or kids, three months; poultry and game, three months; fish, two months; butter, three months. One provision which, it is believed, will protect the public against the purchase of bad eggs and will force the price down is that fixing the storage limit on eggs at three months. It is provided, however, that eggs may be stored for six months and placed on the market after they have been labelled as "seconds." It is the contention of Mr. McKellar that it has been a common practice to remove food products from storage during holiday seasons and then return them to storage if they are not sold. The bill specifically prohibits the return of any goods to storage after they have once been withdrawn without reference to the time they have been in storage. It is provided also that goods frozen in storage must be sold in a frozen condition. GOT LICENSE YEAR AHEAD. Flance Was Too Hasty, and Girl Breaks Engagement. Denver.—Robert Talbot, a student at the University of Denver, obtained a marriage license to wed Edith Chaunell Twitchell one year from now, but his brother, Charles Talbot, a Denver attorney, canceled the license. Young Talbot is prostrated. The action of his brother in having the license canceled is thought to have grown out of the publicity given the wedding preparations one year before the ceremony was to be performed. "There is no engagement," said Miss Twitchell. "Our engagement was to have been announced just before our marriage." Suit Ends When Hog Dies. Jonesboro. Ark. After a jury in the circuit court had driven twenty-five miles to determine the marks on a hog's ear and settle a suit between Dan Keller and Joe Simmons they found the animal dead. The court made the farmers shake hands and agree to be friends. They had quarrelled five years over the ownership of the hog, which finally died of old age. HAS ALL HER TEETH AT 72. Michigan Woman's Set Perfect but For Three Small Fillings. Battle Creek, Mich.—A woman seventy-two years old with all her own teeth and only three tiny fillings is the discovery made at an institution here. The woman is Miss Helen Simons, a Lansing schoolteacher. A physician made the discovery a few days ago when he was lecturing. He took occasion to state that few people over fifty had all their own teeth. He then asked all in the audience who were over fifty and retained all their own teeth to raise their right hands. Miss Simons was the only one. The incident was so unusual that she was examined by a number of dentists. They pronounced her teeth unusually good. The three small fillings in her teeth were put in more as a preventive than because her teeth were decayed. She says they were slightly discolored, and, although there was no sign of decay, she took the dentist's advice and had them filled. Miss Simons is the daughter of Ammon Simons, one of the pioneer settlers of Laming. She is also a sister of the late B. F. Simons of that city. FIRST SEES FLAG AT 24. Thinks It Copy-of a Cattle Brand and Likes the Idea. Denver.—"Big Hank," as he introduced himself to a policeman, an ungainly youth of twenty-four, who had spent his boyhood on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, had never seen an American flag until he came to Denver to attend a turnfest. The national emblem draped over the welcome arch attracted his attention as he walked along Broadway. "I see," he said wonderingly to the patrolman. "It's a sort of a brand like they put on cows. "That's a right bright idea, now, ain't it?" he added as he turned away to watch a popcorn popper, which also was a "brilliant invention" to him. DIGS FOR BAIT, FINDS GOLD. Timberman Now Seeking Capital to Develop His Claim. Troy, Mont.-An unusually rich discovery of free milling gold was made recently on the Yakt river, seven miles east of Troy, by Frederick Stevens, a timberman, who has gone to Des Moines, Ia., to enlist capital in developing the claim he located before coming out. The discovery was the result of accident, the gold bearing quartz having been unearthed while Stevens was digging in the rocks along the river for fish bait. The ore also carries fair values in ruby silver. 20-YEAR-OLD YOUTH A BANK PRESIDENT Young Moody In Full Charge of Galveston Institution. Galveston, Tex.—Barely twenty years of age, W. L. Moody 3d has been elected president of the American Bank and Trust company of Galveston. He is said to be the youngest bank president in the United States. Despite his youth, he is no novice in the banking business, and he is directing the affairs of his bank like a veteran. It is a state bank, with a capital of $50,000. It was organized several months ago, with W. L. Moody 2d as president and his son as vice president. The senior Moody resigned recently and the son was elected to the place. His disability as a minor was removed by law last year. He is conducting the business on his own initiative and is using his own discretion entirely in making loans and investments. He is respected among Galveston and south Texas business men for his keen business insight. Young Moody comes of a family of bankers, his grandfather, W. L. Moody, being president of one of the oldest banks in the state, and his father president of the City National bank of Galveston. RELEASED AFTER 40 YEARS. Sent to the Penitentiary When 27, Faces New Life at 67. San Quentin, Cal.