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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 JAMES RROTHERS Up-to-Date Funeral Directors—Men Who Have Made a Record and Ever Comfort: Those Who Mourn for Loved Ones—Their New Building—Well Fitted-up Office—Their Embalming Room — Undertakers and Embalmers, Cor. 19th and L Streets Northwest. · When you stand at the open grave, and see all that is mortal of your beloved one deposited in mother earth, your whole being revolts. Why not let us help you bear the burden of depression by our up-to-date methods of handling the funeral arrangements of your loved ones. The house of E. R. James & Brother is synonymous with the best inservice, equality, effectiveness, and honest dealing. When we have finished a job, we have done the best that we know how. Our house carries no cheap shoddy goods, but our store rooms are packed with the finest and best goods that money can buy. 5 me years ago we felt the crying need of a modern undertaking establishment for the caring of the dead of our people, and we stepped into the breach and furnished it. The public is invited to call and inspect our modern establishment at the Southeast corner of Nineteenth and L Streets Northwest, and see our up-to-date methods of caring for your loved ones. THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT Nineteenth and L Streets Northwest, in the United States. The Arch Street, This City. ABLISHMENT OF THE BASE eets Northwest. It is the Best tes. The Architect was Mr. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a building with a sloped roof and a chimney. The building is surrounded by a grassy area. THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JAMES BROTHERS. Nineteenth and L Streets Northwest. It is the Best Constructed Building in the United States. The Architect was Mr. Isiah Hutton, 506 Fifth Street, This City. ```markdown ``` EMBALMING ROOM A Most Mod ern Structure. The building was erected at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars, and is constructed of grey tapestry brick, laid in cement, and is heated by steam and lighted with electricity throughout. There is a spacious well kept lawn thirty by one hundred feet, affording plenty of light and ventilation. The entire building was constructed by the colored race. Upon entering the spacious hall, one cannot but be impressed with the grandeur of the establishment with its solid oak trimmings and polished floors. The ladies' reception room to the left of the lobby is fitted with handsome Oriental rugs and beautiful quartered oak furniture, and it serves a convenience to ladies, who do not like the cold business fittings of the general office. The office is fitted with the most improved appliances necessary for conducting a first-class business, and the method of filing the records of deaths is most up-to-date. The office is well lighted by a large window, facing 19th street, and one can get a direct view of L street west. Next the office is the chapel, a work of beauty seating one hundred and ten persons, and furnished with beautiful solid oak pews, made by colored boys at an Orphan's School in Tennessee. There is also an altar of beautiful white oak, The Building. The Office [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. with a handsome purple velvet cover trimmed with silver fringe and embroidery. The lighting effect is marvelous, and one cannot but admire the them to their homes. The Embalming Room. Next is the embalming room of concrete and enamel tile with sanitary instrument tables and brass sewers. Upon the shelves will be seen every- thing necessary for the sanitary handling and caring for the dead. embalming fluids that can be obtained, and all of our fluids are subjected to our private test for efficiency be fore used in our establishment. Why OF THE JAMES BROTHERS. It is the Best Constructed Building itect was Mr. Isiah Hatton, 506 Fifth six beautiful stained glass windows with their seventy two hidden electric lights and center electrolier, with seven amber drop lights. The floor is covered with a beautiful Oriental carpet, lending a harmonious and pleasing effect, and one must feel at home with their dead when resting here. There is also a handsome mahogany piano and a liberal supply of hymn books and Bibles for use at the services within the chapel. Why will you have your beloved dead kept in an unclean, miserable uncomfortable and badly adapted place, when you may have the use of our chapel without any extra cost. When your home is inconvenient for a funeral, or there is a desire to have absolute privacy, we can assure you that at our establishment. If the circumstances are such that the funeral must be held at the undertaker's place, then we have the place for it. Why will you suffer your relatives and friends to be crowded within a small unsanitary and badly ventilated room within a dwelling house or store which is commonly called an "Undertaker's' Establishment," when you can have the use of a modern and up-to-date place for the same money. Comfortable pews, piano, Bibles, hymn books, electric lights, steam heat, carpeted floors and we send for your friends and relatives and convey them here and return The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photograph with a blurred background. There are no discernible features or text that can be clearly identified. THE OFFICE AND ENTRANCE ROOM Entrance to Chapel Entrance Hall and Reception Room. Unique and Handsome. THE DISPLAY ROOM Where All Modern Caskets are on Exhibition. A Costly Display Room. them to their homes. The Embalming Room. Next is the embalming room of concrete and enamel tile with sanitary drainage and porcelain furniture. Note the modern embalming table of white porcelain, plate glass shelves and towel racks, white porcelain in- [Image of a woman with a headband and a necklace, looking slightly to the side.] strument tables and brass sewers. Upon the shelves will be seen everything necessary for the sanitary handling and caring for the dead. Every precaution is taken to insure the proper sanitary effect and the embalming is guaranteed to preserve the remains indefinitely. We use the best embalming fluids that can be obtained, and all of our fluids are subjected to our private test for efficiency before used in our establishment. Why Where Funeral Services are Held. THE CHAPEL Services are Held. It is no Doubt the Me in this Country. The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text or graphics. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a room with a window, a desk, and some furniture. Due to the low resolution, no text can be clearly read. THE CHAPEL Where Funeral Services are Held. It is no Doubt the Most Complete in this Country. ONE OF THE THREE STOCK ROOMS take the chance of having the disgusting aspect of an unsightly body, or bodies, embalmed to keep just for two or three days. We will assure you that our embalming will preserve the life-like features of your loved one for an indefinite period. A grand stairway from the ladies' reception room carries one to the large casket display room, where one can feast their eyes upon masterpieces of the casket maker's art. We wish particularly to impress on you the importance of actually seeing the designs shown here, and we are confident that you will appreciate our efforts to suit your taste. The constant elaboration of ideas advanced by our many friends and patrons has of necessity, demanded many new designs, which we beg to offer. We have endeavored, in the arrangement of designs, to most conveniently place them before you, by showing them consecutively, in proportion to the value of each, beginning from the lowest priced coffin and continuing with the best qualities and designs to the most elaborate designed and carved Circassian walnut, hand polished casket. We ask your consideration of the additional benefit derived from using our show rooms. See our quartered oaks, crotch mahogany, forest green oaks, second growth chestnuts, imported broad cloths, grey and purple silk plushes, and ashes of roses, pink, white and blue embossed plush- es. Drop side and raised lid couch caskets, with tufted, shirred and draped interiors. Oak and chestnut copper bound shipping cases and unpretentious designs that will appeal to the most critical taste. When your loved one passes away and we are called in to prepare the remains, we send our liveried team to your home and convey your and your friends to our show rooms, where you can see what-you are paying for. Catalogs and photographs can deceive, but you can believe your eyes. This service costs you absolutely nothing. We are aiming to satisfy you, and we will satisfy you. Next is the store room and display room, for burial robes, dresses and linings, where we have at least one hundred styles to select from. See the beautiful silks, satins, chiffons, and bosco silk dresses and waists. See the handsome silk and satin linings for caskets, and made to match the dresses and burial robes. Masterpieces are here displayed, from the simplest waist to the most elaborate draped gown with imported Irish lace trimmings. We also have burial shoes and slippers to match gowns. We also have a first-class dressmaker in our employ, who will make and design burial robes and gowns to your order. We carry a full line of gentlemen's burial suits in all colors and styles. We have in our store rooms yards of the finest linings that can be purchased, and our caskets are all trimmed and finished with the lining CHAPEL It is no Doubt the Most Complete, Country. and pillow to match same. How often have you seen a casket lined without the pillow, giving the body an unrestful appearance. Upon our shelves one can see hundreds of boxes of silver handles and casket trimmings. Massive, silver, bronze, copper, brass and French gray extension bar handles, and name plates de luxe to match, lending a stately and rich appearance to the casket. We use no cheap ginger bread tin ornaments upon our cases. Next the store rooms are the employee's rooms. See their modern bath and reading room neatly furnished and kept. Note the absence of things that tend to demoralize them and depreciate their value as efficient employees. We have a corps of able assistants to help us manage our business, and all new employees must withstand a rigid test before employed here. We have all experienced and high-class help, and must be clean and sober at all times. There is no place in our establishment for an insibber in intoxicants, and you are spared this disgusting spectacle. How often have you seen the intoxicated funeral director or his assistant handling the remains of departed ones. What a sacrilege? We absolutely do not allow intoxicants of any nature upon our premises. Continued on the eighth page. THE CURSE OF SLAVERY THE UNITED STATES To the Editors of The Bee: The hidiosity of the slavery of the African in the United States, is one of the most vilest reflections which is pictured in my thoughts and imagination, when considering all questions pertaining to the present attitude of the colored persons as members of this great family of Americans in this generation of ours. Yes, when considering that phase of our American question, civilization? and Christianity? is in reality a missioner. If this is not true I can not for the life of me see the just human reasons and why that, that portion of our citizens, termed by some persons as Negroes, can be any less an American citizen than any of the other races of people constituting its vast and varied population, and who, excepting this supposed Negro are seriously considered Americans. Slavety, with all of its injustices (the monster) so hideously vile and servile propagated all of this. Then why should I, or any other person, or persons of color, honor and respect any such a day some person's call 'emancipation' day? Honor and respect for being "emancipated" from that which was so cruel, so inhuman, so vicious; in fact, so repugnant to all that which the white race teaches as civilization and Christianity? Never! It is an impossibility for those very reasons it seems to me, and it should seem so to any fair thinking person to be all to the contrary. Since it is true that it was the white race—in an outrageous wrong, such an outrageous offense against Christianity, humanity, education and civilization, it should be that race of people—the white people—and not their victims—the supposed Negro—who should celebrate that day they call "emancipation day." Yes, the white race in the United States are the ones who should, if they really and honestly believe there is a true and just God, a true Christ, a heaven and a hell—ever honor the day God emancipated them from the day God conduct towards their fellowman, termed as Negroes. Yes, let those who committed the sins against us—if there is such a thing as sins—forever and ever beg forgiveness unto their God for the crimes committed. Not me, nor should it be the race I partly belong to—the African. The injustice of it all makes the differences as to who should, or should not ask, or heg God for forgiveness. Surely it cannot be the colored persons of this or any other generations past or yet to come. Yes, why should colored persons of this country be less an American citizen and be a Negro in the United States? Why should we be less than any of the other races constituting this vast and varied population whom there are unknown millions seriously considered an American, simply by a court circuit courts issuing a piece of paper so declaring them as such? What a travesty upon facts! We cannot be Americans and Negroes in America. We must be either one or the other. We cannot, be both! An American is an American, and he cannot be—excepting in theory, and prejudice—a Negro and an American at the same time. Two hundred and 94-5 years of an ancestral residence in a country—be that, ancestral, be that of a part period of an injust, cruel, and unchristian human slavery or not—it is sufficient stay, for any race of person or people in the United States, or any other country for that matter, to have obliterated their former, or prior nationality. So thus I consider the millions of us who are so situated, strictly citizens of this great American metropolis, and not as Negroes—America cannot produce any such a thing, some calls a Negro. As an example: Take all other nationalities who came at or during that period of the importation of the African in the United States in 204 or 5 years ago, their ancestry have lost or the time has completely obliterated their former or prior, nationality. Those many millions to-day knows not, and cares not to know, any thing else but to know, that they are simply and solely American citizens, nothing more, nor nothing less. They are white, of course, and we are of a different hey; that cuts no real figure. They do not call themselves Caucasian Americans. Then why should I or any other person of color be a Negro? I know that I and I'we are not caucasians wholly or partly of the white race; but, why any of the descendants of the African race—after these many years of an actual ancestral residency in this country—be a Negro or a Negro-American? Or any other prefix to his or my nationalism as an American citizen? Why should we have to be designated as American citizens "Negroas?" Did not our forefathers "slaves" or otherwise, earn before the time of Crispus Attucks, who on March 5th, 1770, lead the American attack against the British—which caused, the Boston massacre—proved their worthiness to just treatment as humans? Of course they did. Let us repeat: Long as in freedom's cause the wise contends, Dear to your country shall your fame extend, While to the world the lettered stone shall tell Where Caldwell, Attucks, Gray and Maverick fell What a priceless heritage. But since the time when the above verse, mentioning Attucks' fame, was written, what have not the descendants of the Africans done as tars aboard of our fighting ships, and also as warriors on many a blood-soaked battlefield on which "Old Glory" proudly waved? Then why it is! In the name of God, I ask; the citizens of color ask—in a land of christianity and patriotism, we are still burdened with the curses of Negroism? That being the case, we ask ourselves, what is "Christianity"? What is this thing we call patriotism—American Patriotism? What is really meant by civilization and education? If all of these, according to the treatment given us colored persons by Wood- row Wilson, the Christian preacher and educated President, and others as pronounced as he on civilization, Christianity and education—is not for the white man, the cesspools of prejudice, educated Christian civilization prejudice, then why is it: Many a nationality whose ancestors did not give any of the bloody sacrifices so freely given by the descendants of the Africans, can be considered as bonified Americans, and we, with all our race have done, simply because