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The Wisconsin Weekly Blade A Notable Gathering At Fond du Lac, Wis. Addresses by the Mayor, Att'y George H. DeReef, of Milwaukee; Mrs. J. A. Jinks, Beloit; Mrs. Redden, Representing Industrial School at Doddsville, Miss.; Editor J. Anthony-Josey, Madison. VOL. II The Fond du Lac convention was a success and will go down in history as an event long to be remembered by those in attendance. A resolution was offered by Attorney DeReef which was readily adopted by the convention, a copy which is published elsewhere in this issue. Chairman Eli Rice and Secretary John W. Smith with Messrs. Wright and F. W. Ferguson together with the local committee were the recipients of many congratulations. Among some of the attendants were Mrs. W. F. Redden of Doddsville, Miss., Mrs. Effie Josey of Augustus, Ga., Rev. Moses Jefferson officiated as Chaplain. BELOIT EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION AND PICNIC By Rev. G. J. Fox. Before Old Sol, that mighty light and King of day had hid himself behind the western horizon, or eve the morn had peeped his head from the eastern sky, or yet before Father Time had drawn the curtain of night upon Saturday, the 4th, of August 1917, relegating it back upon the shelf of eternity, there was engraven upon the pages of history in the thriving county of Rock, one of the greatest events in the life of this community. Twas on this day that the Emancipation Celebration was held in Hommogeah Park under the management of Mr. W. S. Williams, 449 St. Paul Avenue. Not only was the day replete with fun and all that goes to make life worth while, but added to this was the privilege to hear four very able and learned speakers, two from the white race and two of our own, in the person of the Hon. E. H. Wright of Chicago, Ill., and the illustrious, polished and efficient Editor J. A. Josey, Mayors Rew of Rockford and Adams of Beloit. To listen to these men and to drink from the fountain of wisdom which ebbed forth from these cultured brain, yea, to have sat at their feet and heard them speak, caused one to wonder if Cicero had not arose and Demonthes came forth from his grave. Space forbids and time will not allow us to reproduce the respective addresses, but suffice it to be said that J. A. Josey the first speaker, brought the Negro from the shores of the turbulent Nile and landed him on the western shores of America, not at the head of the nation, and people, but one who has achieved much, and wrought well in the various advocations of life. Mr. Josey heldl the audience spell bound from the time of his rising until the moment he left the speakers stand. The speech of Mr. Adams was grand and full of hope for the rade, and rang true with good will and a desire to help us acquire all our rights as citizens of this country. Mayor Rew of Rockford was pointed and profuse in his remarks about the race, and all the conflicts of the past, he had done well his part, and now in this world's crisis for democracy, he could be depended upon to be true and perform well his bit. Attorney Ed Wright, after paying a glorious tribute to his predecessors, and landing to the slaves W. S. Williams, whom he had known for years in Chicago, pulled into his speech and let now upon the ears of the people one of the grandest and noblest A NATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPINION AND CIRCULATION MILWAUKEE -- MADISON -- BELOIT Mrs. Harry Allison, Mrs. Mildred Davenport and Mrs. C. M. Josey of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White of Janesville, Mrs. J. P. Turner of Beloit, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Scott, Chicago, Mrs. W. S. Hart, Neenah. The following officers were elected, President A. H. Boyer, Watertown; First-Vice President, Henry White, Janesville; Second Vice President, Mrs. A. J. Jinks, Beloit; Secretary J. W. Smith, Oshkosh; Treasurer, A. C. Henderson, Oshkosh; State Organizer, W. R. Harris, Madison, Chairman Board of Directors, Eli Rice. The 1918 session will be held at Beloit, Wis. July 31st and Aug. 1st. addresses heard in these parts in years, his diction was grand, logic, true and above all his advice wholesome. Lineola's Emancipation address was read by Mr. Shelby of Beloit. Rev. Hilliard of Mississippi was master of ceremonies. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED AT THE RACE CONVENTION HELD AT FOND DU LAC J. Anthony Josey presiding. We, the Co-operative Development and Progressive Association, denominated Americans of African Descent, in convention assembled, at Fond du Lac, Wis., this 1st day of August, A. D. 1917, declare our unqualified allegiance to the United States of America, and pledge our devotion and support to it in all of its interests at home and abroad. We believe in the fundamental principles of democracy—the devine right of the people to govern themselves in accordance with just and humane laws that are alike applicable to all regardless of racial difference or religious creed. We believe it to be the bounden duty of all citizens and others within the borders of the country to conform their conduct to such laws, and their unassailable right to demand of the government instituted thereunder the equal protection of the same. We regard qualification for public service, military or civic based upon race identity or religious belief, and all forms of discriminations between citizens, as unjust, un-American, contrary to the spirit of our institutions and subversive of the fundamental principles of democracy. We believe in the equal freedom and independence of every man to select his own associates subject only to the equal right of those selected to confirm or reject the same. We believe in the dignity of labor and in the right of every man to dispose of his services to the best advantage to himself, uncontrolled by any organization of which he is not a member. We believe that citizens of the United States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states, and that no state nor organization of the people can lawfully restrain their free movement from state to state. We believe in the enforcement of law, the preservation of order and the punishment of crime under all circumstances. We condemn the spirit of anarchy now so often manifesting itself among men and women, in all sections of our beloved land, and more particularly in the South, by the frequent substitu- tion of mob violence for the orderly enforcement of law. And we most severely condemn those officers of the law and others, who, having taken an oath to uphold and defend the law, have wantonly and cowardly betrayed the trust imposed in them. We regard it as the duty of the church and of those called to administer to the spiritual needs of the people, to condemn vice and extol virtue and to disseminate the spirit of peace and good will among men, and we are unwilling to believe that they have failed in this respect. And finally, we believe in ourselves, in the valor of our men and the virtue of our women, in the past