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--- VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 24 COLORED SOLDIERS' NATIONAL COMFORT COMMITTEE. Proposes to Raise Two Million Dollars for Colored Soldiers and Their Dependents. --- Big Contest On to Secure Leading Man and Woman for An All- Colored Cast Photoplay to Be Shown Throughout Two million dollars is the amount set by the recently organized Colored Soldiers' National Comfort Committee for the relief of colored soldiers and their dependents. One of the methods taken to raise this fund is to have especially written scenarios or photoplays for an all-colored cast. To select the chief characters for this play a contest is to be inaugurated in Washington, starting Monday, November 12th. The young men and women having the largest number of votes at the end of the contest will be the stars in the play, and the films of this photoplay, with an all-colored cast, will be shown in picture theatres throughout the country. A of the money derived from this contest is to be used by the Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee for the relief of the colored soldiers and their dependents. There are more colored people in the United States than Jews in the world. The Jews of this country are raising $3,000,000 for Jewish soldiers and their dependents. The Catholic Knights of Columbus are raising $3,000,000 for Catholic soldiers. There are five times as many colored people here as Catholic Knights in the world. The white Y. M. C. A. is raising a big fund, but the colored race has done nothing for its kith and kin who are now in training—83,000 of them. The Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee was organized by men who have the confidence of the race, and who have never hesitated to serve the race. The national officers are: Prof. Kelly Miller, president; J. C. Napier, banker, Nashville, Tenn., national treasurer; Ralph W. Tyler, newspaper writer, Columbus, Ohio, national secretary. A board of directors, which includes a representative from each State, was chosen, and on this board to represent the District of Columbia is Bishop I. N. Ross and Attorney Armond W. Scott. President Miller has named a local executive committee, which will have charge of affairs here, which committee is composed of Dr. A. M. Curtis, John R. Hawkins, Judge Robert H. Terrell, James A. Cobb, William L. Houston, Walter Singleton, Charles S. Hill, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, and Mrs. A. H. Glenn. With the hundreds of young Washington colored men now in training, and shortly to be in the trenches to face privation, blood, and death, it behooves every colored man, woman and child to do their bit to help give comfort to our brave and loyal boys and their dependents. Come, give the fund a boost. Read the page announcement in this issue and cut out the coupon appearing in the page advertisement and enter yourself or your best and cleverest friend in the contest to secure the leading actor and actress in a nation-wide photoplay. It costs but a penny to vote, and that penny will furnish comfort to "our own boys" at the front, and to the dependents they leave behind. The Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee has no salaried officers—their services are given gratis. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. The State of Rhode Island furnished three colored officers for the U. S. National Army. On their return from Iowa they were tendered a rousing and enthusiastic reception at Providence. The speakers were the Governor of the State, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Lieut. James M. Stockett, who received a commission as a first lieutenant and is now assigned for duty at Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. Lieut. Stockett is a graduate of Howard University, Law Department. While studying in this city he resided with his uncle, Mr. John L. Hickman, at 1011 Third Street N.W. He made many friends here, and they are happy to hear of his success and wish him good luck in his efforts to serve his country. ECHO MEETING Of the National Race Congress Which Met in This City in October, 1917, at the New Bethel Baptist Church, Corner Ninth and S Streets N. W., November 14, 1917, at 8 P. M., Rev. W. D. Jarvis, Pastor. Members of the Executive Committee from different States will be present and speak. The principal'addresses will be delivered by Lawyer Robert L. Vann of Pittsburgh, Pa., National Organizer, and Bishop I. N. Ross, Vice-President. The Executive Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Rev. H. J. Callis, Acting Chairman of Executive Committee. Rev. J. S. L. Holloman, Acting Secretary of Executive Committee. Rev. W. H. Jernagin, President of the Congress. TAMMANY WINS. Colored Republicans Elected an Alderman—First in the History of the Party. New York, N. Y., Nov. 6.—John F. Hylan elected. It is claimed that the soldier vote in France will change results. John C. Thomas, Jr., a prominent colored Republican, has been elected Alderman. Women have won. The Cleff Club will give a reception Friday night. I shall attend. Miller. ITS FIRST MEETING. The first meeting of the local committee of the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee met Wednesday at the home of Prof. Kelly Miller, national president. The plans for the raising of the two-million-dollar fund were fully discussed. CASHIER BOWIE RETURNS. Mr. William E. Bowie, cashier of the Industrial Savings Bank, who has been on a visit to New York City and other Eastern cities for several weeks, has returned. While on his vacation he had a most delightful time, having been royally entertained by his many friends in New York and elsewhere he visited. Cashier Bowie is one of the most genial young men in the banking business and his absence has been a source of regret while it has been a pleasure to him. Miss Isadore Kennedy has been made the confidential correspondent of the Industrial Savings Bank. Miss Kennedy is a popular society lady, and will no doubt be an acquisition to this growing institution. The clerical force of this bank is on the increase. President Lewis is in hopes of increasing his force before the year has expired. PRINCE GEORGE'S NEW SUPERVISOR. Attorney Louis J. Taylor, of Washington, D. C., a practicing lawyer, has been appointed supervising principal of the Prince George's county schools, to succeed James F. Armstrong. There still remains a shortage in the teachers' force. Many schools are in need of teachers. The Republicans elected their entire ticket. BETHEL LITERARY. A large and appreciative audience was present at Bethel Literary last Tuesday evening to hear the recitals of camp life at Fort Des Moines by Mr. R. B. de France, Mr. W. H. J. Beckett and Dr. George W. Cabaniss. The more we hear of that forward step in American civilization the brighter grows our hope of the future. The record made by the youth of the rage while in training for off- cers in the National Army is commendable in a high degree. Their work of education in and around the city of Des Moines has served a national purpose. White men who did not know or seek to know the colored man as he is, came in contact with this group of men and underwent a change of heart. They came to know the representative colored American, permitted their eyes to be opened, and now have some conception of what the race has to offer as an integral part of American life. Slowly, but surely, we are getting ready for world democracy. The singing of the choir of the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church was a commendable feature of the evening. The friends of Mr. R. W. Thompson are elated over the rapid recovery of the editor of Thompson's News Bureau. The Bee wishes for him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Thompson has been most faithful and her many friends are solicitous for her, lest she break down. BETHEL LITERARY. November 13th, Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones, of New York, will speak before Bethel. Literary on how the colored Americans who have migrated from the South are being cared for in Northern cities. The Dunbar High School will furnish a musical number. Miss Mary E. Hewlett will render a piano solo, and Mr. William Calvin Chase, Jr., a cornet solo. November 20th, Hon. Clarence R. Wilson, Food Administrator for the District of Columbia, will speak. BIG HOTEL A Magnificent Hotel Apartment House to Be Erected on a Prominent Street in the Northwest Section of Washington, D. C. In a few months Washington is to have a large, modern hotel apartment house, which will be a credit to the race. This will not be a building found unprofitable for others and turned over to colored tenants at an increased rental, but a new, well-equipped structure, containing all modern conveniences found in the most up-to-date buildings of its kind. A few of the features are a magnificent lobby, elevators, large dining-room suitable for banquets and conventions, handsome apartments of two, three and four rooms with private baths, steam heat, gas and electric lights. Mr. John W. Lewis, president and builder of the Industrial Savings Bank, is the promoter of this great project. He says that, after the war, Washington will be a city of over five hundred thousand inhabitants, and that we must be in a position to take care of the people of our race. He urges every colored man and woman who has the interest of the race at heart to do their part in pushing this new commercial enterprise. The members of this company, Messrs. L. E. Murray; Willis A. Madden, J. H. Paynter, W. D. Nixon, Wm. H. Robinson and R. G. Johnson, extend to the public an invitation to come out and hear Mr. Lewis explain in detail how this hotel apartment house will be erected. Meetings in the interest of this great enterprise are held at the Pythian Hall, Twelfth and U Streets N. W. (Twelfth Street, entrance), every Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. To enable every one to be a part of this company, shares will be sold at $12 each, easy payments being arranged for those taking five or more shares. If unable to attend Tuesday's meeting, stock may be had from the company's representative or at the Industrial Savings Bank, Eleventh and U Streets N. W. "The Eternal Magdalene" is a play of vital interest to every community in the world. The problem with which it deals has confronted the people of every country since the beginning of history. In his treatment of the theme the author has shown its relationship to modern day conditions in a most realistic manner. Dealing as it does with a grave social problem, it is neither a preachment nor a propaganda. Its hopes of success are built upon the interesting quality of its story and in its dramatic appeal it is not irreligious or flippant. The locale is a good-sized American city, and the events narrated have to do with the coming of a great evangelist, the stamping out of the Tenderloin and its ultimate effects. Elijah Bradshaw, one of the leading citizens, has been the leader in the movement. His wealth has furnished the financial backing for the crusade against the district. The campaign has been successful; the decree has gone forth that the district shall be closed forever that night, the denizens scattered. As he sits in his library, contemplating the results of his work, with a glow of satisfaction, there comes to him a woman, a nameless woman. She is seeking employment, protection, from Bradshaw, whom she holds responsible. Bradshaw, who holds himself as judge and jury on the moral welfare of his city, learns that this woman is from the district, and further that she is his own daughter by a woman he had deserted in the days of his youth. Events follow fast, and he who presumes to set himself up as the mentor of his community, discovers his son a thief, and worse, one of the parasites who do their utmost towards building up the very structure of vice he seeks to tear down; he learns that his own daughter must be numbered among the fallen; he sees his own and the mother of his children die as the result of his relentless