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Leading Negro Newspaper Ijjj)! Wo-" JOHN A. ANDRtW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, TUSKtGtE NORMAL AND HARRIET TUBMAN IS A SHADOW OF fORMER SELF Mrs. Mary Tatbert Tells of Aunt Harriet's Condition VERY FRAIL AND FEEBLE Mwd of "Craad Old Womaa" Clear, aad She AMireciates Visits of rriends-Was a Woman When Stars feJ. Special to Thi Nbw Tobk Ana Buffalo, N. Feb.

26. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert. oresident of tne Empire State Federation and chairman of the executive board of the National Association of Colored Women, visited Harriet Tubman at her home in Auburn, N.

Lincoln's birthday and found the "grand old woman" very feeble and a shadow of what she was one year ago. In relating her latest visit to the home of Harriet Tubman, Mrs. Talbert writes: "It might be interesting to members oi the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs to know how Aunt Harriet is getting alotig these days. It was my pleasure to visit her recently, and I was indeed surprised to note how very feeble she was frail, emaciated and bedfast. She is but a shadow of what she was one year ago.

I took pleasure in observing that her mind was clear, and I was pleased to know that she tnjoys visits from her friends. "Her room, thoroughly sanitary-white and immaculately clean was brightened with flowers. The room Is kalsomined white, and the furnishings are white enameled. As I bent over to listen to her feeble voice, she bade me thank the women who were helping to make her last days on earth comfortable. The borne is compelled now, due to her feeble condition, to have a nurse who looks after Aunt Harriet alone.

Was Born About 1815. t1 tn Ann Harriet: This is Lincoln's and Douglass' birthday; have you any idea what season of the year you were she replied, 'I Ar.n't lrnnw when mv hirthdav comes. I only know when the New Year com mences. I am one year oiaer ana one day nearer She also said when orezt chnwer of stars fell in 1833 she was a full grown woman and was hired out to do laborious work; hence, it is more than likely that time. "After telling me of some of her remarkable escapes, and there was a pause in the conversation, she smiled and said: 'I've been firing up a long time for my journey, but now I'm almost home.

God has shown me the Golden Chariot, and a voice spoke to me and said, 'Arouse, awake, sleep no longer; Jesus does all things "After a moment's hesitation she con-j 'Toil the women to stand to gether, for God will never forsake us and finally, half dozing, as I shook her hand to say good-Dye, sne smuea mar peaceful smile of hers and said: 'I am at peace with God and all "Money is needed to help Aunt Harriet in these last few days. The home furnishes her with room and board free. Her expenses comprise salary and board for her nurse, medicine, doctor's fees, delicacies, equipment for the sick room and laundry bill. The weekly expense for her nurse is $4 salary and $3 board, making $7 a week. Other expenses make the cost of maintenance $10 a week or $40 a month.

She receives a pension of $20 a month, thus leaving $20 a month to be secured by the board HSE Tlhoiro THE SANITARY JOAP POWDER Olivs Oil and Corn Meal cleans the ikln THORO'LEY. Write lor 10 cents sample. Address ThorO, 19 EAST tl6Ui ST. of managers. The State Federation has given toward her; support WORTH $700,000,000 Prof.

Monroe N. Wdrk Estimates Total Wealth of Race Negro Now Edit and Publish Four Hundred Papers Negro Farmora in the South Cultivate One Million Acres. Special to Ths Nsw Soaa Acs. Tuskegee, Feb. 25.

The total wealth of the Negroes in the United States is estimated at $700,000,000 by Prof. Monroe N. Work, in charge of Research and Records" at Tuskegee Institute. In the January number of the Southern Workman Prof. Work tells of what the American Negro, is doing for himself.

Special emphasis is placed on the race's advancement along religious, educational and economic lines. The religious progress of the race is shown in the accumulation of church property which amounts to $57,000,000. The churches contribute yearly, over $100,000 for home missions, Negro. JJaptisicajrry on work it five foreign countries, in which they have established 132 mission stations in charge of 97 missionaries. The African Methodist Episcopal Church has mission work in eight foreign countries and has two Bishops in Africa.

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is doing aggressive work in Africa and the West Indies. Thirty-live thousand Sunday schools are in operation, with an enrollment of one and three-quarters million pupils. 1,700,000 Enrolled in Publia Schools. The educational advancement of the race is indicated in Prof. Work's article by the statement that 1,700,000 Negro children are enrolled in the public schools and 100,000 in the normal schools and colleges.

