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CHAS. H. BUCHANAN VS. WM. FARLEY In the Supreme Court of the United States—No. 33—October Term, 1917—Charles H. Buchanan, Plaintiff in Error, vs. William Warley—In Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky—November 5, 1917. Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the Court. Buchanan, plaintiff in error, brought an action in the Chancery Branch of Jefferson Circuit Court of Kentucky for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain real estate situated in the City of Louisville, at the corner of Thirty-seventh Street and Pflanz Avenue. The offer in writing to purchase the property contained a proviso: "It is understood that I am purchasing the above property for the purpose of having erected thereon a house which I propose to make my residence, and it is a distinct part of this agreement that I shall not be required to accept a deed to the above property or to pay for said property unless I have the right under the laws of the State of Kentucky and the City of Louisville to occupy said property as a residence." This offer was accepted by the plaintiff. To the action for specific performance the defendant by way of answer set up the condition above set forth, that he is a colored person, and that on the block of which the lot in controversy is a part, there are ten residences, eight of which at the time of the making of the contract were occupied by white people, and only two (those nearest the lot in question) were occupied by colored people, and that under and by virtue of the ordinance of the City of Louisville, approved May 11, 1914, he would not be allowed to occupy the lot as a place of residence. In reply to this answer the plaintiff set up, among other things, that the ordinance was in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and hence no defense to the action for specific performance of the contract. In the court of original jurisdiction in Kentucky, and in the Court of Appeals of, that State, the case was made to turn upon the constitutional validity of the ordinance. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 165 Ky. 559, held the ordinance valid and of itself a complete defense to the action. The title of the ordinance is: "An ordinance to prevent conflict and ill-feeling between the white and colored races in the City of Louisville, and to preserve the public peace and promote the general welfare by making reasonable provisions requiring as far as practicable, the use of separate blocks for residences, places of abode and places of assembly by white and colored people respectively." By the first section of the ordinance it is made unlawful for any colored person to move into and occupy as a residence, place of abode, or to establish and maintain as a place of public assembly any house upon any block upon which a greater number of houses are occupied as residences, places of abode, or places of public assembly by white people than are occupied as residences, places of abode, or places of public assembly by colored people. Section 2 provides that it shall be unlawful for any white person to move into and occupy as a residence, place of abode, or to establish and maintain as a place of public assembly any house upon any block upon which a greater number of houses are occupied as residences, places of abode or places of public assembly by colored people than are occupied as residences, places of abode or places of public assembly by white people. Section 4 provides that nothing in the ordinance shall affect the location of residences, places of abode or places of assembly made previous to its approval; that nothing contained therein shall be construed so as to prevent the occupancy of residences, places of abode or places of assembly by white or colored servants or employees of occupants of such resi- The ordinance contains other sections and a violation of its provisions is made an offense. The assignments of error in this court attack the ordinance upon the ground that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in that it abridges the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States to acquire and enjoy property, takes property without due process of law, and denies equal protection of the laws. The objection is made that this writ of error should be dismissed because the alleged denial of constitutional rights involves only the rights of colored persons, and the plaintiff in error is a white person. This court has frequently held that while an unconstitutional act is no law, attacks upon the validity of laws can only be entertained when made by those 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. Charles S. Williams, Esq., who has been retained as one of the lawyers to defend John Snowden, is highly M. H. MEN AND WOMEN Nominated in the Moving Picture Contest to Raise Funds for Colored Soldiers' Dependents. Great Interest Manifested by All Colored People in the Effort Raise Two Million Apparently great interest throughout the city is being shown in the effort started by the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee to raise two million dollars for the relief of colored soldiers, and their dependents. Especially is there great interest in the contest to secure young colored men and women who will take the leading parts in the scenario to be especially written for an all-colored cast. This photoplay will be shown throughout the country. Think of it, a moving picture film with all colored characters, and they all of Washington, to be shown in movie theatres, white as well as colored, throughout the country, from coast to coast. It is not too late for you to enter the contest. Cut out the coupon appearing in this issue of The Bee, and bring or send to the office of the committee, 1105 You Street N. W., and the person you nominate will be started with 500 free votes. Those who have been entered in the contest are: / Votes Miss Adella Parks 500 Miss Isadore Kennedy 500 Miss Lillian Evans 500 Miss Rachel Guy Moore 500 Mrs. Emily Jennifer Taylor 500 Miss Elizabeth Brown 500 Miss Grace Williston 500 Miss Margaret Reynolds 500 Miss Phyllis Terrell 500 Miss May Harper 500 Miss Emma Lee Williams 500 Miss Annie Lawrence Lucas 500 Miss Pearl Brown 500 Miss Marie Madre 500 Mrs. Georgia Jones Tucker 500 Miss Estelle Collier 500 Miss Edna Murray 500 Mrs. Jennie Brown 500 Miss Annie Payne 500 Miss May Miller 500 Miss Elsie Richards 500 Miss Gladys Moran 500 Miss Valerie Chase 500 Miss Dorothy Pelham 500 Miss Esther Freeman 500 Miss Ollie Kibble 500 Miss Martha Ailer 500 Mrs. Lizzie E. Jones 500 Prof. J. Henry Lewis 50 Andrew J Thomas 50 Lieut. Jay Clifford 50 500 rope accompanied Mr. W. Calvin 500 Chase, Jr., and the quartette. The 500 meeting was a success from every 500 angle. On Tuesday evening Bethel Literary was the scene of an edifying meeting, when Eugene Kinckle Jones of New York delivered an address on "Adjustment of Colored People to Northern City Life." He outlined the steps being taken in many Northern localities to make of the colored thousands, so recent from the South, acceptable economic factors in Northren industries and desirable social units. He said that one of the great needs of the hour is an unselfish leadership. Unselfishness must characterize the men and women who lend their energies to the work of moulding into permanent social factors the hundreds of thousands who have sought and are seeking better labor and living conditions in the North. Prof. George W. Cook gave a very interesting and brief resume of the work being done by the citizens of Washington to encourage and aid these migrators when passing through this city. Other persons participating in the discussion were Prof. John W. Cromwell, Prof. John R. Hawkins and Mr. M. C. Muffield. The music of the evening was of an especially high order and was received with generous applause. Miss Mary E. Hewlett and Mrs. Lena Walker rendered a piano duet: Mr. W. Calvin Chase, Jr. played a corn solo, and Messrs. Robert Ruth, Robert Ashy Emil Tyler and Arthur Sutherland, representing the Dunbar High School, proved a quartette worthy of any audience Miss Mary L. Eu Barrington Guy ..... Lieut. Murjel Curtis ..... William Welch ..... Thomas Gardiner ..... Arthur Hayes ..... Lieut. Eugene Davidson ..... Lieut. Thomas E. Jones ..... Capt. Harry Atwood ..... Maj. Walter Loving ..... General Forest ..... Prof. W. A. Adams ..... William J. Curry ..... Harvey Williams ..... After you have once been entered it will cost you but a penny for each vote credited to a nominee. Call at the headquarters of the Comfort Committee and secure coupon books and start to work at once for your favorite candidate. Organize your forces. This is a wonderful opportunity to show the achievements of the race through movie picture films, to be shown all over the country, and this is a wonderful opportunity for you to appear in this motion picture as one of the principal actresses or actor. And, remember, all these pennies to come in for votes will go for the relief of colored soldiers and their dependents—our own boys who have enlisted to fight—to offer their blood and lives in this war. Come show your loyalty and appreciation for our own boys at the front. The local committee for Washington who will have charge of the campaign and contest here are: Prof. Kelly Miller, John R. Hawkins, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, Mrs. A. H. Glenn, Wm. L. Houston, Charles S. Hill, Walter J. Singleton, Dr. A. M. Curtis and James A. Cobb. MRS. RHODES. There is one citizen and public official in this city who doesn't know a person by the color of his skin. The teachers in the public schools, and especially the colored teachers, have no better friend than this well-known educator. BETHEL LITERARY. Hon. Clarence R. Wilson, Food Administrator for the District of Columbia, and Mr. Clarence A. Aspinwall, representing the Fuel Administrator for the District of Columbia, will address Bethel Literary next Tuesday evening. Mr. Robert A. Blackwell will sing a baritone solo. QUEEN RALLY. Rev. R. J. Hawkins, whose church is on the Bladensburg Road, was a scene of much merriment Monday evening, November 5th. The occasion was a Queen Rally. The prize was won by Mrs. Green, who turned in ninety dollars. BETHEL LITERARY. DR. E. O. JOHNSON. The Bee this week presents to the one hundred thousand colored residents in this city and all other classes Dr. O. E. Johnson, the celebrated surgical chiropodist, a graduate of the Columbia Institute of New York. The reputation of this lady is made by the character of her work. The best physicians in this country have largest amount—thirty-seven dollars. testified that her work is unsurpassed. She knows her business and in the most difficult cases she has given a complete cure. She has cured cases in which others have failed. Men, women and children who are sufferers from corns, bunions and fallen arches will be cured if they will give Dr. Johnson a call. She is the most remarkable woman in the race and an honor to her profession. Her parents are among the leading citizens in this city. She explains every detail before she treats you, and if her work is not satisfactory your money will be returned. She removes all corns, cures all bunions. If you have corns, ingrowing toenails, bunions and fallen arches, consult this remarkable woman. Go today and be convinced, for yourself, of the ability of this lady to do as The Bee publishes. Who is it that suffers with bad feet? Go and be cured. Her offices are at 633 T Street N. W. Mention The Bee when you call. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. The Florida Avenue Baptist Church Holds Bench Rally. The Christian Endeavor of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church held a bench rally on Sunday evening. The program was an interesting one and was filled by the talent of the city. Mr. Wm. J. Carter, Jr., rendered very beautifully "Just for Today," accompanied by Mrs. Jeanette Nickens. Miss Julia Jenkins addressed an interested and appreciative audience on "Unity and Love." Miss Mildred Waddleton won great commendation in the solo "Whispering Hope," accompanied by Mr. Louis Brown, The pastor, Rev. Taylor, solo, "Rally," accompanied by his wife, Mrs. W. A. Taylor. Little Miss Vivian Jones played "The Dying Poet," an instrumental solo. Mrs. Hattie Brown-Watson is president; Mrs. L. B. Gibson, vice-president; Miss Bessie Monroe, secretary; Mrs. Julia Oscar, assistant secretary; Mrs. Lucy Jones, treasurer. Mr. John H. Wright was the master of ceremonies; Mr. C. B. Braxton was chairman of the bench rally. Mrs. Julia Rose brought forward the Six dollars was the collection for the AN OPEN LETTER. Rev. C. M. Tanner. Pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. My Dear Rev. Tanner: I do not know whether you have replied to the letter I sent you or not. However, be that as it may, I will state that I am not going to come to Washington at present. After the Department of Agriculture found out that I was a colored girl, they would not accept me. I am unable to do anything about it right now. It may be that I will be appointed to some Department in the future. At least, I am living in hopes that I will be. I assure you that I sincerely appreciate anything and everything you may have done for me, and thank you in advance for your kindness to me. It may be that I may see you at some future time, and thank you in person. Very truly yours, Blanche M. Van Hook. 526 Boone Street, Columbus, Ohio, November 6, 1917. WARREN. If you want a first-class photo, go to Warren, 803 Florida Ave. N. W. Ask for M- Warren and he will do the rest.—Advt. COMMUNITY CENTER Dunbar High School a Scene of Liveliness Monday Night-The General Secretary of the Community Center Explains. Mrs. Cecil B.. Norton, the general secretary of the Community Center, met the Community Association, an offspring of the Jones Community Center Association, last Monday evening in the auditorium of the Dunbar High School. There were fully two hundred citizens present. Mrs. Cecil B. Norton, a very pleasing and accomplished young woman, the general secretary of the Community Center, was present and explained to the people what a community center meant. She paid a high compliment to several of the community centers, and said that it was the work of the Jones School, under its principal, that led to the establishment of a community center in that section of the city. She outlined the boundaries of this city, and concluded her very admirable address by calling for the election of a temporary chairman. Mr. W. Calvin Chase nominated Dr. William Tolson, while the Tabscott forces nominated Mr. Bryon. Dr. Tolson was elected, and Miss Clark was named as secretary. After the election of temporary officers, candidates were nominated for community secretary. Three persons were placed in nomination—Mr. Tabscott, Miss Green, Miss Queen and Dr. Russell. The speech that put Dr. Russell in nomination was made by Attorney Charles S. Williams, of the Jones Community Center. It thrilled the assembly hall and brought forth enthusiastic applause. On motion of Mr. Chase, the meeting resolved itself into a community association. Addresses were made by Miss Sarah Lewis and Miss Marie Warder, who seconded the nomination of Dr. Russell in a most eloquent address, and she was followed by Mr. Chase. Mr. Washington placed in nomination Mr. Tabscott. Had the election taken place Monday night Dr. Russell would have had a plurality of several over all the candidates. He has given his services to the community center of the Jones scheme for ten years without compensation. Miss Eva A. Chase, the first founder of any community center, white or colored, delivered a most pleasing and entertaining address. She gave a history of the work of the association in her school. She stated many teachers and parents had purchased Liberty Bonds. She exhibited two, bank books in which there are credits of over one hundred and fifty dollars in the treasury, which showed more money than the combined treasuries of all the colored community associations. Her address was received with the greatest applause. Mr. Edward H. Sutton, the author, said that he did not know any of the candidates, but from the record of Jones Community Center, Dr. Russell was the man. This center said Dr. Russell had done more than all others, and no mistake should be made in selecting the right man. Mr. L. C. Peterson, one of the strong workers in this center, said many good things; that the people in this section are anxious to compliment Miss Chase for her great work and the work of her organization. The election will take place Monday evening, November 19th. MADAME AGNES J. SMITH. This well-known beauty culturist, whose school is at-935 R Street, opened this year with a large school. Madame Smith knows her business and her pupils are fully equipped to do the work in beauty culture when they graduate from this school. 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. SATURDAY SERMONS BY UNUS "And he played on a harp of a thousand strings." This is the first of two preachments on gumption. The second will come next Saturday. Think of the millions of books that have been written and the billions of sermons preached. What were they about? Relatively few were about history; relatively few about science. The most of them were on common, every-day philosophy, didactic, designed to teach man what to do, how to act, so as best to serve himself, his fellows and his God. The most of these have been a mere rehash of something written or said before, and more often padded—prolix, verbose, discursive, complex, confusing. Among this class of didactics may be included the majority of works and talks on metaphysics, all those on moral philosophy, casuistry, selfhelp, etiquette, conversation, law, the commonest rules of logic, business ethics, and a majority of the poems and novels. They range from the nursery tales to the profound disquisitions on the obligations of man to man and of man to God. What a wilderness of padded and confusing books and sermons! Will not the time come when the world cannot afford to build enough libraries to house even a sample copy of the multiplicity of new books? No doubt the Califf Omar was misguided when he ordered the burning of the vast library at Alexandria, on the theory that only one book, the Koran, was worth preserving, and yet that fool fanatic must have had a straight tip that the most of the books in that library were trash—fables and theological controversy. What a wilderness of padded and confusing books and sermons! And nearly all designed to teach men their duties, teach them common sense, teach them gumption. Isn't it a curious commentary on man, claiming to be made in the image of God the omniscient, that he requires so much and so persistent and eternal teaching to make him apt and moral? How many of the myriads of books on common sense, morals and manners—in short, gumption—serve any present purpose, if they ever served any? Not many; because nearly all are too verbose and discursive, and because few people go back to old teachings for instruction. Old books on dogmatic theology and casuistry are never read. Human nature is very much the same in all times and all lands; hence any ethical truth or good rule of living is likely to be suited for all times and all lands. The few books of the distant past that have related in greater measure to such truths and such rules are likely to live for all time. Among them are those that contain the teachings of Confucius, Epictetus, Aesop, Jesus, Marcus Aurelius, Mohammed, Lord Bacon, Montaigne, Rochefoucald, Blackstone, Benjamin Franklin, Lord Chesterfield, Emerson, and Lincoln. There are many others, for there is excellent didactic philosophy scattered throughout the whole realm of literature. The bibles of the different great religions contain much of it, in substance much the same. Any book that is notably a true reflex of human nature is such a book, for example, the "Gil Blas" of Le Sage, and some of the works of Fielding. To pick out all of this wisdom is beyond the power of any single man or small group of men in a brief time. Who is often not ashamed to confess that he has never read some great book because of lack of time? And yet all the permanent wisdom embodied in that book could probably be boiled down to ten pages. What is to be done about it? Must the world go on forever producing myriads of books and sermons to teach men gumption—common duties and common sense? I say, No. We ought to simplify the matter. We ought to put the whole of it in a nutshell. The human race has lived long enough and had enough experience to know what to do and how to act under all ordinary or normal conditions, and even under many unusual conditions. I don't suppose there is any conceivable right, obligation or relation of human life or conduct for which there are not ample precedents in written history and on which some competent lawyer, casuist or sage has not laid down a fitting rule. What should be done in the matter? I have a plan to solve the problem, which I will set forth in my nex sermon, D. V. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY—CULTURE SCHOOL (INC.) offers an excellent opportunity for the woman who desires to enter the business world, by taking up a course in BEAUTY CULTURE. Nobody nowadays can say, "I have no chance." There are and always will be new lines with each woman whether she will be one of those to create and take advantage of the opportunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL OFFERS. We teach the following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Manicuring, Scalp Treatment, Instantaneous Bleaching, Electric Treatment for the Face and Scalp. 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The figure of interrogation is often employed by even , the ie skilled controversionalist, when he expects n@ reply or does not _.deem one possible. One way to meet the argument of interroga- tion is to make.no rejoinder at all, Another way is to let the in- terrogator answer it himself. An- othér way is ‘to reframe, the ques- tion. before essaying to answer it A more practical form of th foregoing question ‘Would be How .can a. colored America’ love his country. when it does hir so inany wrongs? . The national: flag is the prir cipal convenient concrete symb« of the national entity. Tt sug -gests ‘the national history. a” traditions, the present “nation attainments, the national aim ‘at spirit, all of which in most lan are associated with a pride of ¢! ‘past, a, reasonable satisfaction the present and:a hope and fai of the future. - s These ‘sentiments, combint constitute, that. indefinable “en tion called patriotism. _. That witty cynic who defin ~~ patriotism as territorial bigo was not far wrong, for. when it not that it is nét far from te torial self-love. Call it territo} egotism, if you like, afd “‘m * the most of it. z ‘That immértal British slo and defiance, “With all thy fa T love thee still,” means nott ‘more nor less than loyalty one’s own kith and kin and "side and companions in arms _ The honest Americaii .. woodsman who shouted, “I ; for me.and my crowd!” put ~° sentiment in a nutshell, . thi Jess ‘euphemistically. Sir Walter. Scott decked + same sentiment in that beat . poetic bouquet, “Lives the ian with heart so dead, never to himself: has said, t my,own, my ‘native fand?” “Phe colored -people are tenth of the constituent Pp “ _this land. It is their ‘nativ ; in a degree'that none other _ inhabitants can boast. were: among the very foun pillars of ‘the national , str They are. interwoven int co structtire at nearly every _. = Pillars and beams here, w woof there,“tiles and pi » yonder. If some are the * _pensable mudsills, some ¢ among the filigtee and caf ‘And: elsewKere if, they - serve nobler functions, t «like unto the humbler nz _o. » cement ‘and mortar—in 2» able té its ‘stability. 1B rN gt a aan vorite:and had an election been held Dr.