of the color of our skin, must, it appears to me, forever stand to be kicked and buffeted; all because of this Negroism. Let us learn to damn it. With this burden of an unreasonable prefix to us as citizens of this country, the white man is not all responsible for it. It is fair to suppose and I dare venture to say that a great deal of all of this Negroism is self-race, self-inflicted. That is to say that the colored citizen himself is much to blame for contributing his full share of our present Negroism. For this one grave reason in particular: In 1883 at Chicago, or elsewhere, one of the gravest errors committed was by that council of colored men composed of such men as blank ... who met for the purpose of choosing the most appropriate name or term to be applied to call, or distinguish the descendants of the Africans, or part descendants of the Africans, as citizens in the United States. Some of the delegates or leaders, or representatives, favored the term "Afro-American," some favored the term "Colored Americans," some "Colored Citizens," some "Negro-Americans," and some I think justly too, the majority favored the damn word "Negro," spelled with a small (n) at that, and Negro you have with an approved vengeance at the end of it too. Slavery, I say, the monster, so hideously vile and survivile, propagated all of this, even into some of our most broad, most liberal minded colored men, of which shame only prevents me using their names in connection with this piece of paper. Think, Colored Men! Think! P. L. CARMOUCHE. Detroit, Mich. (To be Continued.) NAVY TO MAKE UNIFORMS. Daniels Plans to Establish Tailoring Outfit at Charleston Yard. Washington. In line with his policy of utilizing navy stations and yards in the south, where large expenditures have been made for buildings, Secretary Daniels has decided to establish at the Charleston navy yard a manufacturing plant for the production of such parts of marine and naval militia uniforms that can be economically made there. The secretary has made a thorough investigation of the cost of making such articles on contract or in the open market and finds that the government can effect a large saving by doing the work itself. Labor conditions and the proximity to southern cotton mills promise more than ordinary economy in a plant at Charleston, and the money is available to install the machinery required. The plan accords with the secretary's determination to ask congress for as little money as possible for buildings at navy yards and shore stations. Mr. Daniels said that the new shops at Charleston would not curtail operations in the shops at New York or Philadelphia. SLOT MACHINES BEMAIN. Can't Prevent Sale of Stamps at More Than Their Value. Washington.-The postoffice department has no authority to discontinue the sale of postage stamps through slot machines maintained in hotel lobbies, drug stores, newstands or other places of business. This was the decision reached by the postmaster general after receiving complaints against the sale of stamps in this manner. The machines sell four one-cent or two two-cent stamps for a nickel, making a profit to the merchant of a cent on each transaction. Many indignant citizens wrote to the postoffice. department denouncing this as extortion. Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery said that while there is 'a law prohibiting the sale of stamps at more than their face value it applies only to postmasters and their employees, and the government has no jurisdiction over stamp vending machines located elsewhere than on postoffice premises. CHILD HAD NO BRAIN. Lived to Age of_Four Years Without That Organ. Berlin.—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. Furtest 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. CONSIDER THE FIELD LILIES Significance of the Great Teacher's Parabolic Discourse. THE MASTER INTERPRETED. Lessons From the Sparrows—Lessons From the Lilies—Lessons of Divine, Providential Care—Lessons For the World—Lessons For the Church. Lessons In Patience—Lessons In Hope—Lessons In Contentment. New York, Dec. 14.—Pastor Russell spoke in The Temple today from the text, "And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the illies of the field, how they grow; they toll not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon PASTOR RUSSELL New York, Dec. 14. — Pastor Russell spoke in the Temple today from the text, "And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the illies of the field, how they grow; they toll not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory PASTOR RUSSELL I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven [as fuel], shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" (Matthew 6:28-30). Pastor Russell said in part: The great Teacher, we are told taught in parables and in dark sayings (not easily comprehended). Even our Lord's disciples were in the dark concerning the meaning of many of His statements until the Holy Spirit at Pentecost gave them enlightenment, as Jesus had promised. This being true, we are not surprised that many have misapprehended some of the Master's dark sayings respecting the cutting off of a hand or a foot, the plucking out of an eye, respecting undying worms and quenchless fires, and even in respect to the text of today. There are people of fair intelligence who interpret the Master to mean that His followers are not to labor as do the remainder of mankind for the necessities of life; that they should expect to be supported by others who do labor with sweat of face—that they should be maintained by tithes, collections, etc., and toll and spin not at all. We believe that such are making a great mistake, as did the man recently reported in the press as having cut off his hand in what he thought was obedience to the Master's instruction. We can sympathize with these errors of judgment, but should avoid them and seek to have the spirit of the Master's teaching, which was always the spirit of a sound mind. In His discourse Jesus had called the attention of His hearers to the fact that the Gentiles—the heathen—were continually thinking about their temporalities and praying about these—"What shall we eat? What shall we drink? Wherewalthal we be clothed?" "But your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him." Let your worry, therefore, if you have worries, be for something higher and nobler than merely the necessities of life. Consider that while you were once aliens and strangers through sin, disobedience to the Divine Law, you have now been brought back into accord with God and are privileged to address Him in prayer, "Our Father, which art in Heaven." If we have the faith to believe that God through Christ has accepted us as His children, we should as children trust our Parent in respect to all the affairs of life—great and small—food and raiment—everything. But here comes the important point—the crucial test. Are we the children of God? Is He our Heavenly Father? Has He begotten us of the Holy Spirit? Are our sins forgiven? Are we reconciled to God through the death of His Son? Are we children—and if children, then heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ" our Lord? Upon the answers to these questions being in the affirmative is the strength of the basis of all our faith and hope. If we are not God's children, if we have not come in His appointed way, through Christ, then we are still aliens and strangers. Then our affairs are not under His supervision; but we are with the world sharers in the sentence of death, each doing for himself according to his ability in battling against, death, and, like all Gentiles, giving our chief concern to food, aliment and hollow earthly ambitions—knowing not, appreciating not, the higher, the Heavenly, privileges in Christ. The Heart of the Lesson. We perceive then that the lesson is not for the world in general, except indirectly. The world, learning that these words are applicable only to the consecrated people of God, might properly be desirous that they might apply also to themselves. And if they are thus destruous of having God for their Father and His providential care in all of their affairs, the lesson to them would be that they should come into relationship with God through Christ, that they should become His children, in order to enjoy the privileges and favors which belong to none others at the present time. The heart of the lesson is that the Heavenly Father is most gracious; and that His tender mercies are over all His creatures who are in harmony with Him. We may be sure that amongst all the Heavenly host there is neither hunger nor want, neither suffering nor pain, nor any disadvantage whatever. Their Heavenly Father knoweth what things they need, and provides bountifully for them. The Church is to learn this same lesson and to rejoicingly work by faith, enjoying full confidence and trust in Him who loved us and bought us with the precious blood of His Son. These children of God need not feel harassed respecting life's experiences. They have a Heavenly Father, and He knows their needs better than they do, and is both able and willing to give what is best for them. And if their experiences in the family of God shall bring them less prosperity and more adversity, more trials, more difficulties, and necessitate more economies than before they became His children, they are instructed that, walking by faith and not by sight, they shall firmly trust Him, come what may. Learning Lessons of Faith. All who can lay claim to being children of God by faith can surely believe that He who is able to provide for the birds and the lilies is no less able and no less willing to provide for those who have become His children through Christ—those for whom He gave His Only Begotten Son. Would He redeem them with that precious Sacrifice and then have no care for their future welfare? Would He beget children with His Holy Spirit and then be negligent in providing for their necessities? Na'i. God will not overlook the interests of His consecrated children, and whatever may seem to be an oversight and lack of provision is to be understood to be in reality the reverse—that which the Heavenly Father sees to be for their highest and best interests. "So Clothe the Grass." The Master called 'attention to the beauty of the lily. Much is discernible to the natural eye, and still more when we examine the perfections of the flower microscopically. Wonderful indeed is the ralment of the lily! Solomon in all his glory had no such seamless robe, and no such perfect texture for his ralment. Perhaps the Master had a deeper thought respecting ralment than appears on the surface by His words. "Shall He not much more clothe you?" While He assuredly meant that we are to trust Heavenly provision for our natural clothing, it would appear that He may have meant a clothing for us as New Creatures—the spotless, seamless robe of Christ's righteousness, granted to us as a wedding garment, in the merit of which we have access to all the riches of God's grace in the present life and, if faithful, shall be granted an abundant entrance into His everlasting Kingdom. "Take No Anxious Thought." God takes thought respecting the Divine plans and arrangements. Jesus thought out carefully the course He pursued; and He instructed those who were destruous of being His disciples to sit down and carefully count the cost. All these things show us that the Master would not have His followers thoughtless, living merely moment by moment, falling to make provision for the seasons, the weather, the table, etc. What He meant, what the Greek text fully bears out, is that His followers should have no worry respecting temporalities. Having exercised thought, prudence, care, having done to the best of their judgment and ability, not slothfully, but energetically, they are to rest the matter, realizing that all their affairs are placed in the hands of the Heavenly Father through Christ, and that all the Heavenly powers are pledged to make all things work together for good to them, because they love God and have been called according to His purpose. "Seek Ye Chiefly the Kingdom." While anxious care was not to be exercised respecting temporalities, great care was to be exercised in respect to anything appertaining to the Kingdom. The call of the Church is to membership in the great Kingdom of God, of which Christ is the Head, the Chief King; we may be under kings and under priests, associated with our Redeemer in His great Messianic work of a thousand years. It was to attain a share in that Kingdom that we made consecration of our lives, our wills, our all, to the Lord; and only through great tribulation can we enter that Kingdom. As God is pleased to see our restfulness respecting temporalities of life when He has agreed to provide for us according to His Wisdom and in response to our efforts, so He is pleased to see, on the contrary, our zeal, our perseverance, our almost worrying that the great prize of the Kingdom should not be lost by us. The reason for wishing us to thus worry for the Kingdom, and not to worry for earthly things, is evident on reflection. To worry about earthly things would be to show a faithlessness and doubt in respect to God and His promised care. But our attaining the Kingdom or our falling to attain it is made dependent only on ourselves. God has already done His part. He has provided the Redeemer and the forgiveness of sin. He has opened up the way whereby we might return into His family. When we came unto Him through Jesus, He accepted us and gave us the begetting of the Spirit and, with it, a right to all the great and precious promises, and joint-heldhip with Jesus on condition of our faithfulness.—Romans 8:17; 2 Peter 1:12 Hence, to agonize for the Kingdom, to strive for the Kingdom, to run with patience, to fight a good fight, to endure hardness—all these expressions indicate the great zeal and earnestness necessary on the part of those who would be accounted conquerors—yea, "more than conquerors, through Him who loved us and bought us with His stolen blood." Is it any wonder that God should expect us to be very zealous in striving to attain the Kingdom? Would He give so great an honor to any who valued it lightly? Surely angels and cherubim would be glad to accept positions in the Kingdom if offered to them! But God has passed by the angels, and invited members of the fallen race, whose hearts have turned to Him, that they might become, not only justified, from their sins, but sanctified through Christ and heirs of the Kingdom. Is it any wonder that the Lord has provided that only through much tribulation shall any enter the Kingdom? Whoever is not willing to endure tribulation for the Kingdom's sake would thereby show that he had not the proper appreciation and that he is not worthy of it. If the Master endured even unto death, how could we expect that we might be joint-heirs with Him unless we possessed His spirit, His zeal? Thus the Lord tells us that all who will attain the Kingdom glories will be copies of His Son. What Must We Endure? Here the question properly arises. What is to be endured, what kind of sufferings? And what is the real object of these sufferings? Why should God delight to make us suffer before he would give us a place in the Klägdom? The Bible answers these questions satisfactorily. It admoulshes that only by trials and difficulties can character be really developed; for character is not merely a preference for that which is good, but a fixed determination, a loyalty to that which is right. God seeketh such as have firm, characters to be His children on the Divine plane—of the New Creation. He has a great work for them to do for the world of mankind; and unless their own characters were properly formed, crystallized, established, they would not be in proper condition to be the rulers, instructors and uplifters of the world. Then He has a future work for them to all eternity. We can readily see that this class must demonstrate their loyalty beyond peradventure. must show their zeal for righteousness; as was written of our Savior. "Because Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God hath annotated Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows." The fellows of Jesus are the members of His Body, His elect Church, of every nation and denomination. He is their Head. The Character to Be Formed. The Character to Be Formed. The kind of character which God seeks in His people is that which is like His own. He seeks the fruits of the Holy Spirit: meekness, gentleness, patience, long suffering, brotherly kindness, love. "If these things be in you and abound, they will make you that ye shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of the Lord, and thus an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saylor, Jesus Christ.