achievements of our forefathers and the future hopes of our posterity, in the righteousness of our cause and in the ultimate attainment of our legitimate aims. OSHKOSH NEWS TO BLADE Aug 6th Mrs. Norman Person a Lilian Young have returned their 'respective homes and Goodland, Ind., after weeks' visit in this city the home of Mr. and Mr. Smith. Mr. Herman Rice was the bed side of his wife ill at Medford, Wis. A very pretty lawn paved given by Rev. Mrs. T. and Mrs. Grace Mitchel church Friday evening large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Frank Moon, bro. Mrs. Inez Smith left for Douglas Aug. 4th with a reply Co. of B & F. Master Sylvester Rice to Chicago to visit at the We, therefore, appeal to the nation and to all who are in authority, to the Christian men and women and to all who love justice and fair play, to the churches, the press and the fraternal organizations and to the people generally, to foster and create the true spirit of democracy which neither recognizes nor encourages any distinctions among citizens save that of good and bad, loyal and disloyal. J. W. Smith Eli Rice W. R. Harris Geo. H. DeReef Moses Jefferson J. Anthony Josey Committee. ROCKFORD. ILL. NEWS Mrs. A. E. Robinson, visited Beloit over Sunday, meeting many old friends from Mississippi. Mrs. Anna Hodges and two daughters Mrs. Author Blakely and Mrs. Bert Tucker, visited Freeport, Ill. Mr. Clarence Gorum, is on a trip to join his wife and daughter Geldire, who are visiting Shellville and St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. C. W. Stamps, is visiting her mother and grandmother in Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Katie Brown, returned to Chicago after spending a few days in Rockford, Ill. Miss Laura Griffin, entertained a party of young people, a good time was spent. Miss Daisy Thompson of Elgin is visiting her sister, Mrs. Upshaw. Miss Effie Wilson is spending a few days with her sister Mrs. A. E. Tucker. The Masonic Lodge is hoping to have the next grand session held in Rockford Oct. 9th. Mrs. Bessie Dickerson is visiting relatives. MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN St. Benedict will Picnic Labor Day. There will be given on the local grounds, 9th and Frerier Sts. a picnic for the benefit of St. Benedict church. A prize will be given to the highest jumper, girl or boy. Come one, come all, and have a jolly good time, close to home where you can play all sorts of games. All are welcome. Don't forget the time—Labor Day. St. Benedict Picnic. Mrs. Duncan, Mgr. CARD OF THANKS Milwaukee. Wis. Mr. Hoover G. Stith, who was lately deprived of the person of his wife but not her spirit, wishes to thank the following persons through the columns of the Blade for the sympathy extended and floral offerings. Womens' Improvement Club, B. Square Club, Phyllis Wheatley Art Club, Dr. and Mrs. Roger, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Finley, Mrs. A. W. Commask, a friend only designated by the name "George" and others. OSHKOSH NEWS TO THE BLADE Mrs. Norman Person and Miss Lilian Young have returned to their respective homes Chicago and Goodland, Ind., after a three weeks' visit in this city and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith. Mr. Herman Rice was called to the bed side of his wife who is ill at Medford, Wis. A very pretty lawn party was given by Rev. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Grace Mitchel at the church Friday evening and a large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Frank Moon, brother of Mrs. Inez Smith left for Camp Douglas Aug. 4th with the Supply Co. of B & F. Master Sylvester Rice has gone to Chicago to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Scott on Tremont, St. Mrs. Eli Rice is visiting her mother and father at Lawrence, Kans. Mr. Russel of Neenah and Miss Wyat of Appleton were among the entertained audience who attended the co-operative convention at Fond du Lac. Mrs. W. S. Hart of Neenah declared that she had the time of her life at the convention. Mr. Hart left Neenah Friday A. M. to attend the Grand Council of the G. U. O. O. F. to be held in Chicago Friday evening, Aug. 3rd. He will leave Chicago Tuesday the 7th for Henderson, Ky. to visit his father. Rev. Mrs. Tompson has gone to Chicago to attend the A. M. E. Zia. Bishops Council which will be held there 7th and 8th. DRAFT OBJECTIONS "While the government is prepared to act with an iron hand against any armed resistance such as has been threatened in the South against the army law it is believed by high officials that the situation will be mastered without resort to very drastic measures." The above under date of Washington is taken from one of our dailies. It is interesting to note that the charge is made against the South where it has been intimated the true patriot is only to be found. Not long since considerable doubt was expressed as to the loyalty of the Negro. At that time the Blade along with other reputable papers reminded the government that it had better watch those who were endeavoring to create that doubt. It would appear that our fears have been realized. North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma and other southern states are now in the spot-light. The trouble with the south is that it takes itself too seriously. It likes to think of itself as "the country." It is like the tail trying to wag the dog. When it comes to fighting American soldiers, the Negro or anything that is American, the South is ever ready and willing. It is even heroic, as was evidenced in '60 to '65. But fighting a foreign foe, under and in defence of the American flag, that is a different proposition. We are glad to note that from these disturbances the Negro is absent. Until a recent date, his loyalty was never questioned, and even then it was only suggested by those in whose breast the wish was father to the thought. They hoped to use the Negro as the goat to try out the question they wanted answered. At one time they even said that Wisconsin was disloyal and would furnish wholesale objectors to selective conscription. So far their hopes have not materialized. We predict that among the last to use violence against the government in the matter of the draft, will be the citizens of Wisconsin and the Negroes of the country. Trade with the Merchants who ask for your patronage through the columns of the Blade. A Great Day at Beloit Celebration Addresses by Mayor Adams, of Beloit; Mayor Rouse of Rockford; Attorney Ed. H. Wright, of Chicago; and Editor J. Anthony Josey, of Madison. W. S. WILLIAMS PRAISED FOR HIS EFFORT Hommonegah Park was a scene of such jollification as is seldom witnessed in this part of the country. Barbecued meats, refreshments of all sorts and a general good time was enjoyed by the five hundred and more who attended. Speeches by the Mayors both of Rockford and Beloit were roundly applauded, but when our own speakers stepped forward on the platform pandemonium broke loose. When the Hon. J. A. Josey stepped back of the Emancipation and showed