Thirty-one thousand Negro teachers are employed in the public schools, and 3,000 teachers are employed in the colleges and the normal and industrial schools. There are in the South at present 50 colleges, 13 institutions for the education of colored women, 26 theological schools and departments, 3 schools of law, 5 of medicine, 2 of dentistry, 4 of pharmacy, 17 state agricultural and mechanical colleges and over 400 normal and industrial schools. The value of the property now owned by institutions for higher and secondary training of the freedmen is more than $17,000,000. In 1912 over $4,400,000 were expended for their higher and industrial training, and $8,600,000 in their public schools, a total of $13,000,000. There are 40,000 following the professions, including teachers, preachers, laymen, doctors, dentists, editors, and there are some 30,000 engaged in business of some sort.

Negroes now edit and pnblish 400 newspapers and periodicals. They own 100 insurance companies, 300 drug stores and 20,000 grocery and other stores. There are 300,000 or more working in trades and other occupations requiring skill blacksmiths, carpenters, cabinet makers, masons, miners, engineers, iron and steel factory operators, printers, lithographers, engravers, gold and silver workers, tool and cutlery makers, etc With 3,950 colored persons in the government postal service, there are 22,440 in the employ of the United States Government. Some 1.000 or more patents have been granted to Negroes during the past year. They have invented a telephone register, a hydraulic scrubbing brush, a weight motor for running machinery, aeroplanes, an automatic car switch and an automatic feed attachment for adding machines.

They have established 64 banks capitalized at doing an annual business of some $20,000,000. The Penny Savings Bank of Birmingham. at the close of business in Aueust, 1912, had resources amounting to Perhaps-the most significant-proves has been made in agriculture. Negro farm laborers and Negro farmers in the South cultivate approximately acres of land, of which 42.500,000 acres are under their control. Neproes now own 20.000.000 acres of land, equivalent to 31,000 square miles.

In 1863 the total wealth of Negroes; in this country was about 000.000. Now their total wealth is $700,000,000.. I is a mm. INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE RABBI TELLS NEGROES TO EMULATE THE JEWS Says Don't Believe Everything a White Man or Woman Does is Right RACE LACKS FORESIGHT Rabbi Alexander Lyons Money and Morality are of Prime Importance in this World. At the regular monthly public meeting of the Manhattan Branch of the M.

C. A. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, in West Fortieth street, Sunday a large audience Rabbi Alexander' Lyons, of the" State" Street Synagogue, Brooklyn, delivered an address on "If I Were a Negro-" He spoke in part as follows "First," if I were a Negro I should confront the conditions which the Negro confronts with the same fortitude and determination with which they have been confronted by the Jews; in other words, I would be content to be the thing which God Almighty had made me. Therein many Negroes are at fault I believe God made a variety of races for the same reason that he made a variety of other things because similarity begets monotony. Since you are Negroes, be Negroes.

I have only contempt for the Negro who, because he is a little lighter in color, looks down upon other Negroes who happen to be a little darker in hue. Either a man is a Negro or he not a Negro, no matter what his color may be. Moreover, I should not be like many Negroes who try to imitate white people. Don't make the mistake of believing that everything a white man or a white woman does is right simply because he or she is white. "In the second place, if I were a Negro I should try to have something to show for my energy.

That is, I should be careful to save as much as possible of my wages. I say this because too many of our Negroes are inclined to be thriftless. The race is often accused of a lack of foresight They spend their money too reeely and too thoughtlessly. Some Negroes, as soon as they have earned a little money, lay off and spend it in order that they may go to work and earn a little more. Save your money.

If you cannot get your names on the signboards of Broadway you may yet be able to get them on the side streets. "Finally, if I were a Negro I should so denort myself that no one could the finger of scorn at me. Two things in this world are of prime importance money and morality. And then I should see to it that, so far as in my power lay, every other Negro with whom I came in contact deported himself with credit- For if one Negro goes wrong he becomes a stumbling Hock tn the entire race. The same is likewise true of the Jew.

