Washington Bee
Saturday, September 14, 1918
Washington, D.C.
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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 16
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Germans
Two New York Colored Soldiers R
of War) for Bravery and On
Sent to Their Family
(From the Congressional Re
Privates Henry Johnson a
Mr. Gould—"Mr. Speaker, I ask
for five minutes."
The Speaker—"The gentleman fr
consent to proceed for five minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. Gould—"I ask to have read
ward, 369th United States Infantry.
The Speaker—"The Clerk will read
The Clerk read as follows:
Three Hundred and
Formerly
Germans in Flight
Two New York Colored Soldiers Receive Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) for Bravery and One Hundred Francs to Be Sent to Their Families Over Here.
Mr. Gould—"Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to proceed for five minutes."
The Speaker—"The gentleman from New York asks unanimous consent to proceed for five minutes. Is there objection?" There was no objection. Mr. Gould—"I ask to have read the letter of Col. William Hayward, 369th United States Infantry." The Speaker—"The Clerk will read the letter." The Clerk read as follows:
Mrs. Edna Johnson
12 Monroe Street Albany, N. Y.
My Dear Mrs. Johnson: Your husband, Pyt. Henry Johnson, is in my regiment, the 360th U. S. Infantry, formerly the 15th New York Infantry. He has been at all times a good soldier and is a good boy, of fine morals and upright character. To these admirable traits he has lately added the most convincing proof of fine courage and splendid fighting ability.
My Dear Mrs. Johnson: Your husb
regiment, the 360th U. S. Infantry, for
He has been at all times a good soldie
and upright character. To these admi
most convincing proof of line courage a
I regret to say that he is at the mon
I regret to say that he is at the moment in a hospital, seriously, but not dangerously, wounded, the wounds having been received under such circumstances that everyone of us in the regiment would be pleased and proud to trade places with him. It was as follows:
He and Pvt. Needham Roberts were on guard together at a small outpost of a front-line trench near to the German lines, and during the night a strong raiding party of Germans, numbering from twelve to twenty (judging by the weapons, clothing and paraphernalia they left behind and by their footprints), took access No-Man's Land, and made a surprise attack in the dead night on our two brave soldiers.
We had learned some time ago from captured German prisoners that the Germans had heard of a regiment of black Americans in this sector, and the German officers had told their men how easy to combat and capture them it would be: so this raiding party came looking for the black Americans. They did not find them asleep, however, but, on the contrary, both Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts were very much awake and alert and attending strictly to their duties. At the beginning of the attack the Germans fired a volley of bullets and grenades, and both the boys were wounded, your husband three times and Roberts twice. Then the Germans rushed the post, expecting to make an easy capture. In spite of their wounds, the two boys waited coolly and courageously, and when the Germans were within striking distance opened fire, your husband with his rifle and Pvt. Roberts, from his helpless position on the ground, with hand grenades. The German raiding party came on in spite of their wounded, and in a few seconds our boys were at grips with the terrible foe in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the enemy outnumbered them ten to one.
The boys inflicted great loss on the enemy, but Roberts was overpowered and about to be carried away, when your husband, who had used up all the cartridges in the magazine of his rifle and had knocked one German down with the butt end of it, drew his bolo from his belt. The bolo is a short, heavy weapon carried by the American soldier, with the edge of a razor, the weight of a cleaver, and the point of a butcher knife. He rushed to the rescue of his fallen comrade, and, fighting desperately, split open, with his bolo, the head of the German who was throttling Pvt. Roberts, and turning to the boche who had Roberts by the feet, plunged the bolo into the German's bowels. This one was the leader of the German party, and on receiving what must have been his mortal wound, exclaimed in American English, without any trace of accent. "Oh, the son of a — got me," thus proving that he was undoubtedly one of the so-called German-Americans who came to our country not to, become a good citizen of it, but to partake of its plenty and bounty and then return to fight for the Kaiser and help enslave the world. He was doubtless selected as the leader of the party to speak English and perhaps fool my soldiers by calling to them in the darkness in English not to fire, that it was a friend.
Henry laid about him right and left with his heavy knife, and Roberts, released from the grasp of the scoundrels, began again throwing hand grenades and exploding them in their midst, and the Germans, doubtless thinking it was a host instead of two brave colored boys fighting like tigers at bay, picked up their dead and wounded and slunk away, leaving many weapons and parts of their torn, cut, and shot-riddled clothing, and leaving a trail of blood which we followed at dawn clear to their lines.
"We feel certain that one of the enemy was killed by rifle fire, two by your husband's bolo, one by grenades thrown by Pvt. Roberts, and several others grievously wounded.
So it was in this way the Germans found the black Americans!
Both boys have received the citation of the French general, commanding the splendid French division in which my regiment is now serving, and will receive the Croix de Guerre (Cross of War). The citation, translated, is as follows:
The general commanding D. I. mentions in orders of the division the soldiers of the 369th Regiment d'Infanterie, United States. (Hurry (No. 193348), private in Company C.
1. Johnson, Henry (No. 103348), private in Company Being on double sentry duty during the night, and having been assailed by a group composed of at least a dozen Germans, shot and disabled one of them and grievously wounded two others with his bolo. In spite of three wounds with pistol bullets and grenades at the beginning of the fighting, this man ran to the assistance of his wounded comrade, who was about to be carried away prisoner by the enemy, and continued to fight up to the extent of the Germans.
treat of the Gernham family's example of courage and activity.
He has given a beautiful example of courage and activity.
(No. 102360) private in Company C.
2. Roberts, Needham (No. 103309), private
Being on double sentry duty during the night, having been assailed and
mirrously wounded in his leg by a group of Germans, continued fighting by
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throwing grenades, although he was prone on the ground, up to the retreat of the enemy. Good and brave soldier.
The general requested that the citation of the division commander of the army be attached to a citation in the orders of the army.
soldier, Johnson, be changed to a citation.
Some time ago the great French general, Gouraud, placed in my hands the sum of one hundred francs, to be sent to the family of the first one of my soldiers wounded in a fight with the enemy under heroic circumstances, fnasmuch, as these boys were wounded simultaneously and both displayed great heroism, I think it but fair to send to each one half of this sum. Accordingly I am inclosing New York exchange for the equivalent of fifty francs.
I am sure that you have made a splendid contribution to the cause of liberty by giving your husband to your country, and it is my hope and prayer to bring him back to you safe and sound, together with as many of his comrades, as it is humanly possible by care and caution to conserve and bring back to America. But it must be borne in mind that we cannot all come back; that none of us can come back until this job is done.
Odd Fellows' Journal—Vote to Discontinue Its Publication.
New York City, 9. Among other things at ..... 19th biennial session of Odd Fellows was a recommendation to discontinue the publication of the Odd Fellows' Journal, and to incorporate the Odd Fellows in the District of Columbia. There were 282 delegates present. This is the recommendation of the Ben L. Davis faction.
The election resulted as follows: Grand Master, John S. Noel, Charleston, W. Va.; Deputy Grand Master, W. T. Francis, St. Paul, Minn.; Grand Secretary, Robert J. Nelson, Harrisburg, Penn.; Grand Treasurer, Charles Colbourne, Wilmington. Del.: Grand Directors, W. T. Andrews, South Carolina; J. G. Robinson, Knoxville, Tenn.; W. P. Kemp, Detroit. Mich.: William Cornelius, New York, N. Y.; J. Anthony Josey, Madison, Wis.; Auditors, Charles E. Mitchell, Institute, W. Va.; R. E. Warner, New York, N. Y., and Isaac H. Nutter, Atlantic City, N. J. Grand Attorney, Percy W. Howard, Jackson, Miss.; Delegate to England, W. L. Houston, Washington; D. C. Before leaving for his home the Grand Master, John S. Noel, made the following statement to your representative: "We will enter at once upon a vigorous and concerted effort to recruit our membership, replenish our treasury, harmonize our factions and place the G. U. O. O. F. again upon the high pinnacle it formerly occupied."
The Grand Household elected the following officers. M. W. G. S. Manie Haulé; R. W. G. S. Sigenia Henderson; G. W. R., Ola M. Walker; G. W. T. and W. G. D., Ida Davis, Annie Croon; Grand Usher, Lena Evans; Grand Chamberlain, Mary B. English; Grand Shepherd, Lizzie Ruckér, and Grand Prelate, Annie Freeman.
Editor Ben J. Davis was lionized by the delegates. He was called on for a speech, to which he responded.
REV. GRIMKE TO SPEAK.
Rey. F. J: Grimke will speak and Mrs. Rachel Guy Moore will sing this Sunday at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 6th Street N. E., between L and M Streets, from 6 to 7 o'clock.
MADE REQUEST FOR COLORED TROOPS.
British and French Missions Sought Their Help From the United States.
"There are 250,000 colored troops in the United States Army at the present time," Mr. Thomas L. Jones of Washington, D. C., stated yesterday. Mr. Jones, who is a practicing attorney in the Supreme Court of the United States, is visiting Mr. W. F. Seave, president of the Colored Federation Council. "We have 100,000 colored troops in the actual fighting zone in France at the present time, and they are to be found
throughout the various cantinements in the United States," stated Mr. Jones. "At Camp Meade alone there are 30,000 colored troops."
Mr. Jones stated that when the French and British Missions visited the United States they made a special request that colored troops be sent to France. "They make the very best of lighting troops," he said. "We fully believe that those who go to light the battle of freedom and represent the 15,000,000 colored people of the United States will maintain the record for bravery and heroism which they have always displayed in any engagements in which they have participated in the past."
At the present time 4,000 of Canada's colored population of 47,000 are in arms.—From the Daily Globe, Toronto, Canada, August 28.
PATRIOTIC MEETING AT THE HOWARD THEATER.
At a largely attended patriotic meeting of colored people, held last Thursday morning in Andrew Rankin Cliapel at Howard University, Mrs. Newton D. Baker, wife of the Secretary of War, rendered several vocal selections; each of which was heartily applauded. Mrs. Baker was presented to the great audience by Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of Tuskegee Institute, and now serving in Washington as special assistant to the Secretary of War, in charge of affairs relating to colored people in connection with the war.
At Howard University there are two detachments of colored soldiers taking special training in military science and tactics. One is the special vocational training detachment, numbering about three hundred or more, receiving instruction in technical and mechanical branches under the direction of Capti Beasley; the second group, about four hundred strong, is the Student Army Reserve Corps, selected from the various colored schools of the country to prepare to be instructors of student army units in their respective schools when they have concluded the prescribed course here. This group is under the supervision of Lieut. Russell Smith. As a compliment to Mrs. Baker, these student-soldiers sang for her a number of plantation melodies and folk-songs, all reminiscent of their homes in Dixieland, and as a further compliment, some of these songs were led in finished style by Dr. Robert Russa Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, successor to the late Booker T. Washington. Dr Moton had come on from New York to deliver an address to the soldiers at Howard University and interested citizens of Washington.