the rise of our race to its present standard, then, and not until then did one realize how far we have advanced so that we are able to boast of such a speaker in our midst. He was followed by Attorney Ed. $\Omega$. Wright of Chicago, whatever of oratory had been lacking in the three previous speeches was more than sup- BELOIT NEWS Once more the ranks of single bliss has been invaded and one of our fair maidens seized and carried to the realm of holy wedlock. The peaceful offender this time was Mr. Knox of Broadway and Miss Mabel Horton. Mrs. Ollie Strothers, has returned from Medford, Wis., much benefited by the trip. Editor J. A. Josey, his wife, sister-in-law and Miss Walker of Madison, were welcome visitors at the home of Rev. and Mrs. G. J. F. Fox on the fourth. Beloit still needs and ought to have a colored physician at once. Kentucky RICHMOND KENTUCKY NEWS Mr. A. W. White, Eugene Estell, Clara B. White and Marguerite Newman motored to Buea August 1st. Miss Louise Shacklefou spent the day in Versailles, Kentucky, visiting friends. Mr. Ed. Davis is at home from Chicago, Ill. Miss Olivia B. is on the sick list. Don't forget to see Mr. B. F. Reed to take out a policy on the Mutual Life and Accident Insurance Co. Miss Ester Mae Warren has returned home from Lancaster, Ky. after a three weeks visit with relatives and friends. The Baptist S. S. Convention met here last week with a large delegation raising the amount of $400. Mr. Irvine Martin, who has been on the sick list for a long time departed this life Aug. 4th. Mrs. Mariah Reed, is in Lancaster, Ky., visiting relatives. NICHOLASVILLE. KY. NEWS The Teachers Institute held a few days ago, was a successful one. It was conducted by Prof. T. J. Smith, Versailles, who is an efficient instructor. He puts the intellectual food down where all can eat. Mrs. Sarah McBeth, most delightfully entertained all the teachers at her beautiful home in the country. The house and yard were decorated in the national colors; a most delicious three course luncheon was served to the delight of all. This Institute and Mrs. McBeth will be long remembered. The Negroes of our city are striving to go onward; our slogan is "A New School Building." Business is prospering here. Mr. Geo. P. Combs, our undertaker, grocery and coal man, has --- NO.9 plied by this worthy man of trust, who was so instrumental in assisting our people in endeavoring to procure for themselves some form of justice and restitution for their horrible experience at East St. Louis, Ill. The committee on arrangements are to be congratulated for the manner in which everything was carried out. Next year we expect to see thousands of this Emancipation Celebration at Beloit. Among the people who attended from neighboring towns were Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Robinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hiekman of Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Effie Josey of Augustus, Ga., Miss Elsie Walker and Mrs. C. M. Josey of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White and daughter of Janesville, Mrs. E. Williams of Edgerton. H. B. Kinner. returned from West Baden Springs, Ind., where he spent some time for his health. Messrs. Geo., Theodore and Chas. Combs, Morton Smith, Chas. Taylor, Levi Lewis, H. Ogle, Mesdames M. McQuerry, M. J. Wallace, and R. A. Scott are our leaders in business. Drs. A. F. McCoy and Miller our physicians, they are doing splendidly. Dr. McCoy, Mr. G. R. Combs and Mrs. Martha Spillman bought beautiful automobiles recently. Dr. Miller has one also. Rev. C. H. Dickerson, State Evangelist, Christian church, is doing most excellent work, he is spending a few hours at home this week. Rev. Orton, pastor of the A. M. E. church and Rev. Griffin, pastor Christian church are doing splendid work, they have the love and respect of all the city. Next week we will tell you about some of our other prosperous citizens. PEYTON TOWN, KY We are still having warm weather. There was a supper given at the church Saturday night for the benefit of framing the pastors' (Rev. C. M. Embry) picture. Miss Amy Miller, returned to Irving, Ky. Monday morning to assume her work. Sunday was Rev. C. Embry's middle meeting. A nice crowd attended and spiritual services were held day and night. Mrs. Florence Finnell of Indiana was a guest of her sister-in-law Miss Finnell from Thursday until Saturday. Deacon Henry Tevis and Deacon John McMiller gave an ice cream social Saturday for the benefit of repairing the church steps. There were a good many people of this place in attendance at the Sunday School convention which was held at Richmond, Ky. Mr. Enoch Glispie of Flatwood, Ky., spent Friday night with his sister, Mrs. Eliza Campbell. Mrs. Pattie Doty of Richmond, Ky., was out here picking blackberries last week. Rev. Alonzo Campbell spent from Sunday until Wednesday in Danville, Ky. Little Mr. Joseph Hughley will give a birthday dinner Aug. 4th. The sick folks are not much improved. Mr. Curry Harris is very sick. MILWAUKEE QUICK SERVICE HAND LAUNDRY, 224 STATE ST., NEAR 4TH ST. ALL WORK GUARANEED AND DELIVERED THE SAME DAY The Wisconsin Weekly Blade A National Journal of Opinion and Circulation. Entered as second-class matter June 8, 1916, at the post office at Madison, Wis., under the Act of March 3, 1879. 4 J. ANTHONY JOSEY, Editor and Manager. GEO. H. DE RFEF. Contributing Editor. MILWAUKEE BRANCH H. B. Kinner. A. W. KNIGHT, L. J. OUSLEY, Staff Correspondents. D. F. WHITAKER, Traveling Representative. SUBSCRIPTION: One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... 50 NOTICE. The D. G. L. is not responsible for any financial obligation of The Blade. Address all communications to THE WISCONSIN WEEKLY BLADE, 312 N. Henry St. Money sent by express money order, or registered letter at our own risk, otherwise at risk of the sender. BLADELETS "Make yourself heard." Our aim is to advance, not retard, the progress of our people. Put your shoulder to the wheel and try to make better those conditions against which you complain. As you would cut off your right arm if it offend you, so cut out those vices that unman you. You honor your father and mother when you honor yourself. The average southerner is so busy keeping the Negro down that he can't rise himself. tastes. We once knew a man who was looking for a wife whom no one else wanted. He is an artistic lover who can convince the average girl of today that to be well dressed she need not expose half of her person. Generally speaking, colored people are no worse than other people; but we would have them better. Did you ever notice the expression on the face of the confirmed gossiper as she goes into the details of a rumor concerning one of her sisters? "Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said. 'This is my own—my Native Land!' Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go—mark him well: For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim— Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentrated all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown; And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from which he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung." BUY A CAMERA. HAVE YOUR WORK DONE BY THE PHOTO ART HOUSE, 212 STATE ST. WANTED—Live energetic agents to represent the Blade, Liberal terms. Write the Blade Publishing Co., Madison, Wis. Running A Newspaper The following editorial is clipped from the Georgia Baptist. We give it editorial space because we believe it both timely and true: The man who runs a newspaper is, perhaps, given more advice on how to successfully run it than is true of any other lien of business. And strange as it may seem, this advice comes from people who not only have never run newspapers themselves, but who have never done very much of anything else successfully, except big talk. Long tiresome articles are sent you that are of no possible interest to the public and you are expected to publish them for nothing or else "your paper ain't no good no how." The attempt is made by people who ought to know better—to use the columns of the paper as a vehicle of abuse and slander, and who are surprised and pained when you ask them to assign their names too and to assume responsibility for the articles in question. Then there are some organizations that will adopt the paper as the "official organ," whatever that may mean, and immediately the officials thereof think that SCISSORED THOUGHTS Milwaukee Leader (R. A Dague)—What intelligent person can expect that the Chinese Japs, and other foreigners can look upon America from any other viewpoint than that we are brutal, half-civilized savages our selves? It is admitted that these frequent lynching bees, in which men burn negroes at the stake, have rarely if ever occurred in any state of the union in which the Democratic party is not in the ascendency and have control of the courts and state governments, but foreigners do not know that. It is safe to say that among those 3,000 persons who burned Eli Persons, not a single Socialist was present. The probability is that 99 per cent of the mob were Democrats. Many of them were intoxicated; all were crazed by the murder lust. Milwaukee Free Press — Thru the press, that channel of live information, complaints have been made that colored men found it almost impossible to enlist. Into white regiments they are not admitted, for obvious reasons. The training camp for officers of negro regiments established at Des Moines, where negroes are trained by a staff of regular army officers, is a move in the right direction. Enough regiments should be organized to accommodate all colored volunteers who can pass the physical tests, the more the better, for there is not the slightest danger of having too many troops ready for the firing line. Milwaukee Daily News—It is a demonstration of sheer ignorance and abject superstition to make the negro scapegoat for every "crime passion!" of the South. There are degenerates among white men. Sometimes these crimes are punished as they deserve. But no one advocates lynching as a remedial measure. How, then, with any show of a pretense at abstract justice can there be any remote tolerance for the lynchings of the South? Does the fact of the color of a man's skin make total difference in the methods to be used for crime and its punishment, or prevention? Atlanta Independent—An "eye sore" is the little fellow who has a job, but who, as soon as he loses it by reason of his misconduct, hunts up his former employer's enemies, licks their boot and tries to make friends with them by making it appear that he knows something: that he has been on the inside with his former employer and he can put them next to information that will help them reap revenge. This fool does not know that his newly found friend, whom he has been loudest in cursing, looks upon him with distrust, looks upon him as a traitor and knows that just as soon as he fires him or kicks him out because of his worthlessness, he will hunt up his enemy and sell out for another job. Saturday News (Hopkinsville Ky.)----As was said some time ago they must run the paper, edit it, control its policy, use its columns to reward their friends and to punish their enemies—in fact, feel that they must do everything except give the paper financial support. Somebody else must pay the bills, but they must do everything else. Then there is a class of people who think that a paper must have no opinion of its own—they make no distinction between the views and opinions of the paper's contributors and those of the editor and they wish to say all manner of things about people and things, but always anonymously. If you ask that the matter be published over their signature why you insult them, and yet they expect the management to assume that which they are afraid to do themselves. The publisher of a Negro newspaper is a philanthropist; his reward is the curses and abuses of those whom he serves unselfishly and whose interest and well-being he is successful in advancing. But who expects appreciation or gratitude for services rendered? We are sorry for the man or woman who does. this is not a white man's war any more than it is a black man's war. As we see it the United States of America, our country, is at war, and the best abilities and the life of every citizen should back up Woodrow Wilson, not as Woodrow Wilson, but as the chief executive of the United States. PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT. Abyssinian Baptist Church Commende Stand Taken Against Lynching. Former President Roosevelt has been flooded with letters and telegrams from prominent men and women, civic, political and religious organizations, congratulating him for his speech in New York in which he denounced in the most severe terms the wholesale murder of innocent colored people by mobs of white policemen and white federal soldiers at East St. Louis recently. Among the telegrams sent to Colonel Roosevelt one which rings with patriotic race pride and cries aloud against cold blooded murder of human beings is from the Abyssinian Baptist church, New York, of which the Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Powell is pastor. The telegram follows: Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y.: The 3,200 members of the Abyssinian Baptist church by a unanimous and enthusiastic vote express to you their sincere and heartfelt gratitude and congratulations for your reply to the false, cowardly, un-American, murder inciting utterances of Samuel Gompers in Carnegie Hall Friday night. Your timely and courageous words in defense of the murdered and abused children who were in East St. Louis in prison for an honest living are an added proof that you are the biggest and most fair minded man in the world. You have revived a living hope in the breasts of 12,000,000 industrious, loyal, peaceable yet greatly distressed citizens and aroused, we trust, a vigorous sentiment in the heart of all genuine Americans for a square deal. Unless the national administration brings these murders to justice your noble stand will make our government at Washington, which is preaching world democracy, a war on the stock in the eyes of Germany and Turkey. We are among the men who are earnestly praying that a man like yourself may again occupy the White House. With highest esteem we are yours for even handed justice and equal opportunities. THE ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH A. Clayton Powell, Pastor. NEW HISTORY AND MANUAL FOR NOTED SECRET ORDER Knights of Pythias Enriched by Work Covering Its Various Branches. A history and manual of the Colored Knights of Pythias, printed by the National Baptist publishing board of Nashville, Teun., and sold by the Central Regalia company of Cincinnati is just off the press. The book contains 1,019 pages, giving a complete history of the supreme lodge, all grand lodges, the U. R. K. of P., the supreme court and all grand courts of Calanthe and biographies of many Pythians and Calantheans of note. 