-Russell would have been the cioice of the people: ‘The record’ of the Jones. School Community Association. was re- markable and the General Secre- tary made special reference to the |work;of Miss Chase and het corps of teachefs connected with the pfesent ‘Teachers’ Association lof the Jones School. It was the work of this school, said the. Sec: retary, ‘that influenced the com. mittee to allow the association t¢ elect a community, secretary. The citizens at the meeting o1 Monday night gave evidence © their appreciation “by the ap plause they gave the excellent ad | dress of. Miss Chase and the Gen ‘Teral Secretary. .It was Mis Margaret Wilson who .opene ‘| the: way for the public’ schools t | be used in the interest of the pec [ple and who inaugurated thes | community associations, and t her the colored people are indeb' led for these innovations.” "Phe full, text of the decision of the Supreme Court in the segre- gation ‘laws of the South will be found iv another colurin of The Bee this week. This decision should ké read by. every patriotic ‘American. This decision is true democracy: . : RS ‘The sentiment of the people was -fully. expressed at the Com- munity Center. meeting last Mon- day evening at the, Dunbar High School. Dr, Russell was the fa- oe y or control monéy will be given helped t8 build.it: It is our pet manent’ abiding place-- We shall strive to preserve it; we shall eventually improve it. It means all: to. us. This is what the ‘American flagris to Us... : vie ee | ‘PEACHING MORALS. AZRE, VS Sa Oe our colored pedple in their future |r struggle for 2 better “economic |? footing in this ‘land willbe char-|° acter. - | : ; . By character we donot refer) here to the typical sin which the] preachers talk so much’ about. |‘ We can no better indicate our |: meaning’ than to quote Black-|, stone’s imniortal admonition :|| “Live honestly, hurt’ nobody, and render unto every man his just] dues.” Tf our people are to take. and: | maintain an equal place along- in the business life, we must not side the most successful classes ‘lose sight of the. yalue of business [integrity ds an asset. Often itds ,| as-useful as cash capital, often] | more useful. |. Business integrity is not for "| the business mat alone; it is for “Jevery man. It is for the hum- 5 | blest Jaborer as it is for the great t ‘merchant. + Any: notable instance z | of permanent success without in- * tegrity is a, mere accident, an ex- < ception to the general rule. ‘The (person who pursues ‘any other < ‘course in ‘his, businss relations ,| either in a single instance or as 2 "5 | ermanent-policy, is like the, man ot who bucks the gambler’s: game 5 }gainst long odds. “Ifvrarely’ he ae wins a stake, in thé Jong run ht at is impoverished. * . ‘ n.) The greater part of the trans ™ | actibns of life are based on trus “< confidence, Tryst means credi it. If one man trusts another to pe! ne | for™ tlie simplest job or servic se that is a form of credit, no les van Dinding than the lending ofa do sii lar or a, spade. Credit abused any form or fashion: or situatic in| 383 distinct obstacle to. on bol Progress. in life. ‘The, default uug- cannot do business again wi and the same ‘person, his evil. repu' smal tion spreads, and eventually t ‘and most of his tinie must be spent nae hunting for trust among the ne | Who do not know: hig. 56k Where whole classes, for faith | tances races, or nationalit habitually ‘abuse credit, they f nts manently fdrfeit the confideiic abe mankind, and as a result. sink the depths of mesial poverty; fas’ become social outcasts, or dis yotry pear as a class. History rece eis several. such, instances. ° teeris | Credit is ‘dépendableness. S vorial ra man .to paint your roof; make |" rely on him to use \good ~~ | terials and give you the togan coats promised? Individuals fantte |" be so depended on wit thing watching. are sought after.? A ty to can get more work than ‘they Para {eo Thee good reput: ne spreads: Their fortune - is "back! sured; there is no chance ¢ “T am a ott is so of all trades and "| fessions. coe “The besetting. sin. of tod skimping and botching, wh ed ‘he practically the same as. sautiful practice: Let our ‘people ave a [Rote of this fact and its”s i, who cance to them. ** i "this is ‘This is the kind of moral 5 should be preached ete fe ‘one | Eet OOF youth in the scho part of taught this -kind of morals ive land our teachers harp on it ee a They! mace ciIpREME COU _ THE ‘NEW HOTEL. _ Phere was a representative audir ence at’ the Metropolitan Baptist Church last Monday. evening to listen to addresses by Miss Nannie U. Bur- roughs and Bishop I. N. Ross on the erection of a hotel for the colored people. , President John H. Lewis of the: Industrial Savings Bank delivered one of his'convincing and interesting Speeches. Mr. L. C. Murray presided. ‘THE ELKS NEW HOME. Over One Thousand Visiters Last Sunday-—Exalted Ruler Bundy Received the Visitors’ — - ‘The beautiful, Elks Home, of which Mr. E, W. Bundy i$ grand exalted ruler, held a public reception last Sunday afternoon until a late hour Sunday evening. More than a thow- sand visitors called, who were re- ceived in the commodious reception parlors, an the first floor, by Grand Ekalted Ryler Bundy. ‘This is the first home’ inthis City that has ever heen purchaséd by any organization Mr. Bundy is one of ‘the most pro gressive and higlily esteemed Elks it the city, and a man who is pppula with hig organization, notwithstand ing the attempt,to discredit his infl nce and popularity. No man is be! ter.loved by his ofganization. H has doné more than any other exalte | euler connected avith, the. organizatio ‘\to accumulate property and to gi |nis: organization a ‘standing in -t! community: , -| ‘The Elks hew home is wortli visi cling. The entire home has beén han i|somely farnished,: with all mode z|conveniences. It is beautifully sit ated at 909 T Street N. W. \- at A GLANCE. War, Diplomacy, Equality, Justice Liberty, People’s Interests, | Politics: . By H. A. Clarke.’ . From. the press dispatches ane newspaper editoriats, especially the Washington Post, it is apparent that the disconcertedness arid confusion ‘prevailing among the allies can only fe compared with the confusion of the tongues and-the confounding, of the language of the builders ,of the Yower of Babel. (Gen. 2:1-9.) ‘Although the United States hasan herculean task to-pérform in human jty's super-war, she will undoubted ly not lose. -In-addition to her ow! \burdens, she is burdened with th | weight of other nations. The prope | sition is: - In addition to carrying th burdens ‘of others,.’she must do i about one? year with about one hur s|dred’ million population, ‘what he ;| principal foe has been doing in abo p| forty vears, with an average of abo | ity. million population. €\" Relshociki, Lenine, Trotsky, a | Kerensky,’ respectively, must | closely scrutinized to prevent d t| plicity and betrayal as the result y. | intrigue. . 5 ye) The position of the central powt and’ the allies in the world’s uphea etl. wheelie. ‘The central pow S-)peing the hub and the allies | spokes, thus, there. activities may ~ | cémpared with centrifugal and cen s |petal forces. , | Fightigg with theggreat armies world. demetracy ‘against autocr ‘of |should be a “personal liberty” a1 re. [arrayed against thé “anti-pers ‘be | libertyites,” then, when the figh she | is over we shall have killed two b ion | Witli ore’ stone. stic | The hypocrites, |fatse prophets rue | false christs-should keep’ quiet or "* |Government ‘should intern them confiscate their property while w sple | the job for deniotracy and do itt vm-| It is hoped that there will. b ron-| repetition in Europe of, the ‘Cat gh |affair, in,which a, detachment of fa-| Were perinitted to go so far fron sven main body that they.were unab Se re as support. 7 Speeches, by army officers that! T money will not win this war and criti- tt cisms about broomstick preparedness t “hen. the Government didn’t have| p toothpicks ‘to fight with,'when Presi- dent Wilson was inaugurated in 1013,) \ ought to be stopped at once I ‘The German-Austrian Italian offen- \ sive seems to be threefold; namely, ! ¢ saving Austria, making an effort to { wicaken the allies! on the western i front and: concentration with a prob-| able counter offerisive ‘in’ view. ‘Phe diplomatic agreement ‘between Secretary Lansing and Viscount Ishii) Fegarding the Western Hemisphere ind Chitra caps the climax in Amer- ican diplomacy and doubtly secures the Monroe Doctrine. “Phe Supreme Court decision that line segregation laws, which prohibit- ed persons of either race living in J plocks ine which a majority of resi ‘| gents were of. the opposite race, were Void, illegal, invalid and unconstitu- Honal, i another evidence of the high character.and sense of justice of the personnel of that tribunal and de- -|Ceryés the. highest praise ard com- t] mendation. 1 |" Tt is time for all blatherskites, lime- -|jight ‘seekers and traitors at heart, ¢| with. patriotic tongues, to stop watn- d| ing the country at large that the col- f|ored man isMoyal. . ’|° Snapper, Garrison, the retited cele- E| prated jockey, commenting on the re- I.|cent race between Omar Khayyam Jand Hourless, said it was the great: cst race he ever saw. However he is aware of the fact that it was not as st| great as the race between Salvator and ‘Tenny, in which he was beater . |by the greatest colored jockey, Tsaae Murphy. Give-credit to whom it iis ch | due. : ed| "Time and.again I have urged th st | revival of the Oklahoma Jim Crov ur|car case- A decree should -be ob u-| obtained from the present Suprem e-|Gourt, if possible; in’ lien of a-Put on | ported agreement with the railroad nd|at-Oklahoma, that they will not vo the | untarily enforce the law. The 61 ver | preme Court intimated that it woul on.| have declared: the laws unconstit ro-| "tional; at least, where the accomm: in| dations are unequal, had the plea lar |'ings in the Oklahoma case been pro rid-| erly drawn. ‘At that time, probab! flu-| all that. was necessary was to ame: bet-| the pleadings with leave of the’ cou He first had “and obtained, An. imme ited | ate and thorough investigation oug tion) to, be had why this casg was not Pp! give| ceeded with. ‘The court's decisic ithe [that the Grandfather clauses and | segregation laws were unconsti sisit- | tional, is conclusive evidence that. and-| United States as @ government dern| truly for world democracy as 'p situ-| claimed so many times by Presid Wilson since the beginning of our | cent international difficulties. ~ * | The Department of ‘Justice properly put a stop to: the tinla stice, |search and seizure of baggage ™ ; out a search warrant, Searching seizure without a warrant has t © loo general, especially in the Dis of Columbia. “It is a flagrant v -|tion of the Fourth Amendment of ; and | Constitution. Iw nearly every y the}of unlawful search and seizure ‘t that | evidence obtained by unlawful s¢ fusion |and seizure ig the basis for the 1 only| viction, when. the warrant ion of|should,: ° “particularly - describe ing, of | place to be searched and the pe of the}.or things. to be seized.” ‘The fay ) should get busy and insist upo ‘as-an| people's constitutional: rights: human-| As a race we must either b subted-| criminating or .non-discrimin er own| That is,.“wve should not favo ith the| crimination for our economic t propo-|and oppose it for selfish, priva ing. the personal gain, enjoyment and a ; do in| modation.” ne hun-| “There is considerable tall hat her|uniforming the high school 1 in about| some of whom aro passing f sf about| women; so that. they: may. be fied by the policewomen, pol ky. and|and interested citizens. . ust be! -Humanitarianism has provi Be ee ig ie a —_—————__—_————"_— 5 i Wat iene eee Ea aa eEs= Hi The Closing Days of the Remarkable a eal ( it SPECTACLE and EYEGLASS OFFER gs a By the Block Optical Co., z a ~_of 737 7th St. N. 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It is apparent thay both are getting ready for the ‘political amaggeddon in 1920: ‘The mayoralty contest in New York was won by Judge Hylan, the Democratic candidate, who over whelmingly defeated ‘the present in leumbent, Mayor Mitchel, who wai formerly a "Democrat, then a Fusion ist, next a Republican, having sup [ported Mr. Hughes for ,the Presi Qency, and last a lone Fusionis | Mitchel’s feat is a warning to 2) | double dealers and duplicitous mus J ivumps, ‘The false issue, “Americar Jism,” did as much to defeat Mitch | ored voters of New York ar to b pitied, as they were blinded DY | colored leaders. = | agit did to defeat Hughes. The co 1 paeicanaiiey ‘ HOTEL NEWS. 7 ae aaa eas Canttae ee Renae Ns Sas BSN Pe Ne oes Bee a eee Ciera cena ee pears ie eee ks | SEP o Nee mememey 0 ee ee eee Pao eee ay Be, Ig ae PN Bene ek . 