"The Negro race is peculiarly endowed. He is physically and musically blessed, and has wonderful patience. Don't envy the white race because you are not white, but love and cherish your own. Be patient, capable and brave. Be good Christians, but don't be so Christian and so soft and juicy as not to stand tip for your rights when you are sure that right is on your side." SUBSCRIBE OVER $30,000.

4 4f rn. IN' Kansas City. Feb. 25. In the campaign inaugurated by the Negro citizens of the city to raise money for the erection of a Y.

M. A. building, over was subscribed within two weeks. The city has promised to give an additional $50,000, and Julius Rosenwald of Chicago has pledged $25,000 DISCUSS HOUSING CONDITIONS Conference of 8ocial Workars Hold at 8alem M. E.

Church John M. Royal, Miss Martha Grsuning and Mrs. Cecelia Holloway Cabtniss Among tha 8peakors. The Conference of Social Workers among Girls and Boys, an affiliated organization of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, held its first public meeting Thursday evening, February 20, at Salem M. E.

Church. The large audience displayed keen interest in the subject under discussion, namely, "Housing Conditions Among Negroes." The speakers were Miss Martha Greuning, assistant secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; John M. Royal, a successful real estate broker in the Harlem district, and Mrs. Cecilia Holloway Cabiniss, wife of Dr. James Cabiniss, who was formerly the student field secretary of the National Board of the Y.

W. C. A. Miss Greuning spoke on the growing tenaency in large American cities to segregate colored people into given districts, and the necessity of checking the evil. She also touched upon unfair treatment accorded Negro land buyers in the south and the efforts of the Na tional Association to correct this evil.

Mr. Royal treated the subject under discussion from a landlord's and real estate man point of view. He emoha sized the point that housing conditions among colored people of New York City had greatly improved during the past few years, and said that this condition was in the main due to the coming of the colored real estate agent in the community. He thought that there was no appreciable difference in the scale of rents for property of the same class whether occupied by colored or white tenants. Mr.

Royal encouraged the buying of property by colored people and said that this was one of the sorest remedies for offsetting prejudice. 8cors Objectionable Tenants. Mrs. Cabiniss tootc as her subject "The Moral Obligations of Tenants." Her major premise was that evils of a moral nature exist in apartment houses. She spoke of objectionable tenants as a menace to the proper rearing of children of respectable families.

She said that 1 uicir guucu uvea, men seeming picas- ure, flashy clothes and air of prosperity I created a false impression in the nnnds of the young people. Mrs. Cabmis suggested that it was better to buiic (Continued on Page 2) WOOD CENSURED BY BROOKLYN DEMOCRATS Regular Colored Democratic Association of Kings County Adopts Resolutions Protesting Against Discharge of Lang-ston and Robinson. A resolution consuring Robert N. Wood, leader of the United Colored Democracy of New York, for securing the dismissal of Ralph E.

Langston and Andrew M. Robinson was adopted at the regular meeting of the Regular Colored Democratic Association of Kings County, held Tuesday evening at the organization's club rooms, 417 Carlton avenue, Brooklyn. Two-thirds of the enrolled colored Democrats of Kings County were present. Many who made speeches declared that Wood was injuring the Democratic party by playing petty politics. The resolution: WHEREAS, ft tias een called to the attention of this Association that two sterling Democrats in the person of Ralph E.

Langston and Andrew M. Robinson, former Deputy State Superintendents of Elections, were removed from their position because of the loyalty to onr National Leader Bishop Walters, and because of the interest they took in the organization of the Wilson Colored Democratic Club of New York, to support the candidacy of Hon. Woodrow Wilson, for Presi- dent ot the United States, this incurring the displeasure of Robert N. Wood of the Manhattan colored organization: and WHEREAS, The metnods adopted to secure the removal of Mr. I-nnrston and Mr.

Robinson were unfair and undemocratic and the representation made to enforce their removal, to wit: that they failed to give or contribute to the Democratic organization was false and untrue, BE IT RESOLVED, That this Association registers its protest against the removal of Messrs-Langston and Robinson and deplores the fact that the Democrats of Manhattan sustain a lendership so barren of the essential elements to lead as was demonstrated in the last election. RESOLVED. That Bishop Walters be requested to place Messrs. Langston and Robinson in such po-' sitions within his gift as their talents merit, and that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Hon. Charles F.