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You decide if you wish to keep it. dison Gas & Electric Company 126 East Main Street Mrs. Lucindy Vaughn 706 Court Street FURNISHED ROOMS By Day or Week Nice Clean Beds and Plenty of Fresh Air CINCINNATI, OHIO Phone 4400 RESTAURANT When in Milwaukee visit the ELITE CAFE Meals at all hours Lunches 10-15-20c and up ROBERT WHITE, Prop. 267 Fourth St. HOTEL DOUGLASS Phone Belle 3383 510 Elm St. An Ideal Home for the Traveling Public Ladies Cafe in Connection When in Rockford Register at the Douglass S. L. HODGES, Proproriet For Sale Cheap Second Hand Overcoats Suits, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' Coats and Shoes also Rings, Watches and Suit Cases I buy anything you don't want JOE'S STORE ELVER HOUSE BASEMENT Opposite C. & N. W. Deposit CINCINNATI. Mrs. Sadie Hickman has returned from Baraboo to make her home at 255 State Street. Mrs. Elsie McCoy left the city Monday for Akron, Ohio, where she will join her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Wooford of North Henry St. made a flying trip to Chicago on business. Mr. A. C. Henderson was suddenly called to the bedside of his father in Chicago late Saturday evening. Mr. Fields of Emporia, Kans., is contemplating making Madison his home while attending the University of Wisconsin. The many friends of Mrs. Amanda Johnson will regret to learn of the painful accident Sunday by sticking a nail in her foot. Mrs. T. W. Josey of Augustus, Ga., and Mrs. C. M. Josey, were the guests of Mrs. A. T. Stewart at Luncheon Thursday afternoon. Miss Marion Buckner, is back in the city after spending several days in Chicago, visiting relatives and friends. She reports a pleasant stay. Our Editor has started on an extensive tour of the state of Illinois, visiting Sparta, Cairo, Bloomington, Springfield and East St. Louis. The chicken supper at Mt. Zion Baptist church was a success, Mrs. Brown, chairman of the committee deserves much praise for her splendid effort. The Editor, accompanied by his wife, Miss Elsie Walker and Mrs. T. W. Josey attended the Emancipation Celebration at Beloit where the Editor was among the speakers. Mr. W. R. Harris is in attendance of the District Grand Lodge at Sparta this week. On his return he will spend a few days in Chicago visiting his host of friends. Proof. Ambrose Calliver of Knoxville, Tenn., has completed a successful session in the department of Manual Art at the University of Wisconsin. He will instruct at Fiske University, Nashville, Tenn., along this line of work. He is a graduate of Knoxville and a Post Graduate of Tuslaegue. OLD FASHION PICNIC AND BARBECUE August 16th, 1917. From 10 A. M. to 12 P. M. 707 Regent St. Barbecued pig, lamb and chicken with hot sauce. Mashed potatoes, green corn, string beans and pickled beats. Desert—blueberry and apple pies. Ice cream and lemonade. Dinner 40 cents. M. Jefferson, Manager. ROCKFORD NEWS Mrs. Hattie Brown of Chicago is visiting Mrs. Hattie Robinson. Mrs. Ella Harris visited Evanston Illinois making an official visit to the Northwestern Household of Ruth Number 365. Mrs. George Winn, is visiting her daughter in Arpine Wis. Miss E. A. Walker, Mesdames E. L. and C. M. Josey, surprised Mrs. J. H. Kemp of 1618 Cunningham St., with a short visit on Saturday August 4th. St. Benedict Settlement is a home for colored working girls and women of good morals. Anyone found inducing them to an immoral place or play will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Mrs. Laura Duncan, 823 Winnebago St. Sunday Schools to Meet In Yonkers. The annual meeting of the New York state Sunday school convention will be held with the Messiah Baptist Sunday school at Yonkers, N. Y., on Tuesday and Friday, July 19 and 20. Many important features of Sunday school work are on the program for discussion. D doctrine of Law Enforcement South. Every time a southern white man of the south declares himself in favor of law enforcement he aids the cause of justice and fair play for both races. America first, supported and defended by all of her citizens, is good doctrine to teach and protection for all Amer- icans alike would be in keeping the letter and spirit of the consti- tution says N. Barnett Dodson. FIXED PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION General Plan For Teachers And Pupils Outlined. FIVE TYPES OF INSTRUCTION Improvement of Rural Conditions Depends Upon the Proper Cultivation of the Soil, Says Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones—Value of Gardening as an Elementary School Activity Emphasized. The report of Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the bureau of education at Washington on the progress and facilities for the education of the colored people is the most complete work on the subject which has ever been given to the public. For the past three years Dr. Jones has been traveling, gathering information and studying the subject of education for the race. Discussing race needs as they apply to rural life, Dr. Jones says: "Next to the need of a genuine appreciation of the importance of rural education in the development of the colored people and of t'i' south is the demand for a clearly defined program of courses adapted to the age and attitude of the pupils and to the income and general plan of the institution and its teachers. Hitherto the prevailing conception of agricultural education seems to have required elaborate courses in theory, a large farm and extensive equipment both in machinery and in stock. The majority of the schools, realizing that they had neither the inclination nor the financial means to undertake such a plan, followed their own desires and devoted their energy to literary courses. "The few schools that were sufficiently interested to try to teach agriculture plunged in at an elaborate rate, and almost all of them failed to realize their purposes. It is not to be understood that this failure means that no good resulted from their efforts. On the contrary, very important gabs were made in overcoming the deep dislike for the soil which generations of slavery had developed. Through the elaborate equipment and the complexities of agricultural theory the Negro youth and his parents began to believe that some education might be obtained in agricultural schools. "It would therefore be quite unjust to claim that no good resulted from the elaborate method. The real criticism is that a large number of schools were led to believe the teaching of agriculture to be beyond their financial means and equipment and that the schools attempting agriculture did so at considerably larger cost than was necessary. The improvement of rural conditions and the proper cultivation of the soil require at least five types of instruction adapted to the varying needs of the five groups whose interest is to be awakened. They are: "First.