3 R. DeReef Miller. By the election: of Judge Hylau 0° New York to the position of mayor a great victory has been brought to the working people of that city. He was the choice of Joseph McLane, One of the greatest leaders in the hotel world. Mr. McLane knew the Judge personally, sot from a: party standpoint, “but from the standpoint Of justice and fair play. The peopl ‘of New York have a mayor who is 2 friend to all the people aid not.tc any privileged clqss. New York col Jored men havé, displayed. agree |eense to the world that they are no | voting for any’ man who display :| great promises before election an -\ citer election his promises. die awa s| vith the noise of election night. Th | colored brother has learned to pic -\the winners, regardless of party afi ¢| ation. Before many more years th | people of Washington will be votin -\When you stop men from drinkin t| you start them to thinking, is a vel -lirue proverb. Mr. Edward W. Love and son ha’ 5] recently opened ‘another enterpri: ul|jn Washington—a pool and billia t-| voom—in- addition to their shoe shi 14 | ing parlor at’ Fourth ‘and N -Stres en N, We : ct| “The: Goldfield” of Baltimore ia-| ow in'full swing. Mr. Booty "A derson, of Washington, 3 well known restauranter, has taken over this fa- vorite’ resort, which was made fa- mous by the late Joseph Gans. ‘Among ¢ the former restaurant workers of Washington who are now located in Baltimore are Patrick Murpliy, Lawrence Lewis and Bur- nett Stewart. : Mr. Robert P.. Robb has resigned his position at the New Ebbitt,to en- ter the Government ‘service. Mf | Robb was the treasurer of the New .) Ebbitt- Waiters’ Association for” a | amber of years and a member of * _| several local fraternities. = i] Short trips to Baltimore have been -| very. numerous since November 1st, -| regardless of the war tax on railroad 1' tickets. Cee © The Chanticléers. or Rooster Ctub e gave their annual ball and reception “last "Thursday evening-at Odd Fel- |- Jows’ Hall, which was.a big success. Many visitors from out of town were present. . 5 | ‘The Clef Club of New York City rendered one of the greatest’ musical programs before a large an attentive * | audience of New Yorkers at Manhat tan Casino on Friday tvening, No: vember, oth. The young * colored omen’ of New. York are wearing large picture. bats. this season to re ceptions. They were very numerou “Vat the Clef Club's: affair. When thi favorite club's -orchestra playet “Shimeshe-Wable” it was applaude six times after the first dance, lastith ‘one hour. Washington is’ by 0 means the only city-in which the pec ple have gone wild over this favori M1 | ines music. ‘ REV. WILLIS. . Rev. Willis, thé pastor, will be one of the principal speakers at Vermont Avenue Baptist: Church on Friday evening, November 23rd, at which time you will be informed of the’ wonderful financial progress of the North State Mutual Improvement Company and how. they are able to | pay depositors 6 per cent interest on Jaccounts. All persons who believe lin progress. would do well to be \ present. ; NEW-MUSIC. | Don't fail to hear the..Armstrong and Dunbar High School marches, composed. by Isabelle Robinson Hammond, graduate of Class. 1013. RMrs.’ Hammond is president’ of the Hammond, School of Music, Ex- "pression and Art. She is the author- | ess of “Flower Operetta” and “Indi- ana.” Sold at Adams’ Music: House, Dr. W. L. Boards’ Pharmacy, and . Tschiffely's. Be sure arid get a copy: _ ‘Thirty cents a copy-. e congas aa a CLIFTON STANLEY HARDY ry COMMISSIONED. Clifton Stantéy Hardy, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hardy, wof 1431 Church Street. N. W., a grad- nate of the M Stréet High School and a’junior student at the University of Illinois, received ‘from Fort Des Moines, Iowa, his commission as liew- tenant and assigned-to Camp Grant, IMinois.. 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. Mrs. Elsie Cheatham, of Indianapolis, Ind., had as her guest Mr. James Boyd, her father, of this city. Mrs. E. E. Whitefield, the Secretary of the National Training School of this city, was in Helena, Mont., and lectured at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in behalf of the school, which, after she had finished, the congregation, seeming to be moved by the spirit, gave her a large collection collection. Mrs. Samuel A. Virgil, of 1629 W. Lexington Street, Baltimore, was in this city visiting friends. this city visiting Miss Melba Perry, of Chicago, who is teaching a high school in Durham, N. C., will visit this city during the holidays. Dr. D. H. C. Scott, of Montgomery, Ala., was a visitor here for several days, visiting friends, before going to New York and Philadelphia. Dr. Lyon, of Baltimore, was in the city and visited the State Department and the Food Administration Building. There was a very representative and large audience present in Baltimore to greet Mme. Charlotte Wallace Murray, of this city, in the opening concert of the season. Her soothing tones were delightful and she made a most favorable impression upon her hearers. upon her need Mrs. Marion D. Butler has returned from a tour of South Carolina in the interest of the Food Commission. She addressed the colored state fair and many of the schools and colleges. Sunday, November 4th, she and Rev. Richard Carroll addressed a large audience, including hundreds of soldiers, at Calyary Church, Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina Rev. Richard Carroll, the great agitator, lecturer and orator, of Columbia, S. C., will visit the city shortly. Mrs. Ella V. C. Williams has returned to Abbville, S. C., after a pleasant stay in the city. Mr. Emmett J. Scott has gone South Miss Ruth L. Edwards, the only fashionable milliner in the city of color, is prepared to do all kinds of work. Give her a call at 921 T Street Northwest. Miss Julia Jenkins is quite ill at her home. Read The Bee if you want to know that it is going on. what is going on Mr. Edmund Chives, of this city, announces the marriage of his daughter, Mrs. L. C. Clark, to Mr. Edward L. Johnson, of Philadelphia, qn No. St Augustine's Epis- Chives, of this city. Mrs. Nana Hyler Daker, of this city, acted as bridesmaid to Miss Marie Thompson, of Virginia; Wednesday evening, October 24th, in Philadelphia. Mrs. John J. Jackson, of 1717 Latonia Street, has returned to Philadelphia after an enjoyable visit to her brother, Mr. Aschie Harris, of the city. Dr. William A. Sinclair is on his way here from Philadelphia to attend a regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of Howard University versity. After spending several weeks here with their parents, Mrs. James Handy and Miss Viola Diggs are soon to return to Philadelphia. Protective The Young Ladies' Protective League held services at the John Wesley A. M. E. Church on Sunday evening. The progran was an inter- esting one. Mrs. Cynthia Shorter, of 1406 S Street, spent the week end in Coles- sley, visiting her sister. and Mr. Scott for their visit and for the program which had been rendered for their benefit and entertainment by the Tuskegee Institute singers and by Charles Winter Wood, the well-known dramatic reader, who is a member of the Tuskegee Institute faculty. Mrs. Isabelle Tibbs, of 926 T St. N. W., was recently appointed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The revival meetings held at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church have reaped a harvest already. Miss Desiree Catlett, Mesdames Mamje Gray, A. Hughes and Consuejo Ruffin are among the recent appointees at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mr. Noble Weddington, of 469 You Street N. W., received an appointment in the War Department last week. Mrs. Florine E. Johnson, now of Martinsburg, W. Va., but formerly Miss Florine Jenkins, of this city, has received an appointment at the Government Printing Office. Mrs. Samuel Harris, of 1216 You Street N. W., has just returned from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. C. Williams, of the Monumental City. of the Mountain Mrs. William Diggs, of 1317 S Street N. W., continues quite indisposed at this writing. Her many friends wish for her a speedy recovery. Mr. John Clark, of 1013 Nineteenth Street N. W., one of our Washington boys, was recently appointed in the State Department. Mr. Royal Hawkins, of 1712 Fourteenth Street N. W., was recently appointed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. and FILMING Dr. E. S. Williams, of Annapolis, Md., was in the city the past week, the guest of friends. EMMETT SCOTT GOES SOUTH. Atlanta, Ga.—Mr. Emmett J. Scott, J. recently appointed special assistant to Hon. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, at Washington, D. C., is in the South on official detail, visiting various cantonments, including Camp Sheridan, at Montgomery, Ala., and Camp Gordon, at Atlanta, Ga. While here he conferred with Major General Eben Swift, commanding general, and Col. Hunter B. Nelson, who is to have charge of training the colored soldiers at Camp Gordon, every courtesy possible being extended the newly appointed special assistant to the Secretary of War by these military officials. Mr. Scott inspected the barracks, kitchens, infirmary and the splendid Y. M. C. A. building provided for the colored soldiers. He was accompanied to Camp Gordon by Dr. Charles H. Johnson, the well-known Atlanta physician, who, with his wife, Mrs. Carrie Bryant Johnson, gave a dinner in honor of the well known Tuskegeean at their home Saturday evening, November 10th, to which were invited Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Gammon Theological Seminary; A. F. Herndon, Dr. W. F. Penn, H. A. Rucker, Herman E. Perry, Dr. Moses Amos, Harry H. Pace, Dr. Slater, Dr. John Hope, Dr. H. R. Butler, Alexander D. Hamilton all prominent Atlanta business and professional men. The house and table were decorated in red, white and blue, tiny flags decorating the salads and the various courses streamers being used to encircle the dining room. At Montgomery, where the Ninth Separate Battalion of the Ohio National Guard is stationed with the Ohio troops, a meeting was arranged by General Smith, commanding general, last week, at which Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and Mr. Scott spoke. Both speakers called attention to the fact that the colored soldiers at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, had won the respect and confidence of the citizens of Montgomery, both white and colored, by their orderly deportment on the streets and in the camp, and commended them for keeping in mind the fact that they were serving their country and their race in a representative capacity, and that their conduct would largely determine the respect and confidence to be accorded their race now and hereafter. Major John C. Fulton, in charge of the battalion of 760 colored soldiers located at Montgomery, thanked Dr. Motor At Camp Gordon, Atlanta, and at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Mr. Emmett J. Scott called attention to the just and impartial attitude of the Secretary of War, Hon. Newton D. Baker, and his earnest desire to have the sympathetic cooperation of white and colored citizens alike in connection with such delicate situations as may arise from time to time, to the end that the serious and thoughtful people of the country may be safely relied upon to help in dealing wisely and temperately with such situations. FALLS CHURCH, VA. The Second Baptist Church of Falls Church, Va., will have a musical and literary entertainment on Thanksgiving evening, November 29. Mr. W. Calvin Chase of The Bee has been invited to speak on that occasion. MR. LANKFORD IN THE CITY. Mr. J. A. Lankford, M. M. S., the well known architect and mechanical engineer, and the first man to organize a colored men's business league in the city, arrived in this city last week. He has, been appointed by the Government to a responsible position in the War Department. He looks well and speaks encouragingly of the progress of the Southern colored man. The Bee will publish an important interview it had with him a few days ago in its next issue. He is now a citizen of Gary, Indiana. MISS ELLA M. BOSTON. There is no public school teacher stands higher in this community than Miss Ella M. Boston, principal of the Garrison School. She has the respect and confidence of the people in this city, white and colored. MISS BURWELL ENTERTAINS. Miss Rena Burwell entertained at her residence, 2222 G Street N. W., a number of friends—Misses Frances Lomax, Florence Young, Florence Barker, Jewel Jenefer, Elsie Taylor, Mrs. Georgia Jones-Tucker and Mrs. Eva Burwell Myers; Lieutenants Shermont Sewell, Harold Quivers, Dr. Alphonzo Stone and Mr. Thomas