Notable among the songs led by Dr. Moton and sung with fervor by the monster chorus, was "A Hymn of Freedom," by Natalie Curtis Bur-
lin, a fine example of the "spirituals" that are now being introduced with marked success in the army camps throughout the country. The meeting at Howard was presided over by Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones.
JUDGE TERRELL.
Columbus, Ohio, September 9. Judge Robert H. Terrell of Washington spoke to a capacity house here last Thursday evening, and was greeted with rapturous applause. After the meeting he was tendered a banquet, and the following day lawyers of Columbus gave a luncheon in his honor.
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
With the advance of civilization the spirit of humaneness will become more and more conspicuous and noticeable in that improvement in the public care of the dependent aged through old age pensions will command favorable attention. While it is doubtless true that the near relatives of all the helpless aged should by some legal process be compelled to provide protection and comfort, yet it is not true that thousands are deprived of such sources of assistance, and if the Federal Government does not befriend them suffering must inevitably ensue. To depend upon the charitably inclined is a capricious program that ought not to be tolerated. But to make assurance doubly sure, would it not be well that through the supervision of the county officials not only shall a home be provided the aged who are dependent, but an allowance sufficient to furnish a fair measure of independence and pleasure ought to be granted as a pension. Such a grant of money sufficient to meet a few incidental expenses will prove a valuable contribution to the case and the comfort of the thousands in our land who because of their helpless condition should not appeal in vain to the more fortunate. And then let not the terms "Poor Farm" or "Home for the Aged" or terms of a similar import be applied to institutions for such relief.
There are harsh and invidious distinctions enough without governmental life aiding such a course. There are terms expressive of Christian philanthropy without reference to poverty or age that may more wisely be used. If governments exist for anything, they exist for the protection of its citizens in time of peace as well as war, and if patriotism is to be fostered, such protection must be extended through all periods and to all classes. Protection and patriotism are not far apart. They follow each other in a natural, easy succession. And the kind and degree of protection will doubtless insure a patriotism of a similar kind and degree. One of the large assets in national life in time of peace or war is the care of the helpless, dependent aged.
E. H. Parkinson, D. D.
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MORRIS RE-ELECTED
GRAND MASTER MORRIS RE-ELECTED.
Odd Fellows Meet—Ben Davis Out-generaled.
New York, N. Y., September 10.—The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, at its 19th biennial meeting, which convened in Odd Fellows Temple, Fifth Avenue and 132rd Street, yesterday, made quick work of its business and adjourned after electing officers and passing resolutions pledging the support of its 500,000 members throughout the country to the nation's war program against Germany. More than 5,000 members of the order are now in the military and naval forces of the United States.
The business of the organization was speeded up to adjournment in order, that the delegates might return to their homes in various parts of the country to do their bit as war workers and in time to register on the 12th instant.
All of the grand officers were reelected and will serve until the next biennial meeting, which the delegates voted to hold in this city in September, 1920.
The National Grand Officers are: Edward H. Morris, Chicago, grand master; Dr. I. L. Roberts, Boston, Mass.; deputy grand master; James F. Needham, Philadelphia, Pa., grand secretary; W. David Brown, New York City, grand treasurer, and five grand directors, B. V. Baranco, Baton Rouge, La.; J. H. Johnson, Salisbury, N. C.; George H. Mays, Jacksonville, Fla.; Jesse L. Nicholas, Baltimore, Md.; A. T. Shirley, Herndon, Va.
James M. Miller of Newark, N. J., and Dr. C. C. Johnson of Aiken, S. C., were elected grand auditors.
U. S. TRAINING DETACHMENT AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE, VIRGINIA.
Hampton, Va., Sept. 8.—Private William K. Smith, professionally known as the Great Hellman, entertains soldiers under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. at the "Y" Building. The three Smith brothers are well known in Washington, having entertained at various churches, clubs, Y. M. C. A.'s and vaudevilles. Private Smith's performance was a decided success. His recitations were a scream, the magic tricks being a new source of entertainment for the soldiers, and caused constant applause. He closed his part of the program with his original sensation, the "Spirit Rose," which is Private Smith's masterpiece. He held his audience spellbound for a period of five minutes. Private Smith takes exceptional delight in assisting Secretary Simmons of the Y. M. C. A. to entertain the soldiers at every available opportunity, striving always to have some new stunts for each show.
There are about three hundred soldiers here at Hampton Institute. most of them from Washington. They are a happy bunch, full of fun and good cheer. "Happy" Lancaster is here with his dog Kypo, and he is some happy. He gets a laugh at every word. Every soldier in camp enjoys the personal acquaintance of "Happy."
DR. TURNER RETURNS.
Dr. John P. Turner has returned from Philadelphia, where he has been the guest of his brother, Mr. David M. Turner, formerly of this city. While there Dr. Turner, as the guest of his brother, visited Sea Isle City. Ocean City and Atlantic City, N. J. where they were in attendance at the sessions of the Business League. The Doctor, on his return, was greatly shocked by the sad news of the passing of his friend, Past Grand Master Lemuel C. Bailey.
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Raisin' chickens is a mighty fine stunt for some of our opaque-colored individuals, and I can't see why more of 'em don't locate a half dozen hens or so in their back yard. There ain't no ban on raisin' chickens in Washington now during these strenuous war times, and as much as the average tar-complexioned denizens of this berg love chickens, I should think more of them would raise 'em. It's mighty fine, let me tell you, when the price of eggs is hittin' blue sky, and a chicken fittin' to stew, broil or fry is so high that it almost temps a fellow to make a visit to some other man's coup to be able just to go down to the end of, and inside of, your own lot and grab a handful of eggs what some hens have laid, or leftly remove the head and pick the feathers off a chicken what you yourself own. If President Wilson can set the example of raisin' sheep for the wool, we teekwood blonds what raise our own wool on our heads can surely afford to raise chickens—somethin' we love even better than "chitfins," pig's feet and possum: Now just try this for fun and see where you come out at. Every day I see coal-complexioned descendants of Ham amblin' home from the market, or some Russian Jews' store with a chicken what they paid from 75 cents to $1.25 for, when they could have raised the same piece of resistance, or "heaven food," as Worsey Foults used to call it, for one-third that amount.
Now, speakin' about chickens, I'll wager my straw bungalow, now ready for the ash can, against a drink of Cascade, with the $8 per gallon tax on it, that Doc would make a dandy poultry farmer. Doc knows a broiler by its looks; he just has a natural 'hankerin' for chicken, and he ain't particular how young they be. He has a taste for either a Rhode Island Red or a White Leghorn—just so it's chicken is all Doc cares, and he can lift a chicken from its roost in the sma' hours of the morn with the same equilibrium as he can lift one into his auto in the heat of the day. Give Doc a chicken farm and he would be a world beater. He just has a natural taste for chickens. It ain't no acquired taste; none of them there fungus tastes like some impotents have. He's got what Tommy Atkins would call "a helluve-a-taste." Talk about aviation aces and all of that, but Doc would be the premier ace on a chicken farm. And let me promise you Doc ain't the only pebble in this center of the universe who likes a nice tender chicken of the broiler type. There are others. And, "bulleve" me; if this war continues, and they take all of these old bachelors in the "18 to 45" class, and these childless husbands in the same class, there will be a lot of Negroid chicken raisers around these here diggins.
I paid a man live dollars the other day to motor me down past Rosco Bruce's farm, just to see what justification he could have for registerin' as a farmer
It is some more farm. He's got about steen acres of land, on which you couldn't raise h—l with a lot of drunken cowboys or a band of Southern lynchers. He ain't got no house on it, but I understand he has the plans and specifications for a house to send along with his questionnaire marked "Exhibit B." There are a whole lot of bugs around this berg who would like, to see Rosco drafted and put among the shock troops just to loosen him from the public school system of this village. Rosco knew this, and just to show how foxy he is, and to perpetuate a reputation for "keepin' up with the Joneses," he bought this little old umteen acre farm on the installment plan, got himself a Ford truck to get close to old Henry Ford, and spends all day out on the "farm," comin' in town to roost at night. Bein' an expert in analyzin' soil, I gathered up a handful of the earth what abounds on Rosco's farm, brought it to town and submitted it to an agricultural chemical examination. I found it was a mixture of gravel, sand and clay—fine soil to grow macadamized roads, granolithic sidewalks, artificial stone and building bricks on, but it wouldn't grow enough garden truck to feed a sick canary in a thousand years. I'll bet a near-beer against a grape juice that when Rosco fills out his questionnaire he will interlope somethin' about bein' in "essential" occupation, such as a farmer. He'll never mention assistant superintendent of the teekwood schools as bein' essential, for there are d—n few people around these here parts as regards that position bein' essential so long as Rosco fills it. He's a foxy hairless-domed yaller kid, "bulleve" me. Who but
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a foxy guy like him would have anticipated this "18 to 45" draft far enough ahead to buy a one-acre farm with soil so poor you can't even raise h—l on it, just to beat General Crowder to it. I've got to hand it to you, Rosco, for bein' foxy, and with not only bein' able to keep up with the Joneses, but beat the Joneses out by a furlong or so.
I dropped into Townsley's news-stand the other day to buy a copy of The Bee, and there was a bunch of speculators in there speculatin' on how long the war would last, and how much lightin' the hallroom boys would do when drafted. One fellow, who evidently was born and raised in Rumorville, and then moved to Gossipville, said he had just got it straight that every cofored commissioned officer in the overseas contingent had been reduced to a private and put in the stevedore regiment. When pressed for how and where he got this news, he stalled everybody off with: "Well, I got it straighter than official news, but I don't want to get my informant in bad, so won't give his name." It gets my goat how rumor does start, and then circulates around the fringes of this old careworn town. If a fellow attempts to follow up a rumor around here, he is liable to land in the bug house, for these Washington rumors take so many circitous cuts and cross roads. A whole lot of Emmett Scott's time, one of his intimates told me, is taken up with tryin' to chase to cover, or to discovery, Washington rumors. Some day we are goin' to hear the rumor circulated around here that Satan has stormed heaven, dethroned Christ and all the archangels what have been livin' on milk and honey, walkin' golden streets, and playin' golden harps, and is runnin' a crap game with old St. Peter takin' off. Now, this may sound unreasonable, but take it from he, it ain't no more un-
reasonable than some of the rumors that are laid and hatched around this old frazzled 'town of high cost of livin'. If circulatin' rumors was a crime punishable with life imprisonment, there would be more people in this old center of the universe who would be life prisoners than there would be free men and women.