-Science and practice of gardening for all pupils in rural and urban schools. "Second.-Science and practice in gardening, with instruction in civics, economics and teacher training for all secondary pupils and persons preparing to be ministers and teachers. "Third.-Two year courses in agriculture to prepare farmers for the cultivation of the usual thirty or forty acre farm. "Fourth.-Four year courses for those desiring to be agricultural teachers, farm demonstrators or managers of large farms. "Fifth.-Rural extension activities for the entire community. The needs of the pupils and the limited school equipment of a majority of the colored school admit of only one or at most two of these courses. "No phase of agricultural instruction has been so much neglected as gardening. The propaganda for country life and agriculture in America seems to have overlooked the garden and to have left it to the whims of the suburban soil enthusiast. No phase of soil culture has such a variety of important possibilities as gardening. These possibilities include the economic returns of the home garden, both in town and country, and especially its use to supplement the salary of the rural teacher and minister. They include the educational value of the garden as an elementary school activity, as an illustration of intensive agriculture, as a laboratory for agricultural schools and as the recruiting field in which pupils may be introduced to the wonders of soil culture and thus won for service in rural life. Furthermore, gardening has unique value in the cultivation of character, both in the individual and in the family. This social value is attained by the union of the family in the planting and cultivation, by exchange and co-operation with the neighbors similarly engaged and by the development of marketing skill and habits of saving small earnings. "In view of the large proportion of colored people in rural districts and on farms it is evident that every secondary school and every private and higher institution should make it possible for pupils to appreciate the economic and social significance of gardening and soil cultivation, to know the relation of soil to soul, to know that farming is not mere drudgery, but the source of culture as well as of prosperity. Such is the importance of rural life that the teachers of other subjects should use every opportunity which their subjects offer to arouse interest in the improvement of rural conditions." ORDER OF TENTS MAKES PROGRESS Eleventh Annual Session Held At Wilmington, N. C. MANY DELEGATES PRESENT Friendly Relations Between the Races Shown at Meeting of Thrifty Organization Founded and Supervised by Mrs. Victoria Loftin — Cornstone Laid For Tents' New Building. By GEORGE F. KING. Wilmington, N. C.—The eleventh annual session of Tents of the Independent Order of J. R. Giddling and Jolliffe Union, which was recently held in this city, was an epocalish affair among the Afro-American women of this section of the south. Over 300 delegates attended the convention. They were representative women of our race who are doing effective work along special lines. Many of the leading white citizens paid a glowing tribute to Mrs. Victoria Loftin and her associates for the splendid work that they are doing. Mayor P. Q. Moore delivered an able welcome address on behalf of the city. Accentuating charity, fidelity and the ability to be true to the task imposed upon Afro-American women, especially in states in which this order is operating, the order was founded in this city and a charter granted to it in the month of March, 1906. The founder is Mrs. Victoria Lottin of this city. With only eighty-four members she started business as soon as the charter was granted by this state. These young tents seemingly struck a popular chord, and by judicious management and PATRICIA MRS. VICTORIA LOFTIN. thrift the order now has over 8,000 members in North and South Carolina and several other states. This fraternity is composed of only women, and these women have paid every death claim promptly. As a security for their policy holders Mrs. Loftin and her excellent co-workers have deposited with the insurance commissioner of North Carolina $5,000 and $5,000 with the insurance commissioner of South Carolina. The headquarters for the South Carolina grand lodge are at Marion, S. C. The home office of this extraordinary movement of women is located in this city, and these zealous women are setting a wholesome example for thousands of men of the race by their aspirations and achievements. They are now erecting here a handsome three story building for their home office for the entire order. On the first floor will be stores; the second floor will be offices; third floor auditorium and lodge rooms. The building will be modern in every detail. These progressive women are paying for the building during its erection—that is, each week the contractor is paid for what he has done, and the order is kept out of debt. This structure is not being erected with money procured from a building and loan association, but by the women contributing their mites weekly. A pertinent feature of the recent convention of this order was the cornerstone laying by the Masonic lodges of this city, at which time Dr. R. B. McRary, M. W. G. Master of the jurisdiction of North Carolina and Colonel James H. Young, R. W. G. E. S. and deputy grand master of the Odd Fellows of this state, officiated and made excellent addresses. The head and founder of this society, Mrs. Loftin, is bristful of optimism, and despite the many obstacles she experienced in the beginning she has judiciously managed its affairs until it has attained its present stage of prominence and service. Wilmington Honors Dr. J. O. Hopkins At the June meeting of the city council at Wikimington, Del., Dr. John O. Hopkins was reelected to membership for the third consecutive term. Dr. Hopkins received a majority vote of 200 over his opponent. He is a native of Kent county Md. After his graduation from the high school at Wilmington he entered the College of Pharma macy at EllaJelphin, from which he graduated and then went into the drig business at Wilmington. Central Wisconsin Trust Company Madison, Wisconsin Fred M. Brown, Treasurer. John Barnes, 2nd Vive-Pres. L. M. Hanks, President. Margus Swenson, 1st Vive-Pres. B. J. alligan, Secretary. T. R. Hefty, Ass't Secretary. E. C. Dodge, C. R. Van Hise, H. L. Russel, A. L. Sanborn, P. B. Knox, A. O. 