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The Washington Bee Secretary VOL. XLI NO. 50 Sec Secretary Makes The following letter from Secretary Mellon, relative to the treasury petition, is self-explanatory. He says: "I know of no petition addressed to Mrs. Virginia White Speel in opposition to the appointment of a colored man as Register of the Treasury." The Bee, in its last issue, stated that the leading officials of the Treasury Department and the administration in general seem to know nothing of the existence of the petition, except such information as has been furnished them through their friends. The Bee feels that these officials neither favor nor sanction any such high-handed procedure. Secretary Mellon's letter follows: The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. I received your letters of April 9 and 20, 1921, with regard to the office of Register of the Treasury, and have noted the copy of The Washington Bee of that date, to which you called attention. I know of no petition addressed to Mrs. Virginia White Speel, in opposition to the appointment of a colored man as Register, of the Treasury. The Washington Bee. W. Calvin Chase, Editor. Washington, D. C. April 20, 1921. Hon. Andrew D. Melon, Secretary of Treasury, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Mellon: The Washington Bee, a weekly newspaper, over forty-one years old, and which has a very large circulation, is in receipt of many communications from its patrons relative to a petition which is alleged to have originated in the office of the. Register of the Treasury, protesting against the appointment of a colored American to the position of Register of the Treasury. Under separate cover we are mailing you a copy of The Washington Bee, in which we have, answered in part the report of the petition contained in the Evening Star of April 3, 1921. Before completing this report in our next issue we seek to know of you if there is such a petition in existence, so that we may report the truth to our patrons. The colored people of this country welcome the new order of things, the incoming of the Grand Old Party. They have high hopes that all these petty wrongs which are intended to humiliate and segregate a class of American citizens who are ever loyal and who are striving to reach and live up to the highest ideals of American citizenship, may be righted by the Grand Old Party which they have always supported. The Bee is of the opinion that if such a petition is in existence, that it may be fathered by some hold-over heads of the departments of the former administration and its existence may be unknown to you. I am certain that it is only necessary to call your attention to a matter of such vital concern to the race for a speedy remedy to be applied. An immediate reply will be appreciated. Very respectfully yours, E. A. CHASE, W. CALVIN. CHASE, Editors of The Bee. Other Petitions. Other petitions were in their formation in several of the other offices. In one, a noble-minded man of the race handed the petition to his chief when it reached him. The chief strongly denounced the movement to the ones whose names appeared on it. The signers feel that they are no longer on easy street. PURSUES RACE IN FRANCE. Is There No Resting Place From the Pursuit of the Ugrateful? Mrs. F. A. Britten, wife of the Chicago congressman, will sail for France next Wednesday to present to Marshall Foch a protest against the retention of African troops in Germany. Congressman Britten said tonight that as a result of his interview yesterday with former Premier Viviani and M. Knecht, he would withhold, pending his wife's appeal to Marshal Foch, his resolution calling on President Harding to use his good offices with the President of France for the removal of these troops. "I presented to the distinguished French visitors a series of evidence that American Christianity was in no small measure disturbed over the retention of colored semi-civilized troops in control of white Christian people," Britten said. "After a very satisfactory discussion of the French military necessities and my personal knowledge that our Government intends to keep out of European politics and affairs, I have concluded to appeal directly to Marshal Foch. "Mrs. Britten will present to the marshal the data which I laid before M. Viviana." The colored soldier boys helped to save the world for democracy. What is our reward? Give us rest at least, if not gratitude or hope for any other reward, says the colored soldier. THOMAS L. JONES ENTER TAINED. (Special to The Bee.) Petersburg, Va., May 3.—Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, of Washington, D. C., who was nominated for Congress by the Republican party of the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia in 1898, was the guest of honor at a dinner tendered to him by the citizens of Petersburg at the home of Mrs. Julia Bannister Green last week. Many of the leading business and professional men of the city were present to hear the silver tongued orator of older days—the battle-scarred warrior of many political battles in the State for Republican victory and dominance. The lawyer was at his best and thrilled his hearers as he held them spell-bound with his splendid wit and eloquence on the issues of today. On Sunday morning Mr. Jones spoke at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on the revelation of Dr. James E. Carter and here again he showed himself to be a young man of gifted genius and the possessor of rare intellectual endowments as well as a keen knowledge of the deep mysteries of the Bible. At 3 p. m. Mr. Jones was the guest of the widow of Hon. A. W. Harris at her beautiful home. It is known that her husband drafted the bill for the establishment of the Petersburg, Virginia, Normal and Collegiate Institute, and secured its passage while a member of the Virginia legislature. Lawyer Jones called at the office of Lawyer Harris and his brother, Dr. Harris, later in the evening and was the recipient of much attention by the friends who had gathered to meet him. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. MAY 7, 1921 JUDGE. THROWS OUT CASE FOUNDED ON RACE PREJUDICE. Youngstown, O., May 3.—That a color line never shall be drawn in a tribunal presided over by Judge Brandmiller was fully demonstrated in the civil branch of the municipal court. Monday when the jurist flatly ruled against a plaintiff whose suit was founded on race prejudice. The suit was brought by Frank Schwartz, Pike street, against W. J. Thompson, 38 West Delason avenue. The plaintiff claimed that he had rented a flat in a Pike street terrace on condition that colored persons were to be excluded. When he had paid his last month's rent in advance a family of colored persons moved into the terrace. His suit was for the rent paid and for the expense of moving his household goods. "Was the head of the family respectable?" asked the judge. "I never knew him before," replied the plaintiff. "Then you object to his presence because he was black?" asked the judge. "Yes," came the answer. "Verdict for the defendant," exclaimed the judge, as he turned to the next case on the docket. TORNEY HURLS WEIGHT AT, WITNESS IN COURT The United States branch of the Police Court was thrown into excitement yesterday when Thomas L. Jones, colored lawyer, becoming incensed by epithets hurled at him from the witness stand, picked up a filing stamp from the clerk's desk and threw it with full force at the witness, Samuel Smith, colored. Seeing the missile miss by a small margin, Jones rushed forward, but was seized by Bailiff Garrett, while the other man was held by Marshal Sackey. The two men were committed to jail for twelve hours, without bond, by Judge Hardison on the charge of contempt of court. The affair started when Jones was cross-examining Smith, who had taken the stand to testify in behalf of his mother, Mrs. Mariah Page, who had brought a threat charge against Nettie Foster, colored, whom Jones represented. Smith, during his testimony, grew incensed against Jones and finally called Jones a "scoundrel." It was then that Jones lost control of his temper and threw the filing stamp, which was a metal numbering machine, weighing several pounds. Jones immediately after the occurrence apologized to Judge Hardison, who refused to accept it, saying the affair was absolutely outrageous. The case in which Jones was the counsel for the defense was continued. At the conclusion of the scene Mrs. Hattie F. Thomas, who was present in the courtroom awaiting a case in which she was interested to come up, was seen to sway forward in her seat while fanning herself violently, and then pitch forward upon the floor. Bailiff Garrett rushed to her aid, and with the assistance of several others carried her out of the courtroom into the marshal's office. After a few first aid remedies were administered she was brought to consciousness, and stated that she felt no ill effects. "It was just the excitement of it all that caused me to swoon," she said. A large number of lawyers were present in court, awaiting the trial of cases in which they were interested and upon hearing the decision of the court, committing Lawyer Thos. L. Jones to jail without fine Lawyers Armond W. Scott, Royal A. Hughes, Perri W. Frisby, James H. O'Shea, ex-Judge James L. Pugh, ex-Judge Alex R. Mullowney, W. W. Stewart, Lawyer Beckett, interposed in behalf of Mr. Jones, proffering their services in his defense. A motion was made by Lawyers Hughes, Scott and Frisby to dismiss the charge on the ground that Lawyer Jones having apologized to the court, he had purged himself of all contempt and the ends of justice had been met and the law fully satisfied, which motion was overruled by the court to which an exception was noted, and a notice was given for an intention of applying to the Court of Appeals for a writ of error from the Police Court and requested the defendant Lawyer Jones be released on bond pending the appeal. Mr. Jones was released on his own personal recognizance and the case continued until Tuesday, May 3. When the case was called at 3 o'clock on that day the courtroom was crowded to hear the result and to witness the final action in the case. Lawyer Hughes opened the case to the court, by referring to Mr. Jones long and honorable record as a member of the Bar and urged the court to modify its sentence in the case. He was followed by Armond W. Scott, who recounted to the court the wonderful patience and forbearance which Jones had exhibited in not resenting before he did the insult of the witness Smith, at whom he had thrown the instrument and to whom he had given no provocation. Hon. Ralph Given, assistant United States district attorney for the Police court, who has been in charge of the office for more than 30 years, was also heard by the court in the matter. He spoke of the many years which he had known Mr. Jones and of his honorable conduct, dignified bearing and deportment. He said among other things, that he knew of no member of the Bar who stood higher in his estimation than he. And that while not condoning the offense committed he realized there was great provocation and that under all the circumstances of the case that a fine be imposed instead of the imposition of a jail sentence as had been decided by the court. Judge Hardison, at the conclusion of the hearing, paid Mr. Jones a glowing compliment, referring to his record, the confidence the court imposed in him and his high standing at the Bar, and imposed a fine of $20.00, which Mr. Jones promptly paid amidst the plaudits of the assembled multitude who were there to do him service. EQUAL RIGHTS BILL KILLED (By Associated Negro Press.) Harrisburg, Pa., May 3—The fight for an "Equal Rights" law, which had the entire state in a turmoil for the past month, ended in gloom this week when the Asbury bill, which had been introduced by Representative J. C. Asbury, colored, and which was designed to secure equal privileges for all races in public places, was killed in committee. The bill had passed the House, but produced a bitter fight in the Senate. Its opponents did not relish going on record against it, and for that reason killed it in a secret session of the committee. The Pennsylvania legislature was the scene of a real battle for racial rights. Brominent colored people from all over the state have been in Harrisburg lobbying and using every kind of political persuasion to win support for the measure. They had the backing of many of the foremost politicians of the state, particularly the representatives of districts with a large colored population. Colored people in the state are very bitter over the result, and it is being freely predicted that the fight will be taken directly to the people at the next election. SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Durham, N. C., May 3.—Thursday, May 26, has been designated as the beginning of the eleventh annual commencement week at the National Training School in this city. Reviews and examinations are in progress daily with the faculty and students. Speaks Dr. James E. Shepard, the president, who returns this week from Detroit, Mich., where he has been filling important business and speaking engagements will, on his arrival at the school, announce the names of commencement speakers and the details of the program for the entire exercises. The year has been one of much hard work for Dr. Shepard, in that he has had so many more matters of importance to the institution to claim his attention than in former years. The constant demand upon his time for outside addresses has also added to his program of activities. MORE BILLS AFFECTING RACE INTRODUCED Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, has introduced a resolution calling for an investigation into the affairs of Haiti and San Domingo. Senator Harrison and Congressman Johnson, both of Mississippi, have introduced bills calling for segregation in the street cars of the District of Columbia. A bill to create a commission on lynching has been introduced in the House of Representative Martin Ansorge, of Harlem, N. Y. It is practically a companion bill to the McCormick measure introduced in the Senate recently. COLORED MAN ON POLICE FORCE FORTY-SIX YEARS Washington, D. C., May 3.—Richard Anderson, policeman stationed at the Fourth precinct, detailed to the police court, was retired last week after forty-six years of service as custodian of prisoners on the District side of the court. During his tenure in office Anderson has never lost a prisoner from his van running between precincts, court and jail, although he has carried about 215,970 men and women since being detailed to the duty. Born in Caroline county, Virginia, Anderson came to this city in 1861 from a plantation where he had been in service with his mother and father. During the Civil War he was employed here with his father and in 1875 received his appointment as a police officer. NEGROES FROM ALL PARTS TO ASSEMBLE NEXT FALL New York, May 3.