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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE WASHINGTON NEGROES PROTEST NEGRO SILENT PROTEST PARADE. The executive committee of the Negro Silent Protest Parade which held such a wonderful and epoch-making parade on Fifth Avenue, New York on Saturday, July 28, were in the city last Wednesday to present a petition for redress of grievances to the President and the Congress of the United States. the United States which was held in New York was the most remarkable demonstration ever made of negroes; about 15,000 men, women and children took part. The members of the committee were; Rev F. A. Cullen; Rev Charles D. Martin; Mr. John E. Nall; Mr. Fred R. Moore; Mr. Isaac B. Miller; Dr. D. I. Hoage; Rev George B. Miller; Mr. A. B. Cosey; Dr. W. E. B. DuBois; Rev A. Clayton Powell; Rev William P. Hays; M. M. C. Layton; Mme. C. J. Kirkpatrick; Rev E. W. Daniel; Rev C. J. W. Brown and Mr. Jas Johnson. Woolton The following extract is taken from one of the circulars that was sent every colored family in the city of New York by direction of the able president of the Negro Silent Protest Parade, Rev. Dr. Hutchens C. Bishop: Order of March. The children will lead the parade, followed by the women in white, while the men will bring up the rear. The laborer, the professional man—all classes of the race—will march on foot to the beating of muffled drums. The native born, the foreign born, united by ties of blood and color, all owing allegiance to the mother of races will parade silently with the flags of America, England; Haiti and Liberia. You must be in line. Why Do We March? We march because by the grace of God and the force of truth, the dangerous, hampering walls of prejudice and inhuman injustices must fall. We march because we want to make impossible a repetition of Waco, Memphis and East St. Louis, by rousing the conscience of the country and bring the murderers of our brothers, sisters and innocent children to justice. We march because we deem it a crime to be silent in the face of such barbaric acts. We march because we are thoroughly opposed to Jim-Crow cars, etc, segregation, discrimination, disfranchisement, LYNCHING and the host of evils that are forced upon us. It is time that the spirit of Christ should be manifested in the making and execution of laws. We march because we want our children to live in a better land and enjoy fairer conditions than have fallen to our lot: We march in memory of our butchered dead, the massacre of the honest toilers who were removing the reproach of laziness and thriftlessness hurled at the entire race. They died to prove our worthiness to live. We live in spite of death shadowing us and ours. We prosper in the face of the most unwarranted and illegal oppression. We march because the growing consciousness and solidarity of race coupled with sorrow and discrimination have made us one; a union that may never be dissolved in spite of shallow-brained agitators, scheming pundits and political tricksters who secure a fleeting popularity and uncertain financial support by promoting the disunion of a people who ought to consider themselves as one. Be in line on Saturday and show that you have not become callous to the sorrows of your race. May God the sofrew STATE OF MINDO BANK INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS BANK. Imposing Demonstration—President ations and Fine Displa One, of the most imposing build which stands at the northwest cor- west, which was occupied Wednesda made of it in The Bee of July 28 to the colored citizens of Washington organizer and colored financier, John The decorations at the opening sive baskets of flowers decorated the outside of the bank building was de Hundreds of citizens visited the its doors and witnessed the fine die One of the most imposing buildings is the new Capital Savings Bank which stands at the northwest corner of Eleventh and You streets northwest, which was occupied Wednesday, August 1st, and special mention was to it in The Bee of July 28th. This bank stands as a monument to the colored citizens of Washington and which was erected by that great officer and colored financier, John W. Lewis. organizer and colored The decorations at the opening last Wednesday were beautiful. Massive baskets of flowers decorated the building Wednesday, while the in and outside of the bank building was decorated with American flags. Hundreds of citizens visited the new building, while thousands passed down and witnessed the fine display. You must be in line. You must be in line. NEWS NOTES HERE AND THERE. On Thursday, July 26, the executive committee of the Fairfax County School Fair Association of Fairfax County, Virginia, held a very important and interesting session, transacting some highly necessary business relative to their Fair which will be held October 10-11, 1917, at Fair grounds near Fairfax Courthouse, Va. Among those present were: Prof. A. T. Shirley, president and supervisor; W. A. West, corresponding secretary; Mrs. M. E. Holland, first vice-president; Mrs. L. H. Jackson, treasurer; and Messrs. Jasper, Wrights, Clark, Thomas and Granderson; Mesdames Tinner, West, Payne, Pinn and others, members of the committee and Ladies' Auxiliary. A morning and afternoon session were held and a splendid luncheon served the committee by patrons of the Fairfax C. H. Public School. The next meeting will be held at Falls Church, Va. during the month of August. The Baptist Ministers' City Conference held its usual Monday session, July 30, at Metropolitan Baptist Church. The special feature of this meeting was a sermon by the Rev John Richards, pastor of Rehobeth Bap. Church, which was well received by the brethren. The closing session will be held with the Mt. Alry Baptist Church, pastored by Rev A. J. Tyler, Monday, August 6. The election of officers for another year will then be had. The Conference then takes its vacation until the 3rd Monday in September. The Cosmopolitan Baptist Church hold quite an enthusiastic, service in behalf of the East St. Louis sufferers, and the race in general, Sunday, July 29, 3:30 p. m. Rev S. P. W. Drew, the pastor, had associated with him Rev. Dr. C. M. Tanner, pastor Metropolitan A. M. E. Church; Rev M. L. Breeding, pastor Lane C. M. E. Church; Rev W. H. Manokoo, pastor Brown's Chapel, A. M. E. Church, in the pulpit, and the East Washington male chorus. Dr. Drew will continue his meetings up to Sept. 8—the 12th Anniversary of his pastorate in this city—and Sept. 23-24 when mammoth meetings of race interest are to be held. The Trinidad Baptist Tent services at Bladensburg Road near 16th and H streets northeast, Rev. Dr. R. J. Hawkins, pastor, are progressing splendidly. The services on Sunday, July 29, were a signal success. Rev. Dr. Brown of Canada, preached from Romans, 10th chapter, 1st and 2nd verses, subject, "Save our Race." There will be services every night for one month. The Missionary Circle, Mrs. Malinda Gordon, chairman, will take charge Monday evening, August 6, 7:30 p. m. Let everybody attend these meetings and thus have a part in the great good being done at this point. Rev. Dr. Hawkins is a soul-stirring Gospel Christian minister. The McKinley Memorial Baptist Church, 4th and 1st streets northwest, pastored by Rev. Dr. S. G. Lamkins, is taking on new life. From time to time improvements at this place will be made, and this corner be made one of the attractive church centers of the city. Alexandria Memorial Church choir and pastor went to Deanwood Sunday to be with Rev. Brent and his good people there. Rev. Dr. Garfield is ever in demand. He is a successful evangelist. MOUNTAIN VIEW HOUSE. Harper's Ferry, W. Va., Aug. 1, 1917. August came in a scorcher, about 90 degrees, but we do manage to nt Lewis Triumph—Beautiful Decorat- lay of Flowers and Flags. Buildings is the new Capital Savings Bank owner of Eleventh and You streets north- day, August 1st, and special mention was 88th. This bank stands as a monument ton and which was erected by that great John W. Lewis. Ag last Wednesday were beautiful. Mass the building Wednesday, while the in and decorated with American flags. The new building, while thousands passed display. [Image of a person sitting in a chair, wearing a white shirt and dark pants, with their face obscured by shadow.] THIS. INNOCENT FEMALE CITIZEN WAS SHOT DOWN BY EAST ST. LOUIS MOB PRESENT GENERAL HENRY POWELL The man who does more to circulate newspapers than any man in the United States. A philanthropist and politician. The man of the hour. His name is a household word among the deserving. sleep and get a breeze from the two rivers. Now that the weather is hot and the rivers clear, fishing will be a sport. Dr. Montgomery has returned to Att. View. The Misses Newman of Champlain street seem so well pleased that they may remain at Mt. View until Labor Now for a. big fish; his family will drive Saturday. Miss Marie Montgomery, who has cast her lot by the sea for the season, started out yesterday in search of a cool breeze, landed at Mt. View, where she will visit her father for a few days. Mr. J. W. Johnson, the leading farmer of Mich., of Grand Rapids, is a guest at Mt. View. Mrs. Alexander of Orange, N. J.; Miss Lillian Shober, of Wilmington, N. C.; Miss Downing and Miss Wills of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Dr. and Mrs. Barrier and niece, of Alexandria, Va., will arrive today. Mr. Elford of Muskogee, Okla. called between trains Mr. Jenkins. Baltto, caterer, and family, motored up last Sunday. Mr. Freeman, Murray of Alexandria, Va. his three sons, the Murray Bros. of Washington, their wives and children motored up and spent the day Sunday at Mt. View. Mr. J. H. Foster, of the Foster Dye Works was prevented from coming on account of sickness. Mr. John E. Syphax and family of 13th street, will arrive at Mt. View this week. An automobile party of 25 is expected at Mt. View Sunday if the weather permits. HOTEL DALE, CAPE MAY, N. J. The following are the guests at this famous and popular summer resort. Messrs. Woody, Kelly, Wilbur, R. White, Geo. A. Francis, Walter M. Hunter, Frank E. Beauduhy, Miss Mary Bennett and Mrs. Herman Bourne, all of New York; Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Christian, Mrs. Mildred Wobb, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Creswell, Mrs. F. C. Freswell, Misses Thelmpson, Constance P. Evans, Catherine Jackson, Hilda Jackson, Cassie Lee, Dia M. Epps, Richard Collins, Miss Ida Clyne, Brien, all of Atlantic City; Jacob Tlghman, J. B. Johnson, C Hall, H. Meran, J. H. Robinson, J. N. Crawford, E. A. Lockhard, Dudley Hausley, K. G. Hughes, Craston Watery, Rev. W. H. Moses, Dr. Chas P. Stubbs, Mrs. G. A. Wilson, Mrs. Lae Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. Lee. Reading; Misses J. C. Turner, Lae Waters, and Nellie Hausley, all of, Phila.; Rev. R. J. Matthews, Cape May; P. L. Redward, Cape May; Albert Dade, Washington, D. C.; Henry Rauner, Bala, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Lytle Morton, Pa. DR. MIDDLETON GETS COMMISSION IN MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. Savannah, Ga., July 28.—Dr. Chas. Clayton Middleton, who was recently appointed, to a first lieutenancy in the medical reserve corps, this morning received a telegram from General Gorgas, surgeon - general of the United States, ordering him into active service at Fort Oglethorpe on August 10th. Dr. Middleton who is a graduate of the college department of Knoxville-College, Tenn., and the medical department of the University of Michigan, is one of the most efficient young 'negg physicians of the city and one of the best known professional men here. For several years he has been one of the two negro city physicians here. It will be interesting to note that Dr. Middleton's brother, Louis G. Middleton, a Howard University (Washington, D. C.) student, is already in training at the negro officers' Training Camp at Des Moines, Iowa. They are the sons of Mrs. L. G. Middleton, a local city school teacher. Dr. William A. Harris, another local negro physician, has also been appointed to a commission in the medical reserve corps. WHO IS WHO? Who opened the door of hope and who ordered it closed? Roosevelt. Who said that a southern colored man would not be appointed a position if objections were made to him? Taft. Who issued regulation orders against colored employees in the government department? The democratic and republican administrations. Who declared the present war a white man's war? Hefflin. white man's war: Remain. Who said that the war could be won without the colored man? Hefflin. Why are colored men drafted if the war can be won without them? Why are flat-footed colored men fit for war and not fit for police service in this city. Ask the police surgeon. Why are colored men more preferable for guard duty in government places than certain white men? The colored man can be trusted. FALLS CHURCH NOTES THE Annual Rally of Second Baptist church here, pastored by Rev. G. W. Powell, D.D., was a success. Revs. Pinkett, of Mt. Pleasant; Saunders of the Theological Seminary, Va., and Mr. Phillips of Merrifield, Va., were the preachers for the day. The amount announced as raised at night session's close was $252.3. Company A, with Mr. Sam Thomas and Mrs. Ewen, leaders, raised the largest amount of the clubs and got the silver cup. On Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 23, a joint session of the Ministers' and Deacons' unions of northern Va., and Tidewater, Va., met at the Second Baptist Church. Among those present were Revs. R. P. Dawson, T. Hedgeman, D. G. Henderson, S. M. Johnson, P. W. Auntt, Deacons D. Dorum, T. C. Tylery, Prof. A. T. Shirley. Rev Dr. Powell and his good people entertained all visitors. S. M. Thomas of Washington, D. C. is now spending her vacation with her daughter, Mrs. Susie Henderson. Miss Alice. Chum of Washington, D. C. spent Sunday with her mother. Mrs. Fannie Simmons conducted a concert at the Second Baptist church, "An Old Time School," with the assistance of Messrs. John Everett, Geo. Turner and Dewy Jones, and Misses-Ethel Powell, Hannah Stone, Corene Byrd, Pearl G. Taylor, Katie Simmons and others. Miss Louise Porter of Washington, D. C., spent a short vacation with Miss Katie Simmons. WEST WASHINGTON. WEST WASHINGTON Rev. D. DeWitt Turpean delivered two very interesting sermons to large congregations on Sunday morning and evening at Mt. Zion M. E. Church in the interest of Morgan College, Baltimore. Md., and received a large subscription and amount, one hundred dollars in cash toward the indebtedness on the building which will be a credit to the Methodist Episcopal Church and connection. Memorial Exercises were held Sunday afternoon at First Baptist Church in honor of the late Mrs. Fannie Bailey, a very prominent church woman and Deaconess. A very large, number of the Deaconesses, under whose auspices the meeting was in charge were present with