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ri rii 1 1i i WA SH IN TON TONL pY JANUARY VOJLXXXNO3S OLXXX NO 33 WASnI ASIiI OTON TOEY IX fl SATURDAY SATE RDr iY JANUARY 29 19JO The fiIe Great Ekatoi EkatoiTHE EDucatorl EDucatorlTHE THE LECTURE ON EGYPT EGYPTBrilliant EGYPTBrilliant EGYPTBrilliant Brilliant Lecture Last Night a aBethel at atBethel aBethel Bethel Baptist ChurchFlorida Church ChurchFlorida ChurchFlorida Florida TimesUnion Jan 20 1909 1909Last 1909Last 1909Last Last night at Bethel Baptist In Institutional 1nstitutional Institutional stitutional Church one of the coos coosrefined most moslrefined mostrefined refined and appreciative audiences thai thaihas thathas thahas has congregated to hear a noted lecturer lec lecturer lecturer turer in the spades spaci auditorium oi oithis ofthis othis this