purpose; he finds himself broken and ruined, and about to be stoned, and is only saved from taking his own life by the nameless woman who has found her way into his home. She exerts an influence that is all-powerful and far-reaching. Through her is brought about the regeneration of his son; through her is his lost daughter found, and through her is he brought to the realization that it is not man's prerogative to judge his fellow creatures, but God's. FALLS CHURCH (VA.) NOTES. The funeral of Mr. Raymond Carver, son of Madam A. E. Carver, took place from the Second Baptist Church on Sunday, October 14, Rev. G. W. Powell, D. D., the pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. Julius Johnson, Jr., the pastor of Galloway M. E. Church. We extend sympathy to the bereaved mother. The good people of Falls Church, and especially the young people, extend their sympathy to the Bradley family and the little girl widow of Mr. LaFayette Bradley, whose funeral took place from the Second Baptist Church Tuesday, October 30. Rev. G. W. Powell, D. D., officiated, assisted by Rev. W. R. Manly, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Merrifield, Va. Mrs. Annie Gaskins, beloved mother of Mrs. Sarah Gaskins, was buried from the Second Baptist Church on Wednesday, October 21. We extend our deepest sympathy to the lonely daughter. Rev. W. R. Manly and Dr. Powell officiated. We, the Second Baptist Church, with the grief-stricken family and citizens of Falls Church, do mourn the death of our much esteemed Deacon James H. Ford, whose funeral was held from the Second Baptist Church on Sunday, November 4, 1917, an overflowing congregation of sorrowing members and friends attending. The choir sang most solemnly yet sweetly the funeral music; the eulogistic expressions from the deacons and trustees, together with the most excellent sermon of the pastor, Rev. G. W. Powell, D. D., and the splendid words delivered by Rev. Dr. Joseph Matthews, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church of Anacostia, D. C., made it a memorable occasion, befitting the closing respects to the life of the veteran and Christian founder of this grand old church. We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Josephine F. Powell, wife of the pastor, is slowly recovering from her severe illness of more than a month. Mrs. Georgia Taylor has closed her safe for the time being on account of the illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Percy Taylor. The Women's Day at Galloway M. E. Church, pastored by our popular young minister, Rev. J. C. Johnson, Jr., on the fourth Sunday in October, was a great success. Nearly one hundred dollars was realized. Noble speeches by noble women characterized the program. Among the speakers may be mentioned Madam M. W. Clair of Asbury M. E. Church. Washington, D. C.; Madam Lena V. Dixon, Madam Turpeau of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Mrs. Mason Frye of Anacostia, D. C., and Madam Nellie Ferguson, of Halls Hill, Va. The mothers of Falls Church expect to start an early morning prayer service in the near future on behalf of the soldier boys. The public school of Falls Church is now in a progressive way, there being a full attendance and regular work. The teachers are getting the cooperation of parents and patrons generally. There is a large enrollment, pointing to the need of an additional teacher. Miss M. E. Swinson, A. B., a graduate of the Teachers' College of Howard University, has charge of the kindergarten and primary work of the school, and is already showing splendid results from the skillful manner in which she has organized and is handling this most important part of the school. Miss Swinson also has charge of specially "looking after" the girls of the school, and they have entered most heartily into the industrial courses directed by her. Any news for publication will be received by Mrs. Lena V. Dixon, who will gladly report the same and distribute The Bee at Second Baptist Church each week. Notwithstanding the H. C. L. Mrs. Louise Henderson, is holding her own with a full stock of groceries and a lively patronage on the corner. We wish her much success. AMPHIONS GIVEN GREAT OVATION The Amphion Glee Club, J. Henry Lewis, director, received a big ovation at the Second Baptist Church Monday evening, when they opened their twenty-sixth season with a song recital, assisted by Mme. Emma Lee Williams, elocutionist. An innovation highly appreciated was the introduction of wind instruments used by each member of the club with consummate skill and precision. This will be one of the attractions during the entire season. Sunday they will sing "America" in the corridor of Union Station in honor of the departure of the officers and soldiers who are leaving for the various cantonments. C. A. Barbour is secretary, 907 S Street. COLORED BUREAU. New Jersey Colored Americans Are Active. Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 2.—The Governor of New Jersey has established a colored Welfare and Employment Bureau to look after colored citizens migrating from the South, and to include a supervision of colored citizenship in all phases of life that tend for their advancement. The bureau has been established, and Isaac H. Nutter, Esq., a member of the New Jersey bar, has been appointed director and chief of the bureau, which places him in the Governor's cabinet. The first act of Mr. Nutter was to appoint T. Thomas Fortune as secretary of the bureau; Dr. P. L. Hawkins, chief medical examiner, and Miss Julia H. Dancy, stenographer and clerk of this department. This department will also take charge of the penal institutions, to see after the healthy environment of the colored inmates, give them an opportunity to secure an education, and to look after their welfare after they leave the institution. JUBILEE SINGERS. The Williams' world famous jubilee singers, of Chicago, Ill., will appear at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, corner Third and I Streets N. W. November 27, 1917, at 8 p. m. General admission, 35c.; reserve seats, 50c. W. H. Jernagin, pastor. THE PEOPLE'S FUNERAL SERVICE THE PEOPLE'S FUNERAL SERVICE The first anniversary of the People's Funeral Service Corporation held its public meeting and reception at the Metropolitan Baptist Church last Monday evening. The attendance was quite large and many addresses were delivered. Dr. Richardson, the president, delivered a very interesting address, explaining the workings of the organization. Addresses were also delivered by Editor W. Calvin Chase, Rev. Walter H. Brooks and others. Mrs. Mae Richardson and her choir and the choir of the church rendered excellent music. At the conclusion of the services in the main auditorium of the church the invited guests, who wore badges, repaired to the lecture room of the church, where a fine repast was served. Full particulars next week. ELEMING RE-ELECTED; Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 7.—Attorney Thomas W. Fleming was re-elected to the City Council of Cleveland from the Eleventh Ward in a field of five candidates, four of whom were white. This is the third time Fleming has been elected, and his plurality is the largest. Thriugh his efforts colored men draw from positions in Cleveland more than a quarter-million dollars annually. WILL SPEAK. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs and Bishop I. N. Ross will address the people in the interest of the new colored hotel at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Monday evening, November 12th, at 8 o'clock. COMMUNITY SECRETARY. The First Parents' Teachers' Asso- DR. RUSSELL THE FAVORITE The first parents' association to be organized in the United States was effected under the direction and leadership of Miss Eva A. Chase, principal of the Jones School. This organization has grown to be the most powerful one in the city and has done more substantial work than any other association of its kind. For ten years Dr. Aaron Russell, Jr., and those connected with this association gave their time without compensation to the uplift of the poor in the neighborhood of the High and Jones schools, while some others, who are now candidates for the secretaryship, followed false gods. Today these same individuals who catered to the codfish colored society would supplant worthy workers. The people will no doubt rally to Dr. Russell and elect him community secretary, and in preference to anyone else who is after the position for what they can get out of it. There are fully a dozen candidates for this one position. Two-thirds of them reside in the extreme western section of the city. A person who has lived and worked among the poor in the section where a person like Dr. Russell is needed should be the unanimous choice of the people. Dr. Russell was born, reared and educated in this city. He has been working among the poor for ten years or more. He knows the people and has worked among them. It was through the association of which Dr. Russell is an active member that the Jones School was erected. The nomination of community secretary will take place next Monday evening in the Dunbar High School. Persons who reside in the boundaries laid out by the committee will be permitted to vote. WILL START CAMPAIGN. The Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of the District of Columbia will start a campaign to raise the District's quota on the Douglass Home mortgage, which is $100. The District Federation is asking every man, woman and child to make a contribution. Three thousand dollars have been raised by the colored women over the country. The District cannot afford to be left out. SATURDAY SERMONS BY UNUS And he played on a harp of a thousand strings." Trash. For many years I have harbored a sort of aversion to certain kinds of trash. Here is one dictionary definition I find for trash: "That which is worthless; stuff that is good for nothing." This seems to me a very poor definition, for I never saw any article or thing (excepting some living beings) that was good for nothing; and even those exceptions might under some conditions be put to good use. No, I do not refer to the kind of trash one sees by the woodpile, by the brushheap, under the carpenter's bench, under the sewing table. Those kinds and many other kinds are inevitable, and they have their proper place in the general economy of mankind. The kind of stuff to which I am opposed, and which I call trash, is by many not regarded and classed as trash, because it parades in the guise of something useful and legitimate. It is manufactured and sold the same as useful commodities; it occupies nearly as much space in households as useful articles. It usually costs more in the market than really useful articles relatively to the cost of production. This is because it is often a transitory novelty, and such articles are always sold at a relatively high price. This kind of trash is usually associated with or synonymous with fads and fancies. It is costly, serves no useful purpose, is ephemeral and burdensome. trash I have in mind: Trash: An article serving little or no useful or appropriate purpose, which occupies useful space and is more of an incumbrance than a convenience. Most trash is to be seen in some form of ornament for the person or decoration for the home. To give specific examples is not easy, because a thing may not be intrinsically trash and yet be such by reason of misuse or wrong environment. A horseshoe on a horse's foot or hanging in the smithy is a proper thing; gild it and hang it on the chandelier and it is trash. A stuffed eagle in a museum is a proper thing; put it under a glass dome in the parlor and it is trash. An iron kettle or pan in the kitchen is a proper thing; use it for a flower pot on the front lawn and the chances are it is not only trash, but a monstrosity. Hence, for many things to be or not to be trash, it depends on the use to which they are put. The element of relativity is the deciding consideration. But many things are trash pure and simple. They are usually gewgaws and jimcracks dignified by the terms jewelry, ornaments and