Mrs. Mary Howard,the mistress of ceremonies. The program was as follows: Music, "Shall we meet?" Invocation, Deaconess, Mrs. John B. Diggs, remarks for the church, Mr. John Harris; resolutions from Circle B. Mrs. Lillian F. Mitchell; exetette, "Over the Hill Tops," choir; tribute "Over the Hilltops," choir; Tribute from the Loyalty Bible Class; solo Mrs. Mary E. Pryor; "Free as a Bird," Mrs. Pinn; Tribute from Rev Edgar E. Ricks, ex-pastor, now of Roanoke, Va.; Presentation of the Memorial window by Mrs. Fannie E Smothers; response by Mr. Geo. Parker, Mr. A. S. Pinkett and Rev. Jas L. Pinn. Mr. Richard Boormey, the blind messenger for a number of years for the late Campbell Carrington, a very prominent lawyer-of the District Bar, was kindly remembered in a well cently probated, with two hundred dollars money and a life-time salary, for which he desires to express his public thanks and appreciation for the kind and benevolent Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, whose death was announced Tuesday, takes from this country one of the most eloquent and scholarly Baptist devines. The Baptists have lost a man and a scholar. The Bee extends its sympathy. THE TRAINING CAMP THE TRAINING CAMP NEGROES JOIN OFFICERS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMP TO PROVE THEIR RACE CAPABLE OF LEADING MEN IN ARMY. From Des Moines News, July 22, 1917. To the average American citizen, the entrance of this country into the world war spells tragedy, but to the 1200 negroes at Fort Des Moines, undergoing training to become army officers, this same war has opened the door of opportunity. For the first time the negro is to be given a chance to prove his capacity for military leadership, and he is making the most of it. The thing-that soon impresses the visitor to the camp is the intensity with which the men enter into the work. As R. B. De Frantz, secretary of the colored Y. M. C. A. at the fort, expresses it: Every man feels that he must make good; not for himself alone, but for his country and race. Who Started Move. The idea of a negro training camp was first advanced by a white man, Joel E. Spinerm, president of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored Race. It was taken up and pushed by several negro organizations, including a committee of 100, headed by Rev. J. Milton Waldron of Washington, D. C. Dr. George W. Cabaniss, also of Washington, who was chairman of the publicity committee, is at the training camp doing volunteer service with the army Y. M. C. A. Because of his age, he is not taking training, but it is possible that he will take the examination to qualify him for medical work at some cantonment. Deserves Credit Doctor Cabanis was one of the committee of five, who, thrue the agency of Secretary Tumulty, succeed in getting the matter before the president at a critical juncture, and deserves no small credit for the establishment of the negro training camp at Fort Des Molnes. Other at the camp who helped to overcome the strong opposition of the War. Department are Prof. Thomas A. Gregory, chairman of the national committee of negro college men, and E. Benjamin Curley, secretary of the same organization. It was up to the advocates of the camp to prove that they could get a sufficient number of negroes of the right caliber to justify its establishment, and they succeeded. That they have not failed in their promises is shown by the fact that there are at least 600 college and university men at the camp, in addition to successful business men who have not had college training. Send 200 Students. Howard University of Washington, D. C, has sent 200 students and 100 members of its alumni to the camp, and university men from almost every state north of the Mason and Dixon line are to be found. Harvard is represented by 15 or 20 graduates. A dozen university instructors are taking training and physicians, lawyers and dentists are in every company. But to secure so many representatives of the highest type of the race much sacrifice has been necessary. Most of these men have given up well established professional and business careers as well as home and family. Doctor Ward Trains Here. A typical example is that of Dr. Joseph H. Ward of Indianapolis, Ind., who left his wife and two children, a profitable medical practice, and his patriotic reasons alone. Doctor Ward, who is 44 years of age, has practiced surgery for 18 years, has been city school inspector in Indianapolis for eight years, and is chairman of the finance committee of the Indianapolis branch of the Y. M. C. A., the foremost organization of its kind in the world. "This is a history making period and I want to be connected with it," was the simple explanation offered by Doctor Ward for giving up a life of comparative ease to toll with pick and shovel on the rifle range and take long hikes under a b lily sun. The work has been very hard for many of the civilian negroes but they are gradually getting hardened to it. Col. C. B. C. Callou, the officer in charge, gives the been 10 hours' work a day, and most of the evenings are devoted to study. A baseball league and a motion picture machine furnish recreation for the men. Picture shows are given Saturday and Sunday evenings. In addition to the civilians, many of the negroes at the camp have seen service, some in Mexico and some in the Philippines. One man, W. Bazil, spent 12 years in the British army, going thru the Boer and Ashantie wars in Africa. Colonel Ballou is pleased with the progress made by the men and their amenableity to discipline. Theo the camp has been established but three weeks, he does not hesitate to say: "A large number of these men will make officers." Rev. W. Bishop Johnson Dead. Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, formerly pastor of the Second Baptist Church, died at the Freedman's Hospital Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Johnson was one of the foremost Baptist ministers in the United States. He is the author of several well-written books. Belair Road Residents Ask Court to Enjoin organ College. Baltimore Sun, May 26, 1917. Suit was instituted yesterday in Circuit Court of Baltimore county at Towson for an injunction against Morgan College. The colbed institution, carrying out its proposed plan of establishing negro colony in connection with the college on the land recently bought from the Ivy Land Company. Belair road. pany on the A. Diggs, Russell I. Diggs, Anna C. Diggs, Samuel W. Diggs, George H. Franklin, Margaret B. Franklin, William Henry Beck and Johann C. Beck, all property owners in the vicinity. It alleges that the college has brought much more property than it needs, and that it proposes to use the excess property in establishing a negro colony. It cites the opposition aroused through the entire neighborhood to the establishment of the college and colony there; states that the neighborhood is an entirely white one; that large sums of money have been spent in its development, and that the introduction of a negro settlement would destroy property values and bring ruin to the most residents in the neighborhood. The bill also alleges that the college has no property under its charter to buy property for purpose of establishing such a negro colony, and seeks to enlist the college from carrying out its purpose. Palmer's Skin Whitener may be purchased in all the People's Drug stores, as follows: Main 4119, People's Drug Store, 1 K. N. W. Store 1, 7th and A Main 5671, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 5670, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 500, Store 2, S. W. Cor. 7th and W. W. Cor. N. W. Main 3140, Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 2398, Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 2398, Store 4, 7th and M N. W. Lincoln 3486, Store 5, 8th and H N. H. 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"To sum up briefly," continued Mr. Longworth, "the situation seems to be indisputably this: Malt sprouts under an absolute necessity, forming as the do one-third of the contents of the mash from which yeast is developed. Mr. Longworth he was opposed to the prohibition of manufacturing beer for other reasons, one because it reduced revenues, and another because it deprived the man of his drink. "No matter what one's views may be upon prohibition as an ethical question," he finished, "it seems to me that our highest duty as members of Congress is to see to it that through no action of ours may a shortage be caused in the bread supply of the country, white we are at war." become a reader. I want to say again that I am now on the field in behalf of the French black war orphans. My success is slow, due to the cause of being oppressed with other duties at the time. My heart was made to rejoice when the good white people of my town be gun to help him. J. E. Brown, president of the Mississippi Heights Academy of Blue Mt., Miss., was the first congratulate the work and paid to me for the Lord wills I shall live and be able in the near future to make a report to the Colored American Society at Atlanta, Ga. Directed to Dr. F. E. May, Box P. S. Please find enclosed $1.00 for which send the Bee, six months to Mr. Robert Brewster, Blue Mountain, Miss. Respectfully yours. G. G. GRAY. BREAD WILL RISE ON YEAST SHORTAGE. Representative Longworth Presents Statement from Large Manufacturer. If the breweries of the country are closed down, in accordance with provisions of the Food Control bill as it passed the House, it will increase the price of bread, Representative Nicholas Longworth told the House of Representatives. Mr. Longworth said he had made a careful study of the question, and was convinced that prohibition of beer manufacture would result in a shortage of not less than forty per cent in the supply of yeast in the country. COLORED DIRECTOR. Editor, The Bee. From years of careful study of your columns, you have gleaned the idea that you maintain the position that Journalism takes its place alongside legislation and other propaganda as a agency having for one of its non-imental objects the abolition of "An Abnormal Status" as applying to any ship, that government derive their powers from the consent of the governed. I believe therefore that you will give space to tell of single heroic act of one of our number, act to my mind was but lightened individual made in a manner true to the qualities of the actor and of course had the desired and established to the mind of your correspondent that, if Negro in official life would not exercise an intelligent initiative in the interest of his constituent he would at all times find the members of the other race accorded. ready to respond. I attended a meeting of the board of education a week ago when Supt. Thurston presented a resolution providing a White director of the Summer Civic Work at a certain salary. While the resolution was pending among the Colored members of the board which was finally and sweetly broken by Mrs. Cook, who suggested that the proposed law was incomplete in as much as it failed to provide for the directorship of the Colored Civic work by some one, namely a colored individual, who familiar with condi- tions of the colored people. tions among. The suggestion brought forth the unanticipated vote of the board of education, and it seemed as, though the When, members of the board were to support our champion and as a result some Black man will draw a salary with which to educate his children, provide for his family and buy a liberty bond. And to the other Colored members of the board let me point them to that portion of the scriptures that reads something like this, "Ask and you shall receive Knock and the door shall be open unto you." But I do not mean that you should ask for things personal but for these things having a ten dency to redound to the glory of all our people and to keep alive the principle that equality is justice. READER. Editor Washington My dear sir:—I am a subscriber of the Bee. I began to read it about 3 months ago and I am now able to say that I have never found anything in the publishing line to excel it in any degree of accuracy. Why it is O. K. in every way; full of truth, light and life to those who read it. I want to say again that I would to God that every black man; woman, boy and girl could find the way to the Bee and reader thereof. FACED DANGERS TO REGISTER Oil Man Walked Eleven Miles and Swam Flooded Streams. Ellsworth, Kan.-Heavy rains and swollen streams almost compelled Carl Holt of this city to miss registering. Holt is a tool dresser for the Shamrock-Cushing oil drill, eleven miles southeast of Ellsworth. He was asked to register here. required to register When Holt, late in the afternoon, started to drive into Elsworth with his car he found himself, cut off by streams which had flooded and wash- ing the bridges. out the car. He promptly discarded the car, swam the creek and started to walk the eleven miles to Ellsworth. In the course of his walk he found it necessary to navigate other streams in a like manner. Fifteen minutes before 9, wet, muddy and tired, he rushed into the registration' hall and signed his name to the card. Two Negroes Lynched for Threats. Montgomery, Ala., July 25—Will and Jesse Powell, negroes, who were arrested here yesterday on a charge of threatening the life of a white mer and his negro helper, were taken by a mob from deputies. Lowndes county last night and lynched to a nearby tree. The trouble is said to have been when the negroes brush the farmer's horse. ed against them. We are still fighting to make the World safe for democracy. Big Conference Monday—Discussions of the Race Questions. A conference consisting of Dr. J. A Taylor, Dr. W. H. Jernagin, Dr. M. W. Norman, Rev. Waldron, Calvin Chase and others in the study of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church, at 10 o'clock. The members of the conference are from the National Colored Conference that meets annually, of which Dr. Jernagin is president. This is the headquarters for the people. FOOD ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT. The demand for fats in Germany, notwithstanding the enormous quantities that have until recently been received through the neuromotor actions, is illustrated by advertisements in German newspapers just received here. "For sale, or cash on delivery, fat for frying, 17 marks ($4.05) per pound," reads one advertisement. "Goose fat, 22½ marks ($5.36) per pound," reads another. "Duck fat, ¼ pound for 4.75 marks ($1.13)," is a Dresden bargain sale enforcement. Salted goose legs are quoted at 94c each. Minced goose meat brings the same price. Larded goose breasts the delicacy, will cost the epicures $2.08 per pound: Fresh fowls for soup are quoted at per pound and up. from $1.01 per pound. An official distribution of cheese is announced for. Dusseldorf, with the announcement that there will not be sufficient to supply every one, but that "those who were not supplied at the last distribution and also go empty at the forthcoming distribution will be given preference at the next distribution. They must, therefore, preserve the current voucher." Prices quoted are 82c per pound for Gouda and 36c per pound for Swiss cheese. Young country laying hens are advertised or sale at $3.32 each. "Well-fed, snow-wide Enden giant geese" are offered for sale at prices ranging from $11.91 to $19.06 each. The egg ration at Hamburg for week in June was "one egg per person. Rabbits bring high. "One buck, one doe and three young ra- bbit." for $8.34. bits" are offered Horizons in great demand for killing horizons made of horse flesh are advertised at prices varying from 53c to 88c per pound. COLORED BAR ASSOCIATION To the Colored Attorneys of the Nation A meeting of the National Negro Bar Association is called at Chattanooga, Tennessee for the 15, 16 and 17 August, 1917. or August. The National Negro Bar Association is a auxiliary of the National Negro Business League and will meet in connection with the National Negro Business League at Chattanooga, a member of the Bar in good Heretofore, when the been held in the Sorority the attendance has been unusually large and we trust that we shall not be dissapointed influence. this instantiate. At this time when we have an intensified migratory movement, going on, international strife, humiliating segregation and proscription by a National Party in Washington and lynchings and burnings on every hand, not to mention the comparatively tame past time of legislative enactments infimial to our welfare, it behooves us to get together and take counsel. Messrs. Scott, Banks and Napier are planning a meeting of extraordinary proportions and as an auxiliary body we want to break all previous records. This the 3rd day of July,1917. (Signed) P. W. Howard, Pres. Nat'l Negro Bar Assn., Jackson, Miss. Miss. William Harrison Cor. Secty. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. --- Their Food Value Use In Wartime Is Seen by Conservers of Crop. Washington.—The humble peanut, eaten casually when one happens to pass a vender's cart, is coming into its own in this war, according to officials in food administration. of the food audit For peanuts make peanut butter, which, it is predicted, is going to play a more important part in the dietary as important butter is conserved in line with the food administration's milk campaign. saving campaing Peanut butter has 20 per cent of protein, 30 per cent of fat and 24 per cent of carbohydrates and affords a total of 2,660 calories per pound. Thus peanut butter has a marked nutritive value. butter. Peanuts have been forging ahead anyway, for since 1809 the culture of peanuts has increased rapidly in this country. Then the peanut acreage was 516,654. Only last year, it was 1,245,000, and this year it is 2,001,000. 600, and this jelly Shelled peanuts yield from 40 to 60 per cent of oil. This edible oil, it is statched, compares favorably with olive oil and is used for culinary purposes and also for making oleo margarine. says: finger prints are but the tracings of physical characteristics or the lines upon the fingers. Nothing further is required in finger printing than has been sustained heretofore by the courts in making proofs of identification." Truck Farmer Harvests Immature Crop to Save It. Hood River, Ore.-T. Matsumoto, Japanese truck gardener whose acres were immulated when the Columbia freshet broke over his dikes, is conducting the most unique harvest ever used in Hood River. wBush Pushing a floatabat along his water covered truck rows, the Japanese is cutting off immature cabbage heads three feet under water. three feet down. The Japanese is having to hurry this operation in order to save any of his crop, for swarms of carp have come in at the break in the dike and are ravenously eating the gardener's fresh vegetables. Infant's Secret Railroad Ride. Warsaw, Ind.-Unknown to her parents, Helen, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Keplinger of Silver Lake, boarded a Big Four train at Silver Lake and rode to North Manchester. Five hours-later the little girl arrived in Warsaw on another Big Four train, having been sent here by railroad men at North Manchester. TOWN KEEPS UNTO ITSELF. Loudville, Me, Seceded From Union in '61 and Never Came Back. Angiota, Me.-Loudville, the home of 150 persons living on Loud's island, enjoys an anomalous distinction as an young town. American.town. Loudville is legally part of Maine and the United States, but it won't adduit it. mit it. Loudville seceded from the United States when the south did and never came back. came back. When a federal officer went to Loudvill to enforce the civil war draft he was met with a shower of hot pota- tion. He went away. toes. He went away. Loudville pays no taxes, has no streets, no sewers, no lights, no boat landings and pays for no mall. It merely permits mall to be thrown twice twice a week. sore thins Loudville claims it is neutral in the wars. WILL PROTECT TENANTS. Way Found to Keep Trademen Away From Apartment Dwellers. Milwaukee. — Trademen, including the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, will not swarm about apartment houses to the annoyance of tenants if the recommendations devised by the management of one Milwaukee's most modern establish- generally adopted. ments are generally. In brief, patrons are urged to do their trading with but one grocer, one milkman, one iceman, one laundryman and the like. The quality of service rendered is expected to determine the selection of favorites. By this means the leaseholder, it is expected, will not be awakened at an unseemly hour by the merry rattle of cans or clink of bottles as squad after squad of milkmen go trooping over the premises. GETS BACK HIS $55. Doctor's Money Returned After Going Through Laundry Processes. Danville, Ill.-Dr. W. A. Surratt of this city is broken of the habit of putting money in his sock, following the temporary loss of $55 in currency a few days ago. few days ago. He is now of the opinion that the "women's national" is not a safe place, despite the testimony of hundreds of women to the contrary. The money disappeared in some mysterious manner, and he inserted an advertisement in a newspaper in the faint hope of a trace of it. obtaining gum. He was surprised when called up on the telephone and informed by the producer of a laundry that his money had been found after it had gone through all the processes of the laundry. _____ FINGER PRINTS LEGAL. Court Holds They Are but Traceings of Lines Upon the Fingers. New York.-It is not unconstitutional to finger print a person convicted of a crime, according to a decision by Judge Wadhams in general sessions, upholding the finger printing statute. The decision was given in the case of Anna Sallow, convicted recently of disorderly conduct. After reviewing the history of the case and the previous decisions on the question the court cave: CARP WAR ON JAPANESE. LUDENDORFF BOSS Real Power Behind the Throne In Germany. In the Great Questions In Forefront of German Policies in Recent Months. Prophecies in Informed Circles Were Accompanied by the Remark That "Ludendorff is For It." Geneva, Switzerland.—Germany has a real "boss" in General von Ludendorff, first quartermaster general. The hand of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's chief of staff and trusted colleague is felt now not only in his strategic determinations and direction of the armies of the central powers, but reaches out into Germany's whole economy and social life. nomic and local society. All the threads not only of military control, but also of civil administration, food distribution, industry, agriculture and finally even of German foreign relations, all of which are now subordinated to military requirements, now run ultimately to the chateau at the Silesian country seat of the Prince of Pless, where General von Lindendorff sits with the great Field Marshal von Hindenburg at imperial headquarters. Where a purely military decision is in question von Hindenburg's name Petersburg, Ind.—Lester Battle is going to leave his hat at home for awhile. After much study Lester decided on what he thought would be the best scheme to show his enthusiasm for the Red Cross. He went to a barber shop and whispered a few words to the barber. Then the barber got busy. When Lester left the shop his hair was cut closely except for a spot on the back of his head, where the hair was left in the form of a cross. Trenton, N. J.-The Bev, Fred Hasakast is the new pastor of the St. John's German Lutheran church of Bridgeton, N. J. His first month was a regular "joy ride," for he was graduated from a theological seminary, ordained to the ministry, registered for conscription, installed as the pastor, and then to make the record really worth while he married Miss Flora Greenagle of Rochester, N. Y. and also for At present peanut oil ranks fourth in quantity of the vegetable oils produced in the United States. The estimated production of peanut oil for 1917 is 41, 804,000 pounds, or 4,005,000 gallons. An important feature of the peanut crop from the standpoint of the food administration is that it is a crop of whifl the production may be stimulator to almost any extent without undesirable after results in the disposal of the crop. Secretary Baker Says Several Government Plants Are to Be Established at Once. Washington. — Secretary Baker announced that plants for the production of nitrate from atmospheric nitrogen would be constructed immediately at a cost of about $4,000,000 and that water power would not be used. Sites not been selected. have not been selected. Several government plants are to be established at once. Secretary Baker, chairman of the so called nitrogen board, issued the following statement on the subject: on the subject. "By direction of the president certain plants will be immediately constructed for the production of nitrates from atmospheric nitrogen. The plants to be constructed do not involve the use of water power, but use a process which is a modification of processes previously known, and the total expenditure involved in these projects is about $4,000,000. Nothing further can be said at this time about the process or the location of the works which are to be constructed. constitute "Of the total amount appropriated by congress—namely, $20,000,000—substantially $16,000,000 remains undesignated to its expenditure by the president. The committee, consisting of the secretaries of war, interior and agriculture, to which the president referred the question of the selection of a site or sites for the development of water power, has made no report to the president on that subject, but is engaged in the making of further engineering studies and the subject is temporarily closed to further discussion by localities and communities desiring to be considered as possible sites for the plants." MISTOOK FAN FOR WIRELESS. Police Investigated and Found Building Ventilator Perfectly Loyal. New York.-A large electric fan on top of the New York Edison company building at Fifty-third street and Sixth avenue was taken for a German wireless apparatus by a passing citizen, and the police of the West Forty-seventh street station were notified. street station The man saw sparks coming from the fan, which is used to ventilate the building, and told the police that Teu-ware sent messages. ton spies were seized Sergeant Markhauser and two men who were sent to investigate cleared up the mystery. NEW JERSEY PASTOR HAS RECORD MONTH [Name] GENERAL VON LUDENDORFF. is usually cited as the determinant authority, but in all other great questions in the forefront of German policy in recent months, such as the introduction of universal auxiliary labor service, the conversion of German industry to an absolute war basis, the transfer of Belgian workmen to Germany, the tightening of the food distribution regulations and finally unrestricted submarine war, the prophecies of coming decisions in informed circles were almost invariably accompanied by the self explanatory remark, "Ludendorff ist dauer." (Ludendorff is for it). ruder If a new customs tariff were to be introduced for Poland and if regulations for the tobacco trade were to be promulgated the decision thereon ultimately rested with General von Ludendorff. New municipal regulations for towns in occupied districts emanated from the civil administration bureau attached to the "over command in the east." The representative of American Jewish societies who came to Germany to arrange an opening of communication between Polish Jews and relatives in America and for the sending of relief funds conferred with General von Ludendorff before the plans were appeared finally. proved that when Field Marshal von Hindenburg was appointed to the general command of Germany's entire military strength General von Ludendorff extended not only the scope of his military responsibilities, but also his control of those factors of general life which under the present war conditions are almost as important to military success as the actual direction of armies—food production and distribution, manufactures, transportation and other social and industrial factors. His first decision was to remedy as far as possible the error of General von Falkenhayn, former chief of the general staff, who had attempted to fix the figure for the maximum consumption of munitions and had sadly underestimated the required amounts. General von Ludendorff's determination was to produce not the amount of guns and munitions which experts might calculate as necessary but the maximum amount of which Germany's industries were capable, and he subordinated everything else to this purpose. Two Crops in One Year Danville, III.-W. W. Rike, a farmer, has an unusual method of raising potato, and it is being watched with a great interest of interest by his neighbors. Some time ago he planted the potatoes in individual boxes in a hothouse, and a few days ago he transplanted them to the garden. He now has potatoes two months ahead of any in the vicinity. Mr. Rike says if the plan proves a success he will plant another crop of potatoes on the same ground, the k crop to be stored for the winter. DID IS AN OLD MAIDS HOUSE AND ITS HALLOWEEN - DERE OUGHT TO BE SOMETHIN' DOIN'. IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT - NOW TO LOOK DOWN THE WELL AND SEE THE FACE OF MY FUTURE HUSBAND. HOW MY HEART THROBS MALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK. O-MY! THIS IS SO SUDDEN! AFTER TWENTY YEARS I'M REWARDED. AT LAST! AT LAST! ME BRIDE HAS CAME FOR ME. DIS IS TOO SUDDEN FER ME. NO, NO DEAR HEART WE WILL LIVE ON LOVE AND KISSES ALONE. GEE WHIZ, AINT DERE GOIN' TO BE NO WEDDIN' REPAST? ```markdown ``` "I cordially commend the school's interest and needs to all who believe in the Negro race and in our obligation to help promote its intellectual, moral and religious uplift."—Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, New York City. IT IS MORE THAN A MERE SCHOOL—IT IS A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE AND UPLIFT Its influence is destined to be felt in all sections of the country in improved Negro community life wherever our trained workers locate. Settlement workers, missionaries for home and foreign mission fields, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. secretaries and district nurses receive a comprehensive grasp of their studies under a Wellesley graduate and experienced co-workers and actual every-day practice through the school's SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. 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New York The report on Negro Schools issued by the Bureau of Education and prepared under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones,, Specialist, on Negro Education, is a voluminous and comprehensive statement. It shows that a great deal of time and a large amount of money has been expended. Many of the facts gathered are convincing and will be of help. Almost, however, the recommendations are uniform and point invariably to two specific ends, namely industrialism and a medium so-called Teacher Training Course. Training Course. The whole subject of education is so essential to the race, that the Editor desires to carefully point out, some of the vital defects in such a report as to make it a safe guide. First: A Specialist on Negro Education should know the Negro, from his present beginnings in this country to now. He should know his trials, his difficulties, what he has overcome and what he is still up against, and knowing he should have that sympathy of a fellow creature, and not simply the eye of compassion as one greater to one inferior. Second: After knowing the race, he should know what education really is, in its broadest and truest sense, not only theoretically, systems carefully and then be able to strike a happy medium, best adapted for a people he intends to help. Measured by this standard there seems to be something woefully lacking in this report. For it seems the system and standard of one particular school and one form of education is held up and if other schools fail to come up to this standard they are all wrong or mis-managed. There seems to be somewhere prejudice without knowledge. Every school which has been supported and in actual operation has been needed in the development of the race. Without these poor schools, there would be many communities in all sections of the South without any light at all, and from many of these poor schools have gone out leaders of the race who are doing their part well. A specialist must see the chore and must see the innermost needs of a suffering people. These poor schools have tried in their way to fill the innermost needs. One failure of the report is it does not deal with actual facts, one or two schools are the ideals. The report fails to state that these two schools practically receive more money for education than half of all the others combined. That in one of them, it costs more per capita to educate a child, with a trade and a little Academic Training than to send 4 children to any other college in the South. We speak of the contributions and income. The writer has been reliably informed that in one of these schools, held up as models of efficiency and business management, that they keep a show herd of fine cattle, when Northern visitors come down boys all uniformed, drive out these cattle for inspection. The visitors are delighted; they write out large cheeks and praise the Institution for keeping a show herd. Not one of the visitors go behind the records, find the cost of production and what the herd is actually doing to pay for itself and help the school, for we are told that the milk and butter produced by this herd, comes short at least one-fifth of paying for itself. The writer has had occasion to investigate some of the methods of one Industrial School, especially as to the cost of production—we found that they were not able to supply hay and feed enough on a large acreage, one of the largest acreages in the South, to feed their stock—that they were buying Soy beans, velvet beans, hay, etc., in the Capital City of the state, bringing it to the Institution, mixing it as a molasses feed, and exhibiting it as produced by the Institution. The man in charge stated that this was no new practice. What benefit is it teach farming, if they are not taught to farm at a profit? What benefit would it be to teach Dairying, if the cost of production exceeds the revenue more than one-fifth? Would it not be fair of the smaller schools which have not the money for such shows or to seemingly be so efficient, as to find out the actual operating expenses, the cost of production and see if after all they are really efficient, then after this is done take the moral standards as shown in the life and character of the graduates sent out, thus you get a real and actual value: It seems to the editor, that the one way to reduce the number of private schools which according to this report are so poorly managed and inefficient, would be to have the state make the Public Schools efficient, and thus by a natural process of elimination, the poor private schools would. The money spent in salaries and production of such a report could have been better employed in a campaign for better schools and longer school terms in the South, and then after this had been done, make a survey of the schools remaining. The only schools seemingly of good repute in this report come under two heads. 1—Those with white presidents and strong industrial leanings, or 2—those approved and helped by one or two Foundatons, and they must be the judge as to the efficiency of the school. It seems the moral worth and bearing of schools on communities as testified to by the students or the citizens would be of more worth. The financial management may have been poor, mistakes undoubtedly made, but we guarantee that no school in actual operation has squandered sufficient money as to hurt anyone. Make them efficient by giving the money to employ competent help and I guarantee, there will be little dishonesty. If Dr Jones really desires to help the public and the schools, let him now get out a supplemental report, showing the actual cost of production in schools exploiting such, let him tell the public the cost of education per capita according to students, as shown by what is paid by them, income from private, state or other sources, and then the cost of actual operating expenses and with these facts before them a just and discriminating public can tell what is actually being done. AND NEGRO INSURANCE The wholesale migration of Negroes from the Southern States has given cause for speculation along various lines. In the early days of the movement, but little attention was given the matter, as it was generally conceded that the migrating fever had struck only the shiftless Negro in search of more inviting fields of idleness. As time passed, however, and, as the Northern movement grew in proportion, idle speculation assumed a more serious aspect. With the growing scarcity of labor and the ever increasing numbers leaving, grave apprehensions were entertained for the welfare of enterprises drawing their support wholly, or in part from Negroes. Especially was this true of the Negor Insurance Company, whose efficiency and stability hinge solely upon the ability of the Negro to grasp the full importance of preparing for the future during days During the past six months, the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association enjoyed phenomenal prosperity, having experienced the largest increase in business of any corresponding period since the Company's organization. The gross collections for the first six months of 1917 represent an increase of $40,000.00 over the corresponding period of last year, while the gross assets of the Company have increased to over $266,000.00. The Negro has shown unusual discretion along various lines, and in the matter of insurance, the policy holders of this great pioneer institution of finance and thrift are displaying commendable foresight in that they are permitting neither the war nor the high cost of living to prevent their keeping up their premiums. The watchword of the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association is "PROMPTNESS" and the promptness with which its claims are met only typifies the high standard of efficiency that governs this business institution. All claims, whether representing an item of $10.00 or $1,000.00, are adjusted with no unnecessary delay. The promptness and surety attending the adjustment of every obligation has been the means of drawing many of the foremost race men within the confines of the great North Carolina Mutual family and has contributed no small part to the Company's and unquestioned soundness. But recently a check for $1,000 was issued to satisfy the death claim of Rev. Alfred E. Peets D.D. Rev. Peets was at one time Dean of Kittrell College, but later took charge of the Emanuel A. M. E Church of Charleston, S. C. I was while thus engaged his life work was brought to a close. No Negro Insurance Company operating anywhere enjoys a greater degree of patronage than the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association. The integrity that governs every act, the ability to meet all obligations, whether large or small, and the honesty and promptness attending the adjustment of all just claims are but stepping stones leading up to the merited success this Negro organization of finance now enjoys." COOKS AND COOKING. Cooking was no doubt one of the first of the arts acquired by mankind. The practice of cooking began as the human race gradually quit eating raw meat. The men were the principal hunters and fishers. To the women fell the work of weaving, gardening and cooking. Women have been the principal cooks of the human race from time immemorial. At first the cooking art was no doubt a crude operation. It still remains crude in many communities and households. On the other hand it has developed into one of the most advanced and technical of all the arts. Indeed it is now no less a science than an art. And women still do the most of the cooking. In Europe and America not few men have taken up the occupation of cooks. We will call them chefs. They call their occupation a profession, which is to say they regard themselves professors. They officiate in the homes of rich men and in hotels and restaurants. They get big salaries. They are the aristocracy of the cooks. But they are simply good cooks. The only difference between the chef and the good cook is in the larger responsibility, the bigger pay and the fancy title. Note that we say good cook. There should be no other kind. We must get rid of the poor cook, and when that is done all cooks will be chefs and all chefs cooks. The most of the cooking is done in the homes by women—wives, daughters, sisters, or by persons hired. This article is therefore a plea for better cooking and a plea for the good women who perform it. The good cook has never received sufficient meed of praise or reward. The occupation has not yet been fully dignified to rank of a profession. Whoever saw a monument dedi- In the future, good cooking must be classed as a fine art and the occupation as a learned profession. When that time comes women will come into their own. America, compared to Europe, has always been backward in both agriculture and cooking. But in the last thirty years America has made great strides in agriculture, and now the business is a well-paid and highly honored profession. It must be so with cookery. The most famous cooks in the United States have therefore been men imported from Europe. In recent years men of certain foreign nationalities have almost gained a monopoly of the restaurant business in our large cities, simply because they are superior cooks and because they are proud of their profession. Most of the hired cooks in our Southern cities and towns are colored people. The colored men cooks in hotels and restaurants everywhere have largely been displaced by foreign white men. The most of the colored hired cooks now remaining—principally in homes are colored women. The colored women can hold their own in this occupation if they wish to. Here is a vast field of certain and steady employment. The work can be dignified into an honorable profession. It can be made more lucrative by greater efficiency and by organization. In this field the colored women now have the inside track and their services are in demand. There is no reason why they should not hold their present ground, and also gain back what ever ground they have lost. The colored people could reasonably aspire to be the principal cooks and the best cooks in this country. The rewards would be handsome. There is no other occupation so honorable, so agreeable and so remunerative that the colored people could aspire to control. It is an occupation peculiarly adapted to. affording honorable employment for numerous colored women and for establishing and maintaining agreeable relations between the white and colored races The Bee advises the colored cooks of Washington to form a single strong association or guild. Call it the Cookery Club or something of that sort. The organization should rent or buy a house for its home and headquarters. It should have parlors for meetings and conveniences for study, conversation recreation and amusement. We estimate that there are no less than 40,000 white homes in the city of Washington that give employment to colored women as cooks and maids and that the income from such employment is no less than $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 a year. CASTE. One great danger to the development and progress of the colored people in class distinction or caste among themselves. There has always been a tendency in this country to caste based on on complexion. There is a growing tendency to a caste based on book learning and professional career. So much has been said about caste based on complexion that is not necessary here to discuss it. We wish to direct special attention to the matter of educational and professional caste. CASTE. Colored people who have received collegiate or professional schooling have shown a tendency to withdraw themselves from the masses. They are usually teachers, preachers, doctors and lawyers. They have no other or nearer relations with the less fortunate colored people than draw salaries and collect fees. And yet they draw their salaries and collect their fees on the strength of being colored We know numerous colored government clerks, teachers, doctors and lawyers in Washington who have never been known to mingle in any way with the people of the colored community or to take any interest in their struggles and problems. It is true that some of the high brows have organized associations and movements for the