—Having spent more than forty years of sixty-seven years of his life in San Quentin and Folsom prisons, Uncle Six, who says he was born a burglar, walked out of the penitentiary a free man, having been paroled by the state board of prison directors. Uncle Six says he will start life all over again and endeavor to make a man of blimself. Uncle Six was sent up from San Francisco for burglary. Convict Makes Bogus Coin. Nashville, Tenn.-That a convict in the Tennessee state prison has been engaged in counterfeiting operations was discovered when the prison authorities found the remainder of plaster of paris molds for small coins in the cell of Sam Howerton, serving a sentence for murder. The authorities began their search on information furnished by another convict. Howerton, it is said, melted the metal by means of a wire attached to an electric light in its cell. National Religious Training Schoo THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL 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, Donconesses, and for Home and Foreign Missionaries. 2. Department of Theology. 3. Commercial Department. 4. Literary Department. 5. Department of Music. STUDENTS BURN HISTORIES. Indignant Georgians Destroy Copies as Band Plays "Dixie." Waleska, Ga.-With the band playing "Dixie" the students Reinhardt college, numbering nearly 400, gathered on the campus and made a bonfire of every copy of a history of the United States which had been prescribed in the curriculum. The book was prepared by a northern historian, and the students allege that the writer is unfair to the south and unduly partial to the north, especially in dealing with the civil war. In the history Harriet Beecher Stowe is praised and Jefferson Davis is declared to have been a man of small mental caliber and also a traitor. The character of some of the leading southern generals also is attacked. It is alleged that there are even insinuations against General Robert E. Lee. Reinhardt college is under the auspices of the Southern Methodist church. It is coeducational and is the largest educational institution in north Georgia. STRUNG UP TWENTY DAYS. Prison Warden Uses Harsh Means to Stop Drug Smuggling. Jefferson City, Mo.- Steve Willie, the St. Louis convict who underwent punishment "strung up" in the "rings" at the state penitentiary for twenty days for refusing to tell the source of whisky found in his possession, told Warden D. C. McClung before the hour when he was again to be strung up that he got the whisky from a Jackson county negro named Wright, who is serving seven years for robbery. Wright, who was a trusty, was sent to the punishment cells and strung up in the "rings" to compel him to tell where he obtained the liquor. Willie was permitted to go back to his own cell. During the past few months a large amount of heroin has been brought into the penitentiary, and Warden McClung believes a plant for smuggling drugs has been established. IDENTIFIES CRIMINALS BY FINGER PRINTS Inspector Faurot Perfects Great Weapon For Detectives. New York.-Under the direction of Inspector Joseph A. Faurot, chief of New York city's detective bureau, the finger print system of identifying criminals has been almost perfected, and in this manner identification of criminals becomes a simple matter when P. Photo by American Press Association. INSPECTOR JOSEPH A. FAUBOT. they have "records"—that, is, when they have been in the tolls on prevl 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 hat will satisfy you. Finger prints are divided into four classes, known as "loops," "arches," "awoles" and "composites." It takes an expert but an instant to classify the prints. These are all kept on file at police headquarters in large cities, and immediately after some crime is committed the detectives try to obtain the finger prints of the criminal. These are taken to the headquarters for comparison. Along with the prints there are kept descriptions of the criminals and in many instances photographs. Thus, once the print is obtained, identification becomes a simple matter if the record is on file. To bring out the prints and make the lines clear certain chemicals are used. The falnfest marks can be made to show clearly upon any object. This system was inaugurated by Inspector Faurot, and he has developed it so that it is now considered one of the best weapons in the hands of the detectives. DANCING TANGO, LOSES EYE. Man Has Sight Destroyed by Quill In Hat of His Partner. Asheville, N. 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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 19th day of November, A. D., 1914; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 19th day of November, 1913. JAMES TANNER. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. FOUNTAIN PEYTON, Attorney. In the Supreme Court of the District Columbia. Hallie Steward, Plaintiff, vs. Edward Steward et al., Defendant-No. 2228 Equity Doc 70. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the defendant, Edward Steward on the grounds of adultery with the co-defendant, Rosa Fitch. On motion of the plaintiff, it is this 3rd day of December, 1913, ordered that the defendants, Edward Steward and Rosa Fitch, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter, and the Washington Bee before said day. ASHLEY M. GOULD, Justice. A true copy—Test: J. R. Young, Clerk. By F. E. CUNNINGHAM, Assistant Clerk. NATIONAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY. Men and Women of Note Sing Its Praises—Thousands Have Confidence in It—Stands for Human Uplift. That the National Benefit Association of our city, an institution of business integrity, solid and sound purposes, is the richest, and at the same time, the standard Negro insurance company in this country, was demonstrated beyond cavil during the week of its recent national 15th anniversary celebration. This commemorative ceremonial commenced Sunday at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, where her pastor, Dr. I. N. Ross, preached a splendid sermon to the organization before a vast throng. Heretofore, a sermon to insurance men was a thing unheard of. The fact that its founders and officers have built it up from tenant of a single $5.00 per month office room in 1898 to landlord of $50 000.00 worth of paid for, improved real estate; owner of $103,500.00 in gilt edge bonds, $50,000.00 of which is deposited with the state for the permanent protection of all the policy holders (and it was the first to place on deposit, a sum equal to this amount); depositor with a cash balance of $12,000.00; a business worth $65,000.00, including a constantly enlarging plant of 50 clerks, 700 agents and 150,000 policy holders in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia—is a great work; but the dependable and trustworthy hold they have upon the affections of the people is due to their human service rendered untold thousands. JOHN H. HARRIS Like, the company itself, standing upon an upright, solid and progressive foundation, the officers in the very hour of its Thanksgiving anniversary triumph called a conference at the Home Office, of some of the ablest leaders and thinkers of the race in the nation's capital to consider and formulate plans to stimulate the commercial, industrial and business initiative, energy and enterprise of the 100,000 colored citizens of Washington. For the occasion, the interior and exterior of the building were profusely and effectively decorated with American flags and bunting, while flowers adorned every fitting place and appropriate mottoes graced the walls. One could almost imagine himself treading the congressional halls of one of the Negro republics Hayti or Liberia. The speakers for the occasion could easily measure up in ability with the representatives or any race in whatever avenue of activity. They and the subjects they discussed were as follows: "The Relation of the Church to the Business Activities of the Race." by Dr. M. W. D. Norman, Dr. J. Milton Waldron, and Rev. W. H. Dean "Self Help by Intelligent Co-operation," by Dr. C. W. Childs, Mrs. Juli Mason Layton, Mr. F. M. Murra, Rev. A Randall and Mr. A. Scurlock "The Power and Necessity of Race Organization," by Judge R. H. Terrell, Prof. Nelson E. Weatherless Hon. H. P. Slaughter, Miss Nannie H Burroughs and a host of others too numerous to mention. Excellent music was rendered by talent of the organization. They proudly pointed to the fact that the secretary of the National Benefit Association, Mr. S. W. Rutherford, with his able cohorts, officers, agents and clerks, had accomplished a most significant Thanksgiving achievement by immeasurably aiding in the emancipation of the Negro from business bondage and placing him upon the business map of the country, not only by the successful establishment of the company, a veritable monument to indominatable pluck and perseverance; but by teaching the lesson of thrift and inspiring that hope. Owing to the wide field his efforts have covered and the work he has wrought, some of the speakers stamped him our foremost financier, a leader the equal of Douglas or Langston. The practical results of the conference were: NATIONAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION BUILDING Encouragement to those willing to do; an understanding of one another; a concrete lesson in the power of getting together—organization and co-operation; increased confidence in Negro enterprises. Many good seeds were sown which are destined to spring up, ripen and materialize into those things which go to make and sustain a race. As a result of this meeting, a new movement of very great value is already in process of formation. In the banquet room which was tastefully decorated, were tables well laden with suitable delicacies that were enjoyed by all. But here by far, the greater interest centered on the birthday cake which bore the following lettering: "15th Birthday—N. B. A. 1898-1913." Around it were 15 burning candles, each a little taller than the other, below it, signifying how high the company had carried its beacon light each year and a ladder containing 15 rounds which was the cue for the entire agency force to sing "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder." Very interesting and unique souvenirs were presented to all. With the giving of the two N. B. A. slogans: "Forward! Keeping Everlastingly At It Brings SuccessF" and "Efficiency, Power and Progress Means Success," a period was placed at this portion of the great anniversary celebration of the Gibraltar of Negro Insurance Companies. One of the friends of the organization, George A. Douglas, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, Newark, N. J., wrote as follows: "It would give me great pleasure to come to Washington to meet with the men who have done such heroic work in building a Negro insurance company on a safe and sound basis. I trust that at your next 15th anniversary, you will hold the same relation to our race in integrity, financial responsibility and character as the Prudential Insurance Company holds to the white race." "The Journal of Commerce and Finance of Philadelphia," one of the leading financial magazines of the country, recently wrote a very favorable editorial with reference to the company. Time