Murphy. Wesley L. Young, who is the colored Democratic leader in Kings County, and who is a deputy in the office of the State Superintendent of Elections, was among those who favored the adoption of the resolution. Not only are the colored Democrats of Brooklyn aroused over the dismissal of Langston and Robinson, but in New York the colored Tam-manyites and Wilson men do not hesitate to criticize Wood's actions. A lively political war is threatened.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913. mm has a NEW HOSPITAL John A. Andrew Uemoria Hospital Dedicated Last Friday A $50,000 STRUCTURE GranJdaughtcrof Massachusetts War Governor Responsible for one of Finest Hospitals in South NOTABLE MEN AT DEDICATION Special Train Briny Trustees from New York and Chlcage Dr. George MaR en "Function of Negro Hospital." ftnecUl to Taa Raw Took Asa. Tuskegee Institute, Feb.

25. A $50,000 hospital, to be known as the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital, was dedicated at Tuskegee Institute Friday, February 21, at 4 p. before a and representative gathering The hospital, which is one of the finest in the South, it the gift of the grand daughter of the War Governor of Massachusetts. One special train came from New York, bringing the Hon.

Seth Low, chairman of the Tuskegee Institute Board of Trustees and other New xonc nictMi, urhil annthpr hrniiffht Ylllius ujikvUf Rosenwald, the Chicago philanthropist, who is a trustee oi tne insmuic, ana his party. Th ntrctinor nrnirram included ad' dressei by Mr. Low, Principal Booker T. Washington, Dr. John A.

Kenney, medical director of Tnskegee Institute Hospital; Dr. George nail, ot uii-cago; Dr, G. Mason, of Birmingham, Dr. Warfield, surgeon in-chief of Freedmen's Hospital, Wash- intrtnn TV C. anrf cithers.

During the meeting of the National Medical Association last August sit patients were treated and some 25 opera-tions performed in the small hospital of the Institute. It is now planned to have another such clinic in connection with the dedication of the John A. Andrew Hospital, which is, in many respects, one of the best fltted hospitals in all the South. The clinics are to be held under the directions of Dr. John A.

Kenney, the Institute medical director, and operations will be performed, remedies prescribed, by the physicians above named and by Dr. C. V. Roman, of Nashville, specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr.

O. NJI "The Function of the Negro Hospital" the subject of an address delivered 'by Dr. George Hall, of Chicago, who said: 'After the Ark of the Covenant had crossed ever the Jordan In safety, Joshua the great leader of his people, commanded that twelve stones be set op at Gil gal ts a memorial saying that this may a lira among yoo, that when your children shall ask their fathers in time to come Mylar, "What mean ye by these tone?" This magnificent memorial of ttone is a sign that an eminent citisen distinguished by his labors and services in bigb places died leaving an inheritance of coarage and undying adherence to principle, that has caused bis fame to be perpetuated in a useful institution. "The nan who fills a great station in a period of change, who serves his country through a time of crisis, who leaves his country la a moral or material condition in advance of where be found it such a man's position in biBtory is secure, if in addition to this, bis spoken or written words possess the subtle quality that carries them far, and them in posterity's hearts. And, more than all, if his utterances and activities ire tinged with the glow of human sympathy, the fame of such a man will shine like a beacon through the "mist of ages" an object of reverence, of emulation and of love.

This should be to us aa occasion of solemn pride, that in one of the crises our history, such a man wa not denied us. "In every burial place are moo menu of marble aad granite erected to the memory of someone whose name Is to be remembered by posterity as if abhorring the idea that virtues and deeds are to be wit to the descriptive ability of the en-(raver and stone cutter, nature sends forth her agents whose purpose it seem to ie to erase the inscriptions, and to admonish us that mere stone and Inscription cannot perpetuate a name they rep-. fwent nothing of human interest, and Ptss like a "tale that is told." A monument grand and imposing, fitting for one no died full of years and honor, whose ntluenee upon the lives of the living has "'t Inscriptions upon the hearts of the jneB and women it has helped to a fullet le. must be an agent of actual power, Instrument for achievement, to keep "ve in ns the faith and virtue of the "nrwh0 has Ped before. atnre works in sincerity, and la trae to its law.