ostensible benefit of the colored people, but when these associations and movements are carefully analyzed it will be found that they are mainly to serve the purposes of the high brows. The high brow is fond of travel, hence he is interested primarily in doing away with jim-crow discriminations on passenger coaches and sleeping cars. The highbrow likes to buy a fine meal and put up in a fine hotel, hence he is primarily interested in guarding "our rights" in this regard. The high brow is usually an office holder on office secker, hence he wants no race discrimination as to the public offices. Nearly all of his agitations and propaganda are aimed at these evils. The high brow is right so far as he sees and so far as he goes, but he does not see far, does not look deep, and does not go far enough. He is mainly interested where the shoe pinches him. Our advice to the high brow is to look about him with a little more sharpness of vision. How many high brows in Washington can tell even approximately how many separate houses now accommodate the 125,000 colored people now residing in Washington? and how many of those houses have bath tubs? One will answer "I never thought of it." Another will say, "It is no concern of mine; I have a fine house; I have a bath tub." We will not accuse these people of selfishness. They are simply short-sighted. Perhaps without knowing it or intending it they have permitted themselves to be practical individualists. This attitude and spirit is too great for race solidarity. "THE CRISIS." That able magazine The Crisis, organ of the N. A. A. C. P., prints in its last issue a significant editorial intimating that it is about to begin an agitation for business enterprise among the colored people. It says that now is the opportune time. It says that the way is by co-operation. This is precisely what we have been preaching every week for the last 4 months. It is evident that the editor of Crisis places a broader construction upon the charter and constitution of the N. A. A. C. P., than did the executive committee of the Washington Branch, which, in connection with the Commercial Exchange resolutions of Mr. Edmundson, reported that the Association had no authority under its charter to consider and act on business questions. We suspected at the time that the Executive Committee had not examined the charter carefully, or else that it was waiting for a voice from higher up. If the charter of the N. A. A. C. P., does not permit that body to consider industry, commerce and racial cooperation for "the advancement of the colored people," it is high time the charter was amended. The Bee is a warm supporter of the N. A. A. C. P. That association has done noteworthy work in the past. But the leaders are too able and shrewd not to keep their ears to the ground and read the signs of the times. They have an organization splendidly equipt to carry on a business propaganda. Let them lead off. By all means let the Crisis take up this work and cover the national field, as The Bee is trying to cover the local Washington field. JIM-CROW CURRICULUM! We note with much interest and curiosity that the Board of Education has adopted "for use in the system two books by Negro authors." The article announcing this act of the Board refers to these books "as text books." The books in question are Cromwell's "History of the Negro," and Dolly Wilkes's "The Story of Fred Douglass." It is stated that this action was the outcome of a year's agitation of some colored people. Are these books really to be used as text books in both the white and colored schools? As a matter of fact, will they get used as text books in the white schools at all? We doubt it. The next logical thing would be to adopt as a text book Josphus's "History of the Jews" and somebody's "Story of Moses," because they were written by Jews and because a few local Jews agitated the question. The Bee does not disfavor some studies in the colored high schools and colleges specially adapted to the needs of the colord youth. But those additional or special studies should not be studies about negroes or of books simply because they were written by negroes. They should be studies best adapted to the object regardless of all other considerations. A text book for the colored high schools on the fundamentals of sociology and economies might be an excellent thing. WAKING UP. Since the Bee began its campaign in last April for a business awakening among the colored people, we have noted a number of signs that the idea is taking. The people are slow to act in such matters, but they will act. They must act. The Commercial Study Club recently organized in this city is now a concrete sign in that direction. It is only a question of a short time when an efficient Commercial Exchange will be in operation in Washington. We predict that it will be only a few years when similar exchanges or boards of trade will be established in every city and important town with a considerable population. The local Exchange ought to try to be a model of its kind. It would be well if similar bodies throughout the country would affiliate themselves in a sort of national body for mutual study, advice and assistance. It is significant that since The Bee began its business campaign in April a number of the colored editors and publicists are showing signs of a similar view. Of course it would be gratifying to us if writers and orators would give the Bee credit when adopting its propositions and phrases, but we don't care. On with the dance. THE NEW ERA This day and time will mark a new era in the development and progress of the colored people of the United States. The day of mere cultural study and nothing more is past. The day of the mere aping of the fashions and fads and extravagances of the_white is passed. The day of mere screeching about our political rights and social conveniences is past. The day of idly boasting about our "phenominal strides in every line" is past. The day of the shallow orator and fake leader is pat. The day of our being content to do nothing but get and hold jobs is past. When we survey our progress in the last fifty years, we find that our main accomplishment is a veneer of book learning of questionable value, a taste for costly luxury and an unrest on account of ordinary conditions. We find that we are little less a slave of peon or helot class as we wercsixty years ago. We find ourselves scarcely any part of the great industrial, manufacturing and trading business of the nation except as wage earners and salary earners. Nearly two thousand years ago, it was preached that "man cannot live by bread alone." Today it is necessary to preach: "A race cannot live by spirit alone; a class cannot thrive by jobs alone." -TEST MEN. No one any longer questions the natural mental capacity of colored people to learn anything or to do anything they wish to. But many doubt that they have learned much about business affairs. Many others are skeptical about an average high standard of business honor. These doubts are nothing strange. They should not be sources of discouragement. Men and women to take the lead or most active part in co-operative business must, first, be carefully selected; second, they must be trained; third, they must be tested. The unpromising must be rejected at the start; those selected must be put through a rigid drill; as to moral qualifications they must be gradually tried with additional trusts. We can find more than enough capable and honest men and women to manage co-operative enterprises. The Week in Society heat? when you can cool and refresh yourself at the soda fountain at Board's Drug Store, 1912½ 14th St., northwest, with a cool sparkling glass of soda water flavored with pure fruit juices. Try their delicious ice cream soda on a hot day and your temperature will drop many degrees. Board's, the place where "everybody meets everybody else" in larger numbers than ever. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Dickson will be pleased to see their many friends a their new residence, 1025 Ney Jersey avenue northwest. Mrs. Dickson was formerly Miss Theresa Braxton. formerly Miss Mr. Clarence M. DeVille, Esq., the superintendent of the Sunday school of Simpson Church, is preparing for one of the best plonics ever given next Thursday, all day, August 9, at park of St. Marks' M. E. Church, Tenallytown, D. C. For further information or special automobiles, phone North 1644. phone North 1044 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hall have moved in their new home, 1318 Wollah street northwest. Walham street Master Charles Taylor, Jr., of Deanwood, D. C., has received appointment in the government department through the influence and help of Clarence M. DeVille, Esq. of Clarendon Miss Aise Howard, who has been quite ill at the Pay Ward of Freed- mans Hospital, is rapidly improving and expects to go home this week. and expects Rev. Dr. W. S. Jackson, the faithful and loyal pastor of Simpson Memorial M. E. Church, has been given a vacation during the month of August. He highly appreciates same and states that should he go away he will return in time to preach each Sunday, both morning and at night. at night. The Sunday afternoon meeting of the Woman Wage Earners' Association was made very interesting by the presence of Mr. W, T. Andrews of Sumter, S. C., who is thinking of starting a daily newspaper in Baltimore. He made an inspiring address. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mrs. Tillman. Mrs. A. E. Matthews was a visitor. The "Evening with the Artists of the World" Monday evening was largely patronized and proved to be a very enjoyable affair. ed Mrs. Ella Brown of 1404 Swann St. N. W. is on account of the illness and death of her mother, Mrs. Laura Jones of Centerville, Va. Luffa Miss Effe Hill of 913 You street northwest, while in Atlantic City, was northwest called to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for an appointment in that department. Miss Hill delighted. is much Deming Miss Margaret Brown of York, Pa., is visiting Dr. and Mrs. U. T. Dandie and will remain in the city after August. during August. Mrs. Rosa Aller and her little daughter Victoria, left for Orange, Va., last week on a visit to the mother and father of Mrs. Aller. On account of the sudden illness of Victoria they will be compelled to return. turn. Miss Eva A. Chase, accompanied by Mrs. Rachel Bell, left the city for Tye River, Va., last Saturday morning; they will be the guests of Atty, and Mrs. N. T. Goldsberg, brother and sister of Miss Chase. They will not return until September. BUREAU NOTES. Congressman Hon. Benj. F. Fairchild of New York was a very prominent visitor at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Tuesday where he was once employed as a clerk, and met a few of his old friends, but none did he show any more appreciation than when he clasped the hand of his old messenger, Mr. Jas. L. Turner, who predicted him when leaving the Bureau some twenty years ago that he would some day become a Congressman. The greeting was a most pleasant recollection, and here he received pro The following have received promotions: Mrs. Emma B. Thomas, Mrs. Lottie McCall, Mrs. Maggie Kelson, Mrs. Julla West Hamilton, Mrs. Mary E. White, Mrs. Mamie Thomas, Mrs. Luella Broles, Miss Marlon Whitley and Miss Buelah Morse. Recent appointments, Mrs. Mamie murse and Mrs. Ethel Bolden The Bureau Relief Association meets Sunday afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. Building, 12th street northwest. ROCHESTER, N. Y., NEWS. By W. Henry Green, Correspondent. Class No. 4 of A. M. E. Zion Sunday school held their Annual Basket Plincic at Martins' Grove, stop six on the R. S. & E., last Saturday afternoon, July 28th. Everyone reports having a very pleasant time. having Miss Emily Bennett is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Clara L. Harris in Cleve Ohio. land. Mrs. John G. Lee of 108 Garson avenue spent a few days in Geneva, New York, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Celess Bennett is visiting her son and daughter, Mr. Ira Bennett and Miss Nettie Bennett, of Waverly Place. Miss Bertha Egling is spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Egling of Elba street. A. M. E. Zion Church and Sunday school will hold their picnic at Seneca Park, Thursday, August 16th. Mrs. Frank S. Hansett entertained the Fortnight Sewing Circle last Thursday afternoon at the Sodus Bay Yacht Club, Sodus Point, New York. Those present were: Mrs. W. Henry Green, President; Mrs. Franklin Bundy, Secretary; Mrs. W. J. Smith, Mrs. J. S. Herndon, Mrs. Dempsey-Curtis, Mrs. A. S. Jamason, Mrs. Fleming-Shorts, Mrs. Harold Morris, Miss Celestine Karney, Mrs. O. C. Adams and Mrs. Jones of Cleveland, Ohio, were guests of the circle. A very pleasant time was spent by those present. The services at Zion Church were largely attended last Sunday. Rev. E. D. W. Jones preached morning and evening. Miss M. Johnson presided at the organ at the morning service and Mrs. W. Henry Green at the evening service, owing to the absence of the organist, Mrs. John G. Lee. Miss Elsie Towner rendered a vocal solo at the evening service. Miss Bertha Holmes is spending the summer at Saratoga Springs for her health. Mrs. Amelia Magruder of 564 North Market street, Winchester, Va., has returned to her home after a very pleasant stay with relatives in this city. Misses Mary, Corline Martin and Emma Clark are attending-Columbia University, N. Y., and are stopping at 130 and 208 West 131st street. Dr. R. H. Carroll is the guest of Geo. W. Allen, 258 W 131st street, N. Y. City, N. Y. Y. 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It is the invention of a New York chemist and is made under the personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist of many years' experience. Quinade stimulates and nourishes the roots of the hair, causing a natural growth of long hair. It makes the hair soft, smooth and glossy, and easy to put up in the style desired. To get the best results from the use of Quinade the scalp should be shampooed at regular intervals with Seeby's Quinasoap. Quinasoap is made entirely out of vegetable oils, principally coconut oil, and contains no animal fat of any kind. It lathers very freely and is a thorough cleanser. Quinasoap leaves the hair soft and fluffy, and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp, unequalled by any other shampoo. Do not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Seeby's Quinasoap asking for them by the full name. If your druggist or dealer does not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them for you from his wholesaler. The price is 25c each Write to Seeby's Drug Co., 79 East 130th street, New York City, for sample; mentioning the name of this paper. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. Quinade and Quinascop are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores, as follows: Store No. 1. 