—Colored citizens from 25 nations have been invited to attend the second Pan-African Congress next fall, it was announced today by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People here. The congress will hold three successive conferences in Brussels, London and Paris to establish contact between leaders of the race from all parts of the world. HOWARD UNIVERSITY NOTES The Howard University Department of Physical Education will stage its second annual track and field meet, which has been sanctioned by the Colored Athletic Association, on Howard University campus, Washington, D. C., on Saturday, May 14, 1921. The program will include Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, interscholaristic events, and open events, also special 1Q0-yard dash. Entries by invitation only. Games will be held under the auspices of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association and under the rules of the Amateur Athletic Union. Handsome first, second and third prizes will be awarded for each individual event, and each member of a winning relay team will receive a prize. Major Milton T. Dean, head of the Department of Physical Education, is making the arrangements for the meet. A large number of entrants have already been listed from the following institutions: Hampton Institute, Lincoln University, Virginia Union University, Wilberforce University, West Virginia Collegiate Institute, Virginia Theological Seminary and College, Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, being entered for the intercollegiate championships; Storer College, Morgan College, Dunbar High School, Armstrong Manual Training School, and Baltimore High School, being entered for the interscholaristic events; and St. Christopher Club, and Alpha Athletic Club, both of New York City, Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia, Pa., Y. M. C. A. Clubs of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, also local departmental clubs, entered for open events. Reorganization. The Beneficial branch of the original Parent-Teachers' Association held its regular monthly, meeting last Monday evening at Dunbar Civic Center. Mrs. Angus Dean, the president, presiding. Mrs. Theresa Dixon performed the duties of secretary. The main business was the reorganization of the club under the new constitution. The officers elected were: Mrs. K. Johnson, president; A. Dean, first vice-president; Marie Smith, second vice-president; R. E. Bell, third vice-president; Theresa Dixon; recording secretary; Gladys Jones, corresponding financial secretary; Rev. J. M. Butler, chaplain; Isabel Rawles, sergeant-at-arms; Dr. W. A. Tolson, chairman of school committee; E. A. Chase, chairman of the executive committee; Eliza Dean, chairman of the sick committee; E. F. Parker, chairman of the banking committee. The following pioneer members were elected lifetime members of the executive board: E. A. Chase, founder and organizer of the association; Dr. A. A. Russell, president of the main body of the association; A. Dean, first vice-president of the association; R. E. Bell, second vice-president; Emma Tolson, treasurer. The club expressed much regret because of Mrs. Dean's inability to serve it longer as president. Her duties are such that she is employed at a time when the club holds its important committee meetings according to the new constitution. She has rendered faithful and loyal service to the club. The club was addressed by Mrs. Gabriel Pelham, secretary of Dunbar Civic Center. Arrangements were made for the annual celebration of the association. Twenty dollars was collected for dues. CHESTERBROOK, (VA.) NOTES. Mrs. Blanche. Bradley was the guest of her mother on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins and their son John, were the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Carter, on Sunday. Miss Martha Hall and Mrs. Lucy Johnson left Friday for Philadelphia to attend the funeral of Mr. Laws. Mr. Reynolds Montague, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Emily Dawson, has returned to his home in Brook Station, Va. Sunday was a great day in Zion. After baptizing, Rev. Miller preached a wonderful sermon to a full house. There were visitors from different churches. The collection was $30.72. HUSTLING AGENTS WANTED. North Carolina Life Insurance Co., Hunt & Selby, District Managers. Seventh and T Streets Northwest. So. Aid Building, Washington, D. C. The man who loafs may have plenty of company, but the quality is not very good. RACIAL BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS. To Prevent Lynchings—Congressman Dyer of Missouri. To Abolish Jim Crow Cars on the Railroads—Congressman Madden of Illinois. To Study the Colored American Problems In Its Many Phases—Congressman McCormick of Illinois. To Create a Colored Industrial Commission—Congressman Layton of Delaware. The Dyer bill stipulates that persons accused of lynching shall be tried in Federal instead of State Courts, and persons found guilty of complicity in lynchings shall suffer the death penalty. Congressman Dyer said his measure was in harmony with the declaration against lynching in the Republican platform, and he expected favorable action at this Congress. The Madden bill provides that no railroad engaged in interstate commerce shall discriminate as between white and colored passengers, and that colored passengers shall be entitled to use the same coaches and sleeping accommodations as are used by white passengers. Senator McCormick's bill would create a commission on lynching, to be composed of five members, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The members would serve without salary, except that one commissioner, designated by the President, should act as secretary and receive a salary of $5,000 a year. The commission would be authorized, under the McCormick bill, to hold hearings anywhere in the United States, summon persons and administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses and compel testimony. Its final report would be made not later than January 22, 1922, including its recommendations. It would conduct a general-inquiry into the subject of lynchings and mob violence in the United States, covering the lynchings that have taken place in the last twenty years. An appropriation of $100,000 is proposed to cover expenses. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Layton's bill goes further than the McCormick bill. It creates a colored industrial commission to study all aspects of the Negro problem and make recommendations to better conditions. His commission also would be composed of five members, three of whom would be colored. The members would all draw salaries not in excess of $5,000 each. The duties of this commission would be to study the economic conditions of the Negro, the labor problems in which the Negro is interested, to stimulate and encourage thrift among Negroes, to promote the general welfare of the Negro in industrial pursuits, to give aid and encourage the general uplift of the Negro and to stamp out bolslevism wherever it may exist. This bill is before the House Judiciary Committee. PEONAGE CHARGES SUBSTAN- TIATED BY GEORGIA GOVERNOR. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today issued a statement announcing that its charges of peonage and of the brutal mistreatment of Negroes by white men in the South had received entire confirmation from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia. Governor Dorsey on April 26, published a pamphlet entitled "The Negro in Georgia," in which he gives evidence of 135 instances of "Negroes lynched, Negroes subjected to individual acts of brutality," in the State of Georgia in the past two years. "In some counties," Georgia's Governor said, "the Negro is being driven out as though he were a wild beast; in others he is being held a slave; in others no Negroes remain. No effort has been made to collect the cases cited. If such an effort was made, I believe the number could be multiplied. In only two of the 135 cases cited is the 'usual crime' against white women involved." The N. A., A. C. P. Charges. On March 29, 1921, the N. A. A. C. P. issued a statement signed by its assistant secretary, Walter F. White, charging that the horrible conditions on the Williams "murder farm" in Jasper county, Georgia, where eleven or more colored American peons were murdered, could be duplicated in every Southern State. Peonage was rampant, said the statement, and "the Mississippi delta region, embracing the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Western Tennessee and Eastern Texas, is built on this system of slavery." Governor Dorsey's Substantiation. Governor Dorsey tells of a case in which a Georgia sheriff sent to protect colored people from the mobism of the Ku Klux Klan exonerated the Klan, and the stationery on which the sheriff wrote showed he was himself a member of this infamous body. He then tells the following atrocious stories: "County No. 21—Near a small town in this county a colored man was born fifty-eight or sixty years ago. By work he accumulated a little money with which, ten years later, he bought a farm of 140 acres, where he lived with his wife and twelve children. Three of his daughters were educated. They were school teachers. A three-room house was on the farm. The farm was well stocked, the colored man owning in 1919 outright five mules, and having made payments on the purchase of a horse, a cow and thirty-five hogs. "During the war with Germany this colored man's family bought approximately $1,000 worth of Liberty bonds and Thrift Stamps. The colored man headed an organization of colored people who raised between $10,000 and $11,000 for Liberty bonds. His work was highly praised by newspapers at the time. "A white man, who can neither read nor write, owns a farm adjoining the farm of the colored man. When the articles praising the man for his war work appeared, the white man remarked, '——'s getting too damned prosperous and biggity for a nigger." "Trouble began. The white man had his land processioned. The colored man had no representative present. The processioners ran the man's line twenty-five feet over the colored man's line across a terrace which had been there since the colored man was a child working for the family from whom he bought the land. The deed given to him covered the land to this terrace. The white man crossed the terrace, drove stakes along the new line and warned the colored man not to cross the line. The colored man disregarded the warning and continued to plough to the terrace, as he had been doing since boyhood. Sheriff "Would Rather Kill." "Blacks and whites from the country crowded in the town on Saturday afternoons. One Saturday, the Fall of 1919, the colored man with his three daughters and son, came to town. The town marshal approached the colored man in the street and said, 'I have a warrant for you.' The colored man answered, 'Mr. — what have I done? Read your warrant.' "The marshal replied with an oath that he would rather kill the colored man than read the warrant. Here the evidence varies. The colored man had a stick in his hand. Some say that the marshal, who is large and powerful, grabbed the stick and struck the colored man in the face with his pistol, knocking him down. Others state that the colored man, raising the stick, backed away, when the marshal rushed in and struck him to the ground with his pistol. Several other white men rushed upon him and began to choke and beat him. "Two of his daughters started to him. A man kicked one girl in the stomach. The other reached her father and began to wipe the blood from his face. The three were quickly overpowered. The third daughter and son were caught. All were locked in jail. The girl who was kicked was ill at the time. The blow made her deathly sick. She lay in jail moaning and begging that something be done for her and father, who was bleeding badly from his wounds. The sheriff locked them in and left them without medical attention and ignorant of the charge against them. "Next morning the colored man learned that his neighbor had sworn out a warrant against him for trespass. The sheriff refused to tell him what the charge was against his son and daughters. The colored man employed a lawyer. Then the colored man found that he and his daughters were charged with resisting an officer in the discharge of his duty, and his son with carrying a pistol. Only one witness claimed to have seen the pistol. This was the white neighbor, who said that he had seen the son put the pistol in the buggy, while the crowd was on his father. The buggy was searched. The pistol was not found. "Talk of lynching the colored man and his family caused their removal to another county. A committee of citizens waited upon the judge of the circuit, who informed them, it is charged, that he would put the colored man in the chain gang when the case should come up for trial. "The man, his daughters, and son were tried in the Superior Court. The father was sentenced to serve twelve months in the chain gang and pay a fine of $250. The girls were fined $50 each. The son was fined $100. 'The colored man paid the fines of his children. "The man's smaller children and his wife were in his home while he was in jail. A mob led by the town marshal went to the house, kicked the door and demanded admittance, then shot up the house and went away. This was at night. The next morning the woman and her children fled from her home, never to return. A friend went by night and removed the livestock belonging to the family and sold it for them at a great sacrifice. Their crop was a total loss. They will be lynched, it is said, if any of them ever returned to their home. Reputable merchants and bankers in this county unite in giving the colored man and his family a good character. The son has been offered a loan of $450. by a leading farmer to pay a note, the holder of which threatened suit during these troubles. A leading merchant gave the father a line of credit running from $800 to $1,500 a year. One of the best citizens of the county signed his bond. The education of his children and the success of his thrift seem to be the sole offense of the colored man." "Case No. 131—A colored man complained in a peonage case. At the trial in Atlanta he appeared as a witness. Fearing to return to the county he went elsewhere to live. The son of his former employer discovered where he was living, obtained a warrant for his arrest, and brought him back. He disappeared. A boy fishing found a skull in the stream. Search was made, a body was unearthed. In a pocket was found a card identifying the corpse as that of the missing colored man." "Case No. 135 (County No. 25).