-2 Peter 1: 11, 11. The Cultivation of the Graces. If everything were perfect in ourselves and surroundings, there would be no real opportunity for cultivating these fruits and graces of the Spirit—for developing and crystallizing character and for showing our zeal for right and opposition to wrong. God, therefore, has taken advantage of the existence of sin, and of imperfection in others and in ourselves, to use these for the cultivation of the graces in our hearts and the establishment of character in us. For instance, if there were nothing to try our patience, how could we grow in patience? If, therefore, we feel that we need more patience and pray for it, let us expect the answer to come in an increase of trials and difficulties which would tend to increase patience in our hearts and lives. If we pray for more meekness, we should expect our prayers to be answered by adverse conditions tending to show us our weaknesses and make us more teachable, more humble. If we pray for more brotherly kindness, we should expect more trials and difficulties from the brethren, testing our love, patience, brotherly kindness. And so by the cultivation of all these various parts of love, we are gradually growing into God-likeness of character, becoming copies of God's dear Son, who is the express image of the Father's person and His character-likeness; for God is Love! These Things Shall Be Added. These Things Shall Be Added. The realities with God's people are the spiritual, Heavenly things. For these they seek, hunger, thirst. To them the earthly things in comparison have no value; for these were consecrated, given up, at the very beginning of the Christian way. But although all earthly rights have been surrendered, and all their interests are Heavenly, yet the Lord's promise is that these who seek first the Kingdom shall have all other needed things added to them. God will care for their temporal as well as their Heavenly interests. And to His praise be it said that He generally gives them abundantly more than they could have asked or thought. Bread and water are the only things guarantee!; but how often in the Christian's experiences many comforts and luxuries are added, even though not asked, and while he is seeking with all his heart the interests and blessings of the Kingdom! May these Heavenly things more and more be our portion! Let us look less and less at the temporary things, and with the eye of faith look more and more to the things not seen, which are present, and to the Church heavenly-2 Corinthians 4:18. "O for a faith that will not shrink. Tho' pressed by every foe; That will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe." BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE STUDY ON "And the Logos became flesh, and dwell among us." - V. I. 14. UR Christmas Study is one of the most beautiful in the Bible. This lesson goes back to the biblical Logos signifies mouthpiece, or special messenger. Not only was the Logos the beginning, or Alpha, but He was also the last, the Omega, of Divine creation, as He Himself informs us. (Revelation 1:11; 21:6.) The first and only begotten Son of Jehovah was given an exclusive place, so that "all things were made by Him." Thus highly did the Father honor Him as Agent in all the creative work. The King's Logos. Common Version. Accurately translated it reads, "The Logos was with the God, and the Logos was a god. The same was in the beginning with the God." Here our Redeemer's majesty in His prehuman condition is fully set forth, and yet He is shown distinctly to be the Son and not the Father. The word god signifies mighty one; but there is only one God Almighty. St. Paul affirms this great truth, saying, "To us there is only one God, the Father, of whom are all things; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him." (I Corinthians 8:6) This is the claim that Jesus made—not that He wreth, Jehovah, but that He Son of God, who came to d of His Father in Heaven. ther the word trinity nor any suggestion of it, except in the one passage acknowledged by all scholars to be spurious, namely, I John 5:7. This passage is not found in any of the old Greek manuscripts. The Redeemer was not deceitful when He prayed to the Father with strong cryings, "My God! My God!" nor when He declared to Mary, "I have not yet ascended to My Father and your Father, to My God and you God." He declared His oneness wilt the Father, and desired a similar onness among His followers—oueness a spirit of purpose—John 17:20-23. "The Logos Became Flesh." St. Paul tells us that He who wri- rich for our sakes became poor. O'lesson agrees. St. Paul declares th our Lord stooped from His high po- tion, took the bondman's form, and was found in fashion as a man, of Abraham's seed. But lest we get the wrong thought, that He was a sinful man, we are assured that He was "holy and separate from sinners." We are also assured that His body was especially prepared, different from others, all of whom were of Adamic stock, tainted with sin and death. But we must guard against the thought that the Logos remained a spirit being on earth and merely appeared in human form. This un- scriptural thought is held by many, and styled incarnation. Angels incarnated when they materialized at times, as described in the Old Testament. After His resurrection. Jesus materialized, or incarnated, to teach His disciples certain lessons. Then He was again a spirit being, and appeared and disappeared. He taught His disciples: (1) That He was no longer dead, but risen; (2) That He was no longer a man, but a spirit being—"put to death in flesh, but quickened in spirit."—1 Peter 3:18—Diaglott. A Ransom, or Corresponding Price. A Ransom, or Corresponding Price. The perfect man Adam sinned and was condemned to death; and under the Divine Law he could be redeemed only by the sacrifice of a perfect man. The Law declares, "An eye for an eye, a man's life for a man's life." Hence the blood of bulls and goats could never make atonement for Adam's sin. Because mankind were Adam's children and sharers in his death sentence, therefore "no man could give a ransom for his brother." Adam and his race could be redeemed only by the voluntary death of a perfect man. Because there was no such man, God arranged that the Logos should become a man, and redeem mankind. WATER HIS RESURRECTION JESUS INCARNATED TO TIME HIS BREAKS CENTRAL. LESSONS The Logos entered heartily into the Father's proposition, was made flesh, finished the work Emmous - Jesus Mater- rialized. made flesh, fin- ished the work on Calvary, and was raised by the Father to the Heavenly nature and glory. Jesus' work in the flesh is merely the beginning of the Divine Plan. 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TO MAKE COMPLETE INQUIRY Some Lawyers and Guardians Have Already Been Indicted For Embarzling Estate Funde—Commissioner Sells Aiding In Probe—Cheating of Children a Disgrace, He Saya. Washington.—Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane and his director of the bureau of Indian affairs, Cato Sells, have launched a vigorous campaign against prominent persons in Oklahoma who, 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 bills against two prominent business men for embezzlement, one prominent # attorney for embezzlement, another prominent attorney for obtaining money under false pretenses and against guardians in other cases." 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 solicency 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 bondmen 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 prey. 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 oply 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. CAI FIN 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 TO RECUR While The Bee endeavors to conduct an up-to-date weekly journal, it professes to be emphatically a newspaper—a mirror, as it were, reflecting what is going on in the social, political, commercial and religious spheres in general; and particularly those in which the colored people are more directly concerned. With respect to the latter, there is no matter too comprehensive or too narrow, to incite the interest of The Bee and its columns are always open to all who can apply the lime-light to conditions whereby the truth may be revealed. Hence, upon religious topics—those involving so many issues, dogmas and various phrases of denominationalism—The Bee has endeavored to be liberal, inviting pros and cons with the view to the ascertainment of truth, primarily, and the satisfaction of opposing views and interests, in the second instance. To be sure, The Bee maintains certain positions, political and social. It stands for Republicanism, pure and simple—as it was formulated in times when considerations concerning human rights outweighed those of material prosperity. And it will continue to regard the development of the brotherhood of man, sentimental and insubstantial though it be, as absolutely essential to the proper advancement of society, in spite of the advocates of materialism and their cohorts to the contrary notwithstanding. The Bee also advocates and insists upon the equality of men as social factors and insists upon recognition as such. Not that those subordinate matters of material strength are beneath its notice, for material prosperity has so linked itself with moral and social advancement that to break one link in the chain means a dissolution of the bonds of social integrity; but because the basic consideration is universal brotherhood and social equality. By social equality we do not mean the assertion of the right to force one's self upon another, without regard to the tastes and amenities concerning which individuals are, per se, the only just and rightful judges, but rather, the right of one individual to claim a share in the results of the prosperity which has resulted from the combined effort of the masses. We have spoken thus far to make our position perfectly clear. We entertain no prejudice or predilections very far beyond what we have stated. Personal ambition or clique advancement or championship are positively against our principles. Thus, our position, with reference to religious organizations, as indicated by editorials and correspondence, will not be misunderstood, and it is hoped not misinterpreted. The Bee views with alarm any attempt to advance denominationalism at the expense of pure religious growth. It has, therefore, published articles which tended to discourage denominational rivalry or antagonism. Nor are we inclined to espouse any particular side. We cannot, however, countenance, much less support, attacks upon any religious organization, Catholic or Protestant. The power of the Catholic Church whether we view it as an institution or as a religion, cannot be depised even by the narrowest and most fanatical Protestant. The institution is too grand and venerable for sarcasm, ridicule or mockery. Hence, we viewed with alarm the harsh criticisms and uncharitable treatment that institution received, not long since, by the professed disciples of Christ, who is the expression of "Peace on earth good will toward all men." The spirit of tolerance should charac terize the present age, especially the colored people, now living in it. The bare fact that the colored people are already much divided on the question of denominationalism should accentuate a mark of progress. We no longer do as we are told: we do as we think. But we have observed that the powers of the Catholic Church are in evidence just now. Upon the question of their friendship for the colored race, much may be said. Georgetown University has never opened its doors to a colored man. He was persona non grata. Accordingly, it has practically advertised that "no niggers need apply." Since that time the "Catholic University" has "advised" those students it had (of color) to seek knowledge elsewhere. There are no colored students in the "Catholic University." Why? We will not answer. But we can imagine. We know that, under the present administration, the Catholics have most power—power manifested where a Protestant may not tread. And yet the Catholics, in full knowledge of their power, have not thought it wise or diplomatic to stand for equality before the law—equality before God! If those who are close to the President understand things aright, let it be hoped that the Catholics will show their hands in favor of a square deal. Let those who are in power (and they are Catholics, or influentially so) do as much as they essay toward seeing that the colored people, Catholics and Protestants, have a fair and square show. If Catholicism is superior to Protestantism, it can be seen in the destruction of race lines, in the acknowledgment of the equality of souls and an award of an equal chance in the "battle of life." To make their vaunting true, let the Catholics see that "Jim Crowism" and segregation are wrong and inoperative, and thus show Protestantism how small it is. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? What does Mr. Glenn mean by refusing to allow applicants to enter the examination? What is now needed in our schools? 1st. A new examining board and that at once. 2. A superintendent who will permit the colored superintendent of schools to manage his own schools without interference. 3. Let the colored members of the board of education get a move on themselves and see that the proper man is appointed as the successor of Mr. Davidson. By no means allow Smalls to be elected. Let the three colored members of the Board of Education make their votes count for something. The Bee will have a great deal to say on the school question very soon. The Bee also wants to know why is the white director of music invading our colored schools? What is the matter with our own director of music. No more invasion should be allowed. Assistant superintendent Bruce must assert his rights. The people will support him. Let Glenn be removed, is the verdict of the people. HEFLIN AGAIN. Heflin, of Alabama, on December 2, introduced a bill in the House of Representatives known as House of Representatives bill No. 19675, providing for "Jim Crow" cars in the District of Columbia. It doesn't require very much ability to introduce a bill like this, and hence the country may expect the introduction of similar bills by second-rate Congressmen at any time. While Heflin is pursuing the colored people, the Mexicans are planning destruction to the South. Certainly this will keep Heflin, Vardaman, Tillman, Blease, Johnson and all other second-class statesmen busy. The Bee takes this opportunity of informing these great (?) statesmen (?) that the colored Americans are not at all disturbed. In another column The Bee prints the latest acquisition to Heflin's statesmanship (?). Don't fail to read it. Bethel Literary and Historical Association The Reader's Research, a study club, of which some of the most intelligent, and the most useful women of this city are members, will appear in a symposium on literature Tuesday evening. December 23, at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. They will repel the following program: Tonic—Literature. 1. "Biography," Mrs. M. B. Albert, President. 2. "Brose," Miss Laura E. Joiner. 