7th and K Sts. N. W. Store No. 2. 7th and H Sts. N. W. Store No. 3. 14th and You Sts. N. W. Store No. 4. 7th and M Sts. N. W. Store No. 5. 8th and H Sts. N. W. MAY CONVERT AUTO PLANTS TO AIRCRAFT Government Call Upon Manufacturers Is Thought Likely. Detroit.—Owners of automobiles, particularly those who have been accustomed to discard their cars solely because newer models have been placed upon the market, will do well to give the highest degree of care to the cars they now own. Brigadier General George O. Squier went to Detroit, and it is understood that the purpose of his visit was to confer with the manufacturers of automobiles in regard to obtaining their co-operation in the manufacture of aeroplanes. aeroplanes. There are few factories in the United States that manufacture aeroplanes, and each of these factories makes a different type of craft. The aggregate capacity of these factories is wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the program of the aircraft production board, and it is therefore inevitable that the manufacturers of machinery which can be used as now made or whose plants can be adapted most readily to making parts for aeroplanes will be requested to give precedence to the manufacture of parts suitable for aircraft. IS GIVING HIS ALL TO CAUSE OF ALLIES Sandusky, O.—Andrew Francis Patrick Mahon, sixty-seven years old, hotel porter and shoe shiner for more than half, a century, is "broke" from doing his "bit." "But I never was happier," says Mahbn, "and until this war ends I am going to keep right on shoving across all the money I can scrape together. I am going to place it where it will do the most good." Throughout the Red Cross campaign Mahon turned over daily his receipts for the day, less what it cost him for meals. What he ate cost him from 60 to 75 cents a day. Several times he paid to the Red Cross committee sums exceeding $10. "Now I'm going to start to save so I can buy some more liberty bonds when Uncle Sam finds it necessary to float another issue," said Mahon. "By practicing the strictest economy I ought to be able to subscribe for several of the $100 denomination." He was the first to subscribe. He took $1,000 worth in the name of a stenson "Uncle Sam has got to win," he said. "I am too old to fight in the trenches but I'm not too old to help sustain three or four youngsters who can fight. Every penny I can scrape together over and above what it costs me to keep myself in working trim Uncle Sam and the allies are going to get." FLAGWOMEN AT CROSSINGS: Pennsylvania Lines, Short of Men Now Hiring Girls. Newfield, N. J.—Thousands of excursionists on the electric lines of the West Jersey and Seashore railroad between Camden and the seashore stared in astonishment at a young woman wearing a trim, dark blue straw hat and large, orange colored goggles, who stood guard over the main grade crossing in the town. This flagman is Miss Dalse Ward, the first girl to take up the job at flagging trains on the Pennsylvania's lines in this part of the country. Miss Ward may soon have many women companions on other parts of the division, as the railroad officials have sent out notices to their station agents and foremen to employ women for these places wherever possible in order to free men for the section gangs, in which the railroad is shorthanded. FRUIT FOR SOLDIERS. Colorado Woman Gives Whole Crop to the Troops. Denver.—Mrs. John McDonough has given to the Woman's State auxiliary of the national guard a ten acre tract of land on which are growing plums, cherries, peaches and apples, in order that the boys of the militia may have their fill of fruit as fast as it ripens. Details will be sent to pick the fruit. Whatever fruit is left will be canned and preserved for distribution among the soldiers later. Mrs. McDonough has opened a large kitchen to a committee, where all fruit not consumed from the trees will be canned. NOW FEED THEIR HOGS ON ICE CREAM CONES Chicago.—A new food for hogs has been found in the use of ice cream cones. Recently Edward and Nelson Morris, packers, purchased several tons of broken cones from manufacturers at $28 a ton and fed them to hogs as an experiment. Corn costs from $1.50 to $1.70 a bushel, and the ice cream cone diet not only proved a saving of money, but it produced a superior class of hogs, according to the Morrises. The HOWARD THEATRE 7th and Tea Streets. 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Artificial eyes. the strength of any nation in any sup test Such, I think, is the test the American Nation is facing today, a test threatening to tax our every resource. This is surely a critical, a supreme moment in the history of the American people and the dictates of statesmanship must regard as the wildest folly, in these uncertain days, any failure to call to the strictest account these evil and pernicious forces which in their very nature strike at the very spirit that ought now be fostered. Any voluntary movement, any deliberate demonstration, calculated to afront or weaken, or disrupt this spirit of unity and resolution on the part of any of the element of our citizenship, whatever the motive or intent, remains none the less an act of the direst treachery to the American cause; to leave at large the criminals responsible for such conduct, not only encourages them to go on spreading their evil iniquity but, what is worse invites others, elsewhere, with like propensities, to indulge with contempt and impunity in their fiendish bobbles. Detroit, Mich., July The importance and seriousness of the East St. Louis riots are accentuated by the state of war in which our nation is now involved. In such a circumstance it is only wisdom and good sense to view matters in their true light and meaning. This is more than an affair of ordinary expediency; it is a matter of the plain duty and straight from the shoulder patrolism. riotism. At a time when the American people are face to face with the perils and horrors of a mighty world conflict, whose ultimate outcome none can now faithfully predict, it is of the highest importance that a unity and resoluteness of spirit prevaile every element of our cosmopolitan citizenship. The highest considerations of patriotism demand that every element so deport and conduct itself as to promote and sustain that spirit of unity and resolution on the part of the whole group of our body politic. This, after all, is nothing more or less than that spirit of Nationalism which our most earnest statesmen, past and present, have striven to have the great body or our citizenship cultivate. It is this spirit that is holding the German Empire intact, this spirit upon which depend the future of Russian Democracy, this spirit that determines the conduct and measures Hundreds of Colored Americans Killed and Wounded—Representative of the National Advancement of Colored People Relates the Story. When the first troubles in East St. Louis became public late in May the N. A. C. A. P. recognized that this was something of the utmost importance. East St. Louis is one of the great centers, whither the migration of at least a quarter of a million.Negroes has set. It was therefore of the utmost importance to understand any troubles that might arise and to ward them off possible. We recognized the strong interest that various people South and North had in stopping Negro.migration and discouraging the emancipation of black serf. the black. Before, however, our representative could get to East St Louis, the terrible riot of July 2 had taken place. A hundred or more Negroes were killed, scores of homes and property destroyed, and six thousand refugees crossed the bride into St. Louis. The St. Louis Branch of the N. A. A. C. P immediately began relief work. Our members, prominent in professions and in business, for nearly ten days gave almost their entire time to the succor of the victims. A mass meeting was called and a special committee appointed. Contributions came from as far as Kansas City and Chicago and some $400 or $500 was immediately collected. The Association worked in conjunction with the white Red Cross and with other colored individuals in the city. The Municipal Lodging House was opened and hundreds of individuals' homes. hundreds of miles. Immediate steps were taken to prepare legal cases against the city and county. The Legal Committee of the Association held open doors and hundreds of declarations of losses were received by Attorney Phillips. Dr. W. P. Curtis and others gave much time to the wounds of the victims. From the National Office, Dr. Du'Bois was sent to make a thorough study of the situation, and Miss Martha Gruening to inquire into the attitude of thq employers and labor unions. players and Dr. Du Bois organized a force of twenty-five volunteer workers and five paid workers. Chancellor Lloyd of the Knights of Pythias kindly don- dated the parliars of the Phythian Hall, and Dr. Curtis donated an on- line Market Street. Clerks were installed and the stories of nearly two hundred victims carefully taken down. Detailed statistics covering fifteen hundred of the refugees were also compiled. Visits were made to the various se- ctions of East St. Louis and to the colo- red settlements of Brooklyn and Nati- onal City. Several meetings of the executive committee of the Branch were held and one mass meeting of citizens which overflowed the bea- tiful Presbyterian. Church on Pine Street. Every effort was made to cooperate with churches and other organizations with notable success. We also got in touch with leading white citizens like ex-Secretary Nagle and Mr. C. M. Hubbard and Miss Pulliam on the Red Cross. of the Red Cross. The Chicago Branch contributed $200 to the relief funds and also under Judge Brown, is preparing to give legal aid to the prosecution of the county and city. It will be remembered that Illinois has two statutes which bear upon this riot, first an "Act to denify the owners of property for damages caused by mobs and riots," passed in 1887, and the other, an "Act to suppress mob violence," approved in 1905. The Association, through its National office and through the Chicago and St. Louis Branches, proposes to leave no stone unturned to bring justice the guilty perpetrators of the East St. Louis outrage. The St. Louis Branch is still active the investigations of the National Office are proceeding, and the Washington Branch is pushing the resolutions for investigation introduced by Congressman Dyer and Dallinger and Senator Sherman. All members and friends of the race are urged to write to their Congressmen demanding passage of these resolutions which are H. J. Res. 118, H. J. 134, and S. Con. Res. 10. Res, 124, and S. Conn. Res. Detailed stories of the truth about East St. Louis will appear shortly in various magazines and in the CRISIS. Persons who are convinced by our experience in East St. Louis and elsewhere that a national fighting body of this sort is absolutely indispensable are urged to join the. Association and to contribute to our Anti-Dynching and Anti-Mob-Violence Fund. A check for $100 has been received from the Knights of Pythias of the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois other contributions have been sent by various organizations and individuals Literature and information may be had by writing to James W. Johnson Acting Secretary, Room 518, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. NATION'S OUTRAGE. Democracy a Sham—The People Speak and Condemn Wrong. October 9, 1917 In the seventeen years of its existence the National Negro Business League has brought to the surface to the notice of the world, untold numbers of worthy, energetic and successful men and women. It was always Dr. Washington's delight to discover struggling, earnest and forward-looking men and women wherever they might be found. Mr. Emmett J. Scott is still at the helm. Without him the meeting would be like a ship without a rudder. Always calm, cool and collected, he is never at a loss to tell the League where it is, or what is before it—what is next to be done. He is a living and a breathing encyclopedia of the League's history. To witness his orderly methods and smooth manner of dispatching business is worth a trip to Chattanooga for any young man who wishes to find a model by which he may mold a career of usefulness. Nashville, a meeting Business attended August 15. Purchase the "NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best quality of material insures life-long services at minimum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME" WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over to. superior sewing qualities. Not sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.,ORANGE,MASS. account of he has trod of success His story hon to any Gustave Oppenheim, 800 E street northwest, Washington, D. C. 16 and 17. Mr. Watt Terry, the prosperous real estate dealer of Brockton, Mass. writes that it is his purpose to attend. He will give an interesting account of his methods and the road he has trod to achieve the greatest measure of success that has crowned his efforts. His story will prove a great inspiration to any young person who may be fortunate enough to hear it. To listen to this brilliant man of the race is well worth a days travel. Phone N. 7910 EXPERT FRENCH DYEING AND CLEANING ANNOUNCEMENT a days travel. Almost every official of the League has written President Napier that he will be present. And the unanimity with which they express their determination to make the Chattanooga meeting a record-breaker and a great success is remarkable. is remargue. No more emphatic indication could be found of the unswerving loyalty and devotion to our late leader, organizer and president than the purpose expressed by letter, by telegram and by telephone from the officials of the League to make it what Booker T. Washington intended "it should be—the greatest and most useful organization among. Negroes in the world. It should be the Negro's National Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce. of Commerce. That the National Negro Business League, with all of its affiliated substantial earnest level-headed men and women of the race than any other organization, will not be disputed by any one. We are entering this world conflict with the avowed purpose of making the world safe for Democracy. A grand purpose, a most noble ideal, one that every red-blooded American must cherish. But in the face of the inhuman outrage perpetrated at East St. Louis, not upon assailants in self-defence, not upon criminals in punishment for crime, not upon law-breakers, not after rational prevocation, not merely upon sturdy men, but upon unprotected women and helpless children, upon the unsuspected and unsuspecting upon the unawares going on their daily business, men murdered, women maimed, children burned,—all this in compliance with deliberate, planned, determined policy of molestation, if not in defiance of law with absolutely no respect for any law civil or moral—I say, in the face of these outrages, even the unrefective are forced to ask, "HOW FAR DEED IS DEMOCRACY SAFE AGAINST THE SCOURGE OF HER MORE-DEADLY INTERNAL FOES TO LAW AND ORDER AND THOSENACRED PRINCIPLES OF HUMANITY WE ALL AVOWEDLY HOLD TO BE INVIOLATE AND INVIOLATE ABLE? According to press account the East St. Louis riots, in brutality, in cowardice, in viciousness, in flendish iniquity, outstrips everything in the whole of like outrage throughout the whole history of mob-violence in the South. The better classes of the white race, North and South, felt outraged and horrorstricken over the Atlanta riots in their revelation of the extremities to which the baser passions of their lower classes could be stretched. How much deeper then must be their pain and anxiety over East St. Louis savagery. Happening as this did in the great State of Illinois with its noble history and traditions, with its great system of education, there must inevitably come to white and black alike the query "WHERE NEXT MUST WE EXPECT THIS EVIL SPIRIT TO CROP OUT OR WHERE MAY WE NOT EXPECT TO FIND IT?" This question must come to every colored American with all the force of the law of self-preservation and to every white American with all the strength of the light of reason and religion. This is a matter of deepest human concern. It is as vital as life itself. If men can not go to sections that offer more fruit for their toll, better prospects for their children, larger and deeper living for their families, without running the risk of being slaughtered by wholesale by a band of degenerate outlaws, "PRAY WHITHER MUST THEY LOOK FOR 'LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PUR HAPPINESS?" SUIT OF HAPPINESS For these reasons, we hope that those, in whose hands lies the power and in whose authority lie the trust and the duty to bring to a stop these inhumanities, will see the light as God has given them to see it and will act in the highest spirit of patriotism and manhood. Yours truly, Chas B. Washington. 