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There were many persons of prominence in attendance, who vied with each other in paying homage to President W. S. Scarborough, the board of trustees and the faculty and students for the high mark of efficiency shown during the school year. At 10 o'clock a. m. on graduation day President Scarborough, accompanied by the speaker of the day, the Hon. Richard T. Greener of Chicago. P. A. M. HON. RICHARD T. GREENER. Dr. Daniel Williams, the noted physician of Chicago and head of the surgical staff of St. Luke's hospital; Dr. William Galloway, president of the C. N. and I. board and trustees; the bishops of the A. M. E. church and graduating students, headed the line of march and proceeded to the auditorium of Galloway hall, in which the exercises were held. Two thousand persons were in attendance. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. R. C. Ransom of New York President Scarborough introduced Hon. Richard T. Greener, who delivered the annual address, speaking at length on "The Old and the New Education," tracing the rise of the old systems of Greece and Rome. "The contrast of the cultured civilization of the one," said the speaker, "is against the militarism of Rome. The rise of the universities of the middle ages, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, down to the American systems was inherited from England. The new education, with us began about the year 1866 with the famous address of Dr. Hedge, which led to the election of Professor Elliott, who is known all over the land as a science teacher. "A college or university is distinguished by its instructors, and the object of the instruction should be to stimulate and arouse the ambitions and the appreciation of character, the true, the beautiful and the good. We should have no hesitancy in accepting the new methods. It would be a reflection on the present day civilization to say that the old is better than the new. The education had to become practicable and adapted to the diversified talents and wants of the race. "There was a time when education was solely for men, but today it includes men and women, which means the co-ordinate development of the race." The speaker referred to such educators as John Stuart Mill, John Ruskin, Carkle, John Henry Newman, Daniel A. Payne, Booker T. Washington, President Scarborough and others, urging the graduates who were to receive their diplomas at the close of the exercises to read the works of the authors named, that they give a balance, that their works were useful because they tell how to act, how to live and regulate the true educational value of study. Following the commencement address by the Hon. Mr. Greener, the presentation of diplomas and certificates and the conferring of honorary degrees took place. The diplomas were presented to the graduates by President Scarborough, while the presentation speeches were delivered by Dean Gilbert H. Jones, Dean George F. Woodson and Superintendent William A. Joiner, Miss Margaret E. Watkins, a young Xenia girl, received the highest honors in the college department, magna cum laude. Miss Watkins, who is a very brilliant student, completed the course in three years, which is an unusual record. W. B. Johnson of St. Louis received the second highest honors. Degrees were conferred by the university as follows through President W. S. Scarborough: The honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon the commencement speaker, Richard T. Greener of Cul cago, former United States consul to Bombay and Vladivostok, the official representative of Japanese and British interests in Siberia during the Russian-Japanese war and the holder of other prominent official offices. He was the first Negro graduate of Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and was dean of the law faculty of Howard university, Washington, for a time and was law clerk to the first comptroller of the United States treasury. The LL.D. degree was also conferred upon Robert C. Barnes, a lawyer of Detroit, and James Logan Curtis, United States minister to Liberia and an alumnus of Willerford. The honorary degree of master of arts was conferred upon William H. York, major of the constabulary of the frontier forces in Liberia, an alumnus; Dr. T. C. Chapman, a prominent dentist of Kansas City, an alumnus, and Professor E. A. Meyzeek, principal of the normal school at Louisville, Ky. The following graduates received degrees: Classical course, bachelor of arts, Gartrell J. Gaines, Valdosta, Gd; Clay E. Hunter, Yellow Springs, O.; Charles Gardner Read, Charleston, S. C.; Iolene Springfield, Owensboro, Ky.; Isaac E. Steady, Steers Leone, West Africa; Marguerite Elizabeth Watkins, Xela (summa cum laude). Scientific course, bachelor of science, Lorenzo S. Burford, Memphis, Tenn.; Walton R. Doby, Selma, Ala.; Robey Lee Crawford, Prairie View, Tex.; William B. Johnson, Birmingham, Ala.; Pauline L. Kigh, Louisville, Ky.; Aline Louise Singleton, Louisville, Ky.; Ossian H. Sweet, Barton, Fla.; Ledrue William Turner, Muskegue, Okla.; Lille Belle Vance, Houston, Tex.; Monroe Levon Young, Paulding, O.; B. A. in education, Beatrice Mason, Wilberforce. Diplomas were awarded to the following: Academic department, George W. Anderson, Pinkstaff, Ill.; Gladys Eldenor Brummel, Indianapolis, Ind.; Julla Annette Dixon, New York City; Gertrude Bailey Foster, Memphis, Tenn.; Marie C. Gillard, Huntington, W. Va.; Willa Mae King, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jonathan Mangena Mokone, Pretoria, South Africa; Ethel Earley Pannell, Danville, Ky.; Amanda Jane Tanner, Paducah, Ky.; Arnian Asscott Thompson, Barbados, West Indies; Bertha Heuretta Ward, Huntsville, Ala.; Elizabeth Watson, Georgetown, Ky.; Kate Carpenter, Hettle Corrothers, Ida Beatrice Mason and John Robert Winston. Certificates in instrumental music, Ruth Elizabeth Banks, Pittsburgh, and Annie Louise Singleton, Louisville, Ky. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR GIRLS ASKED BY LEAGUE New York Organization Receives Favorable Reply From Education Board. As a result of the conference on trud- training opportunities for New York city girls held some time ago at the residence of Miss Virginia Potter on West Seventy-sixth street, New York, at the call of the National Urban league a hearing on the subject before the committee on vocational training of the board of education was held the second Friday in June. Of the representatives of the twenty-six petitioning organizations those who spoke in behalf of increasing the facilities for trade training were Miss Virginia Potter, president of the board of directors of the Manhattan Trade School For Girls; Miss Elizabeth Walton, Miss Margaret Brown, secretary vocational scholarship committee of the Henry Street settlement; Mrs. Cecilia Cabanis, executive secretary colored branch Y. W. C. A.; Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary National Urban league; Jacob Theobald, principal public School No. 89. John Martin, chairman of the vocational committee of the board of education, stated that his committee looked favorably upon the extension of the facilities for vocational training for girls under high school grade and appointed a committee from the educational department to confer with a committee of three from the petitioners on courses of training to be offered next September. The committee from the petitioners are Miss Virginia Potter, Miss Margaret Brown and E. K. Jones. MISS BAKER LEADS CLASS. Cambridge Girl Wins Highest Honors In Class of 250. It is a pleasure to note the number of graduates from the different schools in Greater Boston for the school year 1917, which by far exceeds the number of former years. Some will enter institutions of higher learning; others will go into the various occupations as they see fit. Whatever capacity of work they may be engaged in, we hope that their previous training will be an incentive for contiguous study and perseverance in order to be prepared to meet the necessary requirements in life, says the Boston Guardian. Miss Irma M. Baker of 77 Prentiss street graduated from the Cambridge English high and Latin school with the proud distinction of winning the highest honor out of a class of 250 girls. She delivered the salutatory address on "Success" before the largest crowd that ever assembled for a graduation at Sanders theater. Never before in Cambridge, the city noted for its schools and colleges of learning, has a colored girl achieved such honors, and today not only her parents, who, we know, feel proud, but the whole race, join in the praise of this great honor. During the four years of her attendance she has never been late or absent. DISCUSSION ON RACE MIGRATION SPEAKERS PLACE BLAME Denial of Political and Civil Rights, Lynching and Other Forms of Barbarity Given as Cause of the Great Exodus—South Losing Millions, Says Dr. A. Clayton Powell. In the discussion of any great question affecting the interest of more than one race or individual it is always well to hear the point of view of each. The speakers at the great public meeting held early in July at the Abyssinian Baptist church, New York, the Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Powell pastor, gave the colored man's view of the causes of race migration from the south. The New York Times gives the following account of the meeting: A mass meeting of New York Negroes to discuss the problems created by the wholesale Negro migration from the south in the last year was held in the Abyssinian Baptist church, 240 West Fortieth street. It showed plainly that the northern Negroes are watching the exodus of their people with deep interest and approval and that they believe the reason for it is not higher wages in the north, but treatment in the south to which they object. The church was packed to the doors, and the speakers were freely applauded. Several of the speakers alluded to the extent of Negro migration from the south in the last year. Mr. Powell estimated that 350,000 Negroes had left Georgia, Alabama, Florida and other southern states within ten months, and he placed the economic loss to that region, due to their departure, at $200,000,000. In Ocala, Fla., he said, the Rev. A. L. James, a Negro clergyman, found his flock so depleted that he gave up his parish and came to New York. Arriving in Harlem, within two days he found twelve families from his flock and was busy re-establishing his church here. "This migration," said the Rev. Clayton Powell, pastor of the church, "differs from all others in that it has no visible leader. To say that the Negro is coming north for higher wages is grossly to misinterpret the spirit of the exodus. The Negroes are leaving the south because life to them has been made miserable and unbearable. "They are tired of being kept out of public parks and libraries, of being deprived of equal educational opportunities for their children, for which they are taxed; of reading signs, 'Negroes and Dogs Not Admitted.' The men are tired of disfranchisement, the women are tired of the insults of white hoodlums, and the whole race is sick of seeing mobs mutilate and burn unconvicted Negro men. These migrating thousands are not seeking money, but manhood rights. All the people coming here are not poor. If the 350,000 Negroes who have recently left the south were offered $5 a day and free transportation back not 10 per cent would return in a whole year. If they were assured that these horrible injustices would be removed, especially the hellish institution of lynching, 80 per cent of them would return almost as quickly as they came away." Fred Moore, editor of the New York Age, the Negroes' organ, pointed out that in New York you could see white and Negro children going home from school side by side under the protection of the same policeman. "There is no race friction in the north," he said. "Who is responsible for race friction in the south? How can white people in the south expect the black people to respect them when they are always drawing the color line? Can the white south expect the black south to stay there forever under these conditions? "We have been patriotic; we have been faithful. We wanted to fight for our country, but the man in the White House drew the color line on us. The south is in the saddle in Washington, but unless the New York Times and the other northern papers that have spoken for us cry our now to the south and tell them where they are heading it will be too late for them to save themselves. "We have been patient. We have never taught our children to hate the white man, but right now the southern white child is taught in his own home to hate not only the Negro, but the northern white man who wants to give the Negro the square deal. The only people who can stop this emigration are the white people of the south, and they can only stop it in one way—by putting an end to lynching and injustice to our race." Funds Raised For the Coleman Home. Friends of the Coleman Industrial Home For Boys at Pittsburgh recently conducted a flower tag day, from which a sung sum was raised to meet a pressing financial need. Miss Grace Lowndes was chairman of the day. The managers of the home are grateful to all who added in making this unique entertainment a success. Food, clothing and other useful articles will be accepted at any time and gratefully acknowledged in behalf of the home at 1721 Bedford avenue. Nathan Wilson, Mgr. Generel Director and Embalmer Phone Day or Night No. 352 Herrodsburgh, Ky. Polite attention given all calls. Autamobile Service. We have an Automobile line between Burgin and Herrodsburgh, Ky., which meets all trains that stop. BROADWAY AND GREENVILLE STREETS Miss Hager Smith Golden, a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Embalming, is with us and prepared to give First Class Service. 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