3. "Shakespeare," Mrs. S. N. Brown. There will also be appropriate musical numbers. Phillip's Pharmacy, 913 Fourth Street Northwest, where you may purchase Christmas candies. Public Men Ard Things Public Men Ard Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) For one to have looked in the Howard Theater Monday, December 1, he would have seen culture, refinement and intellect. I regret that my friends Dr. Childs, who is ever ready o. speak, should have forgotten his full dress suit. There are times when people become so conceived that they think that it is unnecessary to conform with fashion or style. I would suggest to the Doctor to be in fashion on all occasions. My Baptist friend, Dr. Marshall, didn't know how to circummamnigate the rules of his church to enable him to appeal at the school. There are times in our life that we become too religious for our own good. \*\*\* Speaking of those whose religious proclivities prevent them from attending the theater, I think Rev. Walter H. Brooks is more liberal in that particular than many I know." Yes, here is my old friend, Dr. Rivers. Not a better man can be found in the pulpit. He is what you call a matter of fact individual who attends to his own business, but advises the wicked to do right and follow the religious doctrine that makes bad men good. \*\*\* Link Johnson knows how to play some politics. He is just attending to his own business and that of Uncle Sam. \*\*\* I ran across Tom Jones yesterday. He complained of not having a sufficient wardrobe to carry him through the winter. He entered Goldheim's and had himself measured for two of the latest cuts. Within the last two weeks he has gotten down to his natural color. Tom was mighty afraid that he would answer Gable's call. Dr. Curtis gave him a few sugar coated pills and brought him around O. K. * * * The latest rumor is Attorneys Jones and Scott will receive their friends January 1, from 12 M. to 12:30 P. M. They will adopt Lord Queensberry's rules and a section of Hoyle. What would become of little Armoid, Jr., if Armond, Sr., lost according to Hoyle. \*\*\* I ran into Charley Hall the other day and had a little talkfest with the blond kid from Illinois. If all of Charley's plans pan out he will have more money than old John D. and control more corporations than Pierpont Morgan ever dreamed of. Charley has always got some scheme that is going to make him the same kind of millions that Col. Sellers chirped about. Every time you see Charley he has a new scheme to get more money than there is in the Treasury vaults. And he is a bright kerosene blond at that, and if he only had nerve enough to break loose from that sure $1,200 he draws and go out in the world and take his chances he'd make some money, but he just goes along, dreams of it, talks about it, and winds up every month with that same old one hundred bucks. There's many a less bright and clever man than Charley Hall who has capitalized his ideas and made money, and Charley could do it too, but you just couldn't break him loose from that sure $1,200 with a regiment of Huerta's half-starved Mexicans. He naturally ain't got confidence in himself. But Charley ain't alone. There is a whole lot of talent just going to shuck in the departments. Negros who are as bright as a fresh-coined dollar and could eat up opportunities if they only had the nerve to cut loose from this segregating community. But they won't. I recall that Dr. Charley Bently said to me during one of the sessions of the "Boohay," that you could get any kind of preparedness you wanted among these anthracites in Washington, they were so all-fired smart. Speaking about preparedness reminds me that in a discussion down at Gaskins Saturday one fellow said that R. Wordy was the most and bestest prepared newspaper writer among this mongrel race. That started a rip roaring argument, and just to quiet the crowd the speaker said he meant the best prepared to write up himself. R. Wordy just naturally can't help writing about himself. Half the time he imagines people take him seriously, I guess, and that is why he runs "hisself" as a feature in nearly all his correspondence. But R. Wordy could make a pretty fair newspaper cub reporter if he only would forget himself, and just arrive at the conclusion that Washington would exist a few days even if he did cease to exist. Strolling over You Street Sunday I met Doc. Williston, who went sailing by in his Maxwell holdout, and as he threw up his hand to me, I said to myself, that sure is one grand fellow. I just naturally like Ed. Williston, and I ain't run into no one who don't like him what's got a grain of common sense. He doctors more people in this town for nothing than are treated at all the New York free dispensaries, half of them he charges he forgets to collect. If Doc. Williston could charge regularly like some other Howard reflectors, and could collect like Dr. Cabiniss, his family would have two or three yachts sailing the Meridian sea, would have a spring home in Florida, a summer home up in the White Mountains, and would only stop off in Washniton between trains. But Doc. Williston gets a lot of joy out of this life doing kindness for others, and he sleeps sound every night just 'cause he knows he's done some poor lump of coal a good turn during the day. He's got just the biggest heart could find in his laboratory to show into his breast, and he's got a feeling away down in that old chunk of a heart that reaches out for every poor devil in distress. And don't you know there aren't no one in this segregated community what can cook "chittlings" like Doc. Williston, Why, man, when he gets through cooking a hog's "usefulness" there just ain't no use to talk about good things to eat, 'cause it's before you. If ever Doc. wants to stop practicing medicine he can make a living cook- ing "chittlings" just for his friends. And he likes nothing better than have a crowd of congenial old "chittling" salevators around munching on some of his Bennings specials. Yes, take it from me, Ed. Williston is one grand fellow, and I don't care if Doc. Wilder knows I done said this. After Little Lord Fontleroy fished William Jennings out of a grape-juice punch and offered him to the dark-towns as a speaker, people are wondering what will be the next stunt this Mr. Smoothbore will pull off. Roscoe just keeps you thinking when you ain't guessing, and keeps you guessing when you ain't thinking. No one but Roscoe would have enticed a member of this segregating administration's cabinet to speak before the Africanistans of this berg. Just got to hand it to the Columbia Road kid, cause he's fairly smooth—take it from me. Roscoe knows a new superintendent only is an alarm clock going off at 3 A. M. for these half breeds around here, and he just figured that if he could get the grape juice artists and Bill Bryan, on his side, he might out-maneuver the horsehide bunch. Then again, but whisper it gently, you know this administration four-fluored Poney Marshall with the stall that that white man they sent to Haiti would only stay there just a short time—just long enough to get the price of a meal ticket and passage back, and then they would drop a darktown in the place. Now Roscoe always had a yearning for that job, just like two million others. By getting in on the ground floor with Grape Juice Bill, he might land it. But that is merely a pipe dream. The fact that they done recalled Livingston as Consul to Cape Haitian shows this administration don't want any American darks quartered on the island of Haiti. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The Bee Commended in the West. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 12, 1913. Editor W. C. Chase, The Bee, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Your issue of December 6th, just arrived, and the first thing that caught my eye was that fine editorial on the Catholic Church. You certainly hit the bull's eye. Of all people in the world, the Negro should be the very last to engage in baiting the Catholics. We who need friends have reason to avoid censuring others, unless something is done directly to us. Those ministers forget that sectarianism and Negro slavery were twin evils concomitant with the discovery of America. Protestantism means division, segregation and disruption, degradation for black peoples everywhere in the world it gets a foot hold. Negroes held high positions in the Catholic Church in the early days of Christianity and today there are at the very least three Negro Bishops in the Catholic Church and not subbishops either, but having full and plenary jurisdiction of all races in their diocese. The Black Archebishop of Marianna, Brazil, appointed by Pope Leo XIII has under him two millions of souls, black, Indian and white. What Protestant sect can make such a showing in behalf of Negro equality? Protestant South Africa is doing its best to out do the South in ill-treatment of the blacks. In the Catholic colonies the reverse prevails. It is passing strange to me that educated Negroes should so far forget themselves as to strike at the one and only world-wide organization that has not condemned the black race as inferior. The action of the Episcopal bishops in New York on the Negro question, the strange and unchristian action of the M. E. Convention last year in St. Paul, in voting down a Negro bishop the opposition of the Presbyterian churches to fellowship with Negro Christians deserve the especial attention of all Negro ministers, instead of following the lead of white preachers up a blind alley. For the Catholic Church is the one church that is the church of all nations, not only the American or English, but Catholic and Universal. You have done well to speak out against such a policy and although I take it you are a Protestant, you show a spirit of justice and fair play that is admirable. I am passing your article along to members of the Catholic clergy here, who had to deal with a similar demonstration on part of white ministers here a week ago. Yours truly. G. B. ALDRICH, Sunday Morning Echo. DR MORRIS AT MT, CARMEL A Large Congregation Out. Last Sunday, December 7, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church enjoyed the distinct honor of having Dr. E. C. Morris, D. D., president of the National Baptist Convention, preach for us at the 11 o'clock service. His sermon was a most stirring one from Psalm 107:22. Prof. Woodson, of the M. St. High School, made an exceptionally touching appeal to our people in behalf of the N. A. A. C. P. Then at 7 o'clock at the B. Y. P. U. Prof. Neval Thomas delivered an address that will long be cherished in the minds and hearts of our people. He told of the great work that the N. A. A. C. P. is doing, and his inspiring words met with well merited enthusiasm. Rev. Beckham, D. D., field secretary of the National Baptist Convention, visited us last Tuesday evening and was given a contribution of $17 for his department of work. We are conducting a spiritual and financial campaign, preparatory to entering our new place of worship, and our pastor, Rev. W. H. Jernigan, wants 100 new members for the church, 100 new members for the Sunday School, 100 new members for the B.' Y. P. U., 100 new members for the missionary society, 100 members who have strayed away to report for duty, 100 friends to give us $1,00 each, and $1,000 on Rally Day. We enter our new home, which is now being beautified on the outside by painting, during the month of January, 1914. BUSINESS LEAGUE Never before in the history of the Washington Business League have the officers been installed in business-like fashion as was done on last Monday night in the spacious parlor of Mrs. Agnes Smith, 935 R Street Northwest. Judge Robert H. Terrell had been secured to confer the honor of the office, and as each individual was escorted to the Judge he installed them with a few eloquent, well-chosen words bearing on the duties of the office and their relative fitness for the place. The following were elected and installed for the ensuing year: President—Daniel Freeman. First Vice President—R. T. Ware. Second Vice President—Dr. J. P. H. Coleman. Recording Secretary—Mrs. Grace L. Thompson. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Jenette Davis. Treasurer—Dr. A. J. Gwathney. District Organizer—B. T. Montgomery. Sentinel—Mrs. Agnes Smith. At the close of the installation a dainty and appetizing collation was served. Pointed business remarks and short stories were indulged in around the table and thus closed an evening long to be remembered by the Business League of Washington. A Correction. The Washington Conservatory of Music wishes to announce that the entertainment by the Washington Orchestra, to be given during the holidays, is not under its auspices or is its director a member of the faculty of this institution. Inquiries and the surprise. manifested when informed this organization is not connected with the Conservatory necessitates this announcement. Though the Conservatory gave all possible assistance during the formation of this most needed organization in the way of rooms, etc., yet in view of the fact that we are presenting a series of five entertainments, two of which have already taken place, we feel it due our patrons that a clear understanding be given them of the entertainments under our auspices. Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall. Dr. Lucy E. Moten Speaks. The meeting of the Parent and Teachers' Association of the Wendell Phillips School, held on the 11th inst., was well attended. Dr. Lucy E. Moten, principal of Normal School No. 2 was the speaker of the evening. Her address was very able and instructive. Short addresses were also made by Dr. Chas. H. Marshall, member of the Board of Education; Mr. J. C. Nall, Miss H. H. Beason and others. Several musical selections were rendered by Miss Hattie Ross and Miss Maud Smith. The program was arranged by Miss Marthel Williams, principal of the school. R. WORDY'S WATERLOO. Take Your Choice—He Must Cease or Lose His Job—A Quietus Put Upon the Great? National Special Correspondent. R. Wordy Thompson, who for the last quarter of a century assumed the role of special correspondent to out-of-town papers, has been called before the officials of the department and informed that he must either give up his job or cease writing for out-of-town papers. R. Wordy having been convinced that he must obey the riot act, has notified his several newspapers that he can no longer write special letters to their papers, which will be a great calamity. For several weeks R. Wordy has been electrifying the country with his specials, which convinced the authorities that the country could do without his weekly hash. There was no special news letters in the several papers last week from the R. W. Thompson Bureau of the Freeman, 1337 Wallace Place N. W. This high priest in the Mu-So-Lits must be ready to meet his second calamity. He will be asked to resign, and if he refuses he will be given a ticket of leave man. R. Wordy, to keep his hand in and to exercise his varied imaginations, will write love stories. Since R. Wordy must cease his correspondence, the free list at Howard and all movies will be suspended for a while at least. H. R. 9675. In the House of Representatives, December 2, 1913. Mr. Heflin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. A Bill Providing that the street car companies of the District of Columbia shall provide separate street cars or separate compartments for white and Negro passengers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, that after the passage of this Act the street car companies of the District of Columbia shall be and they are hereby, required to provide and operate street cars or compartments for white and negro passengers. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for said street car companies to allow white and negro passengers to ride in the same street car or compartment, and for each offense shall be fined $100. REV. S. L. CORROTHERS. The Well Known Pastor of Galbraith Resigns, and Goes to Philadelphia. The Largest Reception in the History of the Church Tendered Him. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 16. Rev. Sylvester L. Corrothers, formerly pastor of Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church, Washington, D. C., arrived in the city last week and took charge of Varick Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church. It is the finest church in the United States held by colored people. The seating capacity is about 1,000. The floor is built on the order of an amphitheater, with a gallery running across the rear end. This will accommodate 400 people. Last Sunday evening a rousing reception was given him, said to be the largest in the history of the church. The people are united in making his stay, here an agreeable and successful one. REV. M. W. CLAIR He Is Presented a Horse and Carriage. Rev. M. W. Clair, no doubt one of the most popular and progressive ministers in this city, was presented with a horse and carriage and a full outfit by the members of his chuch Monday evening, December 8th. The genial and savvy Henry Jarvis was the master of ceremonies. Among those who took part were Revs. Chestnut, Howard, of Southwest; Hughes, District Superintendent, and others. The program was long, and it was quite late when the presentation ceremonies ended. Mr. Robert H. Mahoney made the presentation speech. It was a most brilliant affair. Rev. Clair is the most popular and progressive pastor that has ever occupied the pulpit in Asbury. The people love him. SEGREGATION OF RACES IS ATTACKED BY CITIZENS. Northeast Washington Association Tables Resolution Indorsing the Scheme—Deplores Number of Automobile Accidents—Indorses More Swimming Pools. Race segregation in government departments, on street carts and in residential sections, as developed by the National Democratic Fair Pl Association, does not appeal to t Northeast Washington Citizens' Association, according to opinionslected at a meeting of that organization last night in Northeast Temp Not only did the association refu an indorsement of the segregati plan, but Roscoe Jenkins declared t aim of the National Democratic Ft Play Association is not a mere segregation, but an effort to place the colored man where he was sixty years ago. Julian Pierce, an employee of the government printing office, was first to attack the segregation plan. He stated that Columbia Typographical Union, of which he is a member, recognizes ability irrespective of race, and it matters not whether a man is a full-blood, half-breed or something else. If he passes the test and gets employment he is treated the same as others." "If I have to work in the same room with my colored brother I do not feel that my Americanism is tainted or my self-respect injured. I belong to a trade union that