—The sheriff of this county, with two other men, were in an automobile on the road to the county site. They were drinking. The sheriff asked the colored man in the road to get him a drink of water. The colored man answered that he was not at his own home, but that he supposed there would be no objection to getting him a drink of water. "The sheriff left the car and struck the colored man twice with a pistol. The man brought the water. The sheriff made him get in the car, carried him 300 yards, and made him leave the car, where he beat him over the head with a pistol and a stick. The bleeding colored man was forced into the car again and made to lie down. He was carried ten miles, the sheriff kicking him in the body and head. One eye was virtually knocked out. Then the sheriff made him get out. He was beaten again on his naked body. "The sheriff stopped to cut another stick when one of his companions advised the colored man to run if he wished to live. This he did, hiding in the woods until later, when a passerby carried him into town. The sheriff was indicted for assault with intent to murder. He was acquitted. The colored man has the reputation of being a peaceable, law-abiding, hard working man. He was threatened with death if he testified against the sheriff." STRONG RESOLUTIONS CON-DEMNING GEORGIA "MUR-DER FARM" (By Associated Negro Press.) Atlanta, Ga., May 3—Resolutions strongly condemning the "murder farm" horror which led recently to the discovery of eleven bodies of Negroes in Jasper and Newton counties, and appealing to the people of Georgia to cry out against such a condition of affairs have been adopted by the Atlanta committee on church cooperation. The committee offered its services to Governor Dorsey and other law enforcement officials in aiding to secure convictions against those responsible for the crime. The resolution follows: "Whereas, in Georgia men have tortured Negroes, as men worthy of the name, would not torture a beast, and have murdered Negroes, and have received no punishment for the crime. "Whereas, the conditions which justly call for the condemnation of God and man upon our beloved state, have culminated in the cold-blooded murder of eleven or more men upon one plantation in Jasper and Newton counties. "Be it resolved, That as followers of Jesus Christ and as citizens of Georgia. "First, We condemn with horror the atrocities committed in Jasper and Newton counties. "Second. We urge the people of Georgia of every creed to cry out against the conditions which have produced this horror and beg them to unite in putting an end to these conditions by demanding that the virtual sale of men convicted of crime, to pay fines and the use of fines in payment of the fees of public officials be stopped, and that all laws be impartially enforced, and by condemning any laxity in the enforcement of law by any public official. "Third. We commend these citizens of Jasper county who have urged the speedy enforcement of the law, and the public officials in the counties named for their cooperation, and Governor Hugh M. Dorsey for moving so vigorously and promptly to bring to punishment the perpetrators of this last crime against Negroes in Georgia. "Fourth. We offer our services to Governor Dorsey and the officials in charge of the enforcement of law to aid in any and every possible way in securing the detection and conviction of those guilty of this crime against God and man. John J. Egan, M. M. Davis, Floyd Field, M. L. Thrower, C. B. Wilmer, Marvin Underwood, Richard Orme Flinn, Will W. Alexander, M. Ashby Jones, F. E. Rogers, James Morton, Charles O. Jones, Philip M. Colbert, Clarence A. Titus, R. F. Kirkpatrick, Philip Weltner, B. R. Lacy, Jr., John A. Manget, H. A. Porter, Plate Durham, Marion Jackson, Charles W. Daniel, THE GEORGIA LAW. The law of Georgia since 1916 has required that there be a Juvenile Court in every county in the State and that an existing court of record be designated by the Superior Court Judge of the circuit; that counties with a population of 35,000 or more may have a special separate Juvenile Court upon the recommendation of two successive grand juries; that no child under 16 years of age, unless charged with a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment, may be confined in jail awaiting trial or sentence, except in special cases, and then only on order of the Juvenile Court judge. It is mandatory when necessary to detain children under age above mentioned, except the most dangerous and incorrigible, that a place must be used separate and removed from any jail or place where adults are imprisoned. In many parts of the State children have been illegally confined in county jails and sentenced to chain gang with murderers, cut-throats, hardened criminals and other degenerates. According to the report from the secretary of the Child's Welfare Association, out of 160 counties of the State there are only 80 Juvenile Courts at present, notwithstanding the law was passed in 1916 requiring each county to have a Juvenile Court. Very often the officers of the law, according to this report, have been found to be over-ignorant regarding this law, or grossly indifferent with reference to its administration. It is encouraging, however, to note the disposition of the regular constituted authorities to cooperate with the Welfare Board in establishing Juvenile Courts when sufficient public sentiment has been crystallized to substantiate the need. The colored people are asked to cooperate with this Welfare Board, reporting to Mr. Burr Blackburn, Secretary State Department, Public Welfare, Atlanta, Ga., wherever there are children under the age of 16 on the chain gang or imprisoned with adult criminals. We would also urge that wherever we can secure the co-operation of the local authorities in each community toward throwing around your wayward boys corrective influences, as well as an effort to get them out of contact with seasoned criminals. We hope that all people interested in the future citizenship of our State will give their moral support to this movement. ANTI-LYNCHING BILL Charleston, W. Va., May 3.—Subjecting the county to a forfeiture of $5,000 for the benefit of the family of the person lynched and making participation in a mob a felony punishable with death, both houses of the West Virginia legislature have approved the most stringent anti-lynching bill thus far enacted by any of the States. H. J. Capehart, the colored member of the House of Delegates from McDowell county, drew and sponsored the measure in the lower branch, overcoming the most determined opposition of the democratic minority which sought to emasculate it by proposing various amendments. As originally drawn, the bill provided for a forfeiture of $25,000 and HIGH RIDG E PARK NEAR LAUREL, MARYLAND A NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART OF MARYLAND TEN MINUTES WALK FROM STORES, BANKS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, MARKETS, STEAM AND ELECTRIC STATIONS, AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY. THE LOTS The size is 50 x 150 feet. It is e PARK. You don't have to dig do you have to pay for your lot at as low as $5.00 monthly. Further modern cottage to your order and on BECA of its situation, its varied and amp conveniences, its proximity to busine door markets, its ASSURED BU RIDGE PARK—MUST DOUB UE EVEN BEFORE THE LOTS The size is 50 x 150 feet. It is easy to own a lot at HIGH RIDGE PARK. You don't have to dig down very deep into your pockets nor do you have to pay for your lot at once. If you prefer, you can pay as low as $5.00 monthly. Furthermore, if you wish, we will build a modern cottage to your order and on easy terms. BECAUSE of its situation, its varied and ample transportation facilities, its city conveniences, its proximity to business and educational centres, its front door markets, its ASSURED BUILDING OPERATIONS, HIGH RIDGE PARK—MUST DOUBLE and. TREBLE IN VALUE EVEN BEFORE THE LOTS ARE FINALLY SOLD: THE TITLE IS GUARANTEED BY THE MARYLAND TITLE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY CONSIDER the standing, experience and character RIDGE PARK, consider the profit the lots as an investment, think of the home after your own heart, and then, HAVE A LOT AT HIGH RIDGE YOUR IN FOR FUTHER INFORMATION THE GROSS-O ESTATE C 2033 DRUID HILL AVENUE OR SEE ACCREDITED SALES Phone Mac the standing, experience and character of the corporation behind HIGH RIDGE PARK, consider the profits and the ever-increasing value of the lots as an investment, think of the wonderful opportunity to own a home after your own heart, and then, DECIDE this one thing: I MUST HAVE A LOT AT HIGH RIDGE PARK." YOUR INTEREST FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CALL OR ADDRESS made every county through which the mob might pass jointly and severally liable. To meet the oppositions of many of his party members and secure their support, Capehart reduced the amount to $5,000 and limited the forfeiture to those counties whose citizens might aid and abet the lynchers. These Are Not Patent Medicines BLASS Druggist True and Tried Remeies for 30 Years In his fight to put the measure through, the members from McDowell had the able and active support of T. G. Nutter, Kanawha county's colored delegate, and the legislative committee of the West Virginia State League, composed of all classes of colored American citizens, of which T. Edward Hill, of Keystone, is president, and J. C. Gilmer, of Charleston, secretary. Others of the race all-over the State assisted with petitions, while members of the State administration and other influential, citizens among the whites, both men and women, contributed much to the passage of the bill. Other legislation of particular benefit or interest, to the race has been enacted or is pending with every prospect of favorable action. Bills creating an industrial school for colored boys and an industrial home for colored girls, introduced by Delegate Nutter, will have become laws before this gets into print, as is true of the measure establishing a bureau of colored American welfare and statistics. The proposal to segregate colored passengers on railroads, disguised by its democratic author under the deceptive title of "A bill to provide for the comfort of passengers" was before the committee just long enough to pass a motion indefinitely postponing its consideration. 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There are and always will be new lines with each woman—whether she will be one of those to create and take advantage of the opportunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL OFFERS. We teach the following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Mani-icing, Scalp Treatment, Instantaneous Bleaching, Electric Treatment for the Face and Scalp. The treatment of the face and scalp are done scientifically at this school. A thorough knowledge of the business is taught at this school. Regi-ur Length, Inches For Sale at your Dealer, 5c Each. Made in five grades Conceded to be the Finest Pencil made for general use. EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK Owing to the increase in raw material and labor conditions, this pencil can no longer be retailed at 5 cents each. NEW GRAVES' CAFE 16 AND 18 G STREET, N. W. Flowers For Funerals Kramer the Florist 916 F Street, Northwest EAGLE PENCILS. Washington, D. C. HUNT NOW ON FOR FEDERAL OFFICES. By Ralph W. Tyler. The quadrennial hunt for Federal offices is on. Fact is, this is the open season for hunting office, something, regarded by a few, white as well as colored, the in hoc signo spes mea. As usual, the Register of the Treasurer is the office that is the storm center, the one office that is, erroneously, considered to be, by heritage, the colored man's office when EXCEPTION IN Furniture Floor Coverings Grafonolas XCEPTIONAL VALUES House and Herrmann 7th and Eye Streets Under the Gold Dome THOMPSON'S GREATER HAIR GROWING SALVE TRADE R.E.D. MARK U.S. P.M. OFF. MF& BY THOMPSON & CO WASH, D.C. LISTEN TO WHAT THOMPSON GREATER HAIR GROWING SALVE WILL DO FOR Y It Will Thicken the Hair, Lengthen the Beautiful First, the hair should be washed, rins the hair into small parts and apply the GROWING SALVE to the scalp. Then, the wonders which it performs over night THOMPSON'S GREATER HAIR Stop the hair from falling out, thicken the Soak is applied to the scalp, no matter h will grow. 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Predominant, of course, are rings and brooches, each set in solid gold mountings. $8 Up Pay As Little As 50c a Week It will be well worth your while to come and see them! Castelb Castelberg's Castelberg's "Largest Credit Jewelers in the World" 935 Pennsylvania Avenue --- f R the Republican party assumes power. For this office there has been mentioned, in the strictly colored press, a number of patriots whom the Census Department collates as colored Americans. Among those mentioned are: Charles A. Cottrill, of Ohio; Mr. Malone, of Poro College fame; Dr. Crossland, of Missouri, and J. Silas Harris, also of Missouri; Robert S. Abbott, Chicago Defender's editor, and a number of other suspects who have a vaulting ambition to serve their country in time of peace. Per- ```markdown ``` haps any one of these, and many other "dark horses" who are still blanketed in their stalls, would very acceptably fill the office. A fight is being waged against some of these, perhaps each one of these, by overzealous friends of the others. But that is quite natural. Even among white applicants for office there is keen rivalry, bitter opposition and unreasonable jealousy. With so few places awarded to colored men it is to be expected that the rivalry would be more keen, and the opposition engendered more pronounced. But our race seeks representation—that is, the primary consideration. Whoever the President selects for office, so long as he possesses the ability, he spikes our guns; and we should accept the man selected with cheerfulness, and contribute our mite towards helping him make a success of the office to which he has been appointed. In Ohio, they charge that Cottril is a constitutional office-seeker; technically, theoretically, and practically a professional politician. All of which is true, perhaps, but we overlook the fact that white men who qualify under the same description are applicants for office, though such a charge is not stressed against them, as it is against our own men. There is no reason that the Register of the Treasury should be regarded as distinctively an office for colored men only, and there is no reason why colored men of fitness should make a mass play for this office alone. The Recorder of Deeds is another office tradition assigns to colored men, though there is no reason that it should be. Henry Lincoln Johnson, national committeeman for Georgia, in name only, has been listed by his immediate admirers, for this place, and