Well, John Lewis is sure makin' a noise like success with that hotel and apartment house of his. It's up to the first floor now, and goin' some. That little oblonged-headed fellow, with a pair of feet that are shaped for safety first, is surely a wonder. Some of the dicties and borrowers at 40 per cent per month said he couldn't do it; when John began to speculatin' about a $100,000 apartment house and hotel. They all gave him the merry "hal ha!" But he kept a thinkin', kept a speculatin', and a talkin' in his sleep about this big project, and by and by one mornin' when we passed the corner of T and 13th Streets we saw a bunch of excavators diggin' a hole for a real, sure-nuf building; and we said: "There now, that little sunburnt, oblong-headed, squeeze print what Coxy dropped out of his army on to Washington has gone and done what he said he was goin' to do, but what nobody supposed he could do." Go to it, John, rememberin' that old hoary-headed safe stuff: "Nothin' succeeds like success." In the meantime, if you want any advertisin' call Main 4078 and ask for Bill Calvin Chase, and he will give you first page, top column rates in the only celloloid paper what people in this town reads sure every week.
I was talkin' to Rev. Dr. Powell the other day. Let me promise you here is some business preacher. Rev. Powell is away above the average opaque-complexioned preacher. He can preach sermons what make a dent both in your head and your
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heart, and at the same time knows how to manage the business end of a church. Too many of our colored ministers know little about the financial end of heaven. The result is their churches are always in debt, and when you find the average Baptist or Metliodist church enjoyin' a life-time indebtedness you can bet your old Wade & Butcher against a dollar safety razor that there is a minister and a few razor-back trustees who just want it in debt. Most church profiteerin' is made on church debts. Rev. Powell ain't that kind of a creature. When you come to speakin' about "Who's Who Among Teekwood Ministers" you just naturally have to move Rev. Powell up in the Amen corner.
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I waited all day for that monster parade what Rev. Simon Peter advertised, and I ain't seen it yet. It may be I'm too near-sighted to see a thousand or more teekwood citizens paradin' down the street, but I don't thing I am. Speakin' about Rev. Simon Peter, it's my personal and individual opinion that if the opaque-complexioned ministers of this town expect to have their callin' respected they had better soft-peddle Simon Peter's constant advertisin' of big events what never come off, and the big speakers what never speak. Every now and then he imposes on some white daily with a lot of rot about a big parade, a big meetin' with senators, cabinet officers, dukes and counts as speakers, and some White Cross employment bureau. Now, the colored papers, and all credit to them for it, never fall for his St. Elizabethian stunts. Rev. Simon either ought to be squelched, or made to play the minister's game accordin' to Hoyle. The way he is now playin' it is, to my best belief and information, just like the Huns play with a signed treaty. Of all men, ministers are the ones who must be on the level and not fake. I hate a faker, and when he comes in a long-tailed coat, close-up button vest, like a priest's, and a lot of broken English, I just naturally get visions of grafters playin' hide-and-go-seek around me.
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is opposed to Mobviolence and Lynching, and discrimination of any kind, and also endorsed the bill that is before Congress making Lynching and Mobviolence a Federal Crime. Therefore we agree to register as a Unit of the National Race Congress.
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Mail immediately.
The Management of the Pythian Building (formerly True Reformers' Building) invites the attention of the public to inspect the halls set apart for dances, for private parties; the main auditorium for public or large affairs, all of which are highly sanitary and well ventilated.
THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE
We are equipped for housing lodges of any fraternal order Rentals nominal, with unexcelled janitor service.
Secretary Pythian Hall Commission; Manager.
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
Colored Democratic Club of New York was raided last Sunday evening and the manager gave bail to the amount of $500.
A Chicago colored citizen was jim-crowed in a factory and hired $5 for disorderly conduct. Attorney Louis B. Anderson defended him:
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Lieut. Russell Smith is the first colored officer in charge of a training camp.
One colored woman, the first in the history of Jackson, Miss., has applied for dental license to practice. Two colored men also applied for license.
King of criminals in Philadelphia, Pa., has been kicked out of office.
President Wilson has commuted the death sentence of ten colored soldiers and in six other cases confirmed the death sentence.
Dr. Ruth J. Temple, of the Pacific Coast, is the first colored woman to pass the medical board examination and has been admitted to practice. She made 91.70 in the examination.
Rev. Richard Carroll, of Columbia, S. C., the famous advocate of human rights, has announced the discontinuance of Wayside Notes in the Southern Indicator.
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WINGTON, D. C.
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Congress making Lynching and Mo-
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attention of the public to inspect the
private parties; the main auditorium
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ning lodges of any fraternal order,
used janitor service.
s: 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., 8 p. m. to
J. CLAY SMITH,
Pythian Hall Commission; Manager.
Kelly Miller will be the next
president of Howard University.
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Colored women are continually
turned down by the understrappers
in the general government, notwith-
standing their high percentage in the
examinations.
Judge W. H. Harrison, of Oklahoma, is said to be one of the greatest orators of the race.
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The Ohio Cleveland Advocate is the greatest paper in the State of Ohio.
McLEAN, VA.
Miss Pauline Scott and sister, Mrs. V. Webb, and baby, were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Walters of McLean, Va.
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Miss Marion I. Walters, of Washington, D. C., was among the party that attended the St. John's Baptist Sunday School picnic of Arlington, Va., given at Riverside Park, Va., last Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Walters and daughters, Miss Marion and Norrine Walters, of 1425 Q Street N. W., are spending the summer at their summer home in McLean, Va.
WAR GARDENERS RESPOND TO CALL
Will "Keep the Food Coming" as General Pershing Has Asked.
BIG INCREASE THIS YEAR
Central West and Pacific Coast Especially Are Doing Well-National Commission Offers Prizes for Best Home-Grown Canned Vegetables.
Washington.—The war gardeners of the United States answered Pershing's call to "Keep the Food Coming." There are, according to figures being tabulated by the national war garden commission, 4,900,000 war gardens in the United States. These figures are incomplete and the estimates were made on reports received up to June 15. This number indicates an increase of 40 per cent over last year when there were 3,500,000 garden munition plants at work. Figuring in the increased cost this year over last, further estimates will be made by the commission both on the number of gardens and the estimated crop value.
"Taking these early figures into conservation," said Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the commission, in making public the preliminary survey, "together with the increased canning demonstration work being done by the United States department of agriculture in cities and towns, we feel safe in saying the forecast of 1,500,000,000 quarts in tin and glass of canned stuff, made by the department, will be reached."
Big Prizes Are Offered.
The report points to the early planting season this year, which was made possible by weather generally favorable throughout the country. To encourage saving the garden crop the national, war garden commission, which planted a 400-acre demonstration war garden at Camp Dix, N. J., is offering $10,000 in prizes for the best canned vegetables grown in war gardens, with the slogan "Back up the' cannon by use of the canner."
In nearly every section of the country there has been an appreciable and encouraging increase in the number of war gardens this year, the commission announced. This has ranged anywhere from 10 to 60 per cent. In the Eastern portions there was a failure to note a gain on the early returns.
"The greatest percentage of increase," the commission's statement adds, "was made in the Central Western states and Pacific const. taking only one section of the country as a whole. There an awakening has taken place which revealed itself in an enthusiastic, widespread drive, to help home food production. Of the total number of war gardens in the United States, the preliminary reports show that more than 2,000,000 of them—2,270,000, to be exact—were in the Central Western territory. There was a gain of fully 50 per cent over the war garden activity of last year.
Eastern States. Lagging.
"The Eastern states, including New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, on the whole showed little increase over last year. In certain parts of all this territory there has been a better showing, and particularly has there been a greater activity among manufacturing concerns in providing kind for their employees; but these gains have been counteracted to a certain extent by less activity in other places; so that the amount of food homes grown along the upper Atlantic coast this year will be slightly if any greater than last year. Better cultivation in hundreds of cases may make up for what is lacking in numbers. In New York the park department alone reports 2,000 war gardens 26 by 40. The total number of war gardens in this territory, as shown by the reports, is 848,000, of which 737,000 are in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
"The South has made an excellent record, certain states in particular having made notable gains. Including Texas and Oklahoma, there are a total of 1,246,000 war gardens in the Southern states this year, one-fourth of the number in the entire United States. California, Washington, and Oregon show a total of 463,000 war gardens. That the war gardens intend to save a great part of the garden crop is shown in the 200 entries received up to July 1 for the coming contests that garden clubs are organizing all over the country."
REJECTED BY NAVY; DRAFTED
Man Is Accepted for Service in Army After Qualifying as Postman.
Corvaillis, Ore.—Ernest Chase, rural mail carrier, enlisted in the navy. After his final physical examination he was discharged as being physically unfit. Then he got a job as rural carrier and invested $40 in a rig, horse and outfit. After working 20 days he was called in the military draft, passed by the local examining board, and ordered to camp.
He doesn't know now whether to sell his rig and give up his job, or whether to take a "lay off" and trust to being rejected by the army as he was by the navy.
© HARRIS & EWING
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Stark, sister of Hoffman Phillip, newly appointed minister of Colombia, is captain of a mounted girl scout troop in Mayport, Fla., whose duty is to patrol the coast east of Florida to turn up pro-German activities. All the girls carry rifles or automatics, and are proficient in their use. The scouts are from thirteen to sixteen years old, and do night work without a qualm.
LET'S HOLD THE LINE
By Norreys Jephson O'Connor of the Vigilantes.
We hold the line which stretches far, From western towns to fields of France.
Where now our brave battalions are, Fighting to stop the Hun's advance.
We must not fall them in their need, We who, in factory or field.
Are soldiers, too; we may not bleed; Should we, then, find excuse to yield.
Because we pass in dreariness Our days, or in the summer sun Are hot, and worn with weariness? If our line breaks, the foe has won.
If we heed enemy alarms.
Vain is the general's vast design, And vain the soldier's deed of arms. In freedom's name, let's hold the line.
FORETOLD WAR WITH HUNS
Russian Consul at Boston Fourteen Years, Ago Prophesied Great Conflict.
Boston.—Fourteen years ago Joseph A. Conry. Russian consul, prophesied there would be a war with Germany. This was made in an address Mr. Conry delivered at the annual meeting of the Ninth Regiment Veterans' association in G. A. R. hall in this city, April 6, 1904. Excerpts from his speech follow:
"There will be a war in this country as sure as time files. With England? No, because our commercial interests are too intimate. Not with France, because she is diminishing. We have had it with Spain.