recognizes them in every respect, and I desire to record my protest against the segregation plan." No Antagonism Here Dr. Starr Parsons said he did not believe in bitterness between the races, declaring there is no antagonism between them in this city. "The more race feeling is stirred," he said, "the worse it gets. Every man who behaves himself should be respected. We have reached a crisis in this country—there is too much class." Declaring he hears the colored people no ill-will. W. S. Bransom spoke in favor of the segregation plan. "It is characteristic of the Negro to force himself upon white people," he declared. "If they will stay to themselves they will be all right, but they do not." Thomas Will told the association that there were two colored men in his class at Harvard and said one of them today is one of the most brilliant men in this country. "I was born in the South," he said, "and have seen something of the Negro. I also have seen something of the National Democratic Fair Play Association. It is not only advocating race segregation, but is aiming to bring about the repeal of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, presumably, the fifteenth amendment also. The result would be to disfranchise the Negro." Work and Eat Together. C. B. Matthews said that segregation does not mean discrimination. He told of how the colored and white employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing work together and in some instances eat at the same lunch counter, and spoke of conditions on the Columbia street car line. "I believe in segregation," he said, "but not in discrimination." The resolution was tabled after several other short speeches were made. J. Clinton' Hiatt, secretary of the Street Safety Association, was in attendance with a request that a member of his association be permitted to address the next meeting and tell of what is being accomplished. His request was granted. Dr. L. D. Walter and James M. Wood told of the good work that is being accomplished by the Street Safety Association. "It's one of the best organizations in the city," said Mr. Wood, "and was organized as a result of a cruseade by The Evening Star against street accidents. Every member of the association should join it." REV. RIVERS This eloquent divine preached a most interesting and logical sermon last Sabbath morning before a large congregation. The choir rendered several selections of excellent music. Sunday Concert The second of the series of public concerts by the Hoffman Band will be given on Sunday evening, January 11, 1914. A large and appreciative audience attended last Sunday's band concert. The Week in Society High-grade candies that are handsomely boxed, fine perfumery that carries and holds the rarest odors of the sweetest flowers, are appropriate and acceptable gifts for all occasions. An assortment of the finest, moderately priced, at Board's Pharmacy, 1912½ Fourteenth Street Northwest. The family and many friends of Mr. Henry I. Brown, clerk in the office of the Auditor for the Postoffice Department, and District Grand Secretary of District Grand Lodge No. 5, Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, of the District of Columbia, are highly pleased to learn that he is on the road to recovery, and will soon be discharged from Freedman's Hospital, where he has been confined for several weeks. Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar has written a book called "The Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence." No li- To the delight of her many friends s. Sarah Graham, of 1502 Kingman ce, N. W., who has been very ill, very much improved. Miss Mary Francis Ennis, formerly tudent at Howard University, died her home in Delaware City, Dell, week. Ir. Jas. J. Jeffries, of this city, adsed the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Building in Newark, N. J., Sunday at 4 P. M. His subject was "Building Men." Lyllyn Browne and Prof. Demont have about three more weeks in the South, after which they will appear at the Howard Theater. Mrs. Charles W. Mason, of 1452 N Street Northwest, is convalescing after a serious operation performed four weeks ago. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. Bohee left Scranton, Pa., last week for this city, where he will attend Howard University. Mr. Frank Pratt has returned to his home in Altoona, Pa., after making a business trip to this city. Miss Nellie M. Quander, who is studying at Columbia University, New York City, this winter, will be home next week to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. M. C. Maxfield is slowly improving. He had a slight set back last week. FALLS CHURCH NOTES. BALLS CHURCH Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gaines celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary Thursday night last. A very pleasant evening was spent with their many friends. Many useful presents were given. The public school teachers, Misses Edna A. Lucas and Mary O. Chaney, after having attended the reception at Mrs. Richard Gaines, spent the night with Mrs. Louise Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall wishes to thank their many friends for their kindness during their sorrow and loss of their son, Amos. We are glad to see Mrs. Susie Campbell, who has been confined to her room, out again. Mrs. George Gorham was visited Sunday by her two brothers, Messrs. Edward and Richard Carter of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Georgia Taylor had as her guest Saturday and Sunday Mrs. Sarah King and daughter, Cora, of Washington, D. C. Mrs Lillian Jackson, of Philadelphia, Pa., visited her many friends here Sunday, returning to Washington, D. C., the same evening with her two sons. Mrs Walter Hyson, of Washington, D. C., was the guest of Miss Grace Ambrose Sunday. Mrs. Emma Scott will spend the winter in Washington, D. C. The Epworth League at the Galloway M. E. Church is in a good spiritual condition. Sunday afternoon there was quite a large gathering and a hearty discussion on John 11:5, after which a very interesting program was rendered. A concert was given Tuesday night under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor of the Second Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Lena Dixon is president. The proceeds will go towards putting new doors at the basement entrance of the church. The little tots were under very good control, which was due to the patience of their leaders. The final number was a drama in which Misses Edna Ardwick, Annie Mason and Messrs. Shermont Dixon and Tolbert Thomas took part. Every one was well entertained. The District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will celebrate the birthday of Charles Sumner, the great champion of equal rights, at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. Tuesday evening, January 6, 1914. The speakers of the occasion will be U. S. Senator Moses E. Clapp, Judge Wendell P. Stafford, Rev. I. N. Ross, D. D., and Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard. Miss Rosa Cecile Hepbow, a teacher in the Manassas Industrial School, of Manassas, Va., is home at 1.460 T Street Northwest to spend the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Susie Campbell is suffering from a severe cold and is under care of the doctor. Mr. Amos Marshall, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall, died on Saturday afternoon, December 13, after a long illness. His funeral was announced from the pulpit of Second Baptist Church on Sunday last, to take place at 2 o'clock P. M., Tuesday, December 16. Under the auspices of the Silver Star Improvement League, Mrs. Mayme E. Carpenter, president, the brick sidewalk was begun on last Wednesday, December 3d, and at this writing is more than half way completed. This is indeed a laudable example of the public spirit of the race well worthy of imitation, and Mrs. Carpenter and her excellent coterie of workers deserve grateful praise. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gaines celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Thursday night, December 11. Quite a number of their friends were present and a very enjoyable evening was spent. The presents were very beautiful as well as useful. Miss Edna Lucas and Miss Mary Chaney spent Thursday night here in order to attend the reception of Mr. and Mrs. Gaines. Mr. William Carpenter, contractor and builder, is now completing a six thousand dollar building on the grounds of the Virginia Training School for the Feeble-Minded, here. This, too, is another instance of race competence in the trades. Mr. Carpenter has proved himself a master builder. He has also just completed a $1,000 house at Ft. Myer for Mr. Izell, a citizen of color. Mrs. A. M. Ashby, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley, all of Merrifield, were in attendance on the morning services at Second Baptist Church Sunday. Mrs. Georgia Taylor has enlarged her store in a neat and attractive way. By a strict method of attending to business she is easily classed among our best business men and women. Mr. George Thomas is still pursuing a successful course of business in his shoe making establishment. Such reliable business men as he are indispensable in the community. Sunday at the churches here was a great day. The Communion service at Second Baptist and the Epworth League service at Galloway M. E. Chapel, were largely attended, as well as good crowds at other services. The regular third Sunday services take place at Third Baptist Church next Sunday. Among those who were present at Communion service in Second Baptist Sunday from West End, may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Nickens, Mrs. Rosa Dixon, Miss' Estrella Collins, Mrs. Mayme Nelson and Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, from Merrifield, were also present. WEST WASHINGTON. --- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a very enthusiastic meeting Sunday at the First Baptist Church, Rev. E. E. Ricks, pastor. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, Mrs. M. Collier, and others, and must interest was manifested in the cause of temperance, the speakers reminding their hearers of the approaching holidays. The Bazaar, which has been in progress for two weeks at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Twenty-ninth street, closed on Tuesday night and it is said was quite successful. Personal. Mr. Robert Smith, an old resident and an employee for a number of years in the Pullman Railroad service died quite suddenly at his work Monday night. Miss Allie T. Johnson, of Atlantic City, is here to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Sarah Smith, of 2453 P Street Northwest. Miss Mabel Turner, who has been quite ill, is now convalescent and able to resume her duties as teacher in the public schools. Mrs. Silas Richards, of Twenty-seventh street, whose illness of a few weeks and thought to be serious, has recovered, to the great pleasure of her friends. Purchase the Christmas number of The Bee from our carrier. Mt. Zion M. E. Church Choir Renders Sweet Music. The vested choir of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Twenty-ninth Street Northwest, sang before a very large and appreciative audience on Sunday morning, under the direction of Mr. J. Emanuel Jones, and was considered by all one of the best efforts made by the choir, who rendered the following program: "The Radiant. Moon Has Passed." Woodward. "All Ye That Cried Unto the Lord," Mendelssohn. "I Waited for the Lord." Mendelsohn. "Fear Not Oh Israel!" Speaker. "By the Waters of Babylon." "Hark, Hark, My Soul." Shelly. "Gallia," Gounod. "All Praise to God." R. Wagner. "Inflammatus." Stabat Mater. Mrs. Alta Scott Hays and Miss Malive. Thomas, sopranos; Miss Desire Clark, contralto; Mr. R. Beamon, tenor; Mrs. Mary Barnes, organist. The Men's Meeting, under auspices of the Methodist Brotherhood of Mt. Zion M. E. Church on Sunday evening was very largely attended and were favored with a very intelligent and instructive address by Mr. Lewis Johnson, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., who was introduced by the pastor, Rev W. C. Thompson. Mr. Wm. Deglass, president, Mr. Jas. L. Turner, chister, Mr. Leroy Gaskins, pianist. The Epworth League of Mt. Zion M. E. Church presented a very interesting program on Sunday on the stated topic lesson. Mrs. Mattie Hurbert Smith presided. Miss Victoria Williams, Martha Nelson, Miss Mary White, Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, Mrs. Waynes, and Miss Violet Ferguson each made excellent talks upon the subject. FAIRMUNT HEIGHTS. Rev. Dr. Ernest S. Williams, pastor of Ashbury M. E. Church, Annapolis, Md., visited Fairmount Heights Tuesday, December 16. While here he was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Hant, on sixty-first Street. Rev. Ernest S. Williams, Rev. R. A. Hart and James F. Armstrong visited the public schools. They met the teachers, who were very busily engaged in their work. They also visited many of their friends in the community. Rev. Williams is doing great work at the Annapolis charge. Since the last annual conference he has purchased a lot and erected thereon a beautiful parsonage at a cost of more than three thousand dollars. It is the finest home within the bounds of the Washington annual conference of the M. E. Church. Rev. Dr. Williams has recently closed his revival services. The services were the most successful of any that have been held at the Annapolis charge. More than a hundred and fifty souls were converted and added to the church. Rev. R. A. Hart, one of the young ministers of the Washington Conference, was stationed in Southwest Washington last conference year. He left in the treasury for the church building purposes more than three hundred and fifty dollars and a nice membership. He is now stationed at Linden, Md. Six hundred dollars have been put in the bank to the credit of the church. Mr. John T. Walker is doing some repair work on the Fairmount Heights school house. The Presbyterian Church here, under the pastorate of Rev. Wallace W. McCary and his board of officers is progressing nicely. The M. E. Church is holding her own. The Willing Workers' Club gave a pig foot supper a few nights ago and met with much success. This club purchased carpet for the pulpit and chairs at a cost of less than fifty dollars. Rev. Owen C. Sprague is the pastor. Rev. O. G Hunter, of the First Baptist Church here, is keeping abreast with the other churches and his work is growing. Gladys A. Armstrong, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Armstrong, is on the sick list. She is being skillfully treated by Dr. Willis W. Jones, of Deanwood, D. C. Rev. Henry Waiter, of Cedar Heights, Md., is conducting a fair at his church this week. His efforts are meeting with success. The Household of Ruth Club had a sermon preached to them Sunday afternoon by Rev. Askew. Many encouraging remarks were made and the order will be organized. HALLS HILL VA Tuesday evening, December 9, the Ladies' Aid Society here were entertained at Mrs. Edith Chinn's. After completing their routine business a very bountiful spread of dainties was served, accompanied by a musical feast. This department is doing much good here and elsewhere. Thursday evening, the 11th instant, the Silver Star Club of this place gave a grand concert at Galloway Chapel, Falls Church, Rev. J. Colbert, pastor. A number of friends accompanied them with a straw ride and a large amount of pleasure, and we hope of profit, as well. Sunday morning we were greeted with a bright sunshine and beautiful weather all day. The Sunday school had a fine session and was well attended. This being the second Sunday, was the regular Communion day here. At 11 o'clock the pulpit was ably filled by the worthy and earnest divine who strives to deal out the pure word of God without fear or favor; Rev. C. E. Queene, pastor, is a rare gift, and greatly admired by all we fair-minded people of this place. Communion services began at the morning service, a large number being present and listened to a splendid subject from the life of Job, the most patient man that ever lived. Epworth League at 7 o'clock with good attendance and was favored by a very excellent address by Professor Sodders, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Wm! J. Ballard was present and remained to night service. We are always glad to have such persons visit with us. At 8 o'clock we were blessed by hearing another sermon by the pastor Rev. Caleb Queene, who used for his text the 7th verse of the 7th chap, 2d. Cor: "For Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, but the sorrow of the world worketh death." After which the Communion was concluded with 67 communicants. Thus the people left filled with material for deep consideration. The day school will have an entertainment on the 22d in the school house; a fine program is arranged. The principal speaker will be Prof. Thompson, the ex-president of