furniture. Behold them on persons of poor taste, on center tables and walls, on front lawns and backyards. They distort the harmony and simplicity of personal and domestic decoration; they mar the landscape; they catch dust, breed disease, add to labor and disturb the mental serenity. It is safe to say that one-fourth of our factories are engaged in the manufacture of trash; that trash constitutes one-fourth of our national commere, and that it represents a yearly waste of an even larger proportion of our national wealth. It would require a corps of trained experts working for a long period to estimate the extent of the national waste in a single year by reason of the manufacture and sale of trash. To make an estimate of the extent of that waste it would be necessary to ascertain the value of the raw material consumed, the cost of transporting, advertising and selling it, and the total value of the labor and attention involved from the time the raw material left the mine or forest to the time the manufactured article reached the junk man—most of it soon goes to the junk heap. There are many manufactured articles which, though not strictly trash, are yet of the nature of trash and properly belong in that category. Chief among these are those articles of personal wear and adornment that are subject to the caprice of fashion. They are worn for a season, then cast aside. In freedom from this folly the Chinese surpass all other peoples. They do not often change their styles. Relative wealth is indicated by the quality of the materials. Relative rank is indicated by simple devices. A single garment may serve for many years; it is always "in fashion." I note that the Government is considering the proposition to withhold fuel and other raw material from factories not engaged in the manufacture of necessities. An excellent idea. It is a war measure. Why should it not be a permanent rule? It has taken this great war to teach the American people some of the most elemental laws of economy. There is a good deal more that I wish to say about the making and buying of trash. I will now conclude with the exhortation: Let us buy less trash; our colored folks can least afford it. HOTEL NEWS. J. H. By R. DeReef Miller. Washington is now making a new record of restaurant business without the bar receipts. Many of the smaller restaurants have closed, a few have remained open, serving nearbeers, which have been ushered into Washington by the carload in the next few weeks. past few weeks Mr. Edward Lewis, of the New Ebbitt, and Mr. Herbert Adams are still on the sick list. Mr. James W. Davis, business manager of the New Ebbitt Waiters Association, has been very busy the past week planning for the big annual ball for the waiters, which will be announced at a future date. Mr. Fred. Murdock, formerly at Wolf's Restaurant, is now located at the Jolly Fat Men's Club. The power of organization has been experienced by hundreds of waiters and bartenders in Washington in the past week. Local No. 726 of the Hotel and Restaurant Alliance has placed every man in a position that was out of work on November 1, caused by the city going dry. The officers of the Waiters' Union are to be congratulated in the good work they are doing for all men in the craft in this city, regardless of color. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. The local Colored Business League of New Orleans was reorganized recently and put on a more solid foundation. Hon. Walter L. Cohen was elected president to fill the place of the late Mr. Dejoie. A number of committees were appointed, including one to cooperate with the National Farm and Live Stock Show, which will be held in New Orleans in November. A permanent meeting place was established and campaign inaugurated to increase membership. During the recent meeting of the American Bankers' Association, held in Atlantic City, N. J., Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., the only colored member of the association, presented a very fine paper, on "Thrift Among the Colored Race." His paper contains some very valuable information on the economic progress of the race. The Baptist Vanguard, published at Little Rock, Ark., recently published an editorial urging the organization of local, colored business leagues throughout the country to "Increase the prestige and progress of the race." Colored people of Houlka, Miss, have organized a banking union, which has for its purpose the encouragement of larger production and conservation on colored farms. Each member in good standing must increase his bank balance every year. Prizes are offered for raising and selling products and saving money Wallace A. Battle is president. A thought for the week: "Advertising for good will works in one of two ways—it makes men come to you to buy instead of your going to them to sell; or it makes selling easier if you go to them to sell. In either case, it is very much worth while. It is like soap; it isn't there when the blanket is washed, but it has done its work."—Printers Ink. Houghton-Mifflin Company, publishers, of Boston, Mass., have recently issued a school edition of "Up From Savery" and are instituting a campaign to place this book in both white and colored schools throughout the country. The Christian Recorder; published at Philadelphia, has invited colored [Image of a man in a formal coat and tie, standing with his hands on his waist.] High Class Work, Reasonable Prices Life-like Features Restored Free Funeral Parlor Phone North 4068 PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER 82720 SPRINGBURG BLUE SANTA MARIA, FL 33701 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 95074 JACOB PALMER CO ATLANTA, GA SKIN WHITENER DR. FRED PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER Whitens dark or brown skin. Bleaches and clears sallow complexions, removes all blemishes and causes the skin to grow whiter. See that you get the genuine. No.9 Jan. 17, 1917 Jacobs Pharmacy Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: As I have used your Dr. Fred Palmer with his Whitener and like so much I am enclosing 25c in stamps for which please send me another box. It is a long ways too send, but I know that I will get just what I ask for. Very often, I ask the Druggist for her help, that this will give her all the gift it will yay take this, it is just as good as what you want. I want the genuine Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener, so send to you for it. DO NOT ACCEPT IMITATIONS Sold by druggists or sent direct, for 25c. postpaid. Write JACOB'S PHARMACY, Atlanta, Ga. Main 5670, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Palmer's Skin Whitener may be be purchased in all the People's Drug stores, as follows: Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 5671, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 4119, People's Drug Store. Main 900, Store 2, S. W. Cor. 7th and N. W. Main 3140, Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 3228 Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 2398 Store 4, 7th and M N. W. Lincoln 3496, Store 5, 8th and H N. Lincoln 2789, Store 5, N. E. Cor. 8th H N. E. organizations throughout the county to observe the second colored literature week the third week in December. For information concerning the National Business League and its purposes, write Emmett J. Scott, secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Katz's big grocery store 1644 Montelle, Ave. N. E., is attracting new customers every day. It is one of the best grocery stores in the North East. Everything strictly fresh and at prices to meet the high cost of living, people living in that section don't have to go to Market. This store is really a small Market; deal with Katzs. THE BEE Is the paper that should be in every home in the city. It is the people's paper. Read The Bee you want all the news. Promptness of lud- Na- now, eans ting aign ship. the held Mit- mber Joseph I. Bailey AND Co. Undertaker and Embalmer (Formerly with J. H. Dabney) 227 K STREET, N. W. Corner 3rd and K Streets, N. W. Joseph I. Bailey, Manager QUICKEST 1109 Eye Street, Nort Phone Main 8273 Joseph N Undertake (Forme 227 K Corn Jose Chapel Service Free 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 manufactu tured by this firm Call Now—Parlor MRS. MARY M. 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We have served a number of weddings, also hired out our cars at moderate prices for various purposes, such as receptions, touring by the hour, etc. Whenever you desire quick and polite service call North 2006 and we always be glad to give you our best service. will always be glad to give you We have a large store room equipped with the most up to date supplies as well as catalogues which we will be glad to show upon request. We have experienced embalmers and we are ready to give you the best of service at the most reasonable prices. When you need our Funeral Service, Phone North 2006, and we will send Auto for you Free of charge. Much More Than Your Money's Worth The Original Economy Fabrics Silverbloom, St. Nicholas and Golden Glow for skirts, dresses and coats for all season wear, Honey Cloth 52545 in. wide, 19/4 9 to the xd, 9 feet, for dresses, will be shipped at stoke. Exquisite attention to detail, permanent finish, guaranteed by us for durability and fast colors. You will feel dressed up all the time if you wear these goods. For sale by leading retailers. LESHER, WHITMAN & CO., Inc. 881 Broadway, New York P.S. Act on this advice. If your dealer does not keep them, just cut out the ad dress it is made for, put your name and address on it with the payment your dealer and mail it to us. We will send him same date once and advise him of your request. 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OEE een Pee ieee z ee Pe p ba —— AicaNts psa at (mot EN Y aes Ef Se on Nae 3 en, TOES er (ome ee cc Sree, ¢ a Se Pe ie be Ly Patt rien 4 Cae : a eee rs : rae 7 eee, eee ira, es 5 ae es a err ae, ee PAE OS La ifr pe. OR RE ee en Sete ae aes / Waa he nat >< Oi ae Be ee ee ey : Ea o (e See BY Pape ned Pe , EST aie = Aires. | oy: Ley AD :. Qtr method of granting credit was devised ' "to give the -customer the greatest possible amount of help—to make its purchasing power the equal of cash anywhere. : Come into our. store.and you'll find every , avticle pricé-marked -in figures you can read. . - Make.a careful comparison and you'll see they” are as low and even lower than those of other ee stores, ~ os - ‘We charge your. purchases at these plainly . marked prices, and not a penny is added for the .- eredit privileges: You sign no notes and pay no interest.- .. 2 ; L 817-819-821-823 S ‘ naira sade ee " per week pays for this) | _ yy. ena ; Ss -,,.. Grafonola Outfit. Vito | ; "i Grafonola "25" and six dou- aezaeres | Eee ee, be disc Record $34.50) - Ss 2? House and Herrmann 7th and Eye Sts. “se : ¥. te COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY. OF MUSIC. . . - Wellington A. Adams, President. “s 1911 Ninth Street Northwest.. Phone North 2637. Washington, D. C. Musical instructions in Vocal Culture (four-year course), Solfeg- _ gio. Piano, Violin, Mandolin, Guitar; Clarinet, Pipe-organ, : Harmony, Musa Form, History of Music, Composition : and Public ‘School Musie (N. Y. method). * Our course in vocal culture is modern in every respect and perhaps unequaled in- any. colored: institution of- music;. pupils ‘taught . from the beginning ta the final: preparation. for the concert y ** or stage. : : The reason of our snecess is the fact that the courses taught, are CLEAR. ATTRACTIVE. EFFICTENT and MODERN, Open : a]l the year - Further information jupon requess ‘by address- ea ing ‘*. »resident. : . : Ruth L. 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Transient. ac- commodations a speciality. 