a score of others, some possible, and some impossible; have been entered in the race. For Minister to Haiti, with or without their consent, James Weldon Johnson, of New York; Gilbert Jones, of Wilberforce College; Harry C. Smith, and Thomas W. Flening, of Ohio; Emmett J. Scott, and a few other aspiring and perspiring colored men have been mentioned. Dr. Scott is the only one of those "mentioned" who has voluntarily betook himself gracefully out of the race. James Weldon Johnson, among those who remain, perhaps, because of his experience, measures up better for the position. For Minister to Liberia, Dr. Ernest Lyon, of Maryland, former minister, and, perhaps, the best one ever to represent this country at Monrovia, has been mentioned, and Thomas Vance, an unknown to fortune and to fame, who has his habitat in Ohio, has been entered, along with a number of others, some of whom weigh as much as 16 karat, and some of whom are merely paste diamonds. Haiti and Liberia constitute a sort of plummet line with which the depth of the colored American's ability for self-government will be measured, and for that reason very capable men should be chosen. Neither is an office for Tom, Dick or Harry. There are many active and receptive candidates for the offices above mentioned—many who, like Barkis, are willing, but as many are called personally by themselves alone, and but few chosen, when the game is over, the balls racked, and the cues put up, it will be found that the large majority of the colored Barkises failed to make a point. Prof. Kelly Miller, that coiner of beautiful words and sentences, and himself a born diplomat, has written against the selection of a colored man for minister to Haiti merely because that is a black Republic. President Harding is, perhaps, the first Republican President, since the enfranchisement of our race, who can say that he was nominated without seeking, and without the effective aid of colored delegates from the south, and whose election plurality was so large that our vote, as a group, was not necessary to his election. For this reason any recognition he may give the race, in the way of appointments, cannot be said to be a reward for having held, and contributed the balance of power. We all hope that he will give appropriate representation, and we should so school ourselves that his selection of men, whoever they may be, so long as they possess the requisit ability and character, shall meet with hearty thanks from the race. It is a pity that the rivalry among the applicants and their friends have become so keen, the contention so boisterous, and the jealousy so districting, but with so few places assigned for the race, and so many capable and deserving men seeking the few places we could hardly expect an otherwise condition to exist. And be it understood, this old commentator, in advance, declares for the men chosen, and we don't care who is chosen. It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.—Benj. Franklin. FRUITS and VEGETAE Fresh Ground Horse Radish and Cocoamut Hot Hominy On Every Man. Stands 82 and 83, O Street Market DOUGLAS HOUSE REPAIR CO. Does All Kinds of Repairing, Altering and Rebuilding Estimates furnished Prices reduced 123 Seventh St. S. E. Lincoln 1792-W BROWN & MITCHELL Employment Agency Room 303, Southern Aid Building 7th and T Sts. N. W. Come in and let us fill the position you wish. Reasonable prices. T. W. NEWMAN Successor to Cook & Newman THE PEOPLE'S STORAGE AND EXPRESS COMPANY New and Slightly Used Furniture Storage, Packing, Hauling 1739 7th St. N. W. Phone North 2630 Mme. BEATRICE McMILLAN Beauty Culturist PORO SYSTEM USED 1009 22d St. N. W. Phone W. 2054 Scalp Treatment a Specialty TO IMPROVE YOUR HAIR Quinade is a medicated pomade, scientifically compounded under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist. It contains ingredients which stimulate the scalp and are calculated to provide a moistly the hair. Quinade is delightfully perfumed, it possesses hardness and will not injure the scalp. It is an elegant hair dressing and will tend to soften hair, making it more pliable and easy to put up in any style its length will permit. To get best results from the use of Quinade the scalp should be thoroughly washed every two weeks with Seeby's Quinasoap, a delightful shampoo. Quinasoap is made with a rich, creamy lather, so desirable in a shampoo. It leaves the hair soft and fluffy and impart's a refreshing feeling to the scalp unequaled in other shampoos. Insist on getting Seeby's Quinade and Quinasoap, asking for them by the full name. If your dealer can not supply them we will send them to you on receipt of price, which is 35 cents for the Quinade and 25 cents for the Quinasoap. Seeeby Drug Co., 10 Greene street, New York City. SEEBY DRUG COMPANY 10 Green Street New York City Quinade and Quinasoap are sold at all 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. The Washington Bee 1109 Eye Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. The Bee—Franklin 5992 Chase's Law Office—Main 4078 Entered at the Postoffice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter ESTABLISHED 1880 "God's finger touched him anh he slept." [Image of a man in formal attire, holding a book]. Founder and Proprietor and Editor of the Washington Bee, June 6, 1879 — January 3, 1921. Orator, Politician and Leader. The Fearless! The Courageous! The Invincible. Like the late Editor—We are truly democratic! This is a journal for the 'benefit of the people, whet her they are in high or low places! May God bless and keep these lowly people. May they ever find friends like our late editor who will help them in their struggles toward the light" Like the late Editor—We are trul y for the benefit of the people, whet he May God bless and keep these lowly pe our late editor who will help them in their WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 7, 1921 POPULAR GOVERNMENT. The popular government now has President Harding's administration Wilsonian Democracy. In the final thought and action, the former g properly nourished, marks the daw The popular government now being so broadly constructed by President Harding's administration is a welcome substitute for the Wilsonian Democracy. In the final analysis of true freedom of thought and action, the former government, if continually, and properly nourished, marks the dawn of the true democracy which the country long has sought—the freedom of the master as well as the enslaved. The arch enemies' popular government are peonage such as has been found to exist on Jasper farm in Georgia, in Texas and other parts of the South. Mob violence which made its manifestations as an arch enemy in the riots of Washington, Chicago, East St. Louis, etc., in the policeman's strike in Boston, which was so ably handled by Vice-President Calvin Coolidge. Another arch enemy of popular government but far from being the least is autocracy, for which there is no abiding place in the new order of things. This took the form of one man-rule and the usurption of power under the Wilsonian regime." This one man power seemed to permeate every walk of life under the Wilsonian administration. Under this administration the youthful popular government has dealt such a deadly blow at autocracy that it is uncertain whether it can ever survive again in this land of the free and home of the brave. U STREET TO BE A SHOPPING CENTER.—A DEPARTMENT STORE ASSURED. It will be interesting to the wide-awake citizens of Washington to learn that Mr. C. E. Howard, proprietor and manager of the Capitol Haberdashery & Sales Agency, is planning still larger and more profitable development through incorporation. Mr. Howard has recently proposed the Capitol Mercantile Co., to be incorporated at a capital stock of $10,000, to be increased to $25,000 upon direction of the Board of Directors of the company. Using the present Capitol Haberdashery & Sales Agency as a basis for expansion, the Capitol Mercantile Co. proposes a chain of high-class stores to be situated on U street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets northwest, consisting of Men's Shop, Ladies' Shop, Children's Shop, Shoe Store, and later, as opportunity permits, a Music and Art Store, and a Five and Ten Cent Store. If one man can reach the stage of development that Mr. Howard has already reached, why cannot twenty men, working together and to the same end do twenty times as much? A limited amount of the capital stock of the proposed Capitol Mercantile Co. will soon go on sale to a limited number of subscribers. Let us help give the colored people of Washington something they never had, and something they need—a high-class Department and Notion Store. We congratulate the Capitol Haberdashery and Sales Agency upon the extension of its work into the rural districts. It has a line of up-to-date free delivery trucks motoring with its merchandise to the rural districts of the District of Columbia. Should your district be overlooked notify Mr. C. E. Howard, of the Capitol Haberdashery & Sales Agency. The Bee hopes that the numerous bills affecting the race now in Congress will not share the fate of the Asbury bill before the Pennsylvania Senate. Defeat of this bill has embittered the people of Pennsylvania. Defeat of the numerous racial bills now before Congress would have a similar effect on the people of the United States and consequently upon its prosperity. What do the waves to the pebbles say? "Be glad." What are the words of the thrush's lay? "Be glad." Why is the thorn with its blossoms gay? Why are the orchid's abloom today? Why are the lambs in the fields at play? God is teaching the world again To picture His love to say to men, "Be glad." my democratic! This is a journal her they are in high or low places! people. May they evre find friends like air struggles toward the light" being so broadly constructed by n is a welcome substitute for the final analysis of true freedom of government, if continually, and One of the strongest business organizations in the District of Columbia is that of the progressive druggists. These men are apparently quiet and unassuming, but are proving themselves real race leaders. They stand solidly together against wrong. Though they are ever ready and full-of initiative, yet if the other man puts up an honest and open front in the right direction the druggists are ever ready to say: "Come, let us reason together." Otherwise they stand together firmly and uncompromisingly against the wrong. A MISSOURIAN TO BE REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. A MISSOURIAN TO BE REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. From all indications it seems that the fight for Register of the Treasury has been closed and that Prof. J. Silas Harris will soon be appointed. Prof. Harris is a man of high character and fine ability. His appointment will be acceptable to the people. A typographical error in the editorial of last week relative to the N. A. A. C. P. caused the article to read "that some branches of the Association should not go too far in antagonizing the Republican Administration, etc." It should have read "should not go too far in attitudinizing the Republican Administration, etc." The Bee wishes to thank its patrons who have been bringing and sending in their subscriptions to the paper. Visitors coming into the city are requested to visit our business centers. Roland W. Hayes Sings Before King and Queen of England. By Wellington A. Adams. Roland W. Hayes, the world's greatest colored tenor, who has been appearing in recitals for the past season in London, England, with "glowing success," sang before the King and Queen at the Buckingham Palace on April 23. A cablegram received by one of his close admirers in this city a few days ago announces this great achievement, and was kind enough to convey same to the writer of this column to whom we are very grateful. His thousands of friends and well-wishers in America are thrilled to learn of his appearance before Great Britain's King and Queen, and are indeed proud of his continual success abroad. Noted Western Songbird Arrives. Washington has as guest a noted vocalist from the West, Miss Erieta Beatrice Shaw, of Portland, Oregon, who arrived in the city last week to join the Archie Harrold Concert Company en route to England. Miss Shaw is the only colored graduate of the Valair Conservatorie Musique et Art, New York City, and sings in five languages: Spanish, Italian, French, German and English. Her repertoire consists of such numbers as Aria du FAREWELL PARTY. On Friday, April 29, at 8 o'clock Mrs. Gertrude Bowie, of 1426 Fifth street northwest, entertained a number of friends in honor of her son who was visiting her at the time. Her son, Mr. Chas. Bowie, is in the navy and has not been in this city for some time and as he was about to depart again for duty his mother surprised him with a very fine farewell party. The guests were entertained by playing cards and dancing. At 10:30 a march was played and the guests were led to the table by the visiting gugst, Mr. Bowie. The table and home were beautifully decorated. Refreshments were served by his mother. Among the invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Eppes, Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Taylor, Miss Evelyn Grayson, Messrs. Tolliver and Jackson. After being served the guests danced a while and then expressed their thanks for a very pleasant evening and extended their best wishes to Mr. Bowie. THE PAN-AMERICAN MAY DANCE On Tuesday evening, May 3, 1921, at 5 o'clock, the Pan-Americans held one of their famous evenings of pleasure to the people of this city. Mr. W. Graves aims to please the people in these supper dances. The evening melodies for this occasion were rendered by Doc Perry's society players. As it has been in the past they leave expressing to their friends the pleasant time they had. "THE MI DEARS." The Mi Dears, a social club of the young ladies of this city, gave their first dansante at the Murray Casino Tuesday evening. The affair was one of great success. The melodies were rendered by Carroll Boyd's International Invincibles, They will hold a Sonne (L'Africain), O Patria Mia (Aida), Chanson Provencal, and so forth. Program. Y. W. C. A. Branch, Omaha, Neb., March 21, 1921. 2. (a) Oh! Virgin Rose—Marshall. (b) Birth of Morn—Leoni. (c) Twilight—Glenn. 3. (a) Villanella—Del 'Acqua. (b) The Vow—Meyer-Helmund. Part Two. Part Two. 1. (a) Didn't It Rain—Burleigh. (b) I Stood on the River of Jordan—Burleigh. (c) Exhortation—Cook. 2. Bon Jour Ma Belle—Behrend. 