the Negro Business Association of Indiana, and L. C. Baltimore, principal, Summer School, which is in a prosperous condition. All news matter for this section given or sent to Mr. Ferguson, will receive immediate attention. Let every citizen in Halls Hill read The Bee. A. C. E. L. NOTES The A. C. E. L., of Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, presented an excellent program Sunday evening. The program was under the direction of Mr. P. D. Dumas, and Mrs. A. E. Wadleton. Program was as follows: Song service. Prayer by Mrs. A. J. Welch Prayer by Mrs. A. L. Welch. Sentence prayers, lead by Mrs. M. Wilson, and closed by Mr. Jesse Sinms. Scripture lesson, Mr. Hayward. Solo, Mr. Frank Wilson. Paper, "The Woman of the Bible," Mrs. Lucy Brent. Duet, "O Restless Sea," by Misses Hazel and Ethel Brown. Quartette, "A Dream of Heaven," by Messrs. Eugene Smith, Chas Brown, Ernest Moxley and George Brown. Miss Ruth Sydes, accompanist. Miss Payne is now working earnestly for the annual visit to the Home for the Aged and Infirm. This is one feature of the A. C. E. L. work that brings happiness to many. VIENNA NEWS Rev. J. N. Beaman, pastor of Union Baptist Church, served his people in regular communion service Sunday morning. He gave a forceful sermon on "Watchfulness." At night Rev. Edward Thompson, a young licensed preacher from Stony Hill, conducted the evening service. Sunday School at First Baptist Church was conducted in regular order at 3 o'clock P. M. Plans were laid for an entertainment in the Xmas holidays to raise money to be sent the S. S. Union of Fairfax County for Manassas Industrial Institute. Mrs. Wyn. A. West was elected delegate to the Union, which meets at Falls Church December 28. Miss Beatrice Carter and Mr. John Harkins, from Washington, D. C., were guests of Mrs. John E. Carter, on Sunday. Vienna is beginning to take on a more lively appearance for the Christmas holidays. The attendance in public school holds on fine, notwithstanding the approaching holiday season. The children love school, and are doing well in their class work, and high marks for good conduct are made by them. The meetings of the Colored Teachers Association for Fairfax County, recently held at Vienna and Oderick's Corner, as well as a committee meeting at Vienna, on a proposition to conduct a Fair for the colored schools of the county, were all full of interest and well attended. A full report will be given later. THE HOFFMAN BAND. Second Season Brought Out a Large Crowd Last Sabbath. The celebrated Hoffman Band held its public Sunday afternoon sacred concert last Sabbath afternoon at the Howard Theater. The band was greeted by the largest and most classic audience that ever assembled in this theater. The selections were. classic, sweet and patriotic. Prof. Hoffman has given the people what they have long wished and hoped for. Mme. Lucy Blagburn, 'soloist, was at her best, and fully demonstrated her musical ability. The singing led by Mr. Richard H. Brooks, with the band and audience joining, was electrifying. "The Grand Hippodrome," "Land of Palms," "The Sorcerers," "To Have, To Hold, To Love," were among the principal selections rendered by the orchestra. The piano solo by Mr. Louis N. Brown, was grand. These Sunday afternoon concerts will be among the principal features of Howard. TRIBUTE TO THE DOMESTICS. Mrs. J. W. Morse Expresses Some Timely Remarks. Mrs. J. W. Morse, the affable wife of Dr. J. W. Morse, of 1904 L Street Northwest, and one of the most pleasing and accommodating young housewives in this city, is preparing a treatise concerning the domestic classes in this city. Mrs. Morse has studied this question for a number of years, and has always expressed a high regard for the young girl who is forced out into the world to earn a livelihood. Mrs. Morse believes that a stronger protection should be given to the domestic, and more especially the younger girls. She is also contemplating organizing a department for domestics, which is a most commendable act on her part. Mrs. Morse is a highly educated and cultured young woman, who is about to do something for the worthy. The Bee will give fuller particulars later on. THE COLORED LAWYER To the Editor of The Bee: My Dear Sir: As a member of the bar of the District Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and yet as one of the despised "sundowners," I will attempt, if you will allow me space to say a word in commendation of the very timely editorial in your issue of December 13th, entitled "The Colored Lawyer." It is a great pity that the colored men who follow that exalted profession have not long before this time, organized themselves into an association. It is surprising what results can be obtained through proper organization, co-operation and association. Men will know each other better. A spirit of brotherhood will germinate, grow and develop, and the "back-biting" and abuse of one another, of which you complain in your article, will be no more. The members, because they will be guided by a rigid constitution and by-laws, will study diligently legal ethics. Such an association can be made very helpful to the profession in the District of Columbia. It should have and equip, with a good, working library, a cering glitter, where the great questions of the day may be presented and where papers on live subjects may be read and argued. This it can be seen plainly, will foster a higher regard for the profession, both within and without its ranks, and develop better equipped and stronger men to meet and cope with the competition and the very vexing problems of, today "United we stand, divided we fall," applies as well to the profession of the law as to any other profession or craft under the sun. It also applies as rigidly to the colored race as to any other race under the sun. An association for the men of my race, who belong to the profession would make better lawyers, men who will stand by one another more doggydly than they do at the present time. It will teach them that the profession is an important one, deserving of the greatest respect; that if a man is to be a modern lawyer, he must not trample its ethics under his feet. But must respect and revere them as he should his flag, for the ethics of any profession should be as zealously obeyed, and no sooner violated than the laws of the land. It is to be hoped that some of the gentlemen mentioned in your editorial will see the wisdom of taking steps to organize such an organization. Ever since before I finished my law course, I have wondered why something like this had not been done, and longed to see the day when such an organization would be a reality, as much, and probably more for the benefit that would be derived by me, in hearing the discussions and coming into more direct contact with the men mentioned, and many other able lawyers of our local bar, who are estimable and experienced practitioners. WILLIAM A. COLEMAN. Dec. 15, 1913. A FRIEND OF THE RACE. Representative Browning, of New Jersey, Speaks Before Mu-So-Lit Club — Assistant Superintendent Bruce Also Speaks—A Splendid Audience Present. Representative William J. Browning, of New Jersey, delivered an address before the Mu-So-Lit Club on the 12th instant in the assembly hall of the Y. M. C. A. building. The members of the club and their friends present showed enthusiastic appreciation for him as a friend of the race who stands firm for the proposition that "all men are created equal." They presented an inspiring sight, in evening dress, and full of the spirit of the occasion, and all the more appreciative in view of the fact that he had given up a trip to Camden to be present. The following words from a recently published sermon by Doctor F. J. Grimk, were appropriately applied to him: "At the close of these fifty years, in spite of the indifference of the many, we still have left, however, a remnant of men and women with the spirit of the old abolitionists—a remnant of men and women who stand squarely, uncompromisingly for the principles of liberty, of equality, and of fraternity for all; and who, in one way and another have shown their sympathy for us in the efforts we are making to develop ourselves and to maintain our rights. The number is small; but small as it is we are thankful for their sympathy and support—thankful to know that we are not left in our weakness to fight our battles alone." Assistant Superintendent Roscoe C. Bruce, of the local public schoolofs, a member of the club, also spoke, delivering a most masterly address in which he outlined the educational, civic and economic history of the race. He showed form and vim as never before. G. Luther Sadgwari, president of the club, presided with grace and dignity, while musical numbers were rendered by Professors H. M. Grant and H. A. Williams, M. Grant Lucas, principal of the Bruce School, was called on by the president to introduce the distinguished guest of the club, Honorable William J. Browning, who spoke in part as follows: All American Citizens. "Civil liberty, whether enjoyed in whole or in part, has demonstrated the ability of colored citizens to advance in the scale of human progress against great odds. Much, it is true, that citizenship is supposed to confer is denied, but in many States the franchise is freely exercised, and this, it should be remembered, in States where this privilege is not likely to be withdrawn by circumvention of the Constitution or other device, and where numerical strength weighs heavily in the political equation. This strength has usually been on the side of good government. We know that the full measure of representation is not accorded, but recognition of this principle is found in the filling of offices and positions of honor and trust in every branch of the government service and in the army and navy. They are here in the departments and they would not be here if they lacked ability and efficiency. They are here because the Equal Opportunity was given them to enter through the door of a civil service examination. They are not here because they belong to a certain race or class, but in spite of that fact. They are participating in the government, doing the government work, are a part of the machinery. CLASS DISTINCTION, No Rightful Place. "The flag, the only flag they have ever known, floats over every government building in which they work—the common flag of every American citizen, signifying unity as one in all things pertaining to the common welfare. Here the standard is efficiency; here all are civil servants; here class, social, religious and political distinctions have no rightful place; each and all the American citizens, nothing more and nothing less than American citizens. All are engaged in a common cause to which all are contributing and from which all are receiving, in due proportion. At least, this is the ideal. Ideals are never fully realized. "I venture to assert that there are few men today anywhere in this country who would be willing to re- turn to the system which the abolitionists strove to stamp out, and which was stamped out. There may be, and doubtless are, men who, while feeling that way about the institution of slavery, nevertheless are hostile to the colored man. This feeling is engendered by race prejudice, and is manifested in ways only too well known to you. But this fact should not, and I believe it will not, discourage you, because there is abundant evidence of sympathy and good will towards you. "I think that instead of. trying to emancipate our business men, the great majority of whom are honest men, those who seek to bring about a New Freedom so much heard of, would better seek first to emancipate themselves from pride and prejudice, rise to the broad-minded level of true statesmanship, grow introspective, and remove the beam from their own eyes in order more clearly to see how to establish 'social and industrial justice' among all our citizens. Solicitude for the independence of the brown men of the Philippines will not correct an injustice inflicted upon a black American citizen. Family History, Friend to Colored Man. "Mr. President, I hope you will pardon me now if I speak personally of myself and my early training. On my Mother's knee I was taught to regard the colored boy as my equal; I was taught to respect the colored man. My grandfather, a strong abolitionist, was a member of an organization which made possible the afterward famous underground railroad; he was arrested and imprisoned for harboring and assisting fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. I am very proud of this family history, and I am also proud of the fact that I have myself been a friend to the colored man and have always defended him when there was occasion to do so." 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. Newly Remodeled, Steam Heat, Electric Bells, First Class Accommodations. Local and Long Distance Telephones. Telephone Main 5865. PIEDMONT HOTEL 489-491 Missouri Ave, and 103- 105 Sixth Street N. W. BUFFET, DINING-ROOM POOL ROOM AND BARBER SHOP. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Visitors: Take Pa. Ave. Cars at Union Station, get off, at Sixth Street and walk one half block South. CHARLES W. EDWARDS; Proprietor. 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. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. 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 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 JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 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. 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. 1200 R Street N. W. Phone. N. 413. COST OF LIVING IS UP TO CONGRESS 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 J. REPRESENTATIVE M'KELLAR OF TENNESSEE 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 Miss 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 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 Simond, 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 Anson Simons, one of the pioneer settlers of Lansing. 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, aln'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. 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 stirred to an electric light in his cell. 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, Deaconesses, 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. FAUROT. they have "records"-that is, when 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 faintest 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. C.-For the pleasure of dancing the tango Brent Latimer Greenville, S. C., paid the price of one eye, the sight being destroyed by a quill in the hat of the young woman with whom he was dancing. In making a turn the quill swept in behind his glasses, cutting the ball of the eye. Physicians announced that the sight of his right eye is destroyed. Limit For Women and Girls Under New Pennsylvania Law. Harrisburg, Pa.—Pennsylvania's new woman's employment law is now in effect. The limit of hours of labor for women and girls is fifty-four a week, except in the home and on the farm. The new law prohibits the employment of women or girls for more than six consecutive days and not more than ten hours in any one day. Forty-five minutes must be allowed for the midday meal and a rest period of the same length after continuous employment for six hours. Night employment is limited to telephone operators over eighteen and to managers, superintendents, clerks and stenographers. The department of labor and industry, Commissioner Jackson says, will be reasonable and work to bring about the conditions required by the statute without entailing unnecessary hardship. The law will cause many changes in industrial and mercantile establishments. Its applicability to theatrical people will be worked out after advice from the attorney general's department. CLUBHOUSE FOR SERVANTS. Mistresses Provide a Place For Them to Receive Their "Steadies." Los Angeles, Cal.-The hired girl problem approached one step nearer solution in the announcement that the Friday Morning club, the largest woman's organization in Los Angeles, would establish a home club for domestics. This home club, which is to be established in one of the most fashionable residence districts, is to be a little like a woman's club, but more like a man's. There will be opportunities for culture, of course, but they will be also places There are special scholarships for deserving young men and women, in the Departments of Theology and Religious Training. The next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July 3, 1919. For further information and catalogue, address PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD, Durham, N. C. & Herrmann nd Eye Sts., N. W Durham, N. C. Herrma e Sts., N. 