128 F street. northwest, Washington, D. C.. One.block from Union Station _ Telephone, Main 10129 OR. W. L. SHiTWwe INDIGERTIC PEMFDY. This remedy will reffeve all formr of Indigestion, Catarrn of the Stomach, feartburn, Sour Stomach, Flatulency, Pain. in the Stomach. Water Brash Acid Fermentation, Gaseous Accumu- ations and Mal-Assimilations of Foods When taken in the Stomach it thor ovehly igests the alhuminous foods Telleves the indigestion, by resting and assisting the stomach until norma. or natura! digeation Is restored. ” DIRECTIONS Take a teasponful in a httle water after meals or when suffering. Repeat in an hour if necessary. OW. L, SMITH. Oruggiat: 3 801. Florida’ Avenue N. W., ‘Where you may purchase the gen ulne article: . Washington, 0. C, . HAHN’S.. - . Throngs of young and ‘old people have been swarming to Hahn’s Shoe Store for several weks. .They are tuking ‘advantage. of the- special in: ducements offered on their new stoc} ‘of fall shoes. More than two: hun. dred colored children bought shoes last week. Hahn's Shoe Store is tac place to buy shoes. Buy. now, before “the Xmas rush. Terms: Up to. $25.00, $1.00 down, soc. week. Larger amounts: in. equal proportions. Drop me a card and I will calt with samples. ie : RALPH E. EVANS With ‘Castelberg’s .National Jewelry Company, | 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Residence: .1917- Vermont Ave. The Drug Store 4% and F sts 8.w. owned by Dr. W. S. Richardson wha needs no introduction to the people of South West Washington, fs one of the neatest and up-to-date Drug Stores in hat section stocked with everything in the Drug line, and this neat Drug Store can be bought and at a reagon- able price Dr. Richardson .can be seen at his uptown store 14th and R, N W. 4 . FOR RENT. ; A fine store ‘suitable for any kind of ‘business 1107% Eye street northwost. A- good business center. ve i! Will promote a Full Growth of “y eae Hair. Will also Restore the strength oe . Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. a pe Dane oy If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try oe ~—sCEAST INDIA HAIR GROWER - AE ee If you are bothered with Falling § ay Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or | \ ee ee any Hair trouble, we want you to y Gees try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROW- a ER. The remedy contains medical pro- 7 i prieties that go to the roots. of the Hair, . ae - stimulates the skin, helping nature to éo ree . its work. Leaves the hair soft and’silky. a Perfumed with a,balm of a thousand flowers. The i _ best known remedy for Heavy and -Beautifu? Black | ° Sa ye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Naturat , Color. Can be used with Hit Iron for Straightening. B Price Sent bg:Mail, S0cij10c extra for Postage , sat, Grower, Temple §. D. Lyons, Gan, Agt., 314 East Second St. Oil, 1 Shampoo, e fe a a * . : BEL iecGiem gatdo | —-Oklahoms City, Okla. '26c Extra for Postage ft : ae ‘ee er My 7 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year in advance ..... $2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... 50 Subscription monthly ..... 20 COLORED COLONIES. The colored people have justly complained of the attempts of the whites in many communities to "colonize" them—to segregate them in certain parts of the town, in theatres and at public gatherings. Of course, the colored people object to this; it is an insult; it is unjust. Whatever colonizing there is should be voluntary on the part of the colonist. However, there is an aspect of the subject of colonizing that we must not overlook. The colored colony is not a bad thing of itself. There is no intrinsic reason why it is not a good thing, why it may not be the best thing. Twenty years ago there was little or none of the so-called colonizing in Washington. Everywhere humble colored homes were to be seen alongside palatial residences of the whites. Yet in that period it was no easy thing for a refined colored family to rent a modern house at a reasonable price. Note the change in the last five or ten years. As colored people gradually controlled more money and took on more refinement, they began to buy good houses wherever they could get them. The white householder does not, as a rule, wish to be a next-door neighbor to a colored one who puts on the same style as he. A result was that numerous white home owners abandoned their good houses, rented or sold them to colored people and moved into the suburbs of the far northwest. Entire sections formerly occupied by white people were abandoned in this manner—notably Ledroit Park. These same sections became colored colonies. There are no more orderly sections in the city than these self-same colored colonies and the surroundings are usually refined. A noteworthy fact in this connection is that homes in these sections could be, and still can be, bought cheap-far below their former market value. We have heard of instances where those values shrunk nearly onehalf. Many such houses can now be bought at the reduced price. However, now and then we note instances where a colored buyer strains his resources to buy a house at a fancy figure in an exclusively white neighborhood. Very much do we question the wisdom of this. It is one thing for a man to exercise his natural and legal right; it is another thing to perpetrate a financial folly. No man should contemplate paying for house rent over about one-quarter or one-third his total income. A man who buys and lives in his own house pays rent. The writer was told by a Londoner some twenty years ago that in England people paid only about ten per cent of their incomes for rent. In figuring the cost of rent a home-buyer should charge him- self, with about ten per cent of the cost price for interest on the cash payment, the mortgage, taxes, repairs, fire risk, and general depreciation. Hence, a man who buys a $6,000 home on time pays about $600 a year for rent; which is $50 a month. Unless his total net annual income is about $2,400 he ought not to pay so much. It would be more sensible first to buy a $3,000 home. The difference between $6,000 and $3,000 represents the difference between a good house in a fashionable white neighborhood and a good house in a colored colony. We advise our folks to go slow in the contracting to buy expensive houses. Better crawl first and then walk. Do not pay excessive rent. If you have any surplus income, more than enough to buy your home, invest it in a small tenement house and rent that house out. Do not try to run away from the colored colonies in Washington. They have proved a blessing to many of our people. MR. EMMETT J. SCOTT. It is reported that the Secretary of War has appointed Mr. Emmett J. Scott in some sort of advisory capacity to assist him in the administration of that part of the Army that is to be composed mainly of colored men. The specific nature of Mr. Scott's functions has not been announced. As Mr. Scott is not a trained military man, it is to be, assumed that his principal business will be to advise the War. Department with reference to the personnel of the colored officers to be appointed for that section of the Army known as the National Army, which will include the drafted men. It is contemplated to appoint a large number of colored officers to command these troops. It is understood that Mr. Scott will serve without compensation; in other words, his work will be extra-legal. With the meager information we have on the situation we are not in position to comment fully on the propriety and necessity of the appointment. Nearly all Presidents from the time of Andrew Jackson have had a "kitchen cabinet." President Roosevelt employed Mr. B. T. Washington in that capacity to advise about the appointments of colored men to office. While we always doubted that Mr. Roosevelt needed any such assistance, there seems good reason to think that the present Secretary of War, in such a big crisis, needs sound advice from colored sources. In the Roosevelt-Washington instance the object was simply political, and therefore reprehensible. In the present case, the Secretary of War no doubt has a sincere desire to do the best things possible for the country and for the colored people. On this ground a colored kitchen cabinet for the War Department is to be justified. Mr. Scott's selection is a good one, if some one had to be appointed. He is able; he has a clean record; he is loyal to his race; he knows the people. There is a persistent belief that during the more than twenty years that Mr. Scott served as Mr. Washington's secretary he was responsible for much of the work that contributed to the latter's fame. IS IT FAIR? There was a protest lodged against granting a license to the Howard Cabaret and a few pool rooms in the vicinity of the Howard Theatre and a hearing was had Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Almost everyone that testified said that he or she had heard things against the Howard Cabaret, but knew nothing from per o. no ledge. If many of these for d ministers and other s called marshals would devote their time in building up commercial enterprises in this city, instead of trying to pull down legitimate institutions, perhaps there would be more business enterprises. The Commissioners ought to be convinced by now that there are a number of colored ministers in this city who are spasmotic and irresponsible. They are moved by passion in many instances and when you pin them down to strict proof they can only testify to what they heard. This was the case in the Gardner hearing before a special investigating committee. One colored minister could only testify to what he heard, and he became very excited because the committee would not accept his hearsay testimony. There are things in this city more dangerous to the community than the Howard Cabaret. SEVENTY THOUSAND. If there was ever any doubt as to the colored man's loyalty to this administration, that doubt was fully emphasized last Sunday morning when over seventy thousand colored Americans assembled at the Union Station to bid their sons, brothers and cousins a farewell. It was a demonstration that will long be remembered in the history of this great government. It would have made President Wilson's heart feel good could he have been present to witness the event. The two bands were the events of the occasion. The committee that arranged details deserves much credit, and Chairman Wells is to be congratulated. Out of this great mass that assembled not an unkind word was spoken; not one arrest was made, and neither was there an occasion for anyone to be spoken to on account of any disorder. Does this not speak well for the orderly conduct of seventy thousand colored citizens of Washington? The colored officers on duty looked well and their conduct is to be commended, because they were a part of the great crowd. Never before in the history of all Washington has a more orderly crowd ever congregated. EXPENSIVE VANITY. In another article we make a plea for the advantages of respectable colored communities for colored home buyers. The main reason is that, while homes in those neighborhoods are just as good, so often larger and better, they can be bought at one half or two-thirds the price. What new vanity will not seize our people? Formerly it was vanity of fine clothes and all forms of trash. In recent years in this city has come on a vanity for expensive residences and home decorations. Beware! This fashion may prove the ruin of many who have saved up a small competency or who now have the chance to save it. One can sustain but one or two serious financial failures in a lifetime. "Fools build houses and wise men buy them." Fools buy expensive houses when cheaper ones will serve their purpose as well or better. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? It is so strange that so much discrimination is carried on against colored Americans in the present conflict. The recent outbreak was with a set of renegades from the South. Now it is said that colored men are not wanted in the Commissary Department of the Army. There are thousands of colored citizens in this county who are fully competent to fill any position, but it has been said that none are wanted in this department. Our present police force is in need of men, but for some reason no colored man is able to get on the force, although many of them have passed the examination. This discrimination had better cease, and at once. THE BEE. Advertise in The Bee if you want the people to see it. Ask the news agents in the city whether The Bee is the second best seller to any other colored paper in the United States and at many stands it leads all others. *** Ask the news agents in this city whether The Bee outsells all other colored papers published in his city. You will hear of it if you advertise in The Bee. "THE NEGRO"? The Editor of The Bee takes this opportunity to inform all contributors to his paper that no notice or consideration will be given to manuscript for publication when the colored race is characterized Negro. This is a name given to the race by white people and not by God or Christ. We are colored Americans of African extraction, otherwise Afro-Americans. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is doing its duty, as will be seen by the correspondence between it and the United States Senate. The Bee neither caters to State nor Church. The Bee stands for fair play for all. The Bee will condemn wrong no matter where it is perpetrated. The Bee has no favors to ask or apologies to offer to its enemies. Prof. Kelly Miller is spoken of for the presidency of Howard University. The Bee advises colored men to take the examination for the police force. The Bee has great faith in Commissioner Brownlow, no matter what others may say of him. Colored editors who have been declaring that they have a circulation of twenty thousand, will alter their figures now, the same as some lawyers, who have been boasting of their yearly fees. War taxes makes a difference on one's conscience. WISDOM NEEDED. Prepare for Peace—Now Is the Timer. Do Not Be Inconsistent. By H. A. Clarke. The advent of international reconstruction, national restorations and racial readjustments at the conclusion of hostilities will necessitate practical, experienced and wise statesmanship. The economic, industrial and commercial status of the nations, both belligerent and neutral, will be largely dependent upon what is done in the reshaping of governmental policies after the war. The social, civil and political status of the citizens and the subjects of the various countries will be materially affected by the introduction, passage and enforcement of future legislative enactments and administrative methods for centuries, yea, for all times. Thus it behooves each and every race to devise plans for its betterment, to become effective when postbellum changes are the order of the day; therefore, the races engaged in this holocaust, especially the colored race in the United States, which is a powerful factor in the present cataclysm for the success of world-wide democracy, should not throw away what ought to be the golden opportunity to be represented at the peace table by honest, qualified and sincere representatives, instead of by trimmers, apologists and sycophants who, heretofore, whenever the occasion presented itself for them to speak in behalf of the race, have not been equal to the occasion. Hence they are re- Eighty-three thousand colored young men have been conscripted and are today at training camps going through a gruelling training to prepare them for actual bloody, horrible war. Tomorrow they will be in the murky, foul, germ-infested trenches in France, facing death in its most horrible form, "to make the world safe for democracy." These are our own—our kith and kin—our sons and brothers. Some of these brave boys will return home, when the dove of peace has spread her pinions, over blood-dyed battlefields and dead-piled trenches. Some of them will return with sightless eyeballs, with jagged wounds—legless and armless—some bereft of reason—hopelessly insane. Some of them, horribly mangled—bodies torn by shrapnel and bombs—will never return; they will forever bivouac on fame's eternal camping ground "somewhere in France." Our boys—mother's hope and father's pride—tomorrow will be sacrificing their blood, their lives, to make democracy safe for humanity. What are we doing for them—to provide comfort for them while in the trenches—to succor their loved ones left behind? In Washington, while our brave young men are training to meet death in the trenches or on shrapnel-swept fields, night after night, rapturous, sensuous music tempts willing feet, and sends sinuous forms rythmically whirling through the voluptuous waltz. In Washington, and everywhere, while our young men are preparing to offer their lives on foreign fields, where the curtain of fire presages the death of thousands, seductive, meaningless, cards entice and enthral matrons and misses, fathers and bachelors. In Washington, and everywhere, while our boys at Camp Meade, Camp Dix and other cantonments are training to fight where 75-centimeter guns mow men down more ruthlessly than the keen-bladed scythe cuts the tender blades of grass, the Goddess of Pleasure reigns supreme. Today, when belching cannon, deadly bombs and shrieking shrapnel are making horrible crypts into which "our boys" may be sunk from view forever, we ought to be taking some steps to provide comforts—relief for the boys—our sons and brothers who have gone to the front TO MAKE DEMOCRACY SAFE FOR HUMANITY. Let's help raise two million dollars for their relief and the relief of their dependents. Let's match their patriotism and valor with our open-handed, free giving. Let's do our bit while our boys are doing their might. The Closing Days of the Remarkable SPECTACLE and EYEGLASS OFFER By the Block Optical Co., of 737 7th St. N. W. Our Liberal Offer Is Meeting With Popular Favor. Positively the Last Week. Our Supply Is Running Low. Glasses guaranteed to give you satisfaction and worth from $3.50 and more at the low price of $1.25. You should really see these glasses to appreciate the real value. Hundreds of people have come and taken advantage of this liberal offer with the most pleasing results, in each case being fitted with the proper glasses, besides saving a snug sum on the purchase. If you have not as yet bought a pair of them, do not fail to come to our store. Three graduate optometrists to examine your eyes. Really a remarkable value at the price, $1.25. We grind our lenses right in your presence. See Our Window Display Lowest prices for Prescription, Bifocal Lenses, and Finger Piece Mountings. BLOCK OPTICAL CO. EXCLUSIVE OPTOMETRISTS & OPTICIANS 4 DOORS FROM H ST 737-7TH ST. NW. PHONE M 9566 Open Eyes: During This Sale Until 8 p. m. Saturdays, 10 p. m. sponsible in a great measure for the deplorable condition of the colored people in this country. They either did not know what to propose when the time care or they were too cowardly to say it. Economically, industrially and militarily the colored race is again in great demand. The race's patriotic, loyal, willing and ready response to the nation's call to arms ought to and no doubt will, greatly benefit it civily, politically and humanitarily at the present and in the future. This is the psychological moment for racial organization, for the procurement of full civil, political and human rights in the coming new age. In at least each city, county and State the nucleus of an equal representation organization should be laid, on just as large a scale, if not on a larger one, than the present organizations for religious purposes, for having a general good time and for taking care of the sick and burying the dead. Whether or not subordinate organizations and a national organization as suggested would accomplish the desired results remains to be seen—that is, whether or not it would be a panacea would be entirely dependent upon whether or not the individual in many instances.would abandon the idea that is paramount in the minds of many colored business men. The idea is: That so far as my particular line of business is concerned, I want all of the other races in the same line of business to exclude the colored man both as a purchaser, customer or patron, and vice versa. In other words, when he has something to sell he is in favor of segregation and discrimination being applied to members of his race by those of the opposite race engaged in the same line of business that he is engaged in; but when he wants to buy something he is opposed to segregation and discrimination being applied to him by those of the opposite, race engaged in the same line of business that members of his race are engaged in. Inconsistency! THE BEE. The Bee is read by both races, white and colored, and if you do anything that is commendable your name will appear in its columns. Have The Bee to follow you. --- --- The Week in Society We sometimes cut prices, when it can be done without cutting quality; we always cut cost to you in giving a superior quality of medicines and drugs. Inferior medicines are costly at any price. Quality before everything else with us. Don't take chances; buy at a safe drug store, and run no risks. Whether you pay five cents or five dollars you get your money's full worth at BOARD'S DRUG STORE, 1912½ Fourteenth Street N. W. Mr. R. C. Edmondson has moved from his old home at 2100 Seventeenth Street N. W., to 465 Florida Avenue N. W., Ledroit Park. Mr. S. McCain, of Sumter, S. C., is in this city, employed as Government clerk. Rev. W. L. McFarlin, of South Carolina, who has been in this city since last spring, has returned to attend the Pee Dee Baptist Association, which convenes there this week. Mr. W. W. Freeman, who has been recently appointed messenger to the Quartermaster General in this city, was in Newport News, Va., Tuesday, visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary Dabney, on the evening of his departure for duties in this city. Miss Johanna Whitted, of Philadelphia, has returned home after a delightful visit to her brother's home in this city. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Harris and daughter Beatrice, who have been in this city and Baltimore, have returned home. A reception was given Monday night in honor of Rev. N. M. Carroll, one of the oldest members of the Washington Conference. Mr. H. M. Gillean, of Denis, Tex., is in this city, employed in the Government. He was formerly an agent-director for the Standard Life Insurance Company of Texas. Mr. Marcellus Wade, the father of Miss Marie Wade, of Capitol Hill, continues seriously ill. Miss Comora B. Carter, formerly of this city, now permanently located in Atlantic City, N. J., contemplates a visit to our city during the holidays. Attorney Charles S. Williams, who is one of the attorneys in the Snowden case, returned to the city this week, to return to Annapolis again today. Miss Marie A. D. Madre is working with the food administration and has been ever since its start. She is now helping Mr. Wilson, the local food administrator, to make the District of Columbia the model city. trib of Columbia the model city Willis' Female, Band will render a sacred concert on the third Sunday in November at 3 p. m. at St. Paul's A. M. E. Church Southwest. Professor Willis, director. Mrs. L. M. Hershaw is visiting her daughter, Miss Alice May Hershaw, in Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Hershaw has a throat affection which has been troubling her this fall and an operation may be found necessary. Mr. Harrison McGillican, of Palestine, Texas, a representative of the Standard Life Insurance Company, arrived in the city last week and is stopping at the Y. M. C. A. Miss Eva Ward Hunt, sister of Miss Florence M. Hunt, has been appointed in the Interior Department, Patent Office, as a typist and stenographer. Miss Hunt stood fourteenth out of 1,400 applicants. She is a graduate of the High and Normal School of this city and has held several responsible positions. Miss Edith A. Burgess, of 1828 Ninth Street N. W., a well known and popular young lady, was appointed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing last week. Mrs. Rebecca Ramos of S Street N. W., visited Camp Meade Sunday. Mrs. Annie E. Waddleton spoke before an appreciative audience at the Asbury Church Sunday evening. Many visitors were welcomed at Camp Meade Sunday. "Bureau Night" will be observed at the Asbury A. M. E. Church on November 27th. Mrs. J. D. Baltimore, of, S Street N. W., entertained her club at her residence Monday evening. Mrs. Viola Jones, of Sandusky, Ohio, but formerly Miss Viola Stokes, of this city, is visiting her aunt and is also the guest of Mrs. Rhodes of 1158 Twenty-first Street N. W. Many social favors are being planned for her during her indefinite visit here. Miss Oliver, of Martinsburg, W. Va., is attending the District school this session, and is stopping with her aunt, Mrs. Rhodes, of Twenty-first Street. Mrs. Anna Tinsley, of 2151 K St. N. W., continues on the sick list. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. The W. C. T. U. of the First Baptist Church, West Washington, will hold a bench rally Sunday at 3 p. m. Temperance songs will be rendered by the Men's Choir. Miss Mary E. Pryor, president; Miss Sadie Williams, secretary. Rev. J. L. Pinn will preach the annual sermon to the J. C. McCrummell Lodge, G. U. O. O. F., at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jennie B. Brown, the well-known artist in the testimonial services tendered J. E. Ralph Wednesday evening, won great admiration and applause for her fitting and timely remarks. The concourse was crowded with many members of both races. Miss Reba Outerbridge, formerly of Plainfield, N. J., who resides with her widowed mother, entered Miss Nannie Burroughs Training School for young women and girls here. Mrs. Arenitta Harrod, of this city, now of New London, Conn., is planning to give an illustration of a "Camp Meeting" in the Zion Church November 15th. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Holley, of this city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Patten, 1018 Ruthven Street, Houston, Texas. Mrs. Holley is a special representative of the Census Department. Dr. G. R. Dwellie has returned to her home, Atlanta, Ga., after spending several weeks in a hospital of this city, where she underwent a serious operation. Lieut. W. W. Peebles, of the Dental Reserve Corps, who was stationed at Fort DesMoines, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Peebles, 1014 D Street S. E. Lieut. Peebles is now stationed at Camp Dix. Miss Ethel Duckett, of Anacostia, has been appointed to a position in the Government Printing Office. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Williams have returned to the city and have arranged to locate here permanently. Mr. Williams was recently appointed in the Government service. E. W. Bundy, the exalted ruler of Columbia Lodge, I. B. P. O. E. W., is all smiles. He has lived to see his lodge buy a palatial home, and furnish it with massive furniture. And under his administration, too. A WAR BRIDE. There gathered at the residence of Mrs. Della C. Wall, 604 R Street N. W., Tuesday, October 30th, the relatives and friends of Miss Alberta V. Wall, and Captain Howard D. Queen, U. S. A., to witness their marriage. Promptly at 8 o'clock the bride and groom repaired to the parlors where the Rev. William Queen, the father of Captain Queen, in a very impressive manner, performed the ceremony of marriage of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The bride was attended by her cousin, Miss Luceille Moore, and the Captain by his brother, Lieutenant Queen. The parlors were beautifully decorated with palms and the choicest of flowers. After the ceremony the bride and groom received the congratulations of their host of friends. A sumptuous repast was served by the aunt of the bride, Mrs. Wall. Captain and Lieutenant Queen are both members of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry, of which their father was an officer for fifteen years. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. William Wall, who is one of the largest landowners in Prince George's county, Maryland. His sisters, Mrs. Amelia Moore and Mrs. Della C. Wall, are well known to the citizens of Washington, having resided here for many years. WEST WASHINGTON. Sunday, Rev. D. DeWitt Turpeau, Mt. Zion M. E. Church's worthy pastor, preached very able sermons, which had a telling effect upon the large audiences present, after which communion was given. Nearly three hundred persons participated. Mrs. S. A. Richards, who is still confined to her bed, is convalescing. Messrs. Ernest Jones, Charles Jackson, Leonard Bowles and Joseph Johnson, better known as the Gladiators, gave their fall dance Friday evening, November 3rd, at new Odd Fellows' Hall. It was a great success and many of their friends wish to have it repeated. Mr. Mortimer M. Marshall, the only colored graduated undertaker and embalmer in this section of the city, has returned home after spending several weeks in Freedman's Hospital. Mrs. Raymond E. Hewlett has received an appointment in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to the pleasure of her many friends. Prof. Archie Harrod, of this city, who has been for five years in different sections of the Northern States following his line of business, which is music, has returned to this city and has kindly consented to be the director of Mt. Zion M. E. Church's choir. A grand cantata in three acts, "Ruth, the Gleaner," was given at the Alexandria Memorial Baptist Church Monday evening. Miss Laura Taylor directed the cantata. A large and appreciative audience attended. Send your news to Miss Elsie H. Richards, 2509 P Street N. W., who represents The Bee in this section of the city. The Bee may always be found at Dr. Pride's drug store, Twenty-eighth and P Streets, every Friday evening. WEST WASHINGTON'S NEW CORRESPONDENT. The management of the Washington Bee announces the removal of the former representative of the paper in West Washington and the appointment of Miss Elsie H. Richards, who will treat all citizens and church denominations alike and will not use the columns that carry the news for that section for personal attacks on ministers and other citizens. It is the policy of The Bee to publish news and such other matters that will advance the interest of the masses and not the few in any select or particular denomination. Sensible people generally know when a man or woman has been served with sour grapes, hence it is hoped that the citizens in West Washington will do all in their power to encourage The Bee's new correspondent, who will treat them fairly, and they will oblige the Editor if they will send their news matter to her residence, 2509 P Street N. W., not later than Wednesdays of each week. OUR SOLDIERS. The American Colored Women Helping a Worthy Cause. With the hearts of women the world over turned to the men who have entered the greatest war of all history, it is not surprising that colored women should exercise some special thought for our colored soldiers. They have done so, and their thoughts are being crystallized into deeds. Busy fingers are at work knitting sweaters, mufflers, wristlers, etc., that our boys may be protected from the approaching cold and that they may be cheered by tangible proof that they are thought of by "the folks at home." The Soldiers' Comfort Society hopes to have ready at least five hundred garments by December 1st. These garments will be sent to Mrs. Emilie Hapgood, of New York City, who, although a white woman, has herself inaugurated a committee for the relief of colored soldiers. They are designed for the men now in the cantonments, where they have already experienced discomfort from the cold. A list of the money given for this work follows: Shilo Baptist Church, $37.40; New Bethel, $5; Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, $3; Metropolitan A. M. E., $5.05; Nineteenth Street Baptist, $10; Asbury M. E., $13.35; Prince Hall Chapter, O. E. S., $5; Chapel at Burrville, $.75; Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis, Md., $8; Deanwood Churches, through Mrs. Briggs, $6.68; Israel, $4; Mr. B. E. McDowell, $4; Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, $2.20; Miss Irene G. Johnson, $2.50; Miss M. I. Hardwick, $.50; First THE LIFE OF MARY JACKSON Baptist Church, $1.80; Mrs. W. M. Moody, $2; Miss A. P. Lancaster, $1; Mrs. Gertrude Hopkins, $ .50 Galbraith A. M. E. Zion, $10.12; Miss Brown, $2.87; Ionic No. 17, F. A. A. M., $2; Prof. George William Cook, $4. Readers of The Bee are asked to bear in mind that wool, which at one time sold for 87 cents per pound, is now $4.60 per pound. Not all the women who knit are able to furnish their own wool. Will not the men who do not knit and the women who can give either time or money, or both, see that this splendid work receives the hearty financial support it deserves? We need $1,500. Send contributions to Mrs. H. B. Irvin, treasurer, or Miss Irene G. Johnson, or Mrs. George William Cook, Howard University. Women are invited to knit every Monday at 7:30 p. m., in the Assembly Room, Miner Hall, Howard University; or if you will start a unite of ten or more, we will furnish you with teachers. COLORED MEN IN THE FIELD. New York. There is considerable agitation going, on among the white people in Harlem over the two Negro candidates designated at the recent Republican primaries for the Assembly and Board of Aldermen-Edward A. Johnson and James C. Thomas, Jr., respectively. It is the first time in the history of the city that two members of the Negro race have succeeded at the primaries, and John M. Royall, a well-known real estate dealer of Harlem's Negro colony, is largely responsible for the election at the primary. He says that the two men will be elected at the polls in November if the colored voters do not betray them through the activities of the reactionary leaders. The two candidates have the backing of the United Civic League, a colored organization, which has a five-story club house at 184 West 135th Street. Mr. Royall, who is a power among the Negroes in Harlem, is the president and founder of the league, which came into existence in 1913 as a result of the old fight between the All Star Cast;- Abbie Mitchel, Inez Clough, Ivy Hubbard, Susie Sutton, Tom Brown, Wm. Babe Towenseud, A. B. Comentherie, Chas. Oiden, Will A. Cooke, J Frances Mores, and Ten others. HOWARD'S HAIR POMADE Progressives and the Republicans. The league has 2,200 members in good standing, and its aim is to look after the human rights, political justice and industrial freedom of the Negroes in New York. There are five officers and a board of governors consisting of fifteen members. No question is permitted to come before the league without first being considered by these two bodies. Mr. Royall, who is the most active member and who has done a lot for his race, in speaking of the political situation among the Negroes in Harlem, says: "If these two members of my race are elected, the white people in their districts will have no occasion to feel that the candidates will think only of the Negroes in putting forth their efforts. They will work for the welfare of their constituents, irrespective of race or creed. We have over 100,000 souls in the Negro colony here, and we feel we are not asking too much at the hands of the voters in the respective districts of the two candidates. "We have many economic problems to solve among the Negroes in this city, and we believe that our representation at Albany and in the Board of Aldermen will prove beneficial. All we ask is a fair chance, and we will do our share in municipal affairs." CHURCH SERVICES. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets N. W.—A big welcome for you. Services: Preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday School, 9.30; Allen C. E., 6.30 p. m.; prayer meeting, Wednesday, 8 p. m.; class meeting, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Strangers always welcome. Rev. C. M. Turner, D. D., pastor. Parsonage, 1444 Q Street N. W. Phone, North 1825. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Learn our price and then shop around—take in all the "sales"—and if we cannot save you a good bunch of cash, we do not expect to make a sale. See the new pants at $2 to $3—the price will open your eyes to what is great value. And some fine grade, slightly used suits, $5. JUSTH'S OLD STAND 619 D St. SERVICE THAT SATISFIES. J. T. Newman.