"But it will be with the empire of Germany. We have no desire for war, but if it should come, we need a volunteer militia made up of 500,000 men to back up our standing army."
HAS GEN. WASHINGTON'S FLAG
New York Woman Owns Banner Presented to Volunteer Company by the General.
New York.—One of the oldest flags in this city and which is interesting from the fact that it was presented by George Washington to the second company of Washington volunteers is owned by Mrs. Margaret D. Early of the Hotel Walton. It has been in possession of her family nearly forty years, having been won by her father, Thomas Dooley, an old New Yorker, in a raffle at a fair held in 1870 to raise fund for the Paulist church at Columbus avenue and Sixteenth street, then in course of erection. The flag was given to the managers of the fair to be sold for the benefit of the church.
WALKS 650 MILES FQR DRAFT
Washington Man Tramps 51 Days to Keep Promise to United States Government.
Aberdeen, Wash.—After a trump of 650 miles, taking 51 days, Elmer Hemrich is here to fulfill his promise to the government to be ready for the second draft call. He was allowed to go to Alaska to establish a cannery on the promise that he would return in time for the second call for men to the colors. He was forced to "mush" over the trail from Inner, Skin Bay to Seward, Alaska, and drag his sled with him. He lost 35 pounds in weight and was compelled to exist on clams and porcupine meat for part of the trip.
Ship Coal by Water.
Memphis, Tennessee. Heavy shipments of coal from the Kentucky fields are being made by water on the Mississippi river. A single steambont recently towed 15 barges containing 9,000 tons of coal from Caseyville, Ky., to Memphis. It would have required three or four trains to have hauled this consignment by rail.
BROTHERS OVER THERE,
GIRL TWINS WANT TO GO
New York.—Lucille and Genevieve Baker, nineteen-year-old twining, of Brooklyn, are not satisfied with having two brothers "over there." They presented themselves at the barge office with the request that they be enlisted in the coast guard.
Lleut. L. C. Farwell explained that they were not using women to guard piers and warehouses just yet. But, the twins refused to consider themselves formally rejected until similar assurances had been given by Captain Carden, commanding officer. They left the office disappointed, but hopeful of going to France as government telephone operators or stenographers.
Respond to Call to Assist in Getting Men and Women for Government Service.
Washington.—The examiners of the civilian personnel section of the ordinance department of the United States army have asked the co-operation of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and of each of the state federations, in their endeavor to secure the best qualified men and women for the government service. To this call the civil service reform department of the general federation, of which Mrs. F. H. Cole, University of Quahua, Omaha, Neb., is chairman, has responded by special circular letter calling attention to the need for loyalty in supplying this line of service to help win the war.
There is a call for thousands of skilled employees, such as stenographers, typewriters, telegraphers, wireless operators, accountants, draftsmen, chemists and similar trained service. No one should apply for a position for which he or she has no special training.
Many teachers are leaving their schools and applying for government positions, but it is urged that all teachers remain at their work, because teachers as a rule are fitted for cerical work only and not for specially trained expert service.
The civilian personnel section has established offices in a number of cities throughout the country, and information with regard to these positions may be obtained from any of them.
GIRL SCOUT DECORATED.
In Memoriam Sir Bernard
Ruth. Colman, a sixteen-year-old Washington high school girl, has been decorated by Mrs. Wilson with a golden eaglet, the highest honor awarded by the girl scout organization. Miss Colman is the third girl to receive this honor, the acquirement of 22 proficiency badges being necessary to earn the coveted golden eaglet.
LEGALLY DEAD, THOUGH ALIVE
Rules Judge in Decision Establishing Inheritance Tax on an Estate Valued at $86,148.
Kankákee, Ill.—Although very much alive, and in good health four of the five children of the late Henry Kramer, wealthy Yellowhead township farmer, are legally dead.
Judge J. H. Merrill has so ruled in a county court decision establishing the inheritance tax and Kramer's estate, valued at $86,148.
Kramer left a will providing his widow receive a life estate in all his property. Upon her death the property should be equally distributed among the five children living. Should any of the children die before the mother the will provides their shares shall be equally divided among the remaining children and not the legal heirs of the deceased child.
Therefore, under Judge Merrill's ruling, the four children will remain legally dead until the death of the mother.
Lauder's Cousin Killed.
Cunberland, Md.-John Lauder, forty-eight, a cousin of Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, was killed in the Tysom coal mine near here, where he was employed. He was caught under a fall of rock.
ITALY LIKES BASEBALL
Most Recent Victim of National Pastime Germ.
Football Popular as Well as Diamond Sport-Favored by Military Leaders.
New York.—One of the curious effects of the war is the international interest which has been aroused in American sports. Italy apparently is the most recent victim of the baseball germ, according to Dr. Felice Ferrero, director of the Italian bureau of information in this city. Football, as played in America, as well as the national game of this country, also has taken hold of the popular interest in Italy. The Gazetta dello Sport, one of the most influential sport journals of that country, is raising a fund for the purchase of baseballs, bats and footballs and the distribution of prizes among the soldiers to stimulate competition.
General Pennella, commander of the Second Italian army, in a letter to the Gazetta dello Sport, says that football and baseball games are of inestimable value in the training for war. He praises the initiative of the Gazetta dello Sport and says that he firmly believes that the stimulation of baseball and football competition among the various units of the Italian army will have the most gratifying and important results in maintaining the morale of the troops. General Pennella is especially pleased with baseball as an aid to training and the maintenance of the morale of the troops.
THEY LOOK THE PART
BURGESS
BURGESS
It seems peculiarly appropriate that these German soldiers should look like the swine they infiltrate in their methods of warfare, though perhaps the porkery will object to the comparison. The type of gas mask used by the enemy gives them this repulsive swinish appearance that is topped off by the spiked German helmet.
HE GOT THE RING FIRST
Young Man Prepared for Wedding and Did Not Worry About the Girl.
Cleveland, O.—Here's a young man who believes in the efficacy of preparedness.
With his young wife he appeared recently before Frank M. Kenney, chief clerk of local board No. 7 at Central armory.
"When did you buy the ring?" Mr. Kenney asked.
There was some discrepancy between the answers of the bride and the bridegroom and the clerk pressed for an explanation.
"Well, I'll tell you the truth," the man replied. "Some years ago I bought a watch on the installment plan and when it was paid for I thought the idea was a pretty good one. I figured to myself that some day I might want to get married, and thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to get the ring on the same plan."
"You mean you got the ring and kept it in your pocket until the right girl happened along?" Mr. Kenney inquired.
"That's just it, mister," the youth replied, unabashed. "This is the right girl, and we's just got married."
MAN TOO HEAVY FOR NAVY
Recruiting Officer Says Uncle Sam Hasn't Suit Big Enough for Kansan.
Salina, Kan. "I want to fight," declared V. C. Emick, twenty-one, of Miltonvale, at the local naval recruiting office. A recruiting officer gave him the "once over," put him through a series of paces and then said: "There is nothing doing here. There isn't a sailor suit in Uncle Sam's navy that would fit you."
Emick walked out of the office a disappointed man. He weighs 275 pounds and was recently registered under the new draft law.
Find Indian Skeletons.
Martins Ferry, O.—While stripping coal at the Beech Flats Coal company mine at Rush Run, above this city, workmen unearthed the skeletons of three Indians. The skeletons are in a good state of preservation. The teeth are perfect and white as ivory.
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NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL
Dr. James E. Shepard, the founder and president of the National Training School at Durham, N. C., has never courted "leadership." He has been content to give his best endeavors for making his school an effective instrument for racial good in its immediate zone.
Although, like Dr. Booker T. Washington, he founded HIS school, nursed it to its present effectiveness, he has not been jealous of any eleventh-hour aspirant to national leadership who may have received his honors without earning them, as did the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, Emmett J. Scott, Dr. Edwards, et al., and as Dr. Shepard is doing.
Dr. Shepard's plodding and plugging along, quietly doing and achieving, deserves more than a passing notice—deserves praise.
His school, yet young, has achieved wonders, even though handicapped by lack of funds and an effective publicity, which sometimes is a misinterpreted luxury—if no funds be available for requiring.
Dr. Shepard's campaign, to be launched next month to raise a modest endowment of $250,000, with which to enlarge his school to take care of young colored people who are craving an education, should commend itself to both races.
Down in North Carolina—among the lowly of the race—among the aspiring and ambitious young of the race—the National Training School is doing a real service.
The fact that an ex-Confederate General, who fought four years through the Civil War to maintain slavery, and an ex-United States Senator, and present presiding Federal white judge, who was born and reared in the South, imbibing all the preconceived sentiments of his ancestors relative to the colored race, should go out and appeal for this school, not only testifies to the new light now breaking in on the South, but also to the fact that James E. Shepard and his National Training School are doing meritorious work—are awakening the South to a realization that ignorant colored people within their midst is a menacing liability, and educated colored people a beneficent asset.
VALE VARDAMAN.
Many of us who have witnessed O'Neil's matchless playing of the role of the Abbe in "Monte Cristo" will recall what a thrill of satisfaction possessed us when he held up first his index finger, then his second and third, and tragically pronounced the words, "One!" "Two!" and "Three!" as indicating that such number of his implacable foes, unscrupulous defamers and oppressors had been rendered hors de combat—had bit the dust of despair and of death.
When the good Lord gathered to his maker the late Senator Tillman, who used his influence, power and prestige to oppress a race that had never did him a single injury, and which had been struggling only for a place in the sun, which the Constitution vouchsafed it, we, like the Abbe in "Monte Cristo," uttered that one word, "ONE!" indicating that one of our foe had reached the limit of his opposition to us.
When the news came from Mississippi that Senator Vardaman, the long-haired, braying ass from that State, due to President Wilson's open pronouncement against his return to the United States Senate, had been overwhelmingly defeated, we, again, like the Abbe in "Monte Cristo," held up our second finger, and with genuine satisfaction, measuredly, said "TWO!" to indicate that another one of our implacable foes had bitten the dust of defeat.
Now, who will be the third? Will it be Hoke Smith, Heflin, or one of a dozen others, who, with perhaps not so much vitriolic enmity, have constantly opposed our advancement, although enjoying representation in Congress because of unconstitutionally denying us the right of franchise?
No matter which one, we are waiting, and hoping for the opportunity to say, while holding up our third finger significantly, "THREE!"
Vardaman—we hesitate to call him "Senator" Vardaman, for at no time did he rise to the true height of a Senator—came to the United States Senate with but one hobby, denouncing the colored race. He rode that hobby, and to a fall, during his entire term as Senator. He earned, and by right, the hope, in the race, that his days in the Senate, even if not "in the land thy God giveth thee," might be short, and he earned, and by right, the disrespect of his colleagues in the Senate.