222 Columbia StreetE; Detroit, Michigan. THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. Indications Point to a Highly Successful Meeting at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 15, 16 and 17—President Napier Pushing Campaign With a statistic, Victor. Characteristic Vigor. From the large number of letters and inquiries now being received by President I. C. Napier at Nashville, Tenn., about the Chattanooga meeting of the National Negro Business League it will be a largely attended gathering. The dates are August 15, 15, and 17. 410 FLORIDA AVE. N. W. nue N. W. a first-class dyeing and cleaning establishment. Having twelve years of experience in this line of work and am prepared to give you the best work at reasonable prices as you can get an' where in the city. Special Attention Given to All Ladies' Work and Palm Beach Suits a Specialty Work Called for and Delivered Lace Curtains, Blankets, etc. Respectfully, LUKE G. REYNOLDS On every hand the slogan now is "All roads lead to Chattanooga and the National Negro Business League!" This is a cry with all of the friends and devotees of commerce, the industries, the professions, and every line of helpful endeavor. Mr. G. W. Franklin, the chairman of the local committee, announces that no stone is being left unturned to insure the comfort and pleasure of all who come to Chattanooga August 15 to 17 NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comments On Men and Measures. SOCIAL WORK OF TWO RACES. Corporation of Whites and Blacks Discussed With a View to Advancing the Interest of All Classes. Hampton, Va.-What social service really needs to be rendered? How can we best do our common work? How can we learn of one another? How can we gain better racial co-operation? These questions were recently discussed frankly and sympathetically, when some 20 white, southern secretaries of charities and correction (or social workers) met a group of representative colored social workers, in an informal conference on racial cooperation, during the Pittsburgh meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. of Charles W. Miss Margaret Laing, of Columbia, S. C., who was directly responsible for the conference, stated that the social service work for colored people in Columbia, S. C., originated through the efforts of a white university student who had received his inspiration from Prof. Joseph Morse, a firm believer in the Negro's self- reliance, whose service on the university commission on the southern race question is widely known and respected. Miss Laing has found that colored workers take more interest in social cases than can white workers. Dean George W. Cook, of Howard University, an experienced worker, declared that the idea of race co-operation must prevail. "White and colored people can work together on social service boards. Through the south, including Washington City, mixed boards have been and are doing fine social uplift work. Christian charity demands that more should be done for Negroes, whose wage scale is low compared with that of whites doing similar work." NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD LUKE G. REYNOLDS Formerly with Lerch CONSULT US FIRST ALL KINDS OF PRINTING Linotype Composition Electric Power Presses TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING QUICKEST BEST TERMS CASH 1109 Eye Street, Northwest Phone Main 7590 Thomas Frazier Graduate FUNERAL DIRECTOR C. 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DAY AND NIGHT All Night nwest ent Phone N. 121 CLASSE MME. Tel. Non 935 B. Wa Prompt ```markdown ``` Cheerfully Take Places of England's Male Workers. IT'S NOW UP TO AMERICA. In This Crisis Confronting the United States Every Women's Organization Should Co-operate For National Service and Every Woman Remember That It's Teamwork That Wins. New York.—Hats off to the women who cheerfully bear the stress and burden of the day while the men, whose places they take in workshop and field, are fighting somewhere on the long battle front in Europe for home and country, says Natalie Sumner Lincoln of the Virginian. If you go to England today you are just on the quay at every port by women; your luggage is handled by women; you see women stevedores lifting and moving heavy cargoes; you drive in taxicabs run by women; you board a tramcar driven by women; a woman bellhop carries your vallse; a woman clerk registers you in hotels; a woman runs the "lift." If you visit a "pub" a woman waits on you; if you inspect factories you see women working everywhere, and the managers tell you that women have improved the output 90 per cent. A tour into the country shows women at work in the fields—sowing and reaping the harvest which enables the British government to furnish food to its fighting forces. Such is the modern interpretation of "Amazon"—women are now the driving force behind the every day duties which confront conditions at home when the country is at war. But Englishwomen were slow in becoming the efficient body they are today. Upon England's declaration of war with Germany women volunteered by thousands for service, but many for the same service, and it was months before women realized that to be efficient and of practical assistance to their country they had to subordinate their desires and individualities to the common weal and accept the service assigned them. There is one word which gives the cue to women's success in England and France—teamwork. American women should heed England's experience. Don't all volunteer for the same line of work, but all, do the work nearest at hand. And if an American woman finds that in the government work assigned to her she is a round peg in a square hole she must never complain, but square-her shoulders and go to it. In this crisis confronting the United States every women's organization should co-operate for national service and every woman remember the word teamwork. It is teamwork that wins. MESSAGES FLOATED YEARS. One of Three Bottles Found Was Bet Adrift In December, 1914. Washington. — Several instances of messages in bottles having floated about the Pacific for years before being recovered have been announced by the United States hydrographic office. A bottle set adrift by Captain S. Naguse of the Tamba Maru (Japanese) Aug. 17, 1915, 900 miles east of Kamchatka, was recovered May 15 last near Moellips, Wash. Another bottle set adrift in December, 1914, off Cape Corrente, Mexico, was found Feb. 22 last 240 miles north of Christmas Island, in the latitude of the Hawaiian Islands. A third bottle, tossed from the schooner W. H. Marsten by Captain F. Wann Feb. 14, 1915, 2,040 miles east of Chile and 600 miles south of Easter Island, was picked up Jan. 21 last four miles south of Wanganui island, New Zealand. ETHAN ALLEN ENLISTS. He is Direct Descendant of Original Ethan Allen of Revolutionary Days. Butte, Mont.-Ethan Allen, a direct descendant of the original Ethan Allen of Fort Ticonderoga fame, was accepted for enlistment in the United States marine corps here. He has been principal of a school in this state for the last three years and has also taught in Ohio and North Dakota. Allen's enlistment recalls the early days of American history, when Fort Ticonderoga was held in turn by the French and British until finally captured by his illustrious ancestor in 1775. It is another reminder of the wiping out of old differences between nations, happily now serving together against a common enemy. AVIATION STUDENT BROWNED. Brooklyn Man Falls With Plane Into Delaware River. Wilmington, Del.—Allen Ashley Smith, twenty-five years old, of Brooklyn, a student at the aviation school maintained by the Du-Pont Powder company at Claymont, Del., was drowned in the Delaware river when the airplane in which he was flying fell into the river near Marcus Hook, Ps. It was to have been Smith's last day in the training course for an aviator's license. Plums Canned Twenty-one Years. Abilene, Kan.—Plums that were canned twenty-one years ago were served at the wedding of their granddaughter, Miss Wisman, by Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Whiteley of Abilene. The plums were canned soon after Miss Wisman was born. They were placed in a two quart glass jar. HUNT SUNKEN GOLD. Californiane Fit Out Expedition to Re- cover Long Lost Treasure. Oakland, Cal.-Gold bullion contained in strong boxes, on the long lost Brother Jonathan, which was wrecked off the Mendocino coast, is the quest of, an expedition headed by Martin Lund, which went up the coast from San Francisco bay in Lund's forty ton gasoline freighter the President. Until Lund, and his associates, consisting of a diver and eight men, had outfitted at Sausalito and their vessel was towed to sea by a steam schooner they managed to guard their secret. It has become known, however, that they will attempt to raise the sunken treasure ship Brother Jonathan, which for many years had been regarded as a total loss. When the Jonathan was wrecked she was southbound from the northern gold country with a fortune in her strong boxes. The exact position of the vessel was undetermined, but Lund stated that he had the proper position and hoped to salvage the gold. Tackle, equipment and supplies; together with the machinery necessary to lift the gold bullion from the depths, were taken aboard the freighter. Lund hinted that the Brother Jonathan was only one out of three possible objectives. It is believed that some of the crew have been taken into Lund's confidence and are to share in the gold if it is recovered. COOP TO TABLE QUICK. Caught, Killed and Cooked Hen In Less Than Five Minutes. Philadelphia.—George Budcliffe holds the record for being the champion chicken chaser and cooker of Philadelphia. To prove his superiority over other contestants he caught, killed, cleaned and cooked a fowl in four minutes and 85 seconds. It cost one of the patrons of the restaurant in which he is lord of the range $10, but it was worth it. The patron asked for fried chicken, and George brought it in in ten minutes, crisp and browned to a turn. "Dat's suitingly good time," said the diner. "Good, time nuffin," replied George. "I can do the trick in five minutes flat." The money was put up, and George slapped a piece of lard in the frying pan, and while the grease was heating he just naturally mobilized that chicken, choked it to death, turned it inside out, substructed its interior and tossed it in the pan. Clockers timed him at 4 minutes 35 seconds. HUGE PROFIT IN COINS. Men Who Invested In Pioneers' Society Sale Made Money. San Francisco.-Two local business men who bought a collection of 2,000 old coins from the Society of California Ploneers for $8,000 and recently sold two of these for $10,000, with the expectation of realizing approximately $50,000 more on the remainder, have created something of a sensation among the Ploneers as a result of the speculation. The Ploneer society had for years kept its coin collection in glass cases in the United States mint here, where thousands of persons have viewed it. Six months ago Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department wanted more room in the building and ordered the collection taken out. It was explained at the office of the society that it was deemed best to sell the collection for $8,000 rather than move it into its building, with watchmen, insurance and other expenses. WALKS MILES TO ENLIST. Man From Iowa Joins the North Dakota National Guard. Dickinson, N. D.—Robert Ryan of Cedar Rapids, Ia., joined Company K of the North Dakota national guard here the other day after. a hiket of 124 miles, which he said would put him in shape to begin active service. Ryan was at Glendive, Mont., when he decided to enter the federal service. Ryan took an account of his funds and decided to walk to the recruiting station rather than ride. When he arrived he was given his physical examination and immediately accepted and sent on his way to Fort Lincoln to join his company. He averaged thirty-one miles a day, making the trip from Glendive to Dickinson in four days. DOG SAVES OWN LIFE. Doomed to Take Gas Route, Designat- ed Official Watchdog of Pound. ed Officers Watchdog or Pound. Los Angeles, Cal.-Fannie, a stray collie, doomed to take the gas route at the city pound, won life and a home for herself the other day. While Human Animal Inspector Wilson was replying his auto the dog, which because of evident refinement, of breeding had been given the liberty of the yard, dashed up to him, barked repeatedly and pulled up his coat. Inspector Wilson finally followed Fannie, only to discover the cookhouse in flames. The blaze was quickly extinguished. Fannie was presented with a collar and a ribbon and at the same time was designated official watchdog of the pound. Centralia, Win-Merritt Baker of Ford's Prairie has been too ill this spring to put in his crops. The outlook was not very promising until recently when a number of his neighbors took charge of the affair. They plowed put in the crops, trimmed the barry bushes and left everything in good shape for Mr. Baker to take hold as his strength gained. HONORED BY CHINA Battling Aviator Lufbery Awarded an Oriental Decoration. Premier Air Fighter In Lafayette Escadrille Officially Credited With Destroying Ten German Airplanes and Having Actually Shot Down Sixteen. Tunio Liberally Decorated. Paris.