-The Haircutter is now re-established in South Washington, and will be pleased to serve all of his friends and former Patrons at 405 41/2 St., S. W. PUBLIC: MEN. AND THINGS By the-Sage of the Potomac. By thé Sage of the Potomac. I met my good old friend, Ralph W. ‘Tyler, last-week. He certainly does iook well. Ralph has a. good fat bank account now. Well, I know he is missed by the “push.” When Ralph Tyler was io this. city and headed the black cabinet,-he never missed an opportunity to help some poor devil who either, wanted a job, br a promotion. Aside from that, he was always willing and ready to, put his hand in his pocket to help some charitabie_ institution." Noman re-" ceived more stabs in the back by the so-called big members of the black cabinet . than ° Ralph Tyler.’ . Link Johnson was a good hot-air artist in office. He. always” catered to the Democratic’ administration, only to be kicked out. He'was told while in: office to, get rid of Dutton. But Dut- . ton seems to have the same hold on the present ‘Democratic Recorder of Deeds as-hé had on Link Johnson. “There is one. thing “Link would :do, regardless of his Republican deputy, and that was, he would issue his.own orders, notwithstanding Dutton’s likes or. dislikes. ‘The demotion and transfer of Blackburn, the man.who -knows a8-much about’ the. office, as the’ deputy, was one of the first act: of the present Recorder of Deeds, ir whom the colored people; regardles: of politics, had So much confidence. No colored woman has been ap pointed in the office since the presen incumbent has had charge, and’-non is likely to be, if the information © the Sage is ‘correct. ~ Well, there is day of political retribution. I don “gee any colored. clerk in the front’o! fice now. Well, such is the case. 8 J have always had the highest r gards for Ralph W. Tyler. His r “ception in. town was 2 liberal on His old friends and associates: hi much to say. to him. No honor, matter how great, ever turned Rall Tyler's head. “He is in Ohio no doing well. He Knows how to na gate, and since he has let the haw alone, jhe has. become’ a factor Ohio politics. - 98 _ Thefe is no time to discriminate qwar. The: colored soldiers are mt needed, as are the whites, and. { _ Government doesn’t intend to ti any foolishness from those ‘South + jnen who can’t. see beyond tl noses.” There are thousands of n in ‘the South. who are-not. patric enough to fight, and many of th ‘will not fight until they are made fight. It is hoped that the day \. come when the South will realize folly. eee * Phere ‘is always a day of retri tion. You’ can’t get over it. I bound :to-come. it may be a! ways off, but it will come to the just some day. ~ sas ‘There are a few near statess who-have been. very anxious to b the limelight. But when it come purchasing Liberty Bonds, these 1 - invheart have remained in the b; ground. wae . “My friend, Charles S. Williams, made somé hit in Maryland. H the real “it” at Annapolis. The respects and the people. admire ability as a- lawyer. : The § dropped in. on jhim before the pr ceution asked for a change .of. ve The prosecution showed the w feather last week when it found i in a hole. " Eleven jurors had been sele ‘and when the twelfth one was a to be selected: the prosecution a for a change of venue. No on ‘Annapolis believes that- Snos committed any crime. s eee : All, this talk by the prosecutic bluff” It is trying to put up a! fight, but it has failed, If Snov is convicted after the case gos another county, it will be to 8 SS ee ii ee See a eS” ltt(i‘ e«SC«*d : . ’ “Largest Credit Jewelers in the World” : | Naw? ° di Don't Be Afraid to Use Your Credit | i In this store your credit has the same buying power as cash. Thee’s no reason why you shouldn't buy } . _ whatever you want here’and enjoy all the pleasure it can give while you are paying so easily, you never miss - a the small amounts. 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Ae Ik Ye | Eo 7 et ey ox A\ peed an etttee ‘ Our Terms to All si = aes 4 J. ott cone : - 0 $25 or less...,.+. 50¢ a week Bly ; iy Handsome Gold * $25 to $50.....$1.00 wook ”; 4 aman ae Cc $50 to $75.....$1.80 a week Men's Wrist Watches, $16 FREE | awe S220 $6.50 | C astelb Y 9, 935 Penna. Ave. i, VCasteiderg 8, ———"__ telegraphed from. Washington that the United States Supreme Court had: handed-down a decision. declar- ing the segregation laws passed in Louisville, ‘and by implication in, oth er cities, unconstitutional. - This is ‘one of the.greatest victories that the Negro race has.won since the over- throw of the Grandfather clause, and both cases have been. won by the co- operation and initiative of the, ‘Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment ‘of Colored People. The. Crisis said, in its June number, 1917: “On April 27th, the Louisville ses- regation ordinance ‘case, brought by the association, was reargued before the Supreme Court of the United States: Counsel for the N. A. A: C P. were Mr. Moorefield Storey, presi dent of the association, and Mr. Clay ton: B. Blakey,’ of Louisville, the at torney of record. ‘ “No more important fight agains disérimination. was" ever made thar the taking ‘of this segregation cas up to the highest tribunal im the na tion.. The far-reaching effect of th decision to be handed down. canno Ibe estimated. The fate of the cas | which was fought through the court | of Maryland’by Attorney W- Ashbi | Hawkins of the Baltimore branc hangs on what decision the Suprem Court will render on the Louisvill | case; and so do the fates of the case fought in St. Louis and Richmond. | “We believe we shall win, riot onl : because our couse is just, but becaus of the masterly way in which’ it w: haridled by Mr. Storey. If, we wi ; | legal segregation will be killed < : over the country. It is ‘unnecessa! «| to add that if we lose, Negro Ghett {| will be established. in cities Nor 2) and South.” or |. This vietory should’ make. color people realize that only in union 1 strength; that only by concentrati __| their efforts and building up a. gr organization like the N. A. A. C. €-| can they- hope to win against a trenchéd prejudice. nol ote ‘national association is'now | : gaged in defending the victims phi) East St. Louis and will carry th | cases to the highest courts. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORA- ‘TION OF THE COMMERCIAL . EXCHANGE # Article I. : Section 1. The name of this society shall be the COMMERCIAL EX- CHANGE. ; Article II. Section 1. The term for which this society. is organized shall be perpetual Article III. : Section’ 1. The general business anc objects of this soclety shall be to. pro ‘mote the education, industrial, com) mercial and social welfare of the peo- ple of the District of Columbia and vicinity, and to counsel and encour: | age those ‘in other communities in the | same direction. . : | Secton. 2 The ‘particular business; and objects of this society shall be,to! encourage and foster vocational edu-| cation, skill and efficiency; to stimu-| late and encourage industrial and com~' mercial enterprises in and near the District of Columbia and, to assist in the establishing ‘of such enterprises: to encourage ‘and, promote co-opera- tion in business; to establish and maintain a technical economic library in the City of Washington for public use; to promote the establishment of gymnasiums, baths and recreational \centers; to promote better household land community sanitation; to en- | courage improved ‘landscape architec~ ture and gardening for the adornment | of home “surroundings; to assist poor ‘land needy persons. "| Section. 3. In addition to the power -Jto pursue ‘the objects enumerated in | Sections 1 and 2 of this Article HII, “this society. shall ‘also have the fol- : lowing corporate powers, to wit: to foster and regulater any number oF branch units in the. District of Colum- ® |bia ‘and vicinity having. like objects | which. shall be integral parts of thi: society; to.affiliate, itself with any na tional society having similar aims am * Jobjects; ‘fo accept gifis of mone .g.| securities, goods, material and fea [estate for the promotion of ite ob 11 [iectss to print. and. disseminate suel iy [literature as may be deemed calculate 3g |to advance ‘its objects. hn | . Section, 4. The powers granted i this charter shall not be construed t .q jexclude any other powers reasonab ws |for the promotion ‘of the publi 1g |spitited and ‘charitable objects of th at [society and consistent with the Co P,|of Laws of the District of Columb in- [atid the laws of the ‘United States. Article IV. n-| “Section 1. The affairs, funds ai at |property of this society shall be ssé|the general charge of a Board Governors of not more than twént four members. of the society, who sh zaclbe assisted by a, Supervisory Co L_ | mittee of three members of the soci \no one of whom shall be a memt of the Board of Governors, and such executive officers and other ¢ jety | ployees as may be provided in the | 2X-|1aws. During the first year the nu \ber of Governors shall be -not’t than twelve. i | Section 2. The first Board of Gor this | nors and first Supervisory. Commit ual.| shall be ‘chosen by: the persons v sign this certificate: df. incorporat and|and thereafter the members of 1 PFO-Iboard and that committee shall chosen by ballot'by the general body of members at the regular annual meetings. Section 3. The by-laws shall pre- scribe which of the exécutive officers, if any, shall be also members of the Board of Governors, ~ Section 4. At the first annual elec- tion-all members of the Board of Gov- ernors and the Supervisory Committee shall be chosen anew by the members of the, society, and one-third of the members of that’ board and gf that committee shall’ be chosen to s:rve one, two and three years, respectively, and after one year following the first annual election the persons chosen to serve one, two and three years, re- spectively, and after one year fol ow- ing the first annual election the per- sons chosen to. fill vacancies in those bodies shall be chosen-for the term of three years. . i Section §. During the first year, 01 previous to the first annual election the executive officers of ‘this’ society shal] include a President, at least on Vice-President, a- Secretary and ‘Treasurer. But the by-lawe inay pro vide additional-or other executive offi cers ‘to be chosen at the first annus election of officers and thereafter, _” Section 6, All officers and employee . charged with the custody, or handlin; ; of the funds or’other property of tH "3 get it For “Tay wife i R . f}ased:9). y 4) RYE i .| Ss 77 te | 5 >| ara bo | EN Ser iy Wal r UN Aveo | a>. Nae NO OTHER LIKE iT. wir} NO OTHER AS GOCE | Barchasg the “NEW HOME” and xou villa a eesheeat he price sou pay. The ehmination Seat oP manera oer erie Tt ualty of mater hating the NEW HOME | WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. | jauwa the wort ove fo, supeior sewing gai Sucsuld under any other nate “THe tieW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO. ORANGE Mis i ven eave oF Gustave vppenheim, an a northwest, . Washingto society shall be required to furnish an adequate indemnity.bond for the faith- ful performance of their respective duties, and the amount ‘of any such bond shall be prescribed by the Board of Governors, Article V. Section 1. The Board of Governors shall immediately after ite appoint- ‘ment make such prudential by-laws as they may deem proper for the man- ‘agement and business affairs~of this society, and thereafter any by-laws 80 made shall not. be changed without the participation and consent of the members of the society.” . Section 2, The Board of Governors shall have power to make rules an¢ regulations in addition to and in con: formity--with those embodied in th: by-laws, and to amend or abolish th jgame at: will, but while in. force suct frtes and regulations shall have all th | force uf by-laws. . ° THE. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY. CULTURE SCHOOL (INC.) offers an excellent oppor tunity for the woman who desires to enter the business world, by taking up a conrse in BEAUTY CULTURE. _ Nobody nowadayt ean say, ‘‘T have no chance.’