President Wilson, through his effective opposition to the return to the United States Senate of Mississippi's misfit representative—her braying ass, whose only stock in tra was denunciation of a race that has for more than a century been returning GOOD FOR EVIL, has earned our thanks, and has done us a signal good, whether he meant it so or not, greater than any other act of his administration.
Red Necks and Hill-billies of the Vardaman stripe are fast sinking to their level—are fast taking the count—and we are entertaining the hope that when "victorious peace" has been achieved, and that through the loyal, valorous aid of the Twelve Millions of Colored People in this country, and life's deck has been cleared for reconstruction action, others of the Vardaman stripe will be missing in the line-up of men worth while.
We had no tears to shed when Senator Tillman was gathered to his Maker. We are roaming in the seventh heaven of delight when we ecstatically say "VALE VARDAMAN."
There are those who recall when, at revival meetings, and camp meetings, in exuberance and with a simple but absolute faith in God, colored religious worshipers were wont to sing that old song,
"Inchin' Along." These will recall how the chorus rang out: "We'er inchin' along; goin' to get to Heaven bye and bye."
In commuting the death sentence for ten of the unfortunate colored soldiers alleged to have participated in the Houston (Texas) riot to life imprisonment, President Wilson said:
I desire the clemency here ordered to be a recognition of the splendid loyalty of the race to which these soldiers belong, and an inspiration to the people of that race to further zeal and service to the country of which they are citizens and for the liberty of which so many of them are now bravely bearing arms at the very front of great fields of battle.
To have a President of the United States, whom many of the race had feared did not consider the race in the equation, and who had but once, and that but recently, given evidence he considered our race part and parcel of this "government of the people, for the people, and by the people," inspires us with the fact that we are surely "inchin' along."
The reference President Wilson makes to the traditional loyalty of the race, even though tardy, is most encouraging. His acknowledgment of the fact that "so many" of our men are "bravely bearing arms at the very front of great fields of battle" causes us to begin to think and feel that, after all, that "world democracy" for which the Allies are fighting includes the "black phalanx" over there in France, who are grimly fighting, and heroically dying, and their kinsmen over here, who are just as patriotically doing their bit at home.
Yes, we are "inchin' along," and bye and bye we will enter that heaven, EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES, which the Constitution assumed to provide for us.
Through the blood of MILLIONS of white patriots who so splendidly fought and so heroically died for civilization; through the blood of THOUSANDS of white Americans who are sleeping their last sleep on the carmine-colored fields of France; through the blood of OUR OWN free but circumscribed heroes for whom the "six feet of earth" over in France obliterates a color line, we are advancing toward JUSTICE'S citadel—"we're inchin' along."
During the last thirty days President Wilson has spoken out, publicly, in a way to cause us to believe that, after all, there is a God in Israel. First, he denounced lynching and mob law—a thing to which more than two thousand of our race have fallen victims since Reconstruction Days. Now he pays tribute to our loyalty and to our bravery.
If only the subordinates under President Wilson—those department heads and bureau chiefs who still insist on segregating colored employees in the Departments—who still deny appointment to such as win eligibility by reason of having passed the civil service examination in open competition with whites—we would, perhaps, feel that the pace at which "we're inchin' along" is far more rapid than it seems at present.
However, we are surely "inchin' along," and, as ran the old religious song of the benighted slaves, "we're goin' to get to Heaven bye and bye."
"War is hell," as General Sherman so rightly said, but out of this hell—out of Mar's ruthless devastation, horrible flow of human blood, and his terrible, depressing toll of dead—good is coming to the race, of which more than THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND "are now bravely bearing arms at the very front of great fields of battle," and "to make the world safe for democracy."
"We're inchin' along"—even President Wilson acknowledges it
The Bee's esteemed contemporary, the Richmond (Va.) Planet, wants to know if Dr. Haynes has protested against race discrimination to the Secretary of that Department. There is nothing on record to that effect. The Editor of The Bee met Dr. Haynes a few evenings ago and he endeavored to explain the recent publication by his Department for white watchmen. The explanation he gave didn't explain. Perhaps he will explain in a future document.
News comes from France of the death of Captain Napoleon Marshall of this city, the husband of Mrs. Harriet Marshall. No man was better known to the people of New York and other cities than Mr. Marshall. It is said that he died from pneumonia. He was a member of the famous New York Regiment. The Bee extends its sympathy to his widow, Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall.
Our esteemed pencil-pusher, Dick Thompson, has been so busy getting out war news for the colored newspapers he hasn't had time to camphor-ball his palm beach suit.
Discrimination in the Departments against colored clerks, and denial of appointments to them, continues unabated. Emmett J. Scott has strongly urged that such discriminations make for unrest, and has gone his limit to secure justice. Mr. Scott, however, with the tremendous task before him, cannot do everything. He is almost superman—he would be superman—if he could achieve all he would like to achieve.
We suggest to Postmaster Chance that he can find many colored men who are away above the average, who would make first-rate letter carriers. Engaging almost illiterate foreign-born citizens to carry the United States mail, and who are absolute failures, and then complaining of the inefficiency of help, and the inability of securing efficient help, while overlooking qualified colored men, has not the ring of consistency.
The colored physicians are to be commended for the strong resolutions they passed at their recent meeting of the National Negro Medical Association, protesting against the discrimination permitted against colored physicians. No stronger resolutions have as yet been adopted by any colored organization or group of men. That the colored physicians, like the colored editors, believe "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," is to be found in the resolutions they adopted.
Doubtless there will be some bachelors who have not yet reached the forty-five limit who will make heroic efforts to land in some so-called necessary occupation to escape the draft. With some of these that "necessary" occupation means a soft berth in the Government service. Parents who are sending their sons to the front with tear-dimmed eyes, a "good-bye" that tears the heartstrings, and a "hope you will return safe" that tells of a
horrible doubt, will denounce any scheme to exempt selfish bachelors with no dependents from the draft. Such of a right should be sent to the front, and sent first.
The defeat of Hon. Richard W. Austin for renomination is a slur on the Republican Party in Tennessee. He is a true American and the most loyal friend to colored Americans in Congress.
The Colored Business League that is to meet in Atlantic City will be a record-breaking one.
The coming war edition of The Bee will be one of the greatest features in the history of colored journalism.
Look out for the great Race Congress which is to convene in this city October 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
EMMA GRIFFIN DEAD.
SAMUEL BERLIN
Chicago, Ill.-Miss Emma Griffin,
of the Griffin Sisters, died in Chicago
last week.
Mr. Samuel Berlin, who now controls the Block Optical Company, wishes to bring this fact to the attention of his many friends and patrons. The expert services of Dr.
DOCTORS PROTEST.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 7.—The following committee from the Medical Association that met in Richmond, Va., last month were appointed to present a protest to the Government against race discrimination: G. E. Cannon, chairman; E. T. Belsaw, secretary; A. M. Curtis, C. V. Roman, A. M. Brown, A. W. Williams, W. C. Gordon, J. C. McFall and John A. Lester.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
Berlin are known to hundreds of people, and those who suffer with eyesight troubles should consult Dr. Berlin at once. We grind our own lenses.
Editor W. Calvin Chase of the Washington Bee charges that the Bureau of Labor has drawn the color line with Dr. George E. Haynes right there "on the job" to prevent this condition of affairs. Editor Chase seems to have overlooked the fact that the color line was drawn and recognized when Dr. Haynes entered upon the duties of his office, and it was expected that both Editor Chase and Dr. Haynes would stand ready to explain away this anomalous condition of affairs when it occurred. If Dr. Haynes has protested as the Editor of The Bee has done, we would like to see a copy of the letter sent by him to the head of that Department.—Richmond Planet,
FITTED WITH SPHERICAL LENSES.
This means glasses of very high quality and are guaranteed to sell regularly for $6 to $8. Remember, the lenses are scientifically fitted to your vision with accuracy and care.
UNCLE ELF'S THOUGHTS.
BEE STINGS.
I don't know what you may think of this war and the draft from 18 to 45. The bachelors who have been promenading You Street have gone and found occupation on the nearby farms. They have been convinced that a farmer has the best show of being exempt. Farmers are in demand nowadays, and don't you forget it. Young men who thought farm life too degrading have been convinced that it is the most dignified occupation in the books of employment agencies.
Mr. Thomas, who could always be heard on the firing line in the N. A. A. P. C., will have an opportunity to fire, indeed.
Walter J. Singleton said before the draft that he would like to command a regiment. Perhaps he will volunteer his Mu-So-Lit Club.
JUDGE PRAISES VALOR OF NEGRO SOLDIERS.
Why are white soldiers selected for police duty and not a colored one given a chance?
The valor of America's Negro soldiers was the subject of an address delivered Wednesday night in the Cory Methodist Episcopal Church by Judge Robert H. Terrell of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, the only Negro jurist holding position by federal appointment.
If colored men are fit for soldier duty, why are they not more qualified for police duty?
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Jackson is too tall and Whipp too short for military duty.
Judge Terrell, speaking under the auspices of the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee, declared that Negro soldiers now distinguishing themselves "somewhere in France" are akin, by nature and in loyalty, to Negroes who served in the Civil War, the War of 1812 and in the Spanish-American war.
Will Houston is prepared to join the forces, if he cannot evade the draft.
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If there is any metal in the brave advocates of war, now is the time to show it.
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J. Finley Wilson is not too short to carry water. Water carriers are greatly needed in the Army. Why couldn't he join the Ambulance Corps? He will register next Thursday.
NATIONAL PEACE CONGRESS.
Everything is now ready for the great anti-lynching session of the National Race Congress to be held in Washington; D. C., October 11, 2 and 3, 1918. Organizations, of all parts of the country have begun sending in their registration fees, and from present indications the meeting will be quite a success.
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Among the list of speakers scheduled to be present are: Dr. C. T. Walker of Georgia; Dr. Ernest Lyons, Liberian Consulate General; Miss N. H. Burroughs, Washington, D C.; Mr. John Mitchell, Editor Richmond Planet; Mr. John R. Hawkins, Financial Secretary A. M. E. Church; Hon. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War; Dr. M. A. N. Shaw, Boston, Mass.; Dr. J. C. Jackson, President New England Convention; Rev. M. W. D. Norman, Washington, D. C.; Judge William Harrison, Oklahoma; Dr. George E. Haynes, Director of Negro Economics; Dr. C. H. Stepteau, Baltimore, Md., and Senator Wesley L. Jones of the State of Washington.