Jones; Messrs. George Hayes, Joseph A. Walker, Haywood Burwell, William Bowie, Horace Deane, Thomas Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Burwell and family. The charming hostess, Miss Burwell, was greatly rewarded, for extreme happiness was manifested by all in dancing and games. MR. WASHINGTON ENTERTAINS. Mr. James H. Washington and his most estimable mother, Mrs. Rosa Washington, of the Industrial Cafe, 1904 Eleventh Street N. W., had as their guests this week Mr. and Mrs. Percy, Brown, of New York City. While here they have been royally entertained by these two well-known host and hostess. Monday evening in the dining room of this popular cafe Mr. and Mrs. Brown were given an elaborate dinner of seven courses. Among the guests, besides the host and hostess, were Mrs. Babe Brown Smith of New York, Miss Gladys Powell, Mrs. Mary Powell-Rambo and Miss Fannie Powell. Tuesday morning Madame Mary M. Smith, the celebrated hair culturist of 905 You Street N. W., entertained them at breakfast. Wednesday morning Mr. Washington took his guests to -Camp Meade on a special visit to Lieut. James Powell, where they had a most delightful time. There is not a more affable entertainer in social circles than Mr. Powell. Mrs. Powell, his mother, is also a most agreeable lady and she never fails to please her guests. At Camp Meade this enjoyable party, who motored there, were royally entertained, and at a late hour they returned to the city and enjoyed a well-prepared supper served by that well-known caterer, Mr. W. W. Martin, of the Industrial Cafe. FALLS CHURCH (VA.) NEWS. Sunday was a day of pleasure and joy with the Second Baptist Church. Its services were greatly enjoyed, there being a soul-stirring sermon in W. Powell, D. D., and the Holy Sacrament in the afternoon. The Young-People's Paul Lawrence Dunbar Literary Society was largely attended and the singing was excellent. Miss Katie Simmons rendered a most beautiful solo. Mrs. Lena V. Dixon read a timely selection: Brother Newton Robinson was reinstated in Special Matinee: Saturday 2:30 The Great Photo Play deals with the Night Prices 15c, 25c Next week—A Broadway Success Williams' Reserved Seats 50 Cents Gen Tic NIGHT SHOWS ONLY WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS In Farnum, in the Timely American Drama THE SPY 7-REELS-7 Meals with today—Exposing the operatios 5c, 25c Matinee Broadway Success—“Branded”—Abbie Mitchel ns' Colored The Great Photo Play deals with today—Exposing the operatives of Foreign Enemy Police Night Prices 15c, 25c Matinee All Seats 15c Next week—A Broadway Success—"Branded"—Abbie Mitchell and All Star Cast Williams' Colored Singers THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF CIVILization con after Atlantic NOMINATION For the Mo Church had teaching in Rev. J. People's Nominating Mr. Nimrod Allen has returned home to his family from Pittsfield, Mass. Miss Mamie Thomas has returned home from the hospital and will be glad to have her friends call. Miss Rhoda Deskins has the sympathy of her many friends in her bad accident in having been so badly burned. They all wish her speedy recovery. There will be given a Thanksgiving Literary and Dinner at the Second Baptist Church. on Thanksgiving evening, November 29, and we expect Hon. W. Calvin Chase, editor, of The Bee, to be the speaker of the evening. Come out and spend an evening of pleasure. Admission, 15 cents. Mrs. Susie Allen had a delightful trip to New York for ten days. Still we sell lower. Mr. Man, there is nothing helps a business more than low rent. And we are away from the glare and glitter, and if we can suit you, we save our trade a lot of cash. It pays to see us for new pants at $2 to $3; cost about that by the dozen. But we buy in 500 or more lots. JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D St. Have The Bee to follow you. his former position as deacon after an absence of ten years in Atlantic City. City. The Galloway M. E. Church had delightful services, with preaching in the morning by the pastor, Rev. J. C. Johnson, Jr. The Young People's Epworth League was a great success, with a five-minute talk on "Good Manners." Mrs. Rosa Stribbling rendered a beautiful solo. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Excellent for Dry Stubborn Hair Produces a fine glossy appearance General Admission 35 Cents Tickets on Sale at Drug Stores COMING TO The 19th Street Baptist Church 19th and Eye Sts: N. W. ... Monday, November 26th 8 P. M. Mational Training Schools for Women and girls — Benefit Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 3rd and Eye Sts. N. W. Tuesday, November 27th 8 P. M. for the Benefit of the Church The First Congregational Church 10th and G Sts. N. W. Wednesday, Novem. 28th 8 P.M. National Training School for Women and Girls - Benefit Child or Student 25 Cents PUBLIC MEN AND THINGS Everybody is trying for a Government job now. Wives are leaving home and husbands have already left home for the purpose of assisting Uncle Sam for pay. I have wondered if this patriotism would be so prevalent of no money was attached to it? I never saw so many different kinds of schemes in all my life to draw money out of the people's pockets and put it where it is never seen I have noticed that the colored American is being discriminated against just the same. Several colored women who have passed the examinations, after being notified to appear, the heads of the Department, tell them some mistake has been made or they have come too late. I believe the President would remedy this if the rejected applicants would complain to him. Nothing beats a trial, any way. Since the city has gone dry. there has been quietness all along the line. I have never seen so many dry tongues in all my life. Many of the boys have joined the Sons of Jona-dabs. Tom Jones remarked the other day that he never cared for the poison, anyway. Judge Terrell and John C. Dancy, who are very fond of ginger ale, said that the stuff was injurious to humanity; that it was a wonder the Government hadn't taken it away years ago. Say what you please about Dancy, he is a whole-souled individual at his cottage home in Anacostia, D. C. He says that he can get as much of the juice as he can stand, but the doctor told him that his age was against him. President Royal Hughes of the Bar Association has decided to make a recommendation to the association against the sundown lawyers. It is the opinion of many that they are a menace to the profession. There are times in one's life that cause despondency. This should not be, if your conscience is clear from clouds. "Conscience," as you know, "makes cowards of us all." It made Richard hesitate at the brink of "Bosworth Field." It makes thieves hesitate at times when they are not too hungry for food, and the guilty often stop at a time when it is dangerous to go further into danger. I am confident that his conscience never caused Prof. James F. Armstrong to stop one moment. I have often wondered if he ever had a conscience. Some day, perhaps, he may hesitate and say to himself, "Perhaps I am wrong; perhaps I have failed to keep my promises; perhaps I have gone too far." Conscience is a weapon one's mind cannot control. It is bound to have its sway. It doesn't discriminate on account of color or condition. Sometimes it makes its way into the palaces of the rich and the hovels of the poor. It controls the mind as well as the heart. A heartless man or woman never weeps, even when he or she is in danger of death. I don't hear so many patriotic speeches now. What has become of the orators who advocated voluntary enlistment? We should not hesitate now, because the services of the patriots are greatly needed at this time. * * * Speaking about applicants for office, there are many men's wives trying for jobs. The poor housewife has to work now. She no longer plays the lady. She must work, if she wants to dress. "Hubby" is giving her a right to vote now, and all things are equal. She must paddle her own boat. "Hubby" is tired now. He no longer purchases dresses, hats and other necessaries of life. She must work if she wants to dress. This is the declaration of "Hubby." CHARLES H. BUCHANAN VS. WILLIAM WARLEY. Continued from Page One whose rights are directly affected by the law or ordinance in question. Only such persons, it has been settled, can be heard to attack the constitutionality of the law or ordinance. But this case does not run counter to that principle. The property here involved was sold by the plaintiff in error, a white man, on the terms stated, to a colored man; the action for specific performance was entertained in the court below, and in both courts the plaintiff's right to have the contract enforced was denied solely because of the effect of the ordinance making it illegal for a colored person to occupy the lot sold. But for the ordinance the state courts would have enforced the contract, and the defendant would have been compelled to pay the purchase price and take conveyance of the premises. The right of the plaintiff in error to sell his property was directly involved and necessarily impaired because it was held in effect that he could not sell the lot to a person of color who was willing and ready to acquire the property, and had obligated himself to take it. This case does not come within the class wherein this court has held that where one seeks to avoid the enforcement of a law or ordinance he must present a grievance of his own, and not rest the attack upon the alleged violation of another's rights. In this case the property rights of the plaintiff in error are directly and necessarily involved. See Truax vs. Raich, 239 S. 33, 48. We pass then to a consideration of the case upon its merits: This ordinance prevents the occupancy of a lot in the City of Louisville by a person of color in a block where the greater number of residences are occupied by white persons; where such a majority exists colored persons are excluded. This interdiction is based wholly upon color; simply that and nothing more. In effect, premises situated as are those in question in the so-called white block are effectively debarred from sale to persons of color, because if sold they cannot be occupied by the purchaser nor by him sold to another of the same color. This drastic measure is sought to be justified under the authority of the State in the exercise of the police power. It is said such legislation tends to promote the public peace by preventing racial conflicts; that it tends to maintain racial purity; that it prevents the deterioration of property owned and occupied by white people, which deterioration, it is contended, is sure to follow the occupancy of adjacent premises by persons of color. The authority of the State to pass laws in the exercise of the police power, having for their object the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare, is very broad, as has been affirmed in numerous and recent decisions of this court. Furthermore, the exercise of this power, embracing nearly all legislation of a local character, is not to be interfered with by the courts where it is within the scope of legislative authority and the means adopted reasonably tend to accomplish a lawful purpose. But it is equally well established that the police power, broad as it is, cannot justify the passage of a law or ordinance, which runs counter to the limitations of the Federal Constitution that principle has been so frequently affirmed in this court that we need not stop to cite the cases. The Federal Constitution and laws passed within its authority are by the express terms of that instrument made the supreme law of the land. The Fourteenth Amendment protects life, liberty and property from invasion by the States without due process of law. Property is more than the mere thing which a person owns. It is elementary that it includes the right to acquire, use and dispose of it. The Constitution protects these essential attributes of property. (Holden vs. Hardy, 169 U. S. 366, 391.) Property consists of the free use, enjoyment and disposal of a person's acquisitions without control or diminution save by the law of the land. Blackstone's Commentaries (Cool ev's Ed.), 127. True it is that dominion over property springing from ownership, is not absolute and unqualified. The disposition and use of property may be controlled in the exercise of the police power in the interest of the public health, convenience or welfare. Harmful occupations may be controlled and regulated. Legitimate business may also be regulated in the interest of the public. Certain uses of property may be confined to portions of the municipality other than the resident district, such as livery stables, brickyards and the like, because of the impairment of health and comfort of the occupants of neighboring property. Many illustrations might be given from the decisions of this court, and other courts, of this principle, but these cases do not touch the one at bar. The concrete question here is: May the occupancy, and, necessarily, the purchase and sale of property of which occupancy is an incident, be inhibited by the States, or by one of its municipalities, solely because of the color of the proposed occupant of the premises? That one may dispose of his property, subject only to the control of lawful enactments curtailing that right in the public interest, must be conceded. The question now presented makes it pertinent to inquire into the constitutional right of the white man to sell his property to a status of the purchaser following the Civil War mendments to the Federal Constitution were adopted, which have the come an integral part of the instrument, equally binding upon all the States, and fixing certain fundamental rights which all are bound to respect. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and in all places subject to their jurisdiction, and gave Congress power to enforce the Amendment by appropriate legislation. The Fourteenth Amendment made all persons born or naturalized in the United States, citizens of the United States and of the States in which they reside, and provided that no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, and that no State shall deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person the equal protection of the laws. The effect of these amendments was first dealt with by this court in the Slaughter House Cases, 16 Wallace 36. The reasons for the adoption of the amendments were elaborately considered by a court familiar with the time in which the necessity for the amendments arose and with the circumstances which impelled their adoption. In that case Mr. Justice Miller, who spoke for the majority, pointed out that the colored race, having been freed from slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment, was raised to the dignity of citizenship and equality of civil rights by the Fourteenth Amendment, and the States were prohibited from abridging the privileges and immunities of such citizens, or depriving any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. While, a principal purpose of the latter Amendment was to protect persons of color, the broad language used was deemed sufficient to protect all persons, white or black, against discriminatory legislation by the States. This is now the settled law. In many of the cases since arising the question of color has not been involved and the cases have been decided upon all leged violations of civil or property rights irrespective of the race or color of the complainant. In the Slaughter House Cases it was recognized that the chief inducement to the passage of the Amendment was the desire to extend Federal protection to the recently emancipated race from unfriendly and discriminating legislation by the States. In Strauder vs. West Virginia, too U. S. 303, this court held that a colored person charged with an offense was denied due process of law by a statute which prevented colored men from sitting on the jury which tried him. Mr. Justice Strong, speaking for the court, again reviewed the history of the Amendments, and, among other things, in speaking of the Fourteenth Amendment, said: "It (the Fourteenth Amendment) was designed to assure to the colored race the enjoyment of all the civil rights that under the law are enjoyed by white persons, and to give to that race the protection of the general government, in that enjoyment, whenever it should be denied by the States. It not only gave citizenship and privileges of citizenship to persons of color, but it denied to any State the power to withhold from them the equal protection of the laws, and authorized Congress to enforce its provisions by appropriate legislation. It ordains that no State shall make or enforce any laws which may abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. It ordains that no State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law or deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "What is this but declaring that the laws in the States shall be the same for the black as for the white, that all persons, whether colored or white, shall stand equal before the laws of the States, and, in regard to the colored race (for whose protection the Amendment was primarily designed), that no discrimination shall be made against them by law because of their color? "The Fourteenth Amendment makes no attempt to enumerate the rights it designs to protect. It speaks in general terms and those are as comprehensive as possible. Its language is prohibitory; but every prohibition implies the existence of rights and immunities, prominent among which is an immunity from inequality of legal protection either for life, liberty or property. Any State action which denies this immunity to a colored man is in conflict with the Constitution." Again this court in ex parte Virginia, 100 U. S. 339, 347, speaking of the Fourteenth Amendment, said: "Whoever, by virtue of public position under a State Government, derives another of property, life or liberty without due process of law or denies or takes away the equal protection of the laws, violates the constitutional inhibition; and as he acts in the name and for the State Outfit complete of one Durham Duplex Domino razor which American ivory hand safety guard, stopple attachment and Durham Duplex Blade, pack in a genuine red leather Kit. GET IT FROM YOUR DEALER OR FROM US. Every reader of this paper may secure THE $5. DURHAM DUPLEX DOMINO RAZOR FOR $1. DURING THE LIFE OF THIS ADVERTISMENT DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR CO. JERSEY CITY, N.J. and is clothed with the State's power, his act is that of the State." In giving legislative aid to these constitutional provisions Congress enacted in 1866, Chap. 31, Sec. 1, 14th Stat. 27, that: "All citizens of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property." And in 1870; by Chap. 114, Sec. 16, 16th Stat. 144, that: "All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and no other." In the face of these constitutional and statutory provisions, can a white man be denied, consistently with due process of law, the right to dispose of his property to a purchaser by prohibiting the occupation of it for the sole reason that the purchaser is a person of color intending to occupy the premises as a place of residence? The statute of 1866, originally passed under sanction of the Thirteenth Amendment, 14 Stat. 27, and practically re-enacted after the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, 16 Stat. 144, expressly provided that all citizens of the United States in any State shall have the same right to purchase property as is enjoyed by white citizens. Colored persons are citizens of the United States and have the right to purchase property and enjoy and use the same without laws discriminating against them solely on account of color. (Hall vs. DeCuir, 95 U. S. 485, 508.) These enactments did not deal with the social rights of men, but with those fundamental rights in property which it was intended to secure upon the same terms to citizens of every race and color. (Civil Rights Cases, 109 U. S. 3, 22.) The Fourteenth Amendment and these statutes enacted in furtherance of its purpose operate to qualify and entitle a colored man to acquire property without State legislation discriminating against him solely be cause of color. The defendant in error insists that Plessy vs. Ferguson, 163 U. S. 537, is controlling in principle in favor of the judgment of the court below. In that case this court held that a provision of a statute of Louisiana requiring railway companies carrying passengers to provide in their coaches equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races did not run counter to the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. It is to be observed that in that case there was no attempt to deprive persons of color of transportation in the coaches of the public carrier, and the express requirements were for equal though separate accommodations for the white and colored races. In Plessy vs. Ferguson, classification of accommodations was permitted upon the basis of equality for both races. In the Berea College Case, 211 U.S. 45, a. State statute was sustained in the courts of Kentucky, which, while permitting the education of white persons and negroes in different localities by the same incorporated institution, prohibited their attendance at the same place, and in this court the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, was affirmed solely upon the reserved authority of the legislature of Kentucky to alter, amend, or repeal charters of its own corporations, and the question here involved was neither discussed nor decided. In Carey vs. City of Atlanta, 143 Ga. 192, the Supreme Court of Georgia, holding an ordinance, similar in principle to the one herein involved, to be invalid, dealt with Plessy vs. Ferguson, and the Berea College Case, in language so apposite that we quote a portion of it. "In each instance the complaining person was afforded the opportunity to ride, or to attend institutions of learning, or afforded the thing of whatever nature to which in the particular case he was entitled. The most that was done was to require him as a member of a class to conform with reasonable rules in regard to the separation of the races. In none of them was he denied the right to use, control, or dispose of his property, as in this case. Property of a person, whether as a member of a class or as an individual, cannot be taken without due process of law. In the recent case of McCabe vs. Atchison, etc., Ry. Co., 235 U. S. 151 where the court had under consideration a statute which allowed railroad companies to furnish dining cars for white and colored persons, this language was used in reference to the contentions of the Attorney-General: 'This argument with respect to volume of traffic seems to us to be without merit. It makes the constitutional right depend upon the number of persons who may be discriminated against, whereas the essence of the constitutional right is that it is a personal one.' "The effect of the ordinance under consideration was not merely to regulate a business or the like, but was to destroy the right of the individual to acquire, enjoy, and dispose of his property. Being of this character, it was void as being opposed to the due process clause of the Constitution." That there exists a serious and difficult problem arising from a feeling of race hostility which the law is powerless to control, and to which it must give a measure of consideration, may be freely admitted. But its solution cannot be promoted by depriving citizens of their constitutional rights and privileges. As we have seen, this court has held laws valid which separated the races on the basis of equal accommodations in public conveyances, and courts of high authority have held enactments lawful which provide for separation in the public schools of white and colored pupils where equal privileges are given. But in view of the rights secured by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution such legislation must have its limitations, and cannot be sustained where the exercise of authority exceeds the restraints of the Constitution. We think these limitations are exceeded in laws and ordinances of the character now before us. It is the purpose of such enactments, and it is frankly avowed it will be their ultimate effect, to require by law, at least in residential districts, the compulsory separation of the races on account of color. Such action is said to be essential to the maintenance of the purity of the races, although it is to be noted in the ordinance under consideration that the employment of colored servants in white families is permitted, and nearby residences of colored persons not coming within the blocks, as defined in the ordinance, are not prohibited. The case presented does not deal with an attempt to prohibit the amalgamation of the races: The right which the ordinance annulled was the civil right of a white man to dispose of his property if he saw fit to do so to a person of color and of a colored person to make such disposition to a white person. It is urged that this proposed segregation will prompt the public peace by preventing race conflicts. Desirable as this is, and important as is the preservation of the public peace, this aim cannot be accomplished by laws or ordinances which deny rights created or protected by the Federal Constitution. It is said that such acquisitions by colored persons depreciate property owned in the neighborhood by white persons. But property may be acquired by undesirable white neighbors or put to disagreeable though lawful uses with like results. We think this attempt to prevent the alienation of the property in question to a person of color was not a legitimate exercise of the police power of the State, and is in direct violation of the fundamental law enacted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution preventing State interference with property rights except by due process of law. That being the case, the ordinance cannot stand. (Booth vs. Illinois, 184 U. S. 525; Qtis vs. Parker, 187 U. S. 606, 609.) Reaching this conclusion, it follows that the judgment of the Kentucky Court of Appeals must be reserved, and the cause remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. BICHARDSONS' DRUG STORE 414. AND F. ST. W. Everything here that is found in any first-class Drug Store. Prescriptions promptly filled. RICH- ARDSONS' PURE STORE, 41/2 W. A. W. GRAY, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE! 