* There-are and always will be new. lines with. each women: whether she will be one of those. to create and take advantage of the oppor tunities ‘that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BRAUTY CUL TURE SCHOOL OFFERS. , We teach the’ following courses: Hair Dressing, . Facis! Massage, Manicuring, Sealp ‘Treatment, Instantaneous Bleach ing, Electric Treatment for th Face and Scalp. : ‘There is'a constant demand fo THE FOUNTAIN OF. YOUTE »BAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL’ GRADUATES. - THE ABILITY TO USE, ANT CREATE OPPORTUNITY DE '|PENDS UPON INDIVIDUA! VALUE, and value depends o training, and training dépends o “learnest, well directed effort te ir erease skill, . ~ THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUT! > REAUTY. CULTURE SCHOOL ' ", [branches are taught from five do vtllars up. COME IN AND REGIS “TER. DAY AND NIGH "| CLASSES. . ; MIME. AGNES J. SMITTL. 33. : * Prineipal | Tel. North 4017, ™| 925 R St. N. W.. Washington, D. C. LEGAL NOTICES, A. W; GRAY, ATTORNEY. ~ Sueseme Cousr or tar Distaior oF : + CoLUMBIA, HOLDING PROBATE COURT. No. 24,020, Administration, THs 18 To-Give Novick: ‘That the subscriber of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters’ testamentary on the estate of Teabella Saunders, late of the District of Colam- bia, deceased. Al persons baying clainis against the deceased are leréby warned ‘to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof,legally - authenticated," to tho aubseriber, on or before the 29th day of September, A. D., 1918, otherwise they aay by law be ‘excluded from all benefit of said estate. . Given under my hand this 29th day of September, 1917. Serena’ I. Savuxores, ° 656 L Street, N. Ev “Attest: - » Wat. CLagk Tarios, Deputy Register of. Wiils for the Dis- trict of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. ‘A. W. Gray, Attorney. pide Raita ES “L, M. KING, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, holding Probate Court. No., _ 24.030, Administration. This is to give notice that the sub- scriber, of the’ District of Columbia, has obtained from’ the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, *etters of administration on the estate of Cath- erine Thomas, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons. hav ing claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally au- thenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 8th.day of October, A. D. ior; otherwise they may by law bel excluded from all benefit of said es tate. ° 2 Given under by hand this 8th day of October, 1917. = . John E: ‘Thomas, agts M Street N. W. Attest: ae] . W. Clark Taylor, ° Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clérk of ‘the Probate Court. | " .-L. M. King.+ . Attorney. THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY Supreme Court, of the District of Co- tumbia, holding Probate Court. Es~ tate of Sophia, Brown, deceased. No,, 23,917. Administration Docket 58. se ‘Application’ having “been _ made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased. and for, letters testamentary on said estate, by Marie Tibbs Childs; it is ordered this 10h day of Octoher. A: D. 1917, that Oscar Tibbs'and Mol'ie Johnson, and all others concerned, appear in said court,on Monday. the toth day. of No- vember, A. D..1917, at 10 o’clock’a. ma» to show ‘cause why such ‘application should not “be granted. - Let notice hereof be published in the “Washing- ton Law Renortér”’ and “The “Wash- ington Bee” on-e in each of three snc cessive. wecks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to ‘be not less than thirty, days before said return day. F. L. Siddons, é Justice. . Attest: * ii zi _W. 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Fortune, of 25 Lamberton Street, one of the widest known colored men in the United States, a journalist of national fame, poet and author, has been selected as assistant director and secretary of the Negro Welfare Bureau of the State, the new department which has been established under the direction of Governor Edge. The bureau will have headquarters in the Department of Labor, under whose working operations it will be guided. Isaac H. Nutter, a prominent Atlantic City colored lawyer, is the director. Both Mr. Fortune and Mr. Nutter have been active in the affairs of the Negro people in the State and have been acting in an advisory capacity to Governor Edge and Commissioner of Labor Bryant since the migration of the Negroes from the South became such a pressing question in this State. Mr. Fortune will perform the active work of the bureau. Dr. P. L. Hawkins, of Atlantic county, is the examining physician. 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New Jersey is the first State to establish such a bureau, and it is not probable that Governor Edge would have authorized it if the coming to this State of so many Negroes from the South had not made it necessary. Speaking of the work to be taken up by the bureau, Mr. Fortune said that one of the features will be the taking of a poll of the colored farmers of the State, asking them to encourage organization in the various counties with the idea of having a State fair at a central point once a year. He also thought that farming demonstration should be conducted at the Bordentown School for Colored Youth and that the Negro farmer of the State should receive farm literature. Sketch of T. T. Fortune. Timothy Thomas Fortune is one of the best known among the older school of journalists. He is highly educated, having received his training at the close of the Civil War, when the colored boy had a hard struggle to get an education. He embarked in the newspaper field, establishing the New York Globe in 1879, which later became the New York Age. He was editor of both, resigning from the Age in 1907, when his health began to fail, and he suffered a nervous breakdown. He was sent to the Philippines by President Roosevelt to study conditions there. He was for years a special contributor to the editorial and the news columns of the New York Sun, under Charles A. Dana, and was assistant editor under the late Amos J. Cummings before Mr. Cummings went to Congress. He has also been a contributor to the Philadelphia and New York papers and the State Gazette. He has written a number of poems which have appeared in magazines, and is the author of several short stories. He published a book of poems several years ago. For more than twenty years and before he became nationally prominent, Mr. Fortune had been the personal associate and adviser of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington. It was Mr. Fortune who advised Dr. Washington to undertake the organization of the National Negro Business League and of which Mr. Fortune was chairman of the executive committee down to the Baltimore meeting in 1907, when he resigned from seven national organizations on account of ill health. Mr. Fortune has been a resident of New Jersey for more than twenty years and a resident of Mercer county for about seven years. FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS NEWS. The Hon. W. Calvin Chase visited this community this week. The State Teachers' Association (colored) of Maryland has been called to meet in the city of Baltimore, Md., November 26, 27 and 29, 1917. Prof. E. S. Burroughs has given permission for the Prince George's county colored teachers to attend the annual meeting in a body. The delegation, fifty-six in number, will be in charge of Mr. James F. Armstrong, the supervisor of colored schools. Mr. D. F. Pierce, Anacostia, D.C., has been awarded the contract to build four school houses by the Prince George's County Board of Education. The school houses will be erected at the following places: Bowie, Camp Springs, Lakeland and T. B. Three are for colored children and one for the white children. Upon his request, the Prince George's County Board of Education has granted to Supervisor James F. Armstrong leave of absence for the rest of this school year to engage in special work for the United States Government. His designation will be: "Local Emergency Demonstration Agent." His office will be at Fairmount Heights, Md. He will travel through all the counties of Southern Maryland. A successor to Mr. Armstrong has been named by the Board of Education. No doubt his name will be announced in the next issue of The Bee. From all available information there is still a vacancy in the Prince George's county colored schools. The supervisor, it is thought, would like to have a few applications for teachers' positions. Great hog cholera control meetings have been announced as follows: November 6, Collington, Md.; November 7, Fairmount Heights, and November 8, Bladensburg, Md. The general public has been invited to all these meetings. For the Comfort of Colored Soldiers and their Dependents is the goal of The National Colored Soldiers and Dependents Comfort Committee —a committee of representative colored men from every state in the Union banded together to do something substantial for the boys who are representing the race in this the greatest undertaking of our nation. In addition to looking after the boys in the service; it is the purpose to care for those of their loved ones who are deprived of their income and from time to time may need their assistance. The executive officers of The National Colored Soldiers and Dependents Committee are: PROF. KELLY MILLER, President RALPH W. TYLER, Secretary J. C. NAPIER, Treasurer Washington, D. C. Columbus, Ohio Nashville, Tenn. Temporary Headquarters have opened at 1105 YOU STREET. NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, D. C. From which place the work will be carried on Will you be the leading lady? If you cannot be the leaddy there are other roles to be taken and you may be one of them. Cut out the Nominating Coupon, nominate your friends, help them to hustle by disposing of votes. Voting coupon books may be had by contestants or their friends at committee headquarters, 1105 YOU STREET. This contest will open MONLAY, NOV. 12, 1917 and close Midnight, JANUARY 14, 1918. This contest is being conducted under the suspices of the Local Colored Soldiers and Dependents Comfort Committee, who are Dr. A. M. Curtis, John R. Hawkins, Judge Robert H. Terrell, James A. Cobb, Wm. L. Houston, Walter J. Singleton, Miss Nannie E. Burroughs and Mrs. A. H. Glenn. Watch this paper for special rules governing the contest which will be made from time, also the standing of the contestants and other special announcements [Picture of a man in a dark suit, holding a book]. BISHOP I. N. ROSS The Plan of selecting the Cast is as follows Voting coupons will be sold at A PENNY A VOTE that will entitle the purchaser to vote for Four Men and Four Women. The lady receiving the highest number of votes will play the leading female role, the lady receiving the next highest number of votes will play the next role of importance; this same arrangement will apply to the male roles. The scenario will provide for at least elght important or principal roles and many others will be used all of which will be assigned according to their standing in the contest. Bishop I. N. ROSS ARMOND W. SCOTT A novel means has been devised by the committee to assist in raising the desired funds, arrangements have been made to make a Motion Picture using only local colored people it the cast; the pictures will be entirely local in character containing local scenes, produced by a special scenario. This picture will be produced in its entirety in this city, you can see it in the making, you can see yourself in motion pictures, as the pticture when completed will be shown in a local theatre. Will you be the leading man? It takes a hustler to make good in the movies and if you have the hustling ability you can be the leading man. M. B. ARMOND W. SCOTT nan? Nominating Coupon This coupon will count for five hunnred votes for the nominees if delivered or mailed to committee headquarters at 1105 You Street, Northwest Nominate one man and one woman Name_____ Address_____ Name_____ Address_____ By whom nominated_____ Address_____ the contestants and other special announcements