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The price is important, but what you get for the price is more important. Get the best for your money by buying reliable products from a reliable store. Board's Drug Store, at 1912% Fourteenth Street N.W., is the place where everybody meets everybody else for quality, service and satisfaction, from ice cream soda to the highest grade drugs and chemicals. Prescriptions filled just as your doctor ordered here—Advt.
Mrs. R. F. Plummer has returned from Atlantic City.
Mr. W. Calvin Chase left the city for Baltimore, Md., and Chester, Pa. Tuesday.
Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., passed through the city last Saturday for his home. He will go North this week.
Attention is called to the advertisement of Frederick's Hat Store, 825 Seventh Street N. W. You will be sorry if you fail to get one of these at the present prices. It is the place to buy your hats.
Miss Ethelyn Plummer, a recent graduate of Howard University, left Tuesday morning to accept a position as teacher in the Booker Washington High School, Norfolk, Va.
Dr. Robert F. Plummer, the well-town pharmacist, spent Labor Day in Atlantic City with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Johnson, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lucas, 2242 Twelfth Street N. W., and Mr. and Mrs. Corsby Washington motored to Baltimore, Md., last Tuesday and spent the day sightseeing and visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans and little son William, of Roanoke, Va., are visiting their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Read, of 1716 Thirteenth Street N. W.
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Mrs. Altia Oram has returned after a very pleasant stay in Frederick City and New Market, Md.
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Miss Blanche C. Beane, clerk in the N. B. A., will spend her vacation in Laytonsville, Md., with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. John Beane.
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Miss E. Rai Roberts, of 908 T Street N. W., spent a few days in Philadelphia, Pa.
LOCAL NOTES.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Tyler went to New York Tuesday to see their last son, Waldo Tyler, off for France. Young Tyler's regiment, the 819th Pioneer, left Camp Sherman, Ohio, last week.
Mrs. Daisy Miller of 507 U Street, who has been confined to her bed for several weeks under the professional care of Dr. Graham, will be able to be up and about next week, and will leave for New York on a visit, accompanied by her foster daughter, Miss Hellen Brown.
Col. Stewart M. Lewis of the Bee is able to be up and out again, greatly to the gratification of his friends.
Mrs. L. F. Allen of Jacksonville, Fla., who has been the guest of Mrs. Julia Allen Leftwich, 1412 11th Street Northwest, left for her home Monday evening. Her daughter, Miss Myrtle, will remain and attend school.
Dr. John W. Morse left the city or his old, homestead in Virginia, to be gone several days.
Miss Madelyn Gordon has returned to the city after spending a very pleasant vacation. She first visited mother in Virginia, then spent the balance of her time in New
York, Atlantic City and Philadelphia. She has now resumed her duties at the Murray Brothers Printing Office.
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Mr. Thomas, well known musician and musical writer, recently drafted into the army and stationed at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., it is understood, is to be transferred to a band now forming in the army. This is fortunate for the band, as Mr. Thomas has made quite a name in the musical world. It is understood that he may be transferred to his home city for studies in radio work, and it is also probable that he may follow his brother and gain admission into one of the officers' training schools. While modest and retiring, he has many friends and admirers here who wish for him all the good things possible.
Mr. James Burney, now in charge of a classifying section of recruits for the mess department of the navy at the Brooklyn, N. Y., Navy Yard, recently visited this city after attending the Spanish War Veterans gathering at Baltimore. He expects to spend a few days this week among friends here before going back to his station.
Old age is honorable. All above 45 please take notice. This move on the part of the War Department goes Dr. Osler five years better. Those of us subject to call will watch with interest the old sayings about "girls being old men's darlings, etc."
Mrs. Mattie Boston of the Surface Division, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has just returned from Baltimore. Md., the guest of her brother.
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Mrs. Floyd Hackett and her little daughter, Elenor, have returned from Harrisonburg after a few weeks' stay. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Georgia O'Neill.
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Mrs. E. S. Heywood and Mrs. Rebecca Tate have returned from Hillsboro, N. C.
Mrs. Addie Grigsby have returned from a week-end trip to Atlantic City.
HIGHLAND BEACH NOTES.
Highland Beach has just closed another very successful season. All of the cottages were open and a number of visitors and guests were entertained during the summer. The bathing was delightful and it boasts one of the best beaches along the coast. Mrs. Terrell and daughters, Misses Phyllis and Mary, with week-end visits from Judge Terrell, have spent the summer very pleasantly.
Mrs. Bettie Francis and daughter, Miss Holland, have spent week-ends. Her cottage was occupied by Mrs. John R. Francis, Jr., and children, and her guests were Mrs. Amelia Wormley, Dr. Sumner Wormley and Dr. and Mrs. Mintion. The village postoffice was open bright and early and attending strictly to business was Mrs. Audrey Lewis and daughters. Their guests were Mrs. Lattimore and Mrs. Baltimore and children.
Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis entertained a number of visitors—Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Scott and family, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. J. A. Cobb, Dr. Brown, Mrs. Arthur Curtis and Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Curtis. Miss Gertrude had as her house guests the Misses Evelyn and Clarrissa Scott. Mr. and Mrs. James Wormley and daughters had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs. Milton Francis had a number of visitors—Mr. and Mrs. EJ Henderson, Miss Lillian Evans, Prof. Tibbs, Mr. Carl Bruce and Mrs. Parker—house guests for the summer. Mrs. Eula Gray had as her guests Mrs. Board, Dr. and Mrs. J. Washington and the Misses Edna and Ida Gray.
Mr. Joseph Douglass' cottage was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Taylor and daughters, of Brookland, D.C. Mrs. Charles R. Douglass' and her house guest, Mrs. Margaret P. Bieath, spent the summer very quietly. Their guests were Miss Florence Haley, of Bath, N. Y., Mrs. Douglass' niece; Dr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman, Mrs. Marie Wilson and Mr. Charles Wilson. Major Douglass spent his vacation in Bath, N. Y. Mr. Haley Douglass attended the tennis tournaments in New York and Baltimore.
Mrs. Jessie Ellis had as her guests Miss Elfreda Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. Cardince and family and Dr. and Mrs. Burwell.
Mrs. Colbiert is spending her vacation visiting relatives in New York. and her cottage is occupied by Mrs. Ross and family and Miss Ray Bell.
Rev. and Mrs. James H. Marshall announce their At-Home to their friends, 2035 13th Street, N. W., Wednesday, September 18th, 1918, from 8 to 10:30 P. M.
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It is rumored that Mr. Robert Nelson is recuperating in Richmond, Virginia.
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Mr. Gustavus Morris tells us that he can enjoy himself right in the Capital City.
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Two of the female employees will change their names in the autumn.
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Mrs. Leona B. Lewis will rusticate in Atlantic City.
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Mr. Earl H. Ross of the Delivery Section has returned to work looking the picture of health.
Mr. George F. Hatton and Robert Fantroy have just returned from Baltimore. They say the people are still talking about the Elks.
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Mr. A. F. Boston is seen frequently on the streets. His friends believe he is enjoying a few days' leave.
"Cheating Cheaters!" a comedy drama, is the attraction at the Howard Theater this week, and is played by the Quality Amusement Players in a very creditable manner. As the name signifies, it is a case of cheating one set of cheats by another set of cheats, and the detective agency cheating the cheaters by becoming one of them and cheating them out of the ill-gotten gains. Some of the lines are witty, and the company seems able to get the right gastures and inflections to make the certain scenes laughable. Miss Abbie Mitchell plays the role of Nan Carey, alias Ruth Brocton, the thief and detective, in a very clever and finished manner. Miss Bowman as Neil Brocton is especially good. Perhaps as a character actor she has very few superiors. Posing as a lady of character, and later dropping back into the lingo of the crooks, she provokes much laughter. Townsend, as "Tom Palmer," is very good. He carries his lines well and acts his part in a very acceptable manner. It is probable that he makes love a little more ardently in real life. Kirkpatrick as Steve Wilson, head crook, acts his part well. He also gives the proper shade to the character of the gentleman, and later reverting to the ways of the crook. Will Cook, as the funny man, draws many laughs. His make-up is enough to stamp him as a comedian, but he also puts his lines over in a comical manner. Mosley looked more like a duke than a crock, and his bows and scrapings, while a little extravagant, produced a large share of the laughter. Miss Sutton is quite herself in this play, and that means that as a character actress she shines. Miss Gargas also conducts herself well, and is showing marked improvement. Mores looked too noble to be a crook, but he does all the lines call for. The others ably assisted in producing a play, while not heavy or high brow, yet furnishes a pleasant relaxation from the worries of the draft and other war matters.
FALLS CHURCH GLEANINGS.
Mr. Reuben Lee, who recently underwent an operation, is improving slowly.
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Mrs. Benjamin Washington and daughter Evelyn, who have been boarding with Mrs. Georgie Taylor, have returned to Washington much improved in health.
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Mrs. Eva Fletcher, sister of Mrs. Washington, will remain with Mrs. Taylor a week longer.
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Mrs. Julius Johnson was hostess to some of her many friends from Baltimore last week.
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Mrs. George Powell and Miss Ethel motored to Baltimore to witness the Elks parade.
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Miss Grace Collins, daughter of Dr. Collins of Southwest, is visiting relatives here.
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Miss Louise Oger has returned to Washington after having spent several weeks with friends here.
Mrs. Annie Thomas has moved to Falls Church, where she will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Louisa Henderson.
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Beginning Monday the Emancipation Celebration will be held at Purcellville. Many of the citizens from here will attend.
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Miss Annie Henderson spent Labor Day week end in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with Mrs. Ross.
Misses Pearl Taylor and Katie Simmons are leaving this week for West Virginia, where they will visit friends...
The Handicraft Culture Club met with Mrs. Carrie Robinson Thursday of last week.
HIAWATHA THEATER.
The new dress that has been put on the Hiawatha Theater, under the management of Mr. Raymond H. Murray, gives this popular and up-to-date theater a fine appearance. The entire inside is beautifully decorated with painted flowers, and reminds one that he is sitting in a garden of flowers. The pictures that are thrown upon the screen and the music by the artistic pianist, recall former days when this theater was first opened. There is one thing about this theater, the class of people that attend are from the best element in this city. Mr. Murray does everything to please his patrons.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mrs. Bettie M. Smith, 1912 Fifteenth Street N. W., announces the marriage of her daughter, Willie Smith Cyrus, to Corporal Otis J. Wilkerson, August 25. 1918, at Alexandria, Va. Rev. George Dixon officiated.
Miss Annie E. Henderson, of Falls Church, returned home Wednesday, after spending her vacation in Martinsburg, W. Va., where she was the guest of Mrs. Nannie Ross and her daughter, Miss Edna.. Miss Henderson was the recipient of much social attention while there.
SOCIAL NOTES.