3. (a) At Dawning—Cadman. (b) Little Bit o' Honey—Bond. (c) Pillow Town—Elliott. * * * Rich Contralto Thrills Audience. Miss Matilda Walton, contralto, sang her way to the hearts of her hearers last Monday evening at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Harrod Company Singers and entertainers. Her voice is one of those of colorful tone, rich in resonance, feeling and having great depth. similar affair every Tuesday evening. Their friends wish them the greatest of success. The members of the club are the Misses Francena Foote, Hattie L. Jackson, Virginia Fletcher, Viola Jackson and Corine A. Williams. GARFIELD (D; C.) NEWS. The Million Dollar Wedding to be given at the Garfield School on May 23d, in interest of Allen A. M. E. Church, is progressing very nicely under the leadership of Mrs. Gaddis. Rev. M. W. Traverse, who was returned to the Allen A. M. E. Church for another year, preached a wonderful sermon to a very large congregation, after which he conducted the Holy Sacrament. There are many sick church members in the community, some of which are improving very nicely. On or about May 4, at 1847 Fourteenth street, corner T, a new bank will open for business. The bank will be known as the Union Laborer's Savings Bank. The officers and directors of the new institution are: President, S. L. Satterwhite; vicepresident, Dr. R. T. Nelson; treasurer, N. S. Reynolds; secretary, Jas. H. Howard; cashier, W. R. Reynolds; Jas. H. Howard, E. St. C. Peters, P. R. Payne; Dr. R. T. Nelson, and N. S. Reynolds. The bank will do a general banking business. DROPSY TREATED ONE WEEK FREE Short breathing relieved in a few hours; swelling reduced in a few days; regulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and heart; purifies the blood, strengthens the entire system. Write for Free Trial Treatment. Colium Dropsy Remedy Co. Dept. X-56 Atlanta, Ga. [Image of a man with a bald head and a mustache, wearing a suit and tie.] Hon. John W. Weeks [Image of a man in a formal coat and tie]. THE BOSTON EDITOR Attorney Thomas L. Jones Mr. S. JOHN H. HARRIS JOHN H. HARRIS Mr. S. H. Dudley Too many laws have false teeth in them. *** The only way to pick the political plum tree is with a strong pull. *** Digging will do more than wishing for a beautiful garden. Just as true of the garden as of the heart. --- THE NEW YORK TIMES H. Dudley A friend may well be reckoned a mastered piece of nature. What is useful is beautiful.—Scorates. You win not by shirking difficulties, but by facing them and overcoming them. Week in Society DR. BOARD. "The best is none too good for the sick or well, and in the end is less costly," is a business slogan of Board's Drug Store, 1912% Fourteenth street northwest. This policy, strictly lived up to, has made Board's Drug Store the mecca for men, women and children who seek the best in drugs, medicines, toilet articles and prescription compounding. Go to Board's for the best. Mr. J. Calvin Sterling gave a social dance at the Conservatory, 1911 Ninth street northwest last Friday evening. *** The pupils of Columbia Conservatory gave a social last Monday evening that was largely attended. *** Misses Frieta Beatrice Shaw and Matilda Walton, vocalists, of Port-Ind, Oregon, are stopping at the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Robert A. Porter, of 1809 Fourth street northwest, was a caller at the Bee office last week. *** Mrs. M. A. McAdoo, secretary of the Y. W. C. A., paid the office force of the Bee a visit last week. The many friends of Mr. T. Spencer Finley, of Cincinnati, are more than sad after learning of his death and wish to extend their sympathy to the family. Mr. J. W. Mack and Rev. Coston are delegates to the Race Congress held in this city from Lakeland, Md. Mrs. Berry and Mr. Carroll, of this city, delivered a lecture at the 3 o'clock services held at Embry A. M. E. Church, of Lakeland. *** Mr. E. D. Washington has returned to him home in Chicago after spending a week here. Mr. Washington is the son of the late Booker T. Washington. ** When in the neighborhood you can still get the colored papers from Harding and Hearin, formerly the business of William Drury. You will always find the Bee there. "May She Rest in Peace," are the words of Gen. Henry Forest in behalf of his loving wife, Mrs. Lettia Walton Forest, who passed away 25 years ago the 29th of April, 1921. Rev. Mihm, of St. Augustine Church, was a caller to the Bee office last week. His visit was more than appreciated by those in the office. The many friends of Mr. H. Lassiter, of 1215 Seventeenth street northwest, are more than sad after, learning of his death. They wish to extend to the family their sympathy. Mr. William Davis, of 2152 Newport street northwest, was a visitor to the Bee office last week. The Bee office force was paid a very pleasant visit by Gen. Henry Forest, of 1016 T street northwest, last week. The many friends of Mr. Thompson, of 1914 Eighth street northwest, are very sad to learn that he is sick and wish him a speedy recovery. *** The many friends of Mr. E. Hoffman, of 1332 R street northwest, formerly of Anacostia, are more than glad to learn that he has received the leadership of the Odd Fellows' Band again and they feel more than sure that the good work of the band will be carried forward. They wish you great success. The shipmates of Mr. Chas. A. Bowie, who has been spending some time with his mother and relatives welcomed him back on his return to the navy yard in Philadelphia last week. ADAMS-FORCEY WEDDING. Zion Baptist Church, Deanwood, D. C., was the scene of a beautiful wedding on April 28, when Mr. John Francis Adams and Mrs. Nannie Jane Forcey were married. Mr. Adams is a resident of Hill Top, Charles county, Maryland, and Mrs. Forcey is a resident of Deanwood. Rev. E. Thomas, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, performed the ceremony. The guests were admitted by invitation, and the following ushers had charge of the arrangements: Brothers Samuel Holcomb, P. M. Tolliver, W. M. Tolliver, and Tyler Lee, with Messrs. Miller and Noble. Mr. Walter Early acted as best man. The scene was beautiful, marching under the glitter of the electric lights to a well-played wedding march, with splendid precision and carriage. A solo was rendered by Mrs. Sophia Wicks. Mrs. Forcey has reared two good children, while Mr. Adams is childless, he being a widower. They both own their homes. Mr. Adams has a beautiful farm in Charles county. He has lately completed a residence for his bride, and has one under rent also. Mrs. Forcey is a member of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church and her daughter, Ruby, is a member of Zion Baptist Church of Deanwood. Mr. Adams is a member and deacon of Zion Baptist Church, Hill Top, Maryland, of which Rev. Broadus is also pastor. The party left on the 3.15 train for a brief honeymoon in Richmond, Va., which will be spent with the bride's mother and friends. Later they will take up their residence in Maryland, where Miss Ruby Forcey will be of much service as a teacher, as she is now in line for graduation from the high school. Mr. Adams is an excellent Christian man. He was the one who barely escaped with his life in the recent Indian Head explosion, he being slightly hurt. Old shoes and rice had their part as the couple left the church, where the gay young folks had gathered to fete them. A grand reception was held at the bride's residence, Kastle Place northeast. FALL'S CHURCH GLEAMINGS. The Mother's Progressive Council met with Mrs. G. W. Powell at its regular meeting Tuesday night of last week. The topic for the evening was, "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself," which was opened for discussion by the hostess. *** Memorial Day will be observed on the fifth Sunday in May, at the Second Baptist Church, at the 8 o'clock service, under the auspices of Company B. On account of the, inclement weather, Rev. L. H. Carter, of Washington, did not preach for the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church last Sunday. They hope to have him with them in the near future. *** Mrs. Jas. H. Merriwether spoke at the Baptist Church last Sunday night at the regular monthly church services of the Mother's Council. *** Mr. and Mrs. Millard Pearson are the proud parents of a fine little girl. Mrs. Laura Tarver, teacher, of Class No. 4 at the M. E. Sunday School, gave an interesting talk at the morning lesson last Sunday, the topic being, "Wisdom is the Greatest of all Things," after which two interesting papers were read by two of the young ladies in the school, Misses Pearl Tinner and Bertha Lee, their subject being, "Why I Want to Go to College." *** The public school is planning for "Field Day" next Wednesday afternoon on the baseball diamond if it can be secured. *** Mr. Rasier Gorham, of New York, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gorham. Mr. Lewis Denny was the guest of his sister, Mrs. B. Goines, at dinner last Sunday. *** Upon the sick list for the week is Mrs. Sarah Duson. The kind wishes of her many friends are extended to her. *** Rev. G. W. Powell and Mr. E. B. Henderson spoke at Lincoln in the morning and Hamilton in the evening in the interest of the N. A. A. C. P. *** Join the N. A. A. C. P. and do your bit. Mrs. Julia Craig and Mrs. Mary Richards were the guests of friends in Baltimore last Sunday. *** Quite a few of the residents in the town attended the social given at Vienna last Monday night by Mr. Early Bradley. *** The Centennary Group Meeting of the preachers and laymen of the Lynchburg District was held at Galloway M. E. Church last Wednesday. An enjoyable time was spent, the meeting being an inspiration to the community. *** Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Reid dined at luncheon with Mrs. Bettie Cambridge last Friday. In the personation of Mrs. Edwin B. Henderson, we have in our town a most distinguished, cultured and far-seeing woman. A few years ago she came to our town and settled in what is now one of the most picturesque bungalows that the town of Falls Church, Va., affords. She immediately cast her lot with us and as everyone will acknowledge, she has made her presence felt in every activity in and about our town. She is a member of the Mother's Council, teacher and principal of our graded school, a faithful and energetic church worker, and the foremost woman civic leader of our city. As a teacher she is ever on the alert to educate the mind, and to bring to our children the best there is in modern methods of education. The children are given regular training in gymnastics and frequent lectures in body, hygienics and home sanitation. Although not a member of the Second Baptist Church, she has taken an active part in all of the church's rallies and receptions, and at the present time is one of the church's ardent workers and supporters in its new building fund. As a civic leader among the women, she has been a beacon light of inspiration and knowledge. Every woman of color who made use of the ballot box in this vicinity during the past Republican election, is ever conscious of the unstinted aid they were given by her. It is entirely through the efforts of this worthy woman as a reporter of this district for the Washington Bee, that the readers of this far-circulated weekly know what the colored citizens of our town are doing. Now the N. A. A. C. has launched its country-wide campaign for the 1921 membership drive, and true to her race and foremost as in all other activities, she gives all of her spare hours in a house to house canvas in the interest of adding new members and renewing old members in this organization that is destined to become the mouth-piece of millions of disfranchised persons of this race. ANACOSTIA NEWS The silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Brown, of Elvans Road, held last Friday night, brought to their home many friends and messages of congratulations. The presents were numerous and those present enjoyed themselves hugely. *** The court proceedings for the condemnation of lands necessary for the opening and widening of roads on Barry Farm, West of Nichols avenue, begun in Judge Wendell Stafford's branch of the District Supreme Court on last Saturday, as was predicted by The Bee. Property owners and their attorneys were out in full. The case will be continued again on next Saturday. The Community Grocery Store opened its doors last Saturday to the public. The receipts for the day's business gave encouragement to its promotors. The store is located on Stanton and Pomeroy roads. *** Rev. J. E. Scott, who has served as pastor of the C. M. E. Church on Stanton Road, has been sent to a new charge at Baltimore, Md., by the C. M. E. conference, recently held at Norfolk, Va. Rev. Scott has done splendid work as a minister in this suburb. He leaves the church in Howard Theatre Andrew J. Thomas Theatre Company, Props. Vincent B. Thomas, Mgr. MATINEES TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. YETTE PLAYERS. WITH ANDREW BISHOP AND EDNA LEWIS THOMAS. THE PLAY THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER. Special Cast of Artists: J. L. Criner, Arthur T. Ray, Lionel: Monagas, Allie Hughes, Isabelle Jackson, H. L. Pryor, Will A. Cook, Elizabeth Williams. NIGHT PRICES: 50 cents and 35 cents. MATINEES: 35 cents. SUPPER SHOWS: SUNDAY, 5:30 and 6:30; Monday, 6:30—Cosmopolitan production, "HELIOTHROPE." Vitagraph Comedy, Mutt and Jeff. TUESDAY—Special Cast, "Bars of Iron." Pathe Review. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY—All-star cast, "INSIDE OF THE CUP." Pathe News. SATURDAY—Alice Brady, "Out of the Chorus." Fantomas No. 13. CQMING—Quintard Millers Musical Show with Billy Higgins. Week starting May 16. The Theatres 11th St. above U 6 P. M. Daily—Mat. Thur. 1 P. M. ADMISSION 17c SUNDAY—All-star cast in "Someone in the House." Joe Ryan in "The Purple Riders." No. 11. MONDAY—Lyons and Morgan in "The Shocking Knight." "Son of Tarzan," No. 11. TUESDAY—May, Allison in "Are All Men Alike." William Duncan in "Fighting Fate," No. 12. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY—Priscilla Dean and Lon Chaney in "Outside the Law." Snub Pollard Comedy. FRIDAY—All-star cast in "Earth-bound." Pathe News. SATURDAY—Dorothy Dalton in "The Market of Souls." Warner Oalamb in "Fantom Foe," No. 14. good financial condition, and has increased the membership and leaves the church building in thorough repair. We will surely miss him. * * * The death at Baltimore, Md., of P. Dallas Washington, formerly a hotel keeper here, was a shock to his many friends of this city. LAKELAND, MD. The Emery Chapel was greeted on last Sunday by the new pastor. The congregation was very much enthused over the new arrival. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of work that is before him. It is work the good effects of which will be felt by the aid of all in building a church which every one in Lakeland will be proud of. Rev. J. H. Daines, is most interesting and most instructive. We look forward with pleasure for a happy success for him. We regret very much the accident of Mr. M. Brewer. We do trust that he may revoke. The Citizens' Association will hold its next meeting on Monday night, May 9, 1921. We hope to have all of our members and friends with us, at which time the election of officers will take place. Our success depends entirely upon the support we give our organization. One of the most searching parts of our course is a guide to our efforts. No success can be achieved until each member takes his or her place, then we can intelligently develop and utilize our powers and privileges to vitalize the goal. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. On Friday evening, April 29, Mr. and Mrs. Levi G. Brown, of Elvan Road southeast, celebrated their twenty-fifth marriage anniversary. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, many guests were present. Those in the receiving line were Mr. and Mrs. Levi G. Brown and their only daughter, Marion, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brown, of New York City, brother and sister-in-law of Mr. Brown and Mrs. V. B. Fox, of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., sister of Mr. Brown. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers and the bride and groom were recipients of happy congratulations. They also received a large number of handsome presents of silver, which were on display in the living room. Mrs. Langston, of Le Droit Park, is at Carson's Sanitarium for treatment. When last heard from she was improving rapidly. *** Mrs. Newsom, of Thirteenth and U streets, is at Freedman's Hospital, where she is improving daily from her recent operation. 7th and T Sts., N. W. THEATRE COMPANY, Props. Vincent TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY WITH ANDREW BISHOP AND EDWARD "TURN TO THE RING" THE PLAY Arthur T. Ray, Lionel Monagas, A. Elizabeth Williams. MATINEES: 35 c. SUPPER SHOWS: 30—Cosmopolitan production. "HEL Iron." Pathe Review. RIDAY—All-star cast, "INSIDE OF the Chorus." Fantomas No. 13. Show with Billy Higgins. Week star atres Week St Management, Office:DUNBA Pany, Props. Vincent B. Thomas, Mgr. HURSDAY AND SATURDAY. NEW BISHOP AND EDNA LEWIS THOMAS, I TO THE RIGHT" THE PLAY THAT WILL LIVE day, Lionel Monagas, Allie Hughes, Isabelle J iams. MATINEES: 35 cents. PER SHOWS: Tan production. "HELIOTHROPE." Vitage Review. Star cast, "INSIDE OF THE CUP." Pathe N. Fantomas No. 13. Mily Higgins. Week starting May 16. Week Starting Sunday Management, R. H. Murray aud R. Office: DUNBAR THEATRE, Phon "TURN TO THE RIGHT" Week Starting Sunday May 8 Management, R. H. Murray aud R. G. Byars Office: DUNBAR THEATRE. PhoneNorth 5224 FORAKER 20th St. above L 6 P. M. Doily Sunday 5 P. M. ADMISSION 20c SUNDAY—All-star cast in "The Dividend." Joe Ryan in "The Purple Riders," No. 6. MONDAY—Louise Glaum in "The Leopard Woman." TUESDAY—Lew Cody in "The Beloved Cheater." William Duncan in "Fighting Fate." WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY— Douglass Fairbanks in "The Mark of Zorro." FRIDAY—Eva Novak in "Society Secrets." Ruth Roland in "Avenging Arrow," No. 6. SATURDAY—All-star cast in "The Light Woman." First Episode "In the Clutches of the Hinea." HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE S. H. DUDLEY 1213 You Street BEST PHOTO — an VAUDEVILLE 7 to 11 P. M. Co. THERE IS A REASON WHEN S. H. DUDLEY'S MUSEUM 1223 Seventh St. Only Vaudeville House on the T and the Only Theatre on S Race The Greater CONCERT of Kansas will render their FIRST CON in Washington, D. C. Monde AT ASBURY M under the auspices of T of the above r Admission -- Adults 50 Cents LET Durable Gara Build you the garage price and terms ALL 'T Durable Garage 1410 to 12 G St., N Main 4481 S. H. DUDLEY THEATRE 1213 You Street Northwest BEST PHOTOPLAYS —and VAUDEVILLE to 11 P. M. Continuous Performance E IS A REASON WHY YOU SHOULD BE S. H. DUDLEY'S MID-CITY THEATRE 1223 Seventh Street N. W. ville House on the Thoroughfare. Best of the Only Theatre on Seventh Street Owned Race Man The Greater Invincible CONCERT COMPANY of Kansas City, Mo. Under their FIRST CONCERT OF THE S. Washington, D. C. Monday May 9, 9121, at 8 AT ASBURY M. E. CHURCH Under the auspices of THE BLUE RIBBON CLU of the above named Church Adults 50 Cents :: Children under S. H. DUDLEY THEATRE 1213 You Street Northwest BEST PHOTOPLAYS —and VAUDEVILLE 7 to 11 P. M. Continuous Performance THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU SHOULD GO TO S. H. DUDLEY'S MID-CITY THEATRE Or y Vaudeville House on the Thoroughfare. Best of Photoplaye and the Only Theatre on Seventh Street Owned by a Race Man The Greater Invincible CONCERT COMPANY of Kansas City, Mo. will render their FIRST CONCERT OF THE SEASON in Washington, D. C. Monday May 9, 9121, at 8 o'clock AT ASBURY M. E. 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Daily Sunday 3 P. M. ADMISSION 20c. Week Beginning May 8th. SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY— Ramsey Wallace and Mildred Harris Chaplin in "The Woman in His House." WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY— Earl Williams in "It Can't Be Done." Christie Comedy. FRIDAY and SATURDAY—All-star cast in "The Revenge of Tarzan." --- BY THEATRE Set Northwest TOPLAYS 1— VILLE Continuous Performance MY YOU SHOULD GO TO OLD-CITY THEATRE Street N. W. Boroughfare. Best of Photoplaya Seventh Street Owned by a Man For Invincible COMPANY City, Mo. CONCERT OF THE SEASON May May 9, 9121, at 8 o'clock E. CHURCH THE BLUE RIBBON CLUB Named Church ::: Children under 12 25 Cents THE Garage Company Age you want at the you can afford. TYPES Garage Company . W., 3nd Floor After 5, Main 7302 rry, and General WORK CHEVY CHASE private bath for rtght party LENT REFERENCES Strest, N. W. Main 43 ```markdown ``` A SCHOOL FOR THE TRAINING OF COLORED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR SERVICE Though it is young in history, the Institution feels a just pride in the work thus far accomplished, for its graduates are already filling many responsible positions, thus demonstrating the aim of the school to train men and women for useful citizenship. PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA The introduction of four bills in Congress against lynching is one step towards the blotting out of the stain against civilization. The first bill was introduced by Senator McCormick, who, in sending his bill to Senator Nelson, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to which the bill was referred, also sent an accompanying statement, in which he said: "The awful number of lynchings since the new year, the condition of peonage and the horrible murders consequent thereon disclosed at the Williams' trial in Jasper county, Georgia, cry out for immediate action by Congress. If there be doubt as to the constitutional powers of Congress to legislate for punishment of lynch-murderers, there can be none as to the constitutional powers to create such a commission as my bill contemplates. If by inaction we continue to countenance lynching we shall invite the reprobation of the people of the United States, and indeed of the civilized world." Senator McCormick needs to have a law passed that will punish lynchers. The other bills have been introduced by Congressman Dyer and Dellinger. Senator Spencer; of Kansas, introduced a bill calling for a commission of nine persons to be known as the Commission on the Racial Question in the United States. It is to be hoped that these men will not allow these bills to end in the several committees, but will continue to press this great problem until there is a final settlement, which must be done before there will be peace and harmony in this country. ** The victory of the Howard University relay team in the games held in Philadelphia last Saturday under the direction of the University of Pennsylvania, is just another example of what victories the colored American can achieve in open competition. The Howard relay team was pitted against teams representing some of the leading northern colleges and was the only representative of this city, from either race, to take a first place. Just as the colored American representatives took first place in this event, so will first place in all other activities be gained. The field of applicants for the position of Register of the Treasury is steadily on the increase. Every time I look around I find a new applicant. Now comes the name of Charles Cottrell, of Toledo, who, it is said, took an active part among colored Americans in the Harding campaign. It is claimed that Cottrell has the approval of both President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty. All of the applicants seem confident and claim presidential approval. I will not be surprised if a dark horse is eventually successful. Every applicant is finding fault with his brother, which might eventually prove an obstruction in the way of success. LIBERIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE. By John H. Reed. The eighty-eighth session of the Liberia Annual Conference convened at St. Peter's Methodist Episcopal Church, Lower Buchanan, Grand Bassa, Liberia, Wednesday morning, February 2, 1921, with Bishop Matthew W. Clair, D. D. LL. D., presiding. The Conference was organized by the election of Gabriel W. Parker as secretary, with Louis W. Walt and Joheph O. W. Gerber assistants; Statistical Secretary James T. Dayrell, with James N. F. Russ and Gabriel E. Knuckl assistants; treasurer, Thomas J. King, with Lee Anderson and Charles W. Duncan assistants. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by the Bishop, assisted by the District Superintendents and Dr. W. T. Hagan, the Nestor of Liberian Methodism. This was an occasion of great spiritual uplift to the members of the Conference as well as to the local membership there assembled. The usual preliminary exercises were attended and executed upon motions by various members and the same approved by the Conference in the usual manner. As an important matter of publicity, the Conference elected an official correspondent for the church press and editor of the manuscript for our official journal. The present session marked the most important era in Liberian Methodism, since, for the first time in the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a resident General Superintendent had been assigned to the episcopal supervision and administration of this historic field in the person of Bishop Matthew Wesley Clair, one of the General Superintendents elected by the last General Conference as a representative of the black man in the church. Bishop Clair, in his opening address at the Conference, arose at once to the significance of the occasion and thrilled all hearts with the scope of his vision in the outline of a definite policy of administration for the field. He emphasized the magnitude of the task now committed to the Negro membership by the church through its leadership thus exalted and honored, and expressed the fact that this high trust bequeathed to us brought forth all the greater responsibility. To meet this responsibility he clearly defined a policy comprising as definite objectives: the educational, industrial, evangelistic, social, moral and religious development of the tribes within the hinterlands for the future growth of the church and for the good of the republic of Liberia in this period of world reconstruction and its era of national rehabilitation. He further set forth in ringing terms and launched a program of self-support for this field, which met the most enthusiastic and hearty endorsement of the Conference. This embodied the launching of the Centenary Campaign with a definite drive which will put our Liberian field in line with the movements of Methodism as a world church. The Conference was favored with the presence of the Honorable James H. Smith, Mayor of Lower Buchanan, who delivered the welcome address to the Bishop and Conference on behalf of the citizens of this municipality. This marked an occasion of fraternal greetings and good will that made all of our hearts feel the touch of public good will and concord on part of the city and state for the work of the church. The response to this welcome was made by the Bishop, who evinced again that he held a comprehensive and intelligent grasp upon the situation, and recognized fully the relation of the church to the future growth and expansion of the state. At this time the Honorable Samuel G. Harman, former vice-president of the republic, was introduced, and in brief words placed on record the highest sentiments of good will and gratitude on the part of the republic for what Methodism had already done and was still doing for the nation. His words were most enthusiastically received. The routine work of the Conference was then taken up and the disciplinary questions called. The first day showed Bishop Clair to be master of assemblies, for the business was dispatched with perfect ease and poise to the satisfaction of both ministers and laymen. Wednesday evening, 7:30, was the time set apart for the educational anniversary of the Conference and the public in general. Addresses were delivered by Walter L. Turner, principal Stokes' Theological Institute; Samuel J. Ross, acting president of the College of West Africa; James T. Dayrell, principal, Cape Palmas Seminary, and Anna E. Hall, superintendent Garraway Mission. Much interest was manifested in the discussion of the educational problems of the field, and there was a note of optimism in the exercises of the evening in anticipation of the educational program about to be launched under the present episcopal administration. The evening exercises of the Conference each day was preceded by a regular stewardship program for forty-five minutes by W. L. Turner, who outlined the work incident to the centenary campaign and drive proposed by the Conference. Thursday marked the regular work of the field, with reports from district superintendents and pastors, with the passage of character and all things incidental to the proceedings of an annual conference, as contained in the regular record and journal kept by the secretary and his staff. One of the most interesting and pleasing features of the daily sessions was the half hour devotional services, at which time the Bishop delivered the morning message. These brief deliverances made a profound impression and prepared the Conference for the grind and debates of the day. The reports from the various districts were listened to with rapt interest by the Bishop, for these were his eyeopeners to the whole situation and the real background to the picture of the Liberian Field. The watchword of the Conference, as portrayed in these reports, was, on towards the interior. This was clearly emphasized in the attempt at expansion and the organization of new stations at strategic points among the native peoples. At 7:30 p. m., under the management of the local committee, a reception in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Clair was given by the Conference, at which time the