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 Isabella Saunders, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 29th day of September, A. D., 1918, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 29th day of September, 1917. SELENA L. SAUNDERS, 656 L Street, N. E. Attest: WM. CLARK TAYLOR, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia $ _{2} $ Clerk of the Probate Court. A. W. Gray, Attorney. L. M. KING, ATTORNEY. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. No. 24030. 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, 'letters of administration on the estate of Catherine Thomas, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 8th day of October, A. D. 1918; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under by hand this 8th day of October, 1017. Attest: W. Clark Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. Estate of Sophia Brown, deceased. No. 23,917. Administration Docket 55 Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Marie Tibbs Childs, it is ordered this 10th day of October, A. D. 1917, that Oscar Tibbs and Mollie Johnson, and all others concerned, appear in said court on Monday, the 19th day of November, A. D. 1917, at 10 o'clock a.m., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The Washington Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned, the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Thomas Walker, Attorney. WM. I. LEE, Attorney. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Probate Court. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the estate of Sarah E. Williams, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 9th day of November, A. D. 1918; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day of November, 1917. Cora M. Williams, 1511 First Street N. W. Attest: Clark Taylor Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Wm. I. Lee, Attorney, 1630 Corcoran Street N. W. BLICK BROTHERS The best place in this city to purchase coal is Blick Brothers, 8th and Fla. ave northwest. Send in a deposit now. 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W.; house with ten rooms, bath, hot and cold water. This house will be thoroughly cleaned, papered and painted; rents for $30.50 per month. Thomas Walker, 506 Fifth St. N. W. Phone, Main 4662. The Bee is a representative organ of the people. THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER Will promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical properties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Price Sent by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage AGENTS OUTFIT 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and direction for selling. $2,00 25c Extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE Article I. Section 1. The name of this society shall be the COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. Article II. Section 1. The term for which this society is organized shall be perpetual. Article 111. Section 1. The general business and objects of this society shall be to promote the education, industrial, commercial and social welfare of the people of the District of Columbia and vicinity, and to counsel and encourage 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 education, skill and efficiency; to stimulate and encourage industrial and commercial enterprises in and near the District of Columbia and to assist in the establishing of such enterprises; to encourage and promote co-operation 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 and community sanitation; to encourage improved landscape architecture and gardening for the adornment of home surroundings; to assist poor and needy persons. Section 3. In addition to the power to pursue the objects enumerated in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article III, this society shall also have the following corporate powers, to wit: to foster and regulater any number or branch units in the District of Columbia and vicinity having like objects, which shall be integral parts of this society; to affiliate itself with any national society having similar aims and objects; to accept gifts of money securities, goods, material and real estate for the promotion of its objects; to print and disseminate such literature as may be deemed calculated to advance its objects. Section 4. The powers granted in this charter shall not be construed to exclude any other powers reasonable for the promotion of the public spirited and charitable objects of this society and consistent with the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia and the laws of the United States. Section r. The affairs, funds and property of this society shall be in the general charge of a Board of Governors of not more than twenty-four members of the society, who shall be assisted by a Supervisory Committee of three members of the society no one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Governors, and by such executive officers and other employees as may be provided in the bylaws. During the first year the number of Governors shall be not less than twelve. Section 2. The first Board of Governors and first Supervisory Committee shall be chosen by the persons who sign this certificate of incorporation and thereafter the members of that board and that committee shall be chosen by ballot by the general body of members at the regular annual meetings. Section 3. The by-laws shall prescribe which of the executive officers, if any, shall be also members of the Board of Governors. Section 4. At the first annual election all members of the Board of Governors and the Supervisory Committee shall be chosen anew by the members of the society, and one-third of the members of that board and of that committee shall be chosen to serve 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, respectively, and after one year following the first annual election the persons chosen to fill vacancies in those bodies shall be chosen for the term of three years. Section 5. During the first year, or previous to the first annual election, the executive officers of this society shall include a President, at least one Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. But the by-laws may provide, additional or other executive officers to be chosen at the first annual election of officers and thereafter. Section 6. All officers and employees charged with the custody or handling of the funds or other property of the society shall be required to furnish an adequate indemnity bond for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and the amount of any such bond shall be prescribed by the Board of Governors. Section 1. The Board of Governors shall immediately after its appointment make such prudential by-laws as they may deem proper for the management and business affairs of this society, and thereafter any by-laws so 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 and regulations in addition to and in conformity with those embodied in the by-laws, and to amend or abolish the same at will, but while in force such rules and regulations shall have all the force of by-laws. NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD. NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD. Purchase the "NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best quality of material insures life-long service at minimum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME." WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over for superior sewing quali- ties. Not sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., ORANGE, MASS. FOR SALE BY Gustave Jppenheim, 800 H street northwest, Washington, Throngs of young and old people have been swarming to Hahn's Shoe Store for several weeks. They are taking advantage of the special inducements offered on their new stock of fall shoes. More than two hundred colored children bought shoes last week. Hahn's Shoe Store is the place to buy shoes. a> _ Ata time like this, when se market conditions are critical, wae it ‘ (eee. : : 3 _B- «= © _- every persone duty to see that they e°°' \ cea Be the ultimate of service out of every dollar t oo eat eS! a tee you can come: to us for Furniture with pel e nt . 2 gra (ye oa Ze - Surance that your confidence will not be misplaced. : ; a Our offer of credit will surely help you, and at the same time ee te eee sou will find here the most reliable goods that, our experience ~ a = Sas ‘a SS es: ma . can select.and the lowest prices for which such a class of goods Sv ws ad aN L's \ & WS can be sold. * : . NSS WS AWS Y SR EES : us 5 ent , == a fi =a How ManyHomesAre | The i : ae . 9- : , % . ; Me , 2 4 Probably not one in a hundred. In A (ee: Us wT / 7) ) eS) R 4 what kind of a house'would the great tae Sy fo AS ate gee ar A il p wo mf S: - cority-of people have-to live if they coul er ee et \ Tia | R >) uy only on cash terms?. ! \ a he be aes ip | ; =} Credit enables them to buy a comfort- . eae aes | Im i ee = C 2 ea wy bl S) . able home and our system of credits is the " ‘ee eS __ Lee = IF H y) | wR. < most helpful in the world when it comes y. ZO re Y 5 a . to the furnishings. : a st Z ae SS | c = Purchases “fro cho a cra Ores = 2s a specim ite from our department of parlor furniture and its. S 5 an oP pm se vee atl br oe ris 2 asl of what sos will: find throughout our stock. Such furni- . ta 3 t, and we arranee the ana eee oe a ti ere.we are proud to welcome our friends e - monthi payments for each individual ac- ture as this makes home @ place x . tis nd to yl be happy. and a e : e P e 3 | q cording to: what their circumstances will. = ar that, wil - so attractive to Q ; oe c S permit.” : . There ae suites here: of every description and we can peril ar” S is We make every salea personal matter, many of the very good looking ones are exceedingly lo a Le oer rR Es and we take up this matter of, terms 1) department, you'll find goods. at ‘very low prices, but for the Jo / be ‘J. such a way that yur know we al trying "till guarantee you reliable quality and satisfactory service. rs f&) . to give you every bit-of help in our power. : - (A ; ‘ a 5S )soPeter Grogan & Sons Co Ss E = ee ere . eee em TORCURORCRURG I eee og TRO INC ROBESON BOIOELOESA . : HOWARD THEATRE: If there are sermons in stones, | gs there is warrant in the stage preach- ing. a sermon,” and this is done very effectively im “The, Eternal_Magda- fene,” playing at the Howard this week. The gist of the play is cen tered in the second acty in which Eli: jah Bradshaw, 2 prominent man of the town. and the leader of the vice || crusaders, sees in a dream