—Victor Raoul Givas Lufbery, second lieutenant in the French army and premier aviator in the Lafayette escadrille, being officially credited with destroying ten German airplanes and having actually shot down sixteen, is entitled to wear one other medal beside the Legion d'Honneur, Medalle Militaire, Croix d Guerre with four palms and British military medal, which he carries on the breast of his khaki tunic. He is the holder of a Chinese medal with a length, unpronounceable name given to him before the war when, with Marc Pourre, a pioneer French Photo by American Press Association: LIEUTENANT LUFDERY. aviator, he went to Indo-China and then to China and flew in the principal cities there. This particular Chinese medal, which is in the form of a heavy gold slug, larger than a twenty dollar gold piece, and attached to a yellow and purple ribbon, entitles the wearer to the services of eight servants, all of whose wages are paid by the Chinese government at any time, when the carrier of the insignia is on Chinese soil. "No; I haven't been, wearing my Chinese medal during the war," said Lufbery, "but if China comes in as an ally I suppose I will wear it. The trouble is it's so heavy that I'm afraid it will make me round shouldered." Before the war Lufbery lived in Wallingford, Conn., and his father still resides there. He has a brother in the French infantry and another in the artillery. He began in the French army as a mechanician and then was attached to the original American escadrille as a mechanic's helper. His qualifications as a pilot were discovered one day when he obtained permission to make a flight, and then when he disclosed that he was an American citizen the American aviators insisted that he be accepted at once as a sergeant pilot. He made a series of flights next day before several aviation officers and was brevetted immediately. Swallowed by the Earth. Scranton, Pa.-While Mrs. Theodore Barton of 1107 Hampton street was pulling weeds-out of her garden the earth suddenly began to settle, with the result that in an instant she was precipitated into an old mine working, eighteen feet below the surface. When the earth gave way the woman called for aid, and several neighbors responded. They managed to rescue her with the aid of a rope and ladder. She was uninjured. Altoona, Pa.—Altoona squirrels know a good thing when they see it, and Herbert C. Hoover has nothing on them for food conservation. Bags of peanuts have disappeared like magic from a stand at Lakemont park recently. 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If the fashion which the young men of the army are setting is adopted by the civilian populace the hirsute adornment of the upper lip by the men of the country will become quite general. It was not with the view of adding to their personal appearance that the soldiers and prospective officers have returned to the style of their fathers in the matter of wearing mustaches. Necessity created it. The style first started about three weeks ago at the officers' training camp at this place, and it has spread to the younger officers of the regular army at Fort Sam Houston and to the officers of the national guard at Camp Wilson. "It is not because I thought I would be any better looking by wearing a mustache," said a student here, "but it is a time saver. You see, it is like this—we are put through such a strenuous pace here that every minute we can save is that much help. It takes the ordinary young man three or four minutes perhaps to shave his upper lip. Well, three or four minutes is some time in this camp, believe me." THIS SKELETON HORNED. It Looks Like Satan and Is Dug Out of Cave by Boys. Wheelling, W. Va. The skeleton of a prehistoric man or animal that closely resembles the Satan usually pictured was unearthed here on Repman's hill by several boys. The skull of the skeleton is much like that of the present human race, with the exception of two horns, which project from just above the temples on each side. In life the creature was about four feet high, with a long tail. There are four powerful legs or arms, each of which has four fingers. The chest is broad and undoubtedly was heavily muscled in the flesh. The skeleton was located by boys who were digging a cave. Scared by the appearance of their grusome find, the boys ran down the hill yelling, "We found the derl!" Several workmen went to the cave and dragged the skeleton out. Local authorities on prehistoric mammals and man being at sea, the skeleton was sent to Chicago for classification. RUBBER BOOTS SAVED-HIM. Barn in Which Kiplinger Was Standing Struck by Lightning. Charlotte, Mich.-The new large barn on the C. B. Lamb farm, west of this town, in Carmel township, which is occupied by Grant Kiplinger, was struck by lightning, and the siding was torn off from top to bottom on both gables, the barn being about fifty feet in height. Mr. Kiplinger was standing in the barn at the time, and the stable doors, within two feet of him, were silvered, and he was stunned, but not hurt, by the shock. The fact that he was wearing rubber boots probably saved him from instant death. Grayfish on Market. Seattle, Wash. — Kippered grayfish and sablefish have lately been added to kippered salmon and cod in northwestern fish markets, but the bureau of fisheries is sending an expert through Alaska coast towns instructing the fishermen on the Scotch method of kippering herring. A few years ago the herring of the north Pacific had only the slightest value. Some were used for bait by fishermen, and same were barreled and salted and shipped to the orient. CHARLES S. HILL, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HOLDING PROBATE COURT NO. 23,885 ADMINISTRATION. This is to give notice: That the subscribers of the District of Columbia have obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration c. t. a., on the estate of Julia F. Marston, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscribers, on or before the 20th day of July, A. D., 1918; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefits of sald estate. Given under our hands this 20th WALTER H. BROOKS, 1105 New Hampshire Ave., N. W. SARAH E. EVANS. Wm. C. TAYLOR, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. CHAS. S. HILL, Attorney. ZEPH P. MOORE, ATTY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Holding Probate Court—Estate of John E. Anderson, Deceased—No. 23,850—Administration Docket 55. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by John W| Lewis it is ordered this 30th day of July, A. D. 1917, that Henry Elllyson and Harriet G. Anderson, non residents, heirs at law and next of kin of the said deceased and all others concerned, appear in said court on Tuesday, the 11th day of September, A. D. 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and Washington Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. J. HARRY COVINGTON, Chief Justice. Attest: JAMES TANNER. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court: ZEPH P. MOORE, Attorney. 605 1st st. sw., 6r and b..... 428 Elm st. nw., 6 r and b.....$20.50 406 N st. nw., 6 r and b..... 25.50 furnace 1028 Lamont st. nw., 8 r..... 17.50 421 Oakdale place nw., 5 r..... 10.50 6 Fields St., Anacosita, 5r..... 8.50 1423 Corcoran St., N. W., 10 rooms and bath..... $27.50 1727 11th st nw, 6 r cellar..... 10.00 Brightwood, D. 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COR 7TH and P STRE Prescriptions Filled Promptly Patroni Agents for MADAM V Also MEADES' RHEUMATIC S. W. COR 7TH and P STS. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. Prescriptions Filled Promptly. All the Leading Physicians Patronize This Store Agents for MADAM WALKER'S PREPARATION Also MEADES' RHEUMATIC PLASTER It Relieves Rheumatic Pains. Price 20cts. AGENTS FOR Preparations, Soaps, Bleach FACE POINT BRONAUGHS AGENTS FOR ALL HIGH BROWN Preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Hair Perfumes and Face Powder. FACE POWDER 19 CENTS. BRONAUGHS, 7th and P STS N W. BLICK BROTHERS BUY YOUR COAL FROM BLICK BROTHERS 8TH AND FLORIDA AVE. N. W. LOCAL NOTICES FOR RENT. KARL F. BRODT ALEXANDER G. BRODT Our $2.00 Derbies and Soft Hats Have No Equal ARE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD "From Maker To Wearer" FACTORY AND SALESROOM 419 11TH STREET, N. W. PHONE MAIN 2481 BRANCH 503-5 9TH STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE DR. W. L. SMITH'S INDIGESTION This remedy will relieve all forms of Indigestion, Catarrch of the Stomach, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Flatulency, Pain in the Stomach, Water. Brash, Acid Fermentation, Gaseous Accumulations and Mal-Assimilations of Foods. When taken in the Stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous foods, relieves the indigestion, by resting and assisting the stomach until normal or natural digestion is restored. DIRECTIONS Take a teaspoonful in a little water after meals or when suffering. Repeat in an hour if necessary. W. L. SMITH, Druggist. 801 Florida Avenue N. W. Where you may purchase the genuine article. Washington, D. C. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Some men, find it a torture and misery to break in a pair of new shoes; they should see us and buy a pair slightly used that have been stretched and made comfortable and easy. We have a large stock; No. 5 to 7 that we sell at 50c to $2. It pays to see them. Big stock.—JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D. TREE ÖVER 150 YEARS OLD. Rings Show a Walnut Had Become That Old Before It Was Cut. Shelbyville, Mo. — W. J. Norris, a dealer in walnut lumber from northeast Missouri, is completing a remarkable harvest near Shelbyville. The timber is being taken from a 160 acre tract of land belonging to G. W. Hope and will make approximately 50,000 feet of lumber. It is unusual to find so many trees of such superior quality on so small an acreage. average. As determined by the number of annual rings, the average age of the trees was forty years. One large tree showed 152 annual rings, measured forty-two feet to the first limb and cut out two sixteen-foot logs thirty inches in diameter. The last large logs and the bases are to be used making veneering while the other logs will be used for airplane lumber. Do You Want Work? If you do we can find it for you. We have openings all of the time for cooks, waitresses and general housework. Call and see us. We will place you in the best position—The Clark Employment Agency, 1600 13th street northwest. -realize YOUR dreams. Here's what you want Here's what you want Every person who starts out to buy Furniture has just these objects in view. sider how thoroughly and satisfactorily we solve this problem for you. The young wife will want a home, and the more attractive and comfortable that home is, the happier she is going to be. Just a house isn't a home. It must be prettily furnished, and to show economy the furnishings must be reliable values. We will furnish your home completely and allow you an open account with us. This account will be arranged in divided payments that will correspond with your circumstances, and we realize that the young people must have liberal terms. A WORD TO NEWCOMERS You'll like Washington and your new home in proportion to the comfort and convenience your house or apartment affords. Our purpose in welcoming you to the enjoyment of generous credit privileges is of the friendly sort that would wish you long and happy continuance in your new-found home. Be free to call on us for whatever you need. Genuine accommodation awaits your call. LEVANUS King of Clairvoyants, of Baltimore County, Maryland. Read your life from cradle to grave without asking a question. The greatest born and most gifted medium the world has ever known, even greater than the greatest of Egypt, India and on all matters of Business, Courtship, the far East. Can be consulted daily Love, and Marriage; Changes, Luck. Advice on Horse Racing, at track or by wire, and all other games. Hours 9 to 9 daily and Sunday. By my advice I remove bad influence and unite the separated. Never fail, no matter what your troubles may be or what you wish to know Prof. Levanus can help you. 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A word to the wise is sufficient. Now more common sense teaches you the more power than woman to pull him through the troubles of life. Remember Prof. Levanus transacts all business at his office. I also sell the 6 and 7 books of Moses, Egyptian secrets and the witches Dream book. Fees moderate. Bring this card with you. No sign. Look for the number. Use side entrance, 520 S. Highland avenue. First street. Highlandtown, Md. Take Roland Park car to Eastern avenue and First street. Don't be misdirected. Look for Levanus, phone Wolf 5141-W. HAIR GROWER. A-Eillen Hair-Grower and hair darkener makes the hair grow and tends to darken it. Send 25 cts. to the A-Eillen Supply House, 4203 W Finney Ave., St. Louis, Mo., and get a box of it. Once used, always used. HAIR CULTURIST SHAMPOOING, MANICURING HAIR DRESSING Facial Massage, Scalp Treatment Toilet Preparations and Hair Goods Are of Superior Quality May be purchased at the parlors. TOILET PREPARATIONS No inferior goods are manufac- You want Furniture of reliable quality You want the lowest prices-all the value your money can possibly buy You want to pay for it as your individual circumstances permit. A WORD TO NEWCOMERS Dainty Lavalliers $5 to $500 50c week Diamond Rings $10 to $1,000 50c week Bracelet Watches $15 to $70 50c week Watches $6.50 to $100 50c week Diamond Earrings $10 to $500 50c week Cameo Brooches $7 to $15 50c week “Largest Credit Jewelers in the World” Vacation Jewelry No Payment Now We're Willing to Wait. Until You Return From Your Vacation Our Annual Vacation Sales are greatly appreciated because of the opportunity to buy without using a dollar of ready cash. Come here and select whatever you wish in the way of jewelry. We'll deliver the goods into your possession at once—you can have all the pleasure of wearing them while away on your vacation, and the first payment need not be made until after you've returned. No house in the country is more dependable in the matter of qualities, and these Special Vacation Terms are granted without adding a penny to our regular low prices. 50c Week On Any Purchase Amounting to $25 or Less $1.00 Weekly on $25 to $50 $1.50 Weekly on $50 to $75 $2.00 Weekly on $75 to $100 Larger Amounts in the Same Proportion Payments may be made monthly or semi-monthly. If desired. Men’s Wrist Watches, $4.25 935 PA Ave CASTELBERG’S