will only allow us to quote the following from that article: "Patrons of the National Benefit Association in this city, speak of it commendatorially, as an institution that does a conservative and successful business, and behind which are men of the strongest and commercial character; and this same character, in a sense, has been imparted to the Association. Philadelphiaans of all classes are slow to act; but they are able to discriminate between that which is unfair, and that which is first rate proposition, like the contract of the National Benefit Association, unexcelled in its stipulations, broad in its protection and which gives confidence to the policy holders." The National Benefit Association was largely brought to its present pinnacle of development upon the shoulders and by the efforts of its agents. While the nature of the business has not allowed the officers to pay them as much as they would like, yet there are no diligent ones among them who go hungry and ragged. Every agent is not only responsible for all he collects, but for every mark he makes. This sense of responsibility has served to teach the untaught in business methods; to make the careless careful; to broaden his views upon life by personal contact and to respect himself more as being somebody in his community. They are taught one of the surest ways of moving ahead is to acquire the canacity for self-judgment and self-reformation, etc. In the com- M. H. ARMOND W. SCOTT, ESQ. Who Delivered an Able Address Be fore 2,000 People in Baltimore, Md., Last Sunday Night. any's remarkable march of development, it has necessarily and happily imparted to budding intelligence. R. H. RUTHERFORD, Vice President. ATTORNEY A. W. SCOTT. His Great Speech in Baltimore, Md. (Special from Baltimore.) One of the largest gatherings ever witnessed in Baltimore assembled at Waters A. M. E. Church Sunday night, December 7th, upon the occasion of the Annual Memorial Service of the Monumental Lodge No. 3, Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World. The program was of a high order of excellence throughout, and the music rendered by Kerr's Orchestra deserves special comment. The church was crowded to its capacity before seven o'clock, and more than fifteen hundred people were turned away. More than two hundred and fifty members of Monumental Lodge turned out upon this occasion, and they presented a magnificent appearance, all of them being attired in full dress suits, the regulation uniform of that lodge. The orator of the evening was Armond W. Scott, Esq., of Washington, D.C., Grand Legal Adviser of the Order. He was given a great ovation, and every line of his eloquent address, received the highest commendation and praise. He treated his unique subject, "The Bright Side of Death," in a masterly manner, and his speech was often punctuated with enthusiastic outbursts of approval. After the exercises were over, Mr. Scott was tendered a reception at Gans Hotel, prepared by the members of Monumental Lodge, and it was indeed a royal affair. Owing to lack of space, The Bee regrets that it is unable to publish the entire speech delivered by Lawyer Scott upon this occasion, but the following is a short extract of the same: Members of the Monumental Master of Ceremonies, Officers and Lodge No. 3, Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World, Ladies and Gentlemen: I have been indeed highly honored, and am deeply grateful to you for the privilege of being invited to address you upon this most solemn occasion. We have assembled here tonight, in accordance with Section Fifteen, Article Eleven, of the Grand Lodge Constitution, which provides that the first Sunday in December of each year, shall be observed by all subordinate lodges within the Grand Jurisdiction as the day for Memorial Services. There is no more important or appropriate provision to be found in all the laws governing our splendid Order. Says Holy writ: "In the midst of life, we are in death." It is therefore highly fitting that we should assemble once a year, and pay tribute to our departed dead. While it is appropriate and fitting that we assemble from time to time, to pay tribute to the memory of those of our Order who have gone to that land from which no traveler has ever returned; yet this occasion also suggests to us, the terrible responsibilities which rest upon the living. Death to the upright man, to the man who believes in the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments, no longer has its terrors. It serves as a stimulus to him, to so prepare himself, and to so live, that the world might be made the better by his having lived in it; and that his soul might be the better prepared for the joys and rewards of immortality. Sir Matthew Hale has most beautifully expressed this thought in the following lines: "A wise and due consideration of our latter end, has neither to render us sad, melancholy, disconsolate, or unfit for the business and offices of life; but-to make us more watchful, vigilant, industrious, sober, cheerful and thankful to that God, who hath been pleased thus to make us serviceable to him, comfortable to ourselves; and after all this, to take away the bitterness and sting of death, through Jesus Christ our Lord." Let us also be mindful that while it is fitting and appropriate to place flowers upon the graves of our departed loved ones, yet let us also do --- 40 SELECT Ga ifornia WINES XANDER'S 900 7th The Hair Dressing of quality and merit. 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