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We're interested in their homes and in their desire to make them comfortable and where you will ing of good will business transac- more than a mere g interest in our are interested in in their desire comfortable and Lowest Prices Best Work TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING Electric Power Presses Linotype Composition Specialty made of Constitutions and Pamphlets BUSINESS OFFICE and PLANT, 1109 EYE STREET. N. W. PHONE MAIN 4078 Uptown Office Phone: North 2507-9 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT E. VOIGT Manufacturing Jeweler and Dealer in Catholic Supplies. 725 Seventh Street N. W., between G and H. Established 1880 Telephone Main 2435 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 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 )t. Keyport Whiskey.....$1.75 )t. XX Port Wine.....35 )t. XX Sherry Wine.....35 )t. XX Muscatel Wine.....35 JOHN SCHLOBB, Dealer in DOVE BRAND MEATS Also Handles Pork, Lard, Bacon—all Kinds of Sausage, Beef; and Beef Tongues 406-408 Center Market Washington, D. C. GEO. C. HILLEARY Dealer in Poultry, Fish and Game 906 Louisiana Avenue. N W. Telephone Main 3381 Washington, D. C. F. G. SWAINE & SONS WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for Paragon Process and Victor XXXX Family Flour Telephone 1699 932 Louisiana Ave. N. W. COLORED HOME BUYER. Ten Rooms and Bath Brick, in perfect condition, Northeast, convenient to both car lines. Price only $3,500. Address owner, Box N, "The Bee." WILLIAM C. McCURDY Dealer in ORANGE SPONGE A SPECIALTY 662-663 and 653 Center Market BAKED GOODS Phone Main 2524. J. P. GERMULLER Harness and Trunks, Suit Cases, Saddles, Whips, Satchels, Horse Clothing, Etc., Etc. 641 Louisiana Ave. N. W. Washington, D. C. Harness and Trunks Repaired. NEWYORKCANDYKITCHEN One pound, 15 cents; 2 pounds, 25 cents; 1 pound, 10 cents; 3 pounds, 25 cents. New Nuts, 1 pound, 15 cents. Candy, 10 cents a box; 6 boxes for 50.cents. Candy, 15 cents a box; 4 bores, 50 cents. Don't miss the number—1506 Seventh Street Northwest. All kinds of Candies made daily. The best and Cheapest Candies for Christmas. Stand 16, O Street Market. WARE'S WARE'S WHERE YOUR PATRONAGE IS NEEDED You believe the future welfare of the colored race depends largely upon its development along commercial and industrial lines? Then help us in our effort to build up a shoe business that will enable us to compete on equal terms with the foremost shoe house in town. WE OFFER YOU A NEW, COMPLETE, UP-TO-DATE STOCK OF FOOTWEAR TO FIT EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AT POPULAR PRICES. Ware's Shoe Store. Eleventh and U Sts. Northwest. 916 F, 722 9th and Center Market The A. LOFFLER SAUSAGE&PROVISIONCO Headquarters for BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE and COFFEE. We roast your coffee every day. Try it—25 cents a pound. 016 Louisiana Ave. N. W. KENTUCKY NEWS. (By Al. A. Andrews.) A great membership campaign is now being conducted by the Y. M. C. A. The rival teams are straining every fibre to turn in a larger total at the close of the campaign than the others. A rousing meeting was held at the Y. M. C. A. building on the night of November 28th, and the enthusiasm manifest there foretells that the campaign will be a success. Secretary Bullock provided refreshments, which were served in the board room, while the meeting proper was held in the gymnasium, which has recently been completed. The whole town was shocked and bowed its head in grief at the sad and tragic death of Mrs. C. W. Houser, wife of one of our beloved teachers in the public schools, which occurred last week. While in an attempt to ignite a fire, it is thought that her clothing was set on fire, and she was so badly burned when assistance came that she could give no coherent account of how it happened. She was alone at the time, and had been burned some time before she was discovered. Her funeral was largely attended. The family of Dr. J. A. Emerson, the oldest colored dentist in Louisville, have gone to Greensboro, N. C., to spend the winter months, with the parents of Mrs. Emerson. Dr. Emerson is trying to purchase a new home place to which they may return when their stay is exhausted in North Carolina. The two Charity Balls given during Thanksgiving week by the Artisan Club, on November 24th, for the benefit of the Red Cross Sanitarium building fund, and by the Loyal Charity Club, on November 26th, for the Friendless Home inmates, were both successes from both points of attendance and financially. Both entertainments were given in the auditorium of Odd Fellows' Hall. The annual meeting of the State Agents and District Managers of the Standard Life Insurance Company for Kentucky and Tennessee, met during November at Nashville, Tenn. The meeting was the largest ever held by the respective States in the matter of attendance and reports of the progress made was more than reassuring. It seems that each District has been trying to out do every one in writing new insurance. The ONAGE IS NEEDED the colored race depends largely special and industrial lines? build up a shoe business that will us with the foremost shoe house COMPLETE, UP-TO-DATE FIT EVERY MEMBER OF PRICES. Evenings. Conveniently located WEAR WELL. Eleventh and U Sts. Northwest. IERS MERALS er THE FLORIST Who Grows his own Flowers OFFLER PROVISIONCO Pure Lard home office of the. Standard Life is in Atlanta, Ga., and it operates in more States than any other Negro insurance company. It oprates in most States this side of the Mississippi River and in the near future will invade the States of Missouri and Texas. Mr. H. E. Hall, the head of the Standard Life in Kentucky, and Mr. W. F. Turner, agent for the Louisville district, were the local representatives at Nashville. In returning from the trip to Nashville, the following men connected with the company stopped over to look over the great work: Messrs. Hall and Turner are doing in Louisville—viz. T. K. Gibson, general manager of the Insurance Company, H. H. Pace, its hustling secretary, both of whom are young men, and are making good. Others stopping here were: G. P. Hughes, agent for the Lexington district; J. A. Ray, agent for the Frankfort district, and W. S. Lovett, now agent for the Owensboro district, but who will be entrusted to organize the new districts comprising Missouri and Texas. At the monthly meeting of the Negro Outlook Committee, of November, the question of segregation in Louisville Theatres was soundly discussed. Dr. J. A. Lattimore and Wm. H. Warley, the subcommittee appointed to look into the matter made their reports, showing that some of the theatres refuse to give the Negroes better accommodations. But many of the theatres, who are not already giving good accommodations signified their intention of doing so. The whole evening was spent in discussing that question and the assistance of the local lodges are to be sought to effect our purposes. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people with a view towards affiliation. J. M. ARENDES & BRO. Dealers in Fresh Tripe and All Kind of Pork Products. 286-288 Center Market. No. 3, Eastern Market. Phone Main, 7786-M. Chitterlings Fresh Every Day. The best place to purchase all kinds of well seasoned pork products. 7th and O Streets N. W. Ask for O. W. Wright if you want first-class Fresh Meats of all kinds. Say that you saw his advertisement in The Bee. FRESH MEATS. O. W. WRIGHT ```markdown ``` & BROS. writer LONG WEARING mith permits the carriage te nt so instantaneously that no ball bearing type bars, a car- als, a capital shift key requir- ure, a combined one-motion ch spaces one, two or three the lightest possible carriage n that makes all day speed L. C. SMITH & BROS. Typewriter BALL-BEARING LONG WEAK The escapement of the L. C. Smith permits the car to get away from the last printing point so instantaneous speed of operation is too rapid. The hair trigger touch of the ball bearing type braise that is never shifted for capitals, a capital shift being only one-third ordinary pressure, a combined carriage return and line space, which spaces one, two lines with the same sweep, and the lightest possible tension—give an ease of operation that makes all a easy for the operator. The escapement of the L. C. Smith permits the carriage to get away from the last printing point so instantaneously that no speed of operation is too rapid. The hair trigger touch of the ball bearing type bars, a carriage that is never shifted for capitals, a capital shift key requiring only one-third ordinary pressure, a combined one-motion carriage return and line space, which spaces one, two or three lines with the same sweep, and the lightest possible carriage tension—give an ease of operation that makes all day speed easy for the operator. The always rigid carriage, stationary printing point, the arrangement of ribbon shift and back space keys, and the fact that no necessary operation takes the hands from the writing position, combines speed with accuracy in the L. C. Smith. James H Wins UNDERTAKER AND EMBLAMER NEW WORK FIRST CLASS. THERE MOST HEAT TWELFTH AND A STREET, N. Heating Box The MAGIC IS 9 IN LONG SHAMPOO DRIER COMPANY THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANY WHERE POSTAGE PAYS SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE Address all letters to Magic SHAMPOO, Minneapolis, Minn. A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR IS A LADY'S CROWNING GLORY.—have it if she will use the Magic. The Magic will dry the hair after a sh straighten the earliest head of hair. It will also stimulate its growth. The A not injure the hair, because it is never heated direct, but takes its heat from th is heated on our Alcohol Heater, or any other heater. We advise the use of Best on the market. Price per box, $8e. Alcohol Heater, price $8e. Liberal Write for literature today. MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER COMPANY. MINNEAPOLIS Winslow AND EMBLAMER, THE MOST REASONABLE O A STREET, N. W. THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER HAIR STRAIGHTENER FILED ANY WHERE IN U.S.$100 POSTAGE PAID MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER less all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. neapolis, Minn. not to individuals. ITS CROWNING GLORY.—And every lady can dry the hair after a shampoo or bath, and amulate its growth. The Alamalum Comb can- but takes its heat from the heating bar which after. We advise the use of Hayes' Hair Pomade, difter, price $5e. Liberal terms to agents. today. NY. MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA L. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER CO. Head Office for Domestic and Foreign Business: SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A Branches in all Principal Cities THE MAGIC IS 19 IN LONG THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANY WHERE IN U.S.$100 POSTAGE PAID — SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER Address all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minneapolis, Minn. not to individuals. A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR IS A LADY'S CROWNING GLORY.—And every lady can have it if she will use the Magic. The Magic will dry the hair after a shampoo or bath, and straighten the earliest head of hair. It will also stimulate its growth. The Alamalium Comb cannot injure the hair, because it is never heated direct, but takes its heat from the heating bar which is heated on our Alchebol Hater, or any other heater. We advise the use of Hayes' Hair Pomade. Best on the market. Price per box, 50c. Alcohol Heater, price 50e. Liberal terms to agents. MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER COMPANY. MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME. HOME WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. If you purchase the NEW HOME you will have a life asset at the price you pay, and will not have an endless chain of repairs. Quality Considered it is the Cheapest in the end to buy. If you want a sewing machine, write for our latest catalogue before you purchase. The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, N. W. For sale by Gustave Oppenheimer, Cor. E and 8th Sts. N. W. McCall's Magazine and McCall Patterns For Women Have Mero Friends than any other magazine or patterns. McCall's is the reliable Fashion Guide monthly in one million one hundred thousand homes. Besides showing all the latest designs of McCall Patterns, each issue is brimful of sparkling short stories and helpful information for women. Save Money and Keep in Style by subscribing for McCall's Magazine at once. Cents only so cents a year, including any one of the celebrated McCall Patterns free. McCall Patterns Lead all others in style, st. simplicity, economy and number sold. More delivers mall McCall Patterns than any other two makes combined. Nose higher than 15 cents. Buy from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St, New York City Brown-Sample Shop, Premium Catalogue and Patent Catalogue Stores, on request. Madame E. L. Bruce 1228 You Street Northwest Open for engagements for singing in churches, concerts and private or public concerts. Her selections are high-class. Address 1228 You Street Northwest. Mme.L.C.Parrish FUR CULTURING, MANICURING AND SCALP TREATMENT 6 Largest Manufacturer of Hair Preparations in Boston. Largest Importer of Pure Human Hair. Trained in the best schools. Many years' experience. Purriish's Never Fall Hair Food is absolutely one of the best hair preparations on the market. It stops the hair from Splitting at the ends and falling out. It will make your Hair Grow. It is praised by people in all sections of the country. Send 10 cents for a sample jar. Agents wanted. Write for terms. Mme: L. C. PARRISH, 95 Camden St., Boston, Mass. Phone 888 R Tremont. Mention this paper when writing. SPOONERS' SEAT WALKED. dred Pound Sleeping Turtle. Charleston, S. C.-A young couple strolling. on Sullivan's island became fatigued. The Typewriter without a Speed Limit THE SEWING MACHINE OF QUALITY. In the Supreme Court of the District Columbia. Hallie Steward, Plaintiff, vs. Edward Steward et al., Defendant—No. 33,228. Equity Doc. 70. for your boy or girl. We are solving our own problems. We extend an invitation to you and your friends to call and see for yourselves. At your convenience call in and inspect our display, open any to the Freshmen by not producing a team on time, and the first year boys administered handy defeats to the second and fourth year classes. The Seniors won from the Sophomores and Juniors in convincing fash- 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. THE JAMES BROTHERS (Continued from page 1.) The Basement A visit to our basement gives you a view to our work rooms where there is a constant scene of activity Caskets being trimmed and stored and goods being received and delivered. There are also additional store rooms in basement for caskets, linings, handles, plates and trimmings Notwithstanding this, we have another warehouse in the alley adjoining our premises. We also have modern freight elevators, running from basement to second story to convey caskets from work rooms to show rooms and morgue, and the rear halls, toilts and closets are cemented, making them clean and sanitary. Our floor throughout are hard wood finishes in the natural grain, and polished to a smooth surface which makes them sanitary and dust proof. Our teams are the best that money can buy, and we have spared no expense to furnish you with the best horses and carriages that Washington City can yield. One need not fear the unsightly aspect of poorly fed horses and dilapidated carriages at our funerals. Our drivers are required to be sober and polite at all times, and any report to the contrary will result in their immediate dismissal. They are given to understand that they are the servants and that you are making it possible for them to be employed here. All of this well organized service we offer you at the same cost that you pay for inferior service. Money is no object to us when it comes to satisfying our patrons, and if there is anything about our establishment that does not appeal to you, tell us and we will change it. "We give our patrons just what they want." We give absolute satisfaction or you don't pay. We bring you to our show rooms and show you the goods. We let you select your handles, linings, plates and trimmings. We have them here for you to select from, and you get what you select. We are buying goods by the carloads while our competitors are buying them just as they use them. We are displaying forty-two caskets in our show rooms. We will guarantee to please you in your selections; It matters not how cheap the funeral, you get the same high-class service. Why have your dead kept in a makeshift undertaker's place, when you can have the use of our modern establishment at the same cost. We also have an attorney employed to arrange and adjust estates, and we also place him at your service at any time that you may require him. All of this goes to make up our high-class funeral service. A visit to our