the sins |! of his past and dreams that the curse of one of the fallen women is true and that his son is a thief, his daugh- ter misied’and betrayed and his wife - taken away bY death. “The horror of] his predicament shocks him, and when. the crusaders. come and demand that one of the fallen women (the “Magdalene in spirit form) ‘be. driven from his home, he demands that “he that is without sin cast. the first stone.” As in the seriptural storys from which the play is faken, none are left to. condemn. On awakening he is also. changed, and his story, de- manding that- the -fallen women bt driven out into the world. withou pity, is torn to fragments and hi family is‘doubly dear to him and hi _ spirit “is regenerated. Miss Mitchell, as the Magdalen js. wonderfully good. ‘The .etheri actions are not well understood unt the last act unfolds the: sfory, Db when seen they show, the artistic ab __ ity and the intelligence displayed 1 this talented actress: Tom Brown, Bradshaw, displays .all the vario phases-of the man he is supposed . portray. His fatherly’ actions natural and he carries his partir way ‘in keeping, with the reputat . he has made on the stage. Miss § _ton, essentially a comedian, has 2 f a demandipg ability, and she’ plays ' part in.a most satisfactory ‘man Miss Hubbard is new. to audier here, and she was.a success “35. mother. Miss Clough ‘is always a tic, and as one of the subme! tenth was, aS usual, very good. C Olden, ‘who. has made such great provement in each performance, ries his part well. Mores, as th tired jurist, i8 as usual the sn and Stiff character, and his wo above adverse ‘criticism,. Will ( as Rev. “Smallest, was ~ery § Townsend, DeComethiere and . others of the cast give excellent tort :tg the leading performers, -ANACOSTIA NOTES.” ~ Miss Emma V. Smith Elected Secre- tary of the James G Birney Social Center and Civic © 5 . “Forum. é The Assembly Hall of the James G. Birney School, Anacostia, was, on “Wednesday night last, the scene of a gathering of a large and enthusiastic audience, when the election. of a sec retary to the Social Center; recently established there, was an issue: Over five hundred parents, teachers and friends of the community assembled in this spacious hall to express by ballot their choice of candidates for’ this important position: Seated upon the platform ‘were: Supervising Prin- cipal ‘John Bruce, Miss Florence Smith, principal; “Miss Norton, -and many others jnterested in school: af- fairs, and various civic movements. Mr. Marcus Dale was ‘elected perma: nent chairman and presided ‘at the ‘meeting. The judges of the electior were Miss Florence Smith and Mr John Bruce. ° The nominees wer _Miss_ Emma Vv. Smith, a teacher i the Birrigy School, Whose name wa proposed by Attorney Clarence W ‘Tignor, and Miss ‘Cora N. Wilkinsot wife of Mr. R. U. Wilkinson,’ of tt . Postal Service, nominated ‘by’ Atto ney John H. Wilson. ‘After a careful count of the pallor athe jiidges announced the election . ‘Miss Smith by alarge majority; whi was the signal for a great outbut of applause from. those in the au ence, After a number. of congra " ‘Jatory addresses, Miss Sniith mad brief speech, in which she pledg continued, devotion to the civic w' -- of the community and city, and pressed her thanks for the loyalts the parents. An ‘informal reception was dered the successful candidate, * which all present joined. + Miss’ S1 has endeared herself to.the peop! . [this comminity by her unwavt and consistent devotion to her s,along all lines of civic develop jn Anacostia, and’it’ vas through efforts, that the center was ¢ - fished in Birney School. . WEST WASHINGTON. Mr. William ‘Wright, a prominent grocer. of Twenty-seventh Street, has sold:his place of business and is now visiting friends and relatives in’ Phil- adelphia and New York. & * Mrs. Nancy Stewart’. of Herndon, Va. is here’ for the winter with her little son.” ji “ . . Sunday the Epworth League of Mt Zion M. E Church, after being enter tained by Miss Helen Richardson anc her delightful program, motored to ‘Langdon, Va. and rendered 2 pro- gram at Rev. ‘Alston’s Church for the penefit of his, Young People’s, meet- ing. . Mrs. Cora Day presided; Miss Violet Ferguson was the pianist, ac- companied by Mr. H. Ricks and Mas- fer Daniel Day and their respective instruments. ‘The program was an instrumental solo by. Miss Anita Ter ‘| peau, a recitation by Miss G. Duffin 3 ‘vocal solo by Miss Elsie H. Rich ards and several remarks by ‘Mr : Samuel ‘Harris, Mrs. Louise Brows 1 and Misses ‘Martha -Henson ‘an , | Sarah Grisby. Mrs. M., Wagner, th , Misses Louise arid Emma William . Messrs. William Grisby, Ed Nort | Fred Minor and others were there: © |help the league enjoy the affair at wish for ‘another of its nature in tl , [Rear future: of Be on the. lookoyt for Mt. Zion’! ch, E. Church's first afinual field di nat December gth- e | ar. Mrs. Bertha Williams was out | ta. | Sunday after a tong illness. = Mrs. Mary ‘Watkins, of 2518 P ved |'8 7 the sick list.” < 4 ork ‘The Ruth ‘cantata of the Alex ex. | ara ‘Memorial Baptist Church — rot jell attended and a splendid succ Sunday the pastor, Rev. j. Le § ten- field, administered Holy Commu oni {to large audience. He and his maith gregation are preparing for al eof Queen’s Rally, which we wish | ring great success. Monday night th duty stallation. of the officers of the ment | P20: was performed after a del rigor | al sermon by Rev. A. Sayles. he. [the third Sunday there will be a sionary meeting at 3 o'clock: §¢ by Rev. Fox of Mt. Horeb B Church, to which all are cordial nent | Yee “3 t, has Tf you want to know what is’ snow. |O% in this section, read The Be shied TBE second number in the fal hil-| scam of Mt..Zion M. E: Churc -ndon, field day. December oth, whe fh her fourteen, lieutenants of the ¢ aherally. spoken of as class | of Mi! iil contest with ¢a -h other in enter- tempt 10 pring’ nerso"s to the « aon (TRE hUECR will he divided in tions, and each Vieutenant is.te hundred followers. . There will be © three ‘services—11 a. M. 5 Pe m and 8 p.m. On Monday, December roth, the pastor's citizens committee will 1 tender the public an elaborate recep- | tion and shake ‘down: in the lecture ‘rooms and: church parlors. The citi-. {zens’ committee ig composed: of one. jhundred of the friends of the’ pastor Joutside of his church, and is giving’ ||the recepti¢n as an. expression of '| good will to old Mt. Zion. _|. ‘The serviced at the First. Baptist ,| Church on Sunday were of achigh or- j|der, “and the attendance was ¢xceP- ¢| tionally good. At3 o'clock the W- c. ‘|r. U. held ‘a public meeting and pew ps [realy Mrs. Alma J. Scott was mis- °° jee of ceremonies: Those taking gs Part in the. program were Mrs. Lelia ie Pendleton, Mrs. Lillian Fitzhugh, ys Mary Fountain, Messrs. Pet: u.) way, Bruce, Lawson, Pryor, Butles yy, | and the Men’s Chorus. The amoun of the offering was over sixty dollars ast | At the evening service the pastor Rev. James L. ‘Pinn, preached a SP¢ St., | cial Sermon to the J. McCrummi Lodge of Odd Fellows on ‘the occé gn-| sion of its forty-eighth anniversar was Ex-District Grand Master Charles | vee, [Hill was the master of ceremonie sar-| P. S. Bro. Fitzhugh read the histo sion | of the lodge. Newly ‘elected Distr! son- Grand: Master Cook and his cabin arge|were present. ‘The iodge miaintain hem | its reputation in. turning out in lar 2 in- | numbers ‘and leaving behind a ¥ B. Y.|!arse offering. ‘The. annual report ight-|the fiscal year of the First Bap ‘On| was recently made apd showed all mis-|the departments ‘of the church t© mon in a prosperous condition: Moret aptist | five thousand dollars has" peen rai ly in- in the church during the past year Rev. J. L. Garfield administered going | Holy ‘Communion Sunday aftern e. ~ Jat the Alexandria Memorial, Ba 1 pro-| Church. * © dh h is a| Sunday was rally day at Eber n the! A. M. E Church. It was the be hurch, | ning of the annual Yall ratty. com aders, ing on the 25th, at which time Bi an at- | N. Ross. will preach - the “cl fvrch. | sermon at 8.p: m- to seer Young men are seare in this fo sec-| unity. Quitea number afe it training camp at Camp Meade. Mrs. Sarah’ Fish and Mrs. Carrie Sewell are still on the sick list, and Mrs. Winifred Greene is at Freed- men’s Hospital. u "Marriages are on the increase in this neighborhood., A few weeks ago t Uncle George Hawkins and Mrs. ¢ Priscilla Martin stepped into the ring. George is all smiles these days: ~ Miss Irene Haliburton entered into wedlock a few nights ago. But the . jteneymoon was very short—as Uncle | Sam needed him?. | "8Gunday,-the 18th, will be Steward- . esses Day at Ebenezer. ; Rev. Jones of West Washington. - Rev. Pian of First Baptist and Rev. g RA Greene are on the program for a the spiritual exercises at Ebenezer. n, - Prof. W. H. J. Beckett is conduct- t- ing ‘a singing school at old Ebenezer. r : i nt + BURNISHED ROOMS. 8. See — sr, - Two large furnished rooms, steam ye. heat, with board if desired. 425 R itl, St, N. Wi, corner New Jersey, Ave SURGICAL CHIROPODIST | *. Special Treatment \y For Corns and’ Bunions. Will . Cure All Foot Ailments. \ Graduate of Columbia Inotitute | ALL WORK GUARANTEED. | s DR. O. E. JOHNSON 633 T Street N. We : _ 7 CHURCH SERVICES. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M Street betweent Fifteenth and Six- teenth Streets N. W.—A big welcome t for you.. Services: Preaching, 1 . m. and 8 p. m5 ‘Sunday School, 9.30 ‘Atten C. Eu, 6.30, p. mj prayer meet- ing. ‘Wednesday, 8 p. mi class. meet- ing, Tuesday. Thursday, Friday ® Strangers always wel-ome. Rev. © M. Turner, D. Da pastor. Pazsonage, ne 1444 Q Street N. W- Phone, Nortt ie 1825+ g LET’S DO OUR BIT. Eighty-three thousand colored young men fhave been con- scripted and are today at training camps going through a gruelling training to prepare them for. aetual 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.” _ i ‘These are our: own—our Kith "and kin—our sons and brothers. Some of these brave boys will return home, when the: dovevot peace has spread her pinions over pblood-dyed battlefields and: dead- piled trenches. . . . Some of them. will return with ‘sightless eyeballs, with jag wounds—legless and ‘armless—some bereft’ of reason—hopelessly insane. 5. : . Some of them, horribly mangled—bodies torn by shrapnel and pombs—will never return, they will forever bivouac’ on fame’s eter- nal camping ground “somewhere in France,” — 5, Our boys—mother’s hope and: father’s pride—tomorrow will be! sacrificing their blood, their lives, to make democracy safe for| - humanity. . fs : . “i “What are we doing for them—to provide comfort for them i while in the trenches—to, succor their love ones left behind? | _ In Washington, while our brave young men are training +t {meet death in the trenches or on shrapnel-swept fields, night afte! : night, rapturous, sensuous music tempts willing feet, and sends sinuy ous forms rythmically whirling through the voluptuous waltz. | In- Washington, and everywhere, while our young men are pre paring to offer their lives on foreign fields, where the curtain of fir _. | presages the death of thousands, seductive, meanirigless; cards entic and enthral matrons and: misses, fathers and bachelors. ‘ In Washington, and everywhere, ‘while. our. boys _at Eamij .,! Meade, Camp Dix and other cantonments, are training to fight whe ill 75-centimeter guns mow. men down, more futhlessly than the keen: | bladed scythe cuts the tender blades of grass, the Goddess of Pla jure reigns supreme. . ae . : . ke | Today, when belching cannon, deadly ‘bombs and shriekin D. \ shrapnel,.are making horrible crypts into which) “our boys” may bi D. 1) sunk from view, forever, we ought to be taking. some steps to pr \vide comforts—felief for the boys—our sons and brothers who hav: gone to the: front TO MAKE DEMOCRACY . SAFE FO! HUMANITY. : Pas ; Let’s help raise two. million dollars for their relief and the relie of their dependents. . _M Let’s match their patriotism and valor with our open-hande Six-|free.giving- > 7” . : vme| ~ Let’s do our bit while our boys are doing their might. © -_ oo. Coe a eel MY PHOTO. ¥ . When, did you have sour unre taken? At Warren's, 803 Florida “Averiue N. W—Advt. -- le oe a TT. Newman say ter is now re-established in Sout Wachineton at will be pleas tes -opve ott at his friends and fa} + oe tiatrans ait 405.444 St. 8.9 — eervice THAT SATISFIES. DT ge