Miss R. E. Tolliver is spending her vacation at Atlantic City.
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Miss Martha C. Ailer, after returning from Atlantic City, last Tuesday week went to her grandmother, at Orange, Va., where she will remain until she is able to return to the city, which will probably be next week.
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Mrs. Daisy Miller, who has been ill at her home, 507 T Street N. W., will no doubt be able to leave her room and bed in a few days.
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If you want to know who is in the city and who is going out of the city read The Bee.
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Fred Moten, of Manassas, Va., was in the city a few days.
Mr. Budd of the O Street Market, who has been ill for some time, is up and out again, looking well. While he was ill his wife and daughter conducted his business with entire satisfaction. Mrs. Budd and her daughter are two business-like females who deserve credit.
MISSIONARY ADDRESS.
Next Sunday, the 15th instant, Mr. B. D. Wood will deliver the missionary address at the Mission, 1531 7th Street N. W., at 3:30 p. m.
PROF. THOMAS W. TURNER.
Prof. Thomas W. Turner of Howard University has just returned from Presque Isle, in the northeastern part of Maine, where he was sent by the Department of Agriculture for six weeks to make a scientific investigation of potato pollen looking toward the improvement of the varieties of the white potato. The Northern Maine Experiment Station is located in the great Aroostook potato region of Maine and offered unlimited material for the Professor's work.
Professor Turner has been carrying on researches along this line at the Government Experiment Station at Arlington, Va., during the past year.
During his time at Howard University Professor Turner has proved to be one of the most able and proficient members of the faculty, notwithstanding that he is one of the youngest professors. He has accomplished a great deal toward helping to build up the scientific courses in the school, and the university is fortunate in having such a strong, capable and progressive instructor connected with it.
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Another species of the fallacy from Improper Premises (Genus III) is the fallacy of Undue Assumption. Though seldom called by this name, this is the best general name for it, because it is more comprehensive than "false cause" and "non causa pro causa," names by which it is more commonly designated. Among the varieties of Undue Assumption are (1) Assigning a false cause, (2) Substitution of a false premise, (3) Partial reference, (4) Combination with mistake of the question, (5) False inference as to probability, and perhaps others.
To give all possible illustrations of undue assumption would carry us too far into the domain of the physical sciences and practical affairs. Such errors the scientific investigator or the business man has special need to avoid. A large part of the business of life has to do with guesswork—guessing the causes of known results, guessing future probabilities from known facts.
First. Assigning a supposed instead of the true cause. This variety of fallacy is of very wide range, and I give below and explain some of the phrases used to designate the different kinds. But these kinds are not always separate and distinct. They often shade into one another.
Non causa pro causa (false cause). Many patients taking Dr. Sangrado's pills are cured. Simple Simon took said pills and was cured. Therefore, Simple Simon was cured by said pills. Here is a conclusion that may or may not be true. Many persons are cured who do not take drugs. Many change their diet or habits while taking drugs. It is seldom possible to know the "first cause" or "efficient cause" of any result. At the very best we can only guess what was the efficient cause. To be cock-sure about it is a fallacy.
A non tali causa pro tali (from no such cause for such). Brandy and wine should be avoided because they are poisons. The truth is, they are poisons only when taken in certain amounts and under certain conditions. The true reason for avoiding them is the danger of acquiring the habit of using them to such an extent that they will be poisons.
A non vera pro vera (from the not true cause for the true). This the assigning of a reason or cause that cannot be proved to be the efficient cause of the result, as in the case of Dr. Sangrado's pills given above.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore on account of this). This phrase, as also non causa pro causa, is frequently employed to designate all fallacies of undue assumption, but it has a more specific use. It is used ironically to signify that the nearness of two events does not of necessity imply cause and effect. It refers often to the vulgar belief in signs and omens. Shakespeare ridiculed this fallacy this:
"When beggars die there are no comets seen:
"The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."
Imperfect enumeration. I am indebted to Dr. James McCosh for this phrase. I never saw any other mention of it except in his book. It is a warning against reckless generalizations. "One swallow does not make springtime." Following are violations of this excellent rule of common: All Cretains are liars. All colored people are improvident. A miracle is impossible. When we follow each of these extravagant assertions by "because," we shall find that the proof is not sufficient.
Second. Fallacy of suppressed premise. This frequently prevents the undue assumption from being perceived. Horne Tooke, in his curious book, "Diversions of Purley" undertook to prove that all particles (adverbs, prepositions, etc.) were originally nouns or verbs; that they are so still, and that the ordinary divisions of parts of speech are absurd. He kept out of sight (suppressed) another premise necessarily implied, but absolutely false, viz. that the meaning of a word, now and forever, must be what it or its root originally was.
Third. Fallacy of partial reference is the quoting or referring to a part instead of the whole passage of an author, in the hope that the reader will not take the trouble to examine the passage for himself, or that the hearer will have no opportunity to
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Fourth. Fallacy of undue assumption is sometimes blended with mistake of the question (ignoratio elenchi), as when the parabellism of two cases is assumed from being in some, respects alike, although they differ in the very point essential to the argument. This is a fallacy of analogy. The usual and proper argu-
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COMPANY, Makers New York, N.Y.
TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW LONG.
There are so many so-called hairgrowers on the market, a large number of which are nothing more than perfumed grease, it is no wonder people get discouraged and lose faith in all hair tonics. In deciding what to use on your scalp be sure and get a remedy of proven merit. Seeby's Quinade is a highly medicated pomade that has stood the test of time. It is a real scalp food; it stimulates and nourishes the roots of the hair, causing a natural growth of long hair.
Quinade is the invention of an expert chemist and is made under the supervision of an experienced registered pharmacist. It makes the hair soft and smooth and easy to put up in the style desired.
To get best results from the use of Quinade, it is necessary to shampoo the scalp about every two weeks with Seeby's Quinasoap. Quinasoap is made entirely out of pure vegetable oils, principally cocoanut oil, and is a thorough cleanser. Quinasoap lathers very freely. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and imparts a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequaled by any other shampoo.
Do not accept any substitute, but insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Seeby's Quinasoap, asking for them by the full name. Price is 25 cents each. If your druggist or dealer does not stock these two articles, ask him to obtain them for you from his wholesaler or send us the price and we will mail them to you. Write to Seeby Drug Co., 79 East 130th St., New York City
Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all of the People's Drug Stores. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES. Store No. 1, 7th and K Sts. N. W. Store No. 2, 7th and E Sts. N. W. Store No. 3, 14th and U Sts. N. W. Store No. 4, 7th and M Sts. N. W. Store No. 5, 8th and H Sts. N. E.
HARRY A. BROWN
One of the Oldest Inhabitants.
Stands 38 and 39
O Street Market, Seventh & O Sts.
Finest fresh and salt meats, Loeffler's sausages, lamb, veal, pork, and everything in the line of meats, will be found at this stand.
Lunch rooms, societies, eating and other establishments should call before purchasing elsewhere.
Mention The Bee.
MADAME R. E. WEAVER
Hair Grower and Scalp Preparations
for Sale at All Colored Druggists or
at the home of Madame Weaver, 1994
L. Street N. W.
Phone—Franklin 7310.
Hairdressing and Beauty Culture
Parlors
Shampooing, Cultivating and Straight-
ening the Hair
Scalp and Facial Massage
Thin and Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp Successfully Treated by my own method. Originator of Mrs. R. E. Weaver's Hair Grower, the Great Hair and Scalp Preparation. For sale by Colored Druggists. Price, 50 cents. Parlors open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Strictly first-class work.
1904 L STREET N. W.
JUSTH'S OLD STAND
Workingmen, honest criticism can not be objected to and some won't butt in, and say, let each go it alone, and high, low, jack and the game wins, and when it's a pair of pants to buy, give us a try—here's why, the price is pie, $2 to $4 buys best value, do you know?
JUSTH'S OLD STAND. 619 D Street.
CAN YOU "COMB IT"?
New guaranteed liquid that will straighten curly, stubborn hair. Simple and harmless. Apply with the bare hand and obtain magic results. Sent M. O. postpaid 75c.
3½ Forrest Street, Taunton, Mass.
Washington, D. C.
Open Day and Night
Livery and Chapel
JOHN T. STEWART
Undertaker and Embalmer.
30 H Street Northeast.
Main 1124 Washington, D. C.
TRIANGLE PRINTING CO.
If you want first-class printing done, call at 1109 Eye Street N.W.
Triangle Printing Company.
SIGN NAME.
Persons who fail to sign their name to articles will receive no consideration whatever.
THE BEE.
Progressive Business Man and His Successful Enterprise.
Among the many up-to-date cafes in this city, there is none that has yet surpassed the new. Palace Cafe of Mr. Moses H. Dade, 1216 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W. There is no man in this city better known than Mr. Dade, and none more progressive than he is:
Near Christmas time you can see the entire Dade family, from mother, sisters and brothers, building monuments of evergreens and Christmas trees of every description. His other moments are occupied otherwise. Today he is conducting a cafe. He has assisting him his two brothers—J. Solomon and Rudolph Dade—two very energetic young men. Mr. Dade has one of the most inviting places in the city for ladies and gentlemen. His meals are up-to-date and they taste just like home cooking. You should give him a call and be convinced.
REGISTRATION BLANK.
In another column of this week's Bee will be seen a registration blank for the National Race Conference. Let every loyal colored American fill out this blank and mail it to President Jernagin. Don't delay.
DR. W. L. SMITH'S
Indigestion Cure
This remedy will relieve and cure all forms of indigestion, catarrh of the stomach, heartburn, sour stomach, flatulency, pain in the stomach, water brash, acid fermentation, gaseous accumulations and mal-assimilations.
When taken into the stomach it thoracaghly digests the albuminous food and cures the indigestion by resting and assisting the stomach until normal or natural digestion is restored.
Every Bottle Guaranteed.
Price, 35c and 60c the Bottle.
Try a bottle of our Face Cream.
It beautifies the skin. Price, 50c.
Try a bottle of our Cough Remedy. It will stop that cough and cure that cold. Price,,50c.
Try a bottle of our Mustard Liniment for rheumatism. Price, 50c.
Try a bottle of our Hair Grower.
It will make your hair grow beautiful. Price, 50c.
Try a box of our Creole Face Powder. Price, 50c.
At All Drug Stores.
Agents Wanted-Liberal Commission
DR. W. L. SMITH, Druggist,
801 Florida Avenue N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
MR. HERMAN.
A Man Who Is Entitled to the Support of the Colored People.