church was crowded to its utmost capacity by citizens of all denominations. Addresses were delivered, by the following: N. B. Whitfield, District Superintendent Bassa District; F. A. Price, Cape Palmas District; J. E. Clarke, Monrovia District; P. T. Barker, St. Paul River District; M. N. Williams, Sinee District; John H. Reed, ministerial delegate to last General Conference, and W. T. Hagan, the presiding officer of two sessions of the annual Conference, in the absence of Bishop Camphor, preceding and subsequent to the sainted Bishop. These addresses covered every range of our Liberia Methodism, and pledged loyalty to Bishop Clair, and renewed zeal for the work committed to his hand, and expressed the highest appreciation for the signal honor bestowed upon the race in the election by the church of two General. Superintendents, particularly for the assignment of the present resident Bishop to this field. The Rev. F. A. K. Russell, rector of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, spoke on behalf of the communicants of the various sister churches. The response of the Bishop to these addresses of welcome was happy, timely, and pitched on the high ground of denominational unity for the redemption of Africa, making Liberia the gateway for the accomplishment of this stupendous task. The local choir under the direction of Miss Willette Martin as organist, and Mr. John L. Dounoum as chorister, rendered splendid services in music, which inspired the occasion. Mrs. Clair was introduced and made some felicitous remarks in response to the sentiments expressed in the execution of the program. Triumphs at University of Pennsylvania Relay Races—A Notable Record. The week of April 25 to April 30 was a notable one in the history of Howard University, academically and athletically speaking. The Howard University Debating Team in a discussion of the subject, "Resolved, that the California Anti-Alien Land Law should be repealed," won by a unanimous vote from Lincoln University. In a debate held in the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard University campus, Friday, April 29. While winning the debate from Lincoln University, the two teams that debated the same evening at Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, and Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, met defeat. Howard's triumph over its ancient enemy Lincoln, however, proved a consolation to Howard students, alumni and friends. On Saturday, April 30, the Howard University baseball team played against the Virginia Union University team on the Howard University campus before one of the largest crowds to attend a baseball game at the University, and won by a score of 4 to 1. The Howard University Track team, composed of H. K. Perry, Robert Craft, R. E. Contee, and Leo G. Robinson, who were entered in the one mile college relay in the Penn relay games held on Franklin field, Philadelphia, Penn., April 20 and 30, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, won great honors for the University when they finished first over such schools as Rensselaer Polytechnic, Carnegie School of Technology, Hobart College, and Tufts College. Each of the first three runners for Howard maintained their relative positions. Leo G. Robinson, the last runner for Howard, started out in fifth place with Rensselaer Polytechnic leading and Carnegie School of Technology, Hobart College, and Tufts College, following respectively. Robinson maintained fifth place until the third turn of the track when he began to sprint and gradually eased up, until he had caught the leading man for Rensselaer at 50 yards from the finish, whom he led at the finish by a full two-yards in the brilliant run which he made in about 5Q seconds flat. A banner was awarded to the University and gold watches and medals to each of the runners. Of the various teams for the District of Columbia, including Georgetown University, Gallaudet, George Washington University, and a number of the high schools entered in the Penn relay races, Howard University was the only entrant to win. THE EYE CABIN. DR. T. THEODORE PARKER Osteopath and Oculist 1826 Ninth Street Northwest "Eat a Plate of Ice Cream BUT--Beer Call Lincoln 5900 for special terrises THE CARRY ICE NORTH 470 THE ASSOCIATED We Are Opening Our Service (Open and C Prices in City Proper, 75c to $1.2 Honest and reliable chauffeurs. S parties and out-of-town trips. EDW. L. JON 1703 17th St. N. W. We Will Send You Anywhere NORTH 470 Business built on experience, honesty, thrift, sacrifice and confidence does not fail. *** Promises make friends, but it takes performances to keep them. *** Success Is getting what you go after and the objectives is the measure of the man's ambition. *** Jobs are the sea, all else is the sea. When they are all gone then we will go to work. tightly added to his outfit a RADIO the purpose of giving ELECTRIC very effective in cases of lost energy, tired nerves, brain-fag and sleepy Phone North 1266-W. State of Ice Cream Event BUT--Be Sure It's Carry Delicious Ice Cream for special terms to churches, THE CARRY ICE CREAM C ASSOCIATED TAXI SERVICE Changing Our Service With All FIRE (Open and Closed Cars) oper, 75c to $1.00—By the Hot e chauffeurs. Special rates for own trips. EDW. L. JONES, Manager St. N. W. Washin I You Anywhere for the Price and experience, hon- and confidence E. L. Dr. Parker has recently added to his outfit a RADIO-VITANT CABINET (picture above), for the purpose of giving ELECTRIC-LIGHT BATHS. This treatment is very effective in cases of lost energy and vigor, excessive fat, poor elimination, tired nerves, brain-fag and sleeplessness. A graduate nurse in attendance. Phone North 1266-W. Carry's Delicious IceCream Call Lincoln 5900 for special terms to churches, social affairs, etc. THE CARRY ICE CREAM CO. We Are Opening Our Service With All First-Class Cars (Open and Closed Cars) Prices in City Proper, 75c to $1.00—By the Hour, $2.50 to $4.00. Honest and reliable chauffeurs. Special rates for parties, balls, theatre parties and out-of-town trips. EDW. L. JONES, Manager There are many reformers who plan to make a good salary in the task of making the world good. H. Edgar Lewis PURE DRUGS 63rd & Eastern Ave., N.E. Chesapeake Station DRUGS, SODA WATER, CIGARS Phone Lincoln 3193 DO YOU SUFFER FROM Tuberculosis, Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Weak Lungs, Hemorrhages, Loss of Weight or Strength, Weak or Rundown Condition, Nervous Dyspepsia, Night Sweats, Loss of Appetite, Malnutrition, Neuralgia, Bad Blood Diseases, Painful Condition of the Kidneys, Bladder and Other Pelvic Organs? If you do, write at once for Dr. Ivey's FREE Booklet of advice and information. THE IVEY LABORATORY COMPANY 198. Jefferson St. Memphis, Tenn. ```markdown ``` outfit a RADIO-VITANT CABINET giving ELECTRIC-LIGHT BATHS. uses of lost energy and vigor, excessive in-fag and sleeplessness. A graduate 566-W. "Cream Every Day" Sure It's rys ousIceCream ims to churches, social affairs, etc. ICE CREAM CO. D TAXI SERVICE Price With All First-Class Cars (Closed Cars). 4.00—By the Hour, $2.50 to $4.00. special rates for parties, balls, theatre NES, Manager Washington, D. C. for the Price and Call for You E. L. CONWAY Dealer in produce, etc. Fruits and vegetables of all kinds daily. Open every day. Stands 14 and 35, O Street Market. ROBINSON & DE VOE Baggage and Express All orders promptly attended to. Prices reasonable: Phone Col. 9572-W 2533½ 15th St. N. W. NOW OPEN EVERY DA Medicine may mean anything, but TU-RA-HE Herbal and Vegetable Compound is the safest, purest, most reliable remedy you can buy. The TU-RA-HE treatment is a real helpful medicinal treatment. Osman's grandparents were herb specialists, and in their wonderful herb gardens you could find the rarest and strangest medicinal plants, and when they selected roots and herbs and made a medicine, it was sure to benefit suffering humanity. Herb remedies were used thousands of years ago; the Bible reveals that the ancients used herbs and prayers with great benefit, So why be ailing, or half well? You can improve your condition by taking our great TU-RA-HE Indian Wigwam Treatment, get well and stay well. Take our special treatment for your particular ailment. If natural or unnatural, it will surely benefit you. Old Indian Herb Remedy Shop 1798 Seventh Street N. W. Store open now every day. Hours 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.; Saturday until 11 p. m. Closed Sunday. NORTH 470 NORTH 470 All of the Leading Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Domestic and Imported Toilet Powders. All Grades Hair Preparations Are Found Here Prescriptions Filled Promptly All the Leading Physicians Aromatic Cordials for grippe and Absolutely 1430 SEVENTH STR THE EAST INDIA If Hair any, try a jar ER. The prieties to stimulate its work. Perfumed with a balm best known remedy for Eye-Brows, also restores Color. Can be used w Price Sent by Mail Ins Filled Promptly Agents for Madame Walk All the Leading Physicians Patronize This Store Cordials for grippe and colds—a wonderful sys Absolutely Pure Drugs 1430 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST EAST INDIA HAIR GR Agents for Madame Walker's Goods Physicians Patronize This Store rippe and colds—a wonderful system builder. Absolutely Pure Drugs NTH STREET NORTHWEST INDIA HAIR GROWER Prescriptions Filled Promptly Agents for Madame Walker's Goods All the Leading Physicians Patronize This Store THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Hair, Dandroff, Itching, any Hair trouble, we we try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR ER. The remedy contains my prieties that go to the roots of stimulates the skin, helping no its work. Leaves the hair soft. Perfumed with a palm of a thousand flow best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Stain. Price Sent by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for F If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical properties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky, with a palm of a thousand flowers. The remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black also restores Gray Hair to its Natural be used with Hool Iron for Straightening. 1 by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp or any Hair trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Price Sent by Mail, 50c; 10c extra for Postage AGENTS OUTLET 1 Hide Keeper, 1 Sample Oil 1 Shallowpap, 1 Pasteboard Oil 1 Egg Cream and application for selling. $2.00 $2.00 extra for Postage S. D. Lyons, Gen. Agt., 314 East Second St. Oklahoma City, Okla. SAVE POSTAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA GOODS FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES POINTED AGENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. 27 Seventh Street N. W. No 2—505 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. Store No. 4—1150 Seventh Street N. Store No. 5—804 H AGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES RENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. Street N. W. Seventh Street N. W. 3—2002 Fourteenth Street N. W. Store No. 4—1150 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 5—804 H Street N. E YO' CAN SAVE POSTAGE BY THE GOODS FROM PEOPLE APPOINTED AGENTS FOR Store No. 1—927 Seventh Street N. W. Store No. 2—505 Seventh Street Store No. 3—2002 For Store No. 4— YO', CAN SAVE POSTAGE BY BUYING EAST INDIA TOILET GOODS FROM PEOPLE'S DRUG STORES APPOINTED AGENTS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. Phone Lincoln 376 We are as near you as your phone H. H. Dabney and Under Emba Prompt and Dignified S Chapel 306 H Street, N. E Thomas Frazz GRADU FUNERAL I AND EME 723 Tea Street Dabney and Thomas Undertakers and Embalmers and Dignified Service Day and Chapel Street, N. E. Thomas Frazier and Co. GRADUATE TUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 33 Tea Street, Northwest ey and Thompson alertakers and balmers ified Service Day and Night N. E. Frazier and Co GRADUATE AL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS Street. Northwest Prompt and Dignified Service Day and Night Chapel 1306 H Street, N. E. ```markdown ``` Thomas Frazier and Co GRADUATE FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 723 Tea Street. Northwest Polite and Efficient Service Open Day and Night Phone North 7796 Resid North 7796 Residence Phone North Residence Phone North 1213 Phone North 7796 Residence Phone North 1213 Will promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the strength Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. Is your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER ```markdown ``` Reasonable Prices Lady Attendant THE HAWAIIAN SYSTEM Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Patent Office THE HAWAIIAN SYSTEM OF HAIR GROWING. Mme. T. G. Bramlette, founder of the famous Hawaiian system, and her men hair dressers are operating a large hair-dressing parlor in Washington, D. C., at 649 N street northwest. This great system has made itself famous by the ability of the agents to give quick service with perfect satisfaction. This is the only system where men are found giving scalp treatments to women, and it is the original idea of Mme. Bramlette and has met with success everywhere. Results are guaranteed to each cus- A. tomer. Hundreds of agents are wanted in Washington. Vicinity agents' terms are reasonable. Call at all hours. Information given freely. Out-of-town persons desiring information, please write to home office at 125 West Nineteenth street, Indianapolis, Ind. THE STOCKING STORE 1130 7th Street N. W. Ladies' Silk Hose—Seam Backs—All Colors—$1.50 Values for. 50c. For Men, Women and Children Mme. BEATRICE McMILLAN A New Beauty Parlor To Open On Feb. 28, 1921, At 1009 22d St. N. W. Scalp Treatment a Specialty 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 a drug store's capabilities is its prescription department, and our is perfect. We fill your physician's prescription to the letter, and no mistake is possible. PLUMMER'S PHARMACY, Robt. F. Plummer, Prop. Accuracy—Service—Quality A. D. S. Remedies We pay Particular Attention Prescription Department Telephone your wants--Ph Franklin 2709 Franklin 2634 3Q1 H St., corner Third St. N. W. Washington., D. C. LET ME HELP YOU My work is see to you. Parchment prayers are a u free. I have benefited many th asands; I will benefit you, too. Pri. of the "Great Success Concentration _ emple Incense," $1.00. Help is extended to all that use my great incense pawder. I pray for all and help all; rich and poor, white and colored. I give directions how to use powder to have best results. Inclose 10 cents extra for tax and mailing expense. Write or call on— REV. LEO S. OSMAN 909 N. Fremont Ave., Baltimore, Md. Also for sale at my store, 1728 Seventh street northwest, Washington, D. C. OUR NEW HOME 25,000 MORE PORO AGENTS