place will assure you that we have the most modern and up-to-date Undertaking Establishment in the United States for our people, and money does not figure at all when it comes to pleasing our patrons. We are financially capable to furnish you with anything that you may require, all we desire is your order. We solicit your patronage and guarantee you the best service that can be obtained. Our service for the shipping of remains to other cities cannot be surpassed and we arrange the fune-als in other cities as easily as we can here. We arrange to have bodies forwarded to Washington from any point within the United States. Telegraph and telephone orders are attended to promptly day or night. Our house is connected with all of the leading undertakers and embalmers in the United States, and this alone assures you of the vast connections that are necessary in conducting an extensive business and giving you proper service. Our business is founded upon good sound principles, and notwithstanding the attacks of our competitors and enemies we are today the leaders in our line, and persons desiring first-class service and the assurance of unlimited capital to guarantee the best that can be obtained, will find our establishment to be far ahead of any of our competitors in this line. We are also arranging to equip our establishment with a high-class motor service for funerals and expect to have same installed within the next few months. We also carry a complete line of burglar proof steel grave vaults, also vaults of concrete and stone, damp proof, vermin proof and impervious to water. Flowers furnished and floral blankets made to order. Varied assortment of fine door badges, of the finest materials. Gloves of all textures and materials. Hat bands of silk and broadcloth. Silk embroidered slumber robes with chiffon coverings. Everything for a high-class funeral. Ministers of any denomination furnished for funerals at our chapel. Professional pallbearers furnished at little cost. All drivers uniformed. Black, white and silver-gray hearses and funeral cars, draped or undraped. Neat and well dressed attendants and assistants. We handle hundreds of funerals a year. Our facilities are unlimited. We are trying to make a place of employment [Signature] for your boy or girl. We are solving our own problems. We extend an invitation to you and your friends to call and see for yourselves. At your convenience call in and inspect our display, open any hour night or day. Two polite attendants to show you at any time. Piedmont Hotel This hotel is the largest colored hotel in the city. It contains sixty-five rooms. It has everything connected with it—a first-class bar, dining room, pool room and barbershop. It has the largest stock room of any colored hotel in this city and far surpasses many of those conducted by white people. Its stock rooms contain upward of 500 different brands of liquors. It contains the largest stock of any colored establishment in the city. Mr. Charles W. Edwards, the proprietor and manager, and Mr. John Sales is the assistant. Mr. Edwards is a wide-awake and hustling business man. Mr. Sales is a great acquisition to the Piedmont and a man who attends to his own business, and always guarding carefully the interest of his principal. Death of Mr. Strachan. George M. C. Strachan, brother of Benjamin Matthew and Thaddeus Strachan of this city, died in New York December 2 and was brought to this city. He was buried from Messrs. McGuire & Adams Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Harmony. Mrs. Cecelia De Nellotz Mrs. Cecena De Netholz Will accept pupils in the English branches, mathematics, Latin, German, business arithmetic, business forms and methods, bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting, will correct, revise and typewrite manuscripts of all kinds, prepare matter for publication and do general secretarial work. Classes begin January 5, 1913. Terms on request. Class rooms, 1111 You Street Northwest. DEATH OF MISS MORSE Niece of Dr. J. W. Morse Dies Suddenly at Philadelphia, Pa. (Special to The Bee.) Jenkinstown, Pa., Dec. 16. This beautiful little town, a few minutes ride from the city of Philadelphia, was thrown into consternation Saturday evening, December 13, by the sudden death of Miss Heller G. Morse, the eldest daughter of the late Moses E. Morse and the niece of Dr. J. W. Morse, the well known druggist of Washington, D. C. Miss Morse was one of the best known and most popular young ladies in Jenkinstown. She was apparently in good health Saturday morning, and just before she started to leave the house she said to her mother that she would dress and go and have some pictures taken. As she started to leave she was suddenly taken ill at 3:30 P. M. with severe pain in her head, which ran down on spine, which prevented the young lady from moving. She was put to bed and a physician sent for, and at 9:35 P. M. Saturday night she died. She was buried today from her late residence. Every citizen, high, rich and poor, sent letters of condolence. R. Wordy's Occupation. A rumor is current that R. Wordy Thompson has received positive instructions that he must cut out his correspondence to newspapers or relinquish his messengership job. This will be hard on R. Wordy, but a relief to the readers of colored newspapers who had become tired of his stale news and windy stuff, and his personal write-ups of himself. Vale R. Wordy. Why not resign, R. Wordy. Be a man, as you have often declared that you are. Prescriptions carefully compounded at Phillip's Pharmacy, 913 Fourth Street Northwest. Basket Ball. The Inter Class series of basket ball games closed at Commercial High School last week with the Freshman team as winners of the series, and thereby school champions. This team will meet the winners of the class series in the M Street High School and the Armstrong Manual Training School series. The Juniors of the Commercial school forfeited It is the place where the genial 201 D Street Southwest. 201 D Street Southwest Dr. George W. Murray is no doubt the oldest colored druggist in this city, and almost equal in service to those of the more fortunate race. His place of business, at 201 D Street Southwest, is one of the landmarks which is an ornament to the people in that section of the city. Murray, the pharmacist, is known in every home in the Southwest. It is the place where Christmas and New Year are made joyful. to the Freshmen-by not producing a team on time, and the first year boys administered handy defeats to the second and fourth year classes. The Seniors won from the Sophomores and Juniors in convincing fashion, the second year students won from the Juniors and the latter team met defeat in all of its contests. All of the games were played on the outdoor court in the brisk weather of the last few days, and were fast and cleanly played. Of the stars of the series, Turner, Tatum, Wallace, Taylor, Dean, King, Horad and Fantroy bear mentioning. Dr. J. W. Morse One among the most progressive and up-to-date druggists in this city is Dr. J. W. Morse, of 1904 L Street Northwest. He has as his assistants, a very competent registered pharmacist, Dr. J. E. Henderson, who is an old landmark in this up-to-date drug store, and his wife, who is an expert bookkeeper. Mrs. Morse is a thorough business woman, who studies the interest of her husband's business She has made herself an invaluable acquisition to his business. Dr. Morse has everything that you want, and before you go down town to purchase your goods give him a call. Lieut. B. O. Davis This well known army officer and his wife, who have been in the West for some time, arrived in the city this week and will remain until January 3d, 1914. After which date they will locate in Hochita, New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Davis look well, and during their stay they will be the guests of their sisters, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Dickson, and Mrs. Burrell, 1711 Eleventh street Northwest. IEEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. THE FULL COMMITTEE PRESENT THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY PRE-VAILS THRUGHOUT. GET TOGETHER WAS THE SLOGAN, AND TAKEN ALL IN ALL WE HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER SURL ENOUGH. Not only Southern representation, but all representation reduced. Promptly at noon Tuesday, Chairman Charles D. Hilles called the Republican National Committee to order in extraordinary session. The object of the meeting as stated was for two purposes, First to consider the calling together of a Republican National Convention in extraordinary session and, Second, to take some steps with reference to apportioning representation in the National Convention so that the apportionment would be representative of the Republican will and wish. There was a general debate throughout the first day of the session on general lines as to the needs of the party. the necessity for harmonizing all elements in the party to do those things that would bring together the two wings of the party that constitute the majority in the general elections seemed to be uppermost in the minds of all present. There was quite a mixture of all the elements of the party who made strong and able addresses. There was Senator Cummings and ex-Senator Crane; there was Senator Borah and Senator Bradley; there was Gov. Hadley and William Barnes, Jr., of New York, and indeed there was well nigh as largely a sprinkling of Progressives as there was regular Republicans. After extended debate, the committee on Tuesday night by a decisive and well nigh unanimous vote, decided against the calling of a National Convention in extraordinary session, and after a long and extended debate the committee at last passed unanimously the following basis of apportionment for representation in the Republican National Convention: 1. Four delegates at large from each and every State. 2. One delegate from each and every Congressional District in every State, and one Delegate for each Delegate at Large in each and every State that has Congressmen at Large. 3. One additional Delegate for each and every Congressional District in a State that polled in the Presidential election of 1908 not less than 7,500 Republican votes or which may in the Congressional elections of 1914 poll not less than 7,500 Republican votes. 4. Two Delegates each for the District of Columbia and Alaska. 5. Two Delegates each without a vote from Haiwaii, Porto Rico, and the Provided, however, that the afore- Doctor Murray extends a welcome hand to friend and foe, and where everybody meets everybody upon a common level. Go and inspect his toilet articles. Ask for a bottle of his high-class perfumery. Soaps of all kinds. Combs, hair brushes and high-class face powders for ladies. Call and make a personal inspection of his place and goods before going elsewhere. Dr. George W. Murray, the old reliable, 201 D Street Southwest Philippine island: going basis of representation will only become effective if on or before the first day of January, 1915, it shall have been ratified by two-thirds of the States that make up a majority in the electoral college. A committee of three, consisting of Mr. Warren, of Michigan, Senator Borah, of Idaho, and Gov. Hatfield, of West Virginia, consolidate, print, and promulgate this proposed basis of representation to the Republican organization in the several States for their approval or disapproval. Whereas, the manifest result of this basis of representation will be to reduce the representation of the South in the National Convention, it will also reduce the representation in the Republican States like New York and Pennsylvania, and while it does reduce the representation in the South, this reduction was self imposed by the members of the committee from the South, by their votes and by their voice. Those speaking generally for the Progressive idea throughout the deliberations of the committee were Senator Borah, Senator Cummings, Senator Jones, Mr. Howell, of Nebraska, and Gov. Hatfield, of West Virginia. Among the regulars who spoke and took a commanding part was Mr. William Barnes, Jr., of New York, Estabrook, of Vermont, former Gov. Watson, of Indiana, Mr. Remmells, of Arkansas, Martin, of Virginia, and Senator Bradley, of Kentucky. Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson represented the State of Georgia on the National Committee and presented the views of the colored man, and spoke, taking as a text the followinb amendment proposed by him: "RESOLVED, That we demand of the Republican Congressmen in the National House of the Representatives either to enact appropriate legislation that was provided in the Fifteenth Amendment for its due enforcement by passing an adequate Federal election law to govern the election of the members of the Congress and of the electors for President and Vice President of the United States, or by appropriate legislation to enforce that provision of the Fourteenth Amendment authorizing a reduction of the number of representatives of a State in the National Congress or the number of its electors in the Electoral College in proportion as such State by its laws has disfranchised citizens of the United States in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution." Colonel Johnson took the position first that he desired to see a united party, to be relieved from the death grip of Democracy; that the colored man did not desire to dominate the National Convention or rob the States that could give Republican votes, but he still reminded the leaders of the cowardly position of the Republican party in running away from bills in Congress like the election law bill proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge and put through Thomas B. Reed. However, the feeling and sentiment of the Negro in this country was that he had better be reduced a little bit in the Republican National Convention by his friends than to be totally annihilated by the Democrats, his enemy. The speech of Col. Johnson brought forth from Gov. Hadley a fervent reassurance of the loyalty of the Republican party to its colored citizens, and indeed, whereas Gov. Hadley's eloquent assurance of the loyalty of the Republican party to the colored man was the only one sounded in the National Committee, it echoed the sentiment and the approval of all for he was vociferously applauded. Indeed it seemed the greatest piece of harmony throughout the whole meeting was called up when Col. Johnson stated what he thought to be the position of his people and when Gov. Hadley stated and reassured him of the old time fealty of the party toward the colored man. When the proposition came up to give the District of Columbia two delegates without votes, it called to his feet the Hon. Chapin Brown, National Committeeman of the District of Columbia, and next to the Johnson-Hadley incident, the stirring eloquences and ringing appeal of Chapin Brown was the next best thing to bring harmony in the National Committee, and due very largely to the eloquence of Mr. Brown, the committee unanimously gave representation and votes to the Delegates of the District of Columbia. The committee adjourned in absolute peace and in good cheer and it seems that they have gotten together sure enough. THE CHURCH WILL. (From the Memphis, Tenn., Sun.) From the alarming pages of the very few of our esteemed contemporaries edited by colored men, particularly the Chicago Defender, and the Birmingham Wide-Awake, we are astonished to learn that the will drawn, made and left by the late R. R. Church, of Memphis, has been broken, set aside, changed by some order or decision of a Memphis court. The Sun is a Memphis newspaper, and its editor is a citizen here. We are alive to the happenings of these environs, come by chance, by gossip's free and anxious tongue, or through channels of responsibility. We are somewhat informed upon the business and the findings of the several courts hereabouts, and certainly we have followed with double interest the legal skirmish with respect to the affairs of the late R. R. Church. We weigh our word: the will left by Mr. Church has not been broken by any act of the courts of Tennessee, nor has that his will been in question before any court in Tennessee or in any commonwealth. News to the contrary is false and misleading, and at ugly variance with the facts. If we are permitted to advance an opinion we will say that in all likelihood that docu- --- The Hair Dressing of quality and merit. For Men Women and Children Sold at all drug stores - 25c per box. Agents make big money handling our goods Write for terms and territory HAIR VIM CHEM. CO. 1234 You St., Wash., D. C. QUINADE GROWS HAIR REMOVES DANDRUFF WITH FOR SAMPLE QUINASOAP THE IDEAL SHAMPOO SOAP THROUGH THE CLEANSING HAIR QUINACOMB HAIR STRAIGHTENER SHAMPOO DRYER SEEBY DRUG COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y J.F.OYSTER 902 Penna. 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