Mr. Herman, the occulist, is situated at 813 Seventh Street N.W. No man in this city is better known among all classes, regardless of color, than Mr. Herman. There are thousands of colored people in this
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city who are suffering with their eyes and they want to know of a firm that doesn't discriminate on account of color. The Bee being the only real exponent of the people, recommends its people to patronize this firm, because Mr. Herman knows no man or woman by the color of his or her skin. Go and see for yourself. Have your eyes examined without extra charge. Have a pair of first class eyeglasses fitted to your eyes. Mention The Bee when you go and report to it how you were treated.
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$ .50 & $2
Why Pay More?
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elour Hats - $6.00 Values $4.5
In Black, Brown and Green.....
frederick's Hat Sto
New Colors in Brown, Soft Shades in Green, New Tones in Gray Velour Hats - $6.00 Values $4.50 In Black, Brown and Green.....
825 7th Street, Northwest
We Grow Our Own Flowers
F. H. Kramer, Inc.
FLORIST AND DECORATOR
St., N. W. Branch, Center M
Branch Store 722
e-Main 2372 Market Phone
Phone-Lincoln 193 9th St. Store
Profer of the Famous "QUEEN BEATRICE"
916 F St., N. W. Branch, Center Market Branch Store 722 Ninth St..
ANNOUNCEMENT
Robert H. Terrell, Municipal Court, District of Co and his Conservatory are doing a splendid work of the race."
FALL TERM—SEPTEMBER 16th
Judge Robert H. Terrell, Municipal Court, District of Columbia, says: 'Mr. Adams and his Conservatory are doing a splendid work and deserve the support of the race.'
COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Standard Equal to Any of Its Kind. Strong Facility Wellington A. Adams, President Lumper, Juvenile Dept. Mrs. Norah M. Diuguid G. Braxton, Organist Metropolitan A. M. E. Chuars: Lena H. Ware, Organist Nineteenth Street Cho
At a Standard Equal to Any of Its Kind. Strong Faculty
Wellington A. Adams, President
rs. Marie Jumper, Juvenile Dept. Mrs. Norah M. Diuguid; Social Sec'y
W. G. Braxton, Organist Metropolitan A. M. E. Church
Mrs. Lena H. Ware, Organist Nineteenth Street Choir
Edward Baker of Kansas City, Violin
DEPARTMENT OF ELOCUTION
Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, Director. Internationally famous in United States, West Indies, Central and South America as a reader with no superiors.
Mrs. Anna Lee Slade, Assistant Director. Favorably known as playwright. DEPARTMENTS:
Juvenile, Elementary, Intermediate, Graduate, Artist, Teachers' Course and Elocution.
COURSES:
Piano, Vocal Culture, Violin, Organ, Harmony, Composition, String Instruments, Public School Music, etc.
Choral Club. Music, Literary and Social Activities. Recitals.
Address 1911 Ninth St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Phone
COST TO THE CONSUMER OF A POUND LOAF OF BREAD
What was added to the cost between the figure at the mill door and the bread on the consumer's table
What the miller added to the cost (dotted portion indicates cost of container)
What the former got for his wheat
6 CENTS
68%
26
66%
28
59%
11%
30
61%
8%
31
48%
14%
38%
52%
7%
41%
5
49%
6%
45%
1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1917 1918
Percentage figures show the relative proportion of the total cost to the consumer added of each stage
FIRST HALF
LAST HALF
FIRST HALF
(Explanation of Chart.)
Since 1913 farmers have been receiving for their wheat a gradually increasing proportion of the price paid by the consumer for bread. The amount received by the wheat grower for his contribution to the average pound has increased from less than $1\frac{1}{2}$ cents per loaf in 1913 to more than $3\frac{1}{2}$ cents early this year. The proportion to the whole price is shown by the relative length of the black columns of the chart.
The middle portion of each column shows what the miller received for his milling costs and profit. This has been a somewhat variable factor, but is now at the minimum (6 per cent). In this 6 per cent, however, is included the cost of the containers (bags, sacks, etc.) shown as dotted area, which has increased very nearly in proportion to the price of bread itself. Bags now cost about 50 per cent more than in 1913 and 1914.
The shaded portion of the column represents the expense of distributing the flour, making it into bread and getting the loaf to the consumer.
The chart shows that the farmer is now receiving a much larger share of the final price for his product than in the past, and that a considerable amount of "spread" has been taken out of other ex-
William and Mary Dining Room
William and Mary Dining Room Period Furniture is especially pleasing in the Dining Room, and the dignity and charm of this beautiful suite will especially commend it for consideration to the Brides of Next Month. We extend them a cordial invitation to come in.
It is strictly a quality suite, and the workmanship throughout is particularly fine. The wood is Quartered Oak; the finish, rich Purned Brown or dark Jacobean. Each piece is carefully hand-rubbed and polished.
There are Ten pieces—Table, China Closet, Buffet, Serving Table, Arm Chair, and 5 Side Chairs. The Chairs are upholstered in genuine leather. Mirror in back of China Cabinet. This Suite is quite an unusual value.
Credit will buy every terms of a charge accrued greatest help. It is qualities in Furniture weekly or monthly price customer.
We have tremendous find endless variety of very low prices; also qualities in patterns.
The above illustration show you at company and certainly most even can guarantee it will
The price of every penny is added for really want—and to be arranged for young
Peter G
817-819
Credit Will buy everlasting home terms of a charge account in such greatest help. It is to our inter-qualities in Furniture, and with the weekly or monthly payments suit customer.
We have tremendous stocks of find endless variety of attractive very low prices; also the better great qualities in patterns of the different.
The above illustration gives an show you at comparatively modest and certainly most economical be can guarantee it will give you.
The price of every article is made a penny is added for the credit he really want—and to have it at or arranged for young married couple
Peter Groga
817-819-821-823
Credit Will Do It!
Credit Will Do It!
Credit will buy everlasting home comfort for you. We arrange the terms of a charge account in such a way that your credit becomes your greatest help. It is to our interest to enable you to afford the better qualities in Furniture, and with this object in view we make the small weekly or monthly payments suit the circumstances of each individual customer.
We have tremendous stocks of homefurnishings in which you will find endless variety of attractive patterns. There are plenty of lines at very low prices; also the better grades that range up to the expensive qualities in patterns of the different periods.
The above illustration gives an idea of the class of Furniture we can show you at comparatively moderate prices. It's handsome, reliable and certainly most economical because of the long years of service we can guarantee it will give you.
The price of every article is marked in figures you can read and not a penny is added for the credit help that enables you to have what you really want—and to have it at once. Specially easy terms are always arranged for young married couples.
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS Hot Bread Morning and Evening Home-Made Desserts
JOSEPH GRAVES' CAFE
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks of
All Kinds
Oysters in Every Style
Cigars and Tobacco. Rooms for Rent
Open All Night
JOSEPH GRAVES' CAFE
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks of
All Kinds
Oysters in Every Style
Cigars and Tobacco. Rooms for Rent
Open All Night
Opposite Government Printing Office
Franklin 4878
16 G Street Northwest
A RELIABLE PHARMACIST
is the one you can always depend upon to use no substitutes, but compound prescriptions from pure and fresh drugs, with accuracy and care. The real test of drug store's capabilities is its prescription department, and ours is perfect. We fill your physician's prescription to the letter and no mistake is possible.
PLUMMER'S PHARMACY
Robt. F. Plummer, Prop.
Accuray, Service, Quality
A. D. S. Remedies
We Pay Particular Attention to Our Prescription Department
Telephone Your Wants—Phoner
Franklin 2709
Franklin 2600
301 H St., Cerner Third St. N. W.
Washington, D. C.
—Advt.
AMER'S PHARMACY
T. F. Plummer, Prop.
Surray, Service, Quality
D. D. S. Remedies
DF. T. TH.
Osteopat
Franklin 2700
Franklin 2600
301 H St., Corner Third St. N. W.
Washington, D. C.
—Advt.
The Bee is a representative organ
of the people.
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everlasting home comfort for the account in such a way that you are to our interest to enable you to pay, and with this object in view payments suit the circumstance.
vious stocks of homefurnishing of attractive patterns. There are the better grades that range of the different periods.
ation gives an idea of the class, relatively moderate prices. It economical because of the long give you.
My article is marked in figures the credit help that enables you have it at once. Specially easy married couples.
Horgan & S.
-821-823 Seventh S.
Order
Tai
I want you woolens n ores lucky purchase than half what still offering woolens at $2 Patterns as we select from well clersed.
$7 and $8 Trou
HORN,
DF. T. THEO. PARKER'S
Osteopathic Treatment
—is a specific for Neuritis, Lumbago, Rleumatism, Partial Paralysis and Poor Circulation.
1810 Ninth Street Northwest.
Phone North 533-J.
FOR RENT.
One nicely kept room, suited for two gentlemen; well heated. Apply
1541 Street N. W.
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There are Ten pieces—Table, China Closet, Buffet, Serving Table, Arm Chair, and 5 Side Chairs. The Chairs are upholstered in genuine leather. Mirror in back of China Cabinet. This Suite is quite an unusual value.
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comfort for you. We arrange the way that your credit becomes your to enable you to afford the better object in view we make the small circumstances of each individual
mefurnishings in which you will turn. There are plenty of lines at that range up to the expensive periods.
of the class of Furniture we can do prices. It’s handsome, reliable of the long years of service we
in figures you can read and not that enables you to have what you Specially easy terms are always
& Sons Co.
seventh St. N. W.
Order 'Em Now===
Tailor-Made Suits
$25.00
I want you to remember that I bought these woolens more than a year ago, and I made a lucky purchase at that. They cost me less than half what they'd cost to-day, and I am still offering you a taffor-made suit from these woolens at $25.00. Hurt creds of dandy Fall Patterns as well as medium weight weaves to select from. Look 'emover—you'll be mighty well clersed.
and $8 Trouser to Order $6
I want you to remember that I bought these woolens more than a year ago, and I made a lucky purchase at that. They cost me less than half what they'd cost to-day, and I'm still offering you a taylor-made suit from these woolens at $25.00. Hundreds of dandy Fall Patterns as well as medium weight weaves to select from. Look 'emover—you'll be mighty well clersed.
Phone, Franklin 4632.
FOR RENT.
Better use that judgment, men Better not wait till Fail sets, in Suits are going to cost a whole lot more. I'm offering you now a strictly tailored-to your measure suit at
THE TAILOR 611 7th St.N.W. Remember the address
SPECIAL NOTICE
Big value, agents; repeater; costs 8 cents; sells for $1. Circular free. Dr. Thornber, Ferris, Ill.
MRS. S: J. TAYLOR.
Furnished rooms by the day, week or month. Transient accommodations a specialty. 128 F Street N.W., Washington, D.C. One block from Union Station.