Every thought and plants its seed, each according to iu kind. la the Individual man, and fU more in a nation, a just idea gives progress and glory and at a like this, it is g.iven us to know nA flory is more tnan marwe granite, and that mere mortals cat. hlow! thD shadow" in PnnM of "How ean a thing were man, If there were not within bin that which is higher than himself; if he could not master the illusions of sense, and discern the connection of events, by a superior light that eomes from God. To what lofty purpose a man has lived, how well be has shown the divine Impulses, wben he has left to his descendants the power to subject interested passions to love of fellow man; and personal ambitions to the ennoblement of their kind. Purpose and Influence of Hospital.

"If I should say of the John A. Andrews Hospital, It is of stone, cold stone, and describe its architectural beauties, and should neglect to speak of its noble purpose and influence upon the health and happiness of a large class of people, whose health problems are largely unsettled and unsolved, I would fail in my message to-day. The functions of a hospital cannot be computed, Its range of action is theoretically and practically as wide and as deep as man and nature. The noblest privileges and greatest duties find their basis here. The influence of these institutions upon all fields of human action are indeed obvious.

"The citizen who desires order and purity of the community in which he lives, the philanthropist who under all conditions regards the highest welfare of the human race; the Christian who urges the fullest growth of the soul, must look with peculiar solicitude to these institutions the vital connection between man's interdependence upon each other and the general health of the community is now more clearly realised than ever before. "Immediately following the announcement a few weeks ago that a cure for tuberculosis bad been discovered by a German physician, an offer of a million dollars was made by a philanthropist for tne cure of 1UU cases in America. Truly mankind the world over was never more earnestly stretching forth its hands in sympathy with human suffering, nor busier with works of mercy than now. "Mr friends, wben I consider the mac nitude and imDortance of the subject be fore ns: of the man? tooics of discus sion tnat grow out ot it; wben tuna of how much most be left entirely unsaid; I beg of you to take what I say to-day as merely a suggestion a sug gestion meant to turn your attention to tne a uacooas of toe Negro Hospital, and leave to the elaboration of your own thoughts. Value of Hospital to the People, "To realise the nrcent need of such an institution as this located in the midst of a larae Negro center.

I have but to jail to your mind that there are at pres ent in tne Houtuanu over one million and a half neoDle afflicted with prevent able diseases, mostly hook worm and malaria, with tuberculosis and pneumonia adding to the list. A tremendous problem confronts us! The Negro hospital plays its part In the solution by furnishing a place where the necessary information and efficiency are acquired to pro- (Continued on Page 5) says races Depend UPON EACH OTHER Clark Howell, Editor of the At lanta Constitution, Addresses Negroes "Good and Bad Among All People," Declares Journalist. Special to The New Yosk Aon Atlanta, Feb. 25. On a visit to Atlanta University, in company with other white men, Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, emphasized the mutual dependence of the white race upon the black race.

He declared that if the city homes, white and black. were kept as clean as the buildings of the school the mortality of the city would be reduced by more than halt Mr. Howell said that education was a good thing for all creatures and all people of whatever race. That among all people will be found two distinct castes, the good and the bad. The party visiting the school con sisted of Judge W.

R. Hammond, Clark Howell, J. K. Orr and Dr. B.

a nier. tacn one oi tne party maae snort addresses to the students, Judge Hammond emphasizing the importance of individual responsibility and the too fre quent tendency of people to shift the burden upon someone else. READY FOR INAUGURATION. MrMU tw Tun Naw tm ana. Ur.cinvrmu T1 ITok If, Pr.IV.

arations for inaugural week among the colored people of Washington are com- 11113 ycai wiii u- laigvat vtvi tsisv viij sm auguration, notwitlistanding the fact that a uemocntiic prcsiacni 19 10 uc hiuulku into to omce. The program, in brief, for the week 11 1 1:1.. will Ill DC SOIIlciuiug tine una MirrVit Koll it fVimiit dub. Auditorium Eighth street1 Northeast Tuesday night, banquet and reception aU I AM. iwiiui ander Walters.

Tuesday night, balls at the Auditorium, Odd Fellows' Hall and other places. Wednesday night, grand i. 1 1 W.lrnnil Oi xne v.u"m muijmi TtinrHav. con- IIUU, UUtllli io.i. ferences of Negro Democratic League and tne iNaiiunai ivii nlolil cmnk.r for VlSlt- Leag gentlemen bv Mu-So-Lit Club, True ing Reformers' Hall LIBRARY TO BE DEDICATED, gpeeiai to Tbs New Vosa Ana.