WANTED Equipped with the Very Latest Apparatus for Teaching the Poro System of Scalp and Hair Culture and all Branches of Beauty Culture Terms Moderate Diplomas Given Write Today for Further Information "PORO" COLLEGE Poro Corner St. Louis, Mo. $100.00 PRIZE CONTEST WANTED--A NAME! THE FITZGERALD HOT CORPORATION OF offers for the most significant Half Million Dollar Hotel the $100.00 And a Week's Stay at t Rules of the Contest—Draw tory and development of the many names. RITZGERALD HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ATLANTIC CITY, N.Y. for the most significant and appropriate nation Dollar Hotel the company will build it $100.00 IN GOLD A Week's Stay at the Hotel When Compete the Contest—Draw on your knowledge development of the Negro race. Send in a es. THE FITZGERALD HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. offers for the most significant and appropriate name for the Half Million Dollar Hotel the company will build in that city Rules of the Contest—Draw on your knowledge of the history and development of the Negro race. Send in a name, or many names. YOU MAY BE A WINNER In case two persons send it will be awarded the prize. A time received. Contest Clos Address— THE FITZGERALD HOTEL CORPO 24 Atlantic Insurance Building Uptown Paint Store J. B. (Successor to — dea two persons send in the same name, first warded the prize. All answers are stamped ed. Contest Closes May 2, 1921 BETZGERALD HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Insurance Building Atlantic Paint Store Delivery To Any Part J. B. JONES (Successor to L. J. Denham) — dealer in — In case two persons send in the same name, first received will be awarded the prize. All answers are stamped date and time received. THE FITZGERALD HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, Etc. Japalac at one half price for 10 days North 836-W 1847 7th S Phone North 836-W FRAGMENTS. Good manners are a gift. Make yourself a present. *** The Bee is a representative organ of the people. *** A friend is a person before whom I may be sincere. Before him I can think aloud. *** For light upon dark subjects read The Bee. *** may be sincere. Before him I can think aloud. *** For light upon dark subjects read The Bee. *** Never have more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds—all they have now, all they have had, and all they will have. *** Action is the keynote of all successful transactions—hindsight never made a profit. To be able to see brother is a virtue in o JOHN T. STEIN Undertaker and Open Day and Livery and 30 H Street Main 1124 Wash --- --- MEL AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. t and appropriate name for the company will build in that city IN GOLD The Hotel When Completed on your knowledge of the his- tegro race. Send in a name, or the same name, first received answers are stamped date and s May 2, 1921 MEL AND DEVELOPMENT RATION Atlantic City, N. J. Delivery To Any Part Of City JONES (L. J. Denham) er in — 1847 7th St. N. W. Don't content yourself with what your forefathers have accomplished. Your duty is not done until you yourself have achieved something.—Omaha Monitor. *** Results! Everybody is expecting them. Are you giving them that are good ones? *** To be able to see virtue in our brother is a virtue in ourselves. JOHN T. STEWART Undertaker and Embalmer Open Day and Night Livery and Chapel 30 H Street N. E. Main 1124 Washington, D. C. DR. W. L. SMITH'S INDIGESTION CURE. This remedy will relieve an all forms of indigestion, catarrh stomach, heartburn, flatulency, stomach, water brash, acid fec tion, pain in the stomach, gaseous accumulations and malassimilation. When taken into the stomach it thoroughly digests the albuminous food and eures the indigestion by resting and assisting the stomach until natural digestion is restored. Every bottle guaranteed Price, $1 and 60 cents the bottle. DR. W. L. SMITH, Drug Dr. W. L. Smith, cruggs Florida avenue northwest, W ton, D. C., Phone North 4775, will ship drugs by parcel post upon receipt of money or stamps. Branch office, 1018 Druid Hill avenue, Balti- MRS. S. J. TAYLOR. Furnished rooms by the day, week or month. Transient accommodations a specialty. 128 F street northwest, Washington, D. C.; one block from Union Station. Phone Franklin 4632. f-1-6 PERRI W. FRISBY, Attorney. In-the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia—Holding an Equity Court—Mary A, Lewis, plaintiff, vs. George H. Lewis, defendant; Eliza- beth Rowe, co-respondent—Equity. No, 37,876. ‘Order of Publication. . The object and purpose of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce from the defendant, George H. Lewis, on the grounds of.adultery. “On motion of the complainant, it is, this first day ,of April, A.D. 1921, ordered that the defendant, George H. Lewis, and Eliz- abeth Rowe, co-respondent, whose cofrect- name is unknown to the plain- tiff; and for the purpose of this suit is sued and so designated, cause their appearance to be enteréd herein on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the. day of the first. publication of this order; otherwise, the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a, copy of this or- der .be published once a weck for three, successive’ weeks in the Wash- ington Law Reporter and The Wash- ‘ington Bee before said day. * . WENDELL P. STAFFORD, yo Justice. A Trué Copy—Test: * Morgan H, Beach, Clerk, _ By Mr. Palmer, Asst. Clerk. 4 ‘STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. Statement of the ownership, manage- ment,. circulation, etc, required by the Act” of Congress’ of August 24, 1912, of the Washington Bee, pub- lished weekly at 1109 Eye street northwest, for April 1, 1921. District of Columbia. © City of Washington. eo es Before me, a Notary: Public, in and forthe State and county aforesaid,” per- sonally appeared W. Calvin Chase, Jr., and E. A. Chase, who, having been duly sworn ‘according to law, ‘deposed and say that they are the publishers -of the Washington Bee, and ‘that the follow- ing is, to the best of their knowledge and belief, a true statement .of ‘the ownership, management (and if a-daily paper, the‘ circulation); etc.,- of. the aforesaid’ publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regu- lations, to wit: _— 1... That fhe name of ‘the edi- tor E. A. Chase,,Managing editor W..Calvin Chase, Jr., business managers W. Calvin Chase, Jr., and E, A. Chase, publisher W. Calvin Chase, Jr. of the .Wash- ington’Ree administrators of the estate of W.. Calvin Chase, deceased. Postoffice: address, 1109 Eye street northwest. a ae 2. That the owners are: (Give names: and addresses of individual own- ers, or, if a corporation, give its name and addresses of stockholders owning: ar: holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock): 1109 -Eye street northwest. © . 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgagés or other securities: are: (If there are mone, so state.)- There are no’ bond- holders, mortgagees, and other security holders. . 4. That ‘the two’ paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, | stockholdérs, and security holders, if dtiy, contain not only ‘the list of. stock- holders and security holders-as they. ap- pear upon the books of. the company. but also in cases where: the~- stock-| holder or security holder apears upon the books of the company ‘as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name.of the person or corporation for whom such. trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs con- tain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and: belief as to the circuni- stances and conditions under which stockholders -and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and se- purities in-a capacity other than that pf a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to ‘believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the aid stock, or other securities than as jo stated by him. | 3 : 5. ‘That the average number of copies f each issue-of ‘this publication’ sold or listributed, through the mails or-other- |‘ wise, to paid subscribers during the six nonths. preceding the date shown above s. (This information is required from} laily publications ‘ only). ‘ } W. CALVIN CHASE, i _ Administrator. / A..CHASE, Administratrix. Sworn to and subscribed before me | his 29th day of March, 1921. (Seal), | OLLIE M.- COOPER, - - ; Notary Public for D.C. | , (My commission expires January. 11, 183.) ' . & ee aS f ‘Have your work done on. the Instalment Plan “-No.cash payment required and ‘a long time t PAINTING oo : ‘ PAPERHANGING . CARPENTERING . : CEMENTING . : ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND WIRING STEAMING HEATING . ’ BRICKLAYING 34 eee | .. General House Repairing (Walter A. Erchelberger 829 6th St., Southwest =_—_—_——— Ee Have it. Not When - But How Mae ye iden reopen Measure Have your clothes made to measure Let Your Store Serve You. . Ladies fine Tailored to order Garments ~ | rapitol Haberdashery and. Sales Agency (019:U St..N. W. GC. E. Howard, manager HEARD AND‘SEEN; — We never. cur¢ ills by siursing re- grets. . -MADAMER. E.WEAVER Hair And Beauty Shop ~ 194 Sth St NeW. - Near Sth, and US's : a Formerly 1904 L St. . HAIR DRESSING AND BEAUTY CULTURE-AT ITS BEST | Shampooing and Ciltivating..$1.00 ° Eyebrowe Arched... ___-$ 50 oe Treatmentecccrrn! emnnen (50: Hairgrower Salven. u- 52 Electric" Treatmentercrncwenm— 50 GlOS8iNG nin! seennnoe enmrenree 82 Hot Oil ‘Treatitentcnnmmcns.., 60 Sulphur Balm for Bald Spots... .52 Sirgen al sce BO SHRM POD cs eines shares OR Facial. Massaging vnnne mene 73° Hat Tomiie, eenninnnni mmm sS2 Manicuring cemicwmnennmnmem one BS 7 ‘ . HER OWN PEERLESS .METHOD ~ 4 PB Satisfaction: Positively, Guaranted oy 1944 NINTH STREET . PHONE NORTH 6554 ° Lower !: rices Big Reductions on Furniture Rugsand Bedding WTOUIt WILTOUL CATT A COST : . Wholesale prices have dropped and we are glad that. ‘we can sell you our goods at big reductions. Without ‘ regard to cost we have cut prices to meet the present market. . = 3 Sn ; Every day there will be ‘“‘specials” in’ some of our _departments, and it will pay you to ask ‘about them every time you come in. . ae ‘Purchases will be charged: on your account or we'll . be pleased: to give you a charge account if you-do_ not have one already. Remember, this costs you nothing , extra'from the plainly marked prices. - ’ Payments will be arranged-to suit your. convenience without notes or interest. Our plan gives you the gréat- “est help that can be had from using credit. ' > | Grogen’s | PE RS Seventh SAK Est oq 7 = The Liberty gam a bkaoe . , s a a ae. [Preparations .*°9 are made from actial demand ‘and SX 2 2 are a blessing to humanity. oN f py They contain ape selected © NESTA” suanny because they: are ‘effective without REGS: 8) PAT. OFF. being harmful to the skin and also 4 8 ue the most delicate perfumes. Liberty Skin Cream(Ointmerit) Price 35 Liberty Skin Soap.n..nenuPricé 25¢ Liberty Hair Dressing.........Price 35¢ Liberty Skin Bleach.............Price 50c Liberty Face Powder.cs.c.nPrice 35¢ Liberty “Hair -Tonic..............Price 75¢ Liberty Catarrhal Cream......,....Price 35¢ Liberty Saline (Laxative)...Price 75c a ‘ Try a glass at the Soda Fountain Ps . FOR SALE AT DRUG STORES AND THE .. _ LIBERTY. CHEMICAL CO. INC. .- 1813 18th STREET, .N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C., MAIL ORDERS;PROMPTLY FILLED — STAMPS EXTRA . . : AGENTS WANTED ~° ae - Buy. stock in this corporation, It is‘ doing business all over the coun- try and has Physicians,-Druggists, Nurses, Teachers, Barbers,’ Hair Dressers, ‘Lawyers, Ministers, Real Estate, and other Business Men-and. Women, and all clisses of people united in’a great Democratic, Credita- ble, ‘Profitable Business of supplying the World ‘Demartd for first-class, safe, effective Toilet Preventive, and FIRST AID remedies. Capitalization $50,000.00 Common Stock $10.00. a-share.:for a 5 limited time. ACT NOW!. Or regret it. ° 3 . LIBERTY CHEMICAL CO, INC, _ 1813 18th. STREET, N. W. Washington, D. C. ca . Georgie A. Coleman,, Pres.-Mgr. Walter: P.. Napper,-Phar..D.; Treasurer © . . « Edwin B’‘Henderson, Secretary ' OFFICERS. — Corporation,. Wilmington, Del. B ; . ° Promotion, 1115 You Street; N. W..D. C. : Main, 1813-18th Street, N. W. D.C. . RECONSTRUCTION SESSION OF _ THE NATIONAL RACE CON-. _ GRESS. : WORKINGMEN + no matter whatthe _ 4 ability and judge § tnem amounts. to _ 4 still it is ‘hard to. ¢ resist buying goods. ) _ for half or less, providing ._ you can get them so, which -you can’t see how we sell ©. - __new pants at $5.00 and value in évery pair slightly} used = wool suits $5.00 up skirts 50 Cents up . ‘HID: CTA 619° JUSTH'S OLD STAND 5 | — PTET ET = rey) io ee J The sixth ‘annual session of the Na: tional Race Congress of America, Inc. will ‘convene at -Zion Baptist Church F street between Third and Four and One-half streets southwest, Rev. W. J Howard, pastor, May~4-7, 1921.-- Every organization in the rac*, in- cluding local units of the Congress, churches, leagues, fraternal societies, are requested to, send delegates to this Congress... Some of the most thoughful men and women of the race will.speak. Vice-President -‘Coolidge, Senator Lodge, Secretary Fall and others’ have also been’ invited to address the Con- gress. * . | ‘The President will receive the delega- tion at, the White House. _ In view of the discrimination, segre- gation in governmental departments and throughout’ the country and the ris- ing tide of the Klu Klux Klan, and other injustices that are confronting us as a race, we should bring together the leaders from every section of the .coun- try, and at least 5,000 organization should register their protest in this ses- sion. ‘For further information address headquarters, Washington, D. C. ° W. Hi: Jernagin, president, 1314 Third street northwest, Washington, D. C. H. J. Callis, executive secretary, 619 M street northwest, Washington, D. C. C. H. Stepteau, recording secretary, Baltimore, Md. A Mrs. Ora Stokes, vice-president, Richmond, Va. J. C., Austin, national organizer, Pittsburgh, Pa. : _William F. Stembler Sule W, Frank Ford: te STEMBLER & FORD Se Central Avenue and 61st Street, Capitol Heights, Md. . —Dealers in Al Kinds ~ _ LUMBER, MILLWORK AND BUILDING MATERIAL : , Hardware, Paints, Oils, Hay, Grain and Feed - a ae Phone, Hyattaville 206-F-31 ce, | ROOMS FOR RENT. : FOR RENT—May Ist, 1921, an apartment,. No, 1822 Thirteenth street northwest; no children. One large rear room, furnished, and a garage... . \ + : . t MADAM SMITH'S BEAUTY PARLOR. | We Match the Shade and Grade of. Your Hair. Send Us Your Sainple. We Guarantee Satisfaction. a2 MME. AGNES J: SMITH. ve 935 R Street Northwest. Washington, D. C. OSCAR QUIVERS. Leading Colored Optician in the City. Unadulterated Service at _ moderate prices. New, fall line of frames and glasses. _ 928 You Street Northwest,