Houston. Feb. 25. Elaborate preparations are belnir made for the dedication of the now CarneBle Library for colored people, which takes place next Tuesday. The bulldln cost Sidney Plttman 1s the architect.

riiifTAi nr it am wvtmtAi mi SCHOOL BOABB Dr. James F. Bourne Wins a Long, Hsrd-Fooght Fight at Atactic Gty MEMBERS MAfiMlllSED Supreme Court of New Jersey Is sues Writ Directing White Mem bers to Recognize Negro LEGAL STANDINGESTABUSHED Board of Education Has Been Seeking? to Keca) Bourne Out Sine Lsel Jury. pedal to Tn Naw Yotx as' Atlantic Crrr, N. Feb.

26. The Supreme Court, sitting at Trenton, N. has upheld former Mayor Harry Bacha-rach's appointment of Dr. James I Bourne as a member if the Atlantic Gt Board of Education. The bitter over Dr.

Bourne's appointment, which started last July, came to an end la week when, the Supreme Court, acttna poa the application for a writ of mandamus brought by Dr. Bourne, ordered the Board of Education of Atlantic Citj to permit the colored member to takt his seat- The order of the Supreme Court. which was a big victory for Dr. Bournt and the colored citizens of Atlantic City decides a controversy involving therigh: of former Mayor Bacharach to appoirr. ur.

Bourne a memDcr oi uie noara ot Education. Dr. Bourne was appointee by Mayor Bacharach on July 16 at 1( ciock, snoruy neiorc uie vomraissior. Government became operative. Mayoi Bacharach retired at noon.

The other members of the board objected Dr. Bourne solely on of his color. As the colored citizens oi Atlantic Citv are aggressive and fight for their rights, it was decided to take every legal step to thwart the plans of the white members on the board. Last July after Dr. Bourne had received his appointment he attended a meeting of the board, but was refuset a seat on the ground that the appointment was illegal The matter was then taken to the Commissioner of Education for settlement.

At a hearing Assistant few days later rendered a decision declaring that Dr. Bourne was entitled te his seat. Not being satisfied with the decision Ot Assistant commissioner ecus, uu members took an appeal from his rulins to the New Jersey Board of Education which also decided in Dr- Bourne favor. When the Atlantic Chy Board of Edn-ration met Fridav. Tanuarv 17.

the mem-. nmin rftttpt tn seat Dr. Bourne who then instituted mandamus proceed-, ings to compel the board to seat him a once. Counselor Isaac H. Nutter anil ex-Judge J.

J. Crandall represented Dr. Bourne and admirably handled his case tnrougnout. it is saw rawquut u. was spem in rc3iiiiis w.

white members to keep Dr. Bourne from, taking his seat Dr. Bourne conducts a drug store at 1801 Arctic avenue. MANY ILLEGAL ARRE8TS. Special Thb Msw Yob Aoa.

Atlanta, Feb. indictments have been returned by the Fultor. County Grand Jury to Judge George Bell of the Superior Court, upon several charges growing out of recent startlint exposures of the illegal arrests of Ne groes in this county. The charges wen impersonating an officer, making illega arrests, serving a warrant known to tx fraudulent, and extortion. Among tnosi indicted are a lawyer of this city il former justice court baliff, and a bailiff in the office of the city court solicitor.

It is said that the state of affairs re-; vealed to the grand jury indicated con- vnncmgiy inai iuuuiiui -been taken from Negroes in and around it. nr rr en n't Atlanta aunng illegal arrests. Judge Bell stated tha he had no idea Who else might be in Solved, but that the Grand Jury shoub sift the matter to the very bottom. in court, he said, would vary the custom ary procedure in these cases and tha he would require that bonds, as wclj a securities relating to them, must be approved by him. 1 FARMERS HOLD BIG MEETING.

Feb. sec ond annual meeting of the Black Be? District Farmers' Conference, compose-of colored farmers, Peter J. Brown Gallion, president, closed its tw days meeting after hearing an- addref by the Rev. M. Gilbert, president Selma University, Selma, who use for his subject "The Probable Future the American Negro." Many prominei white and colored citizens addressed th conference.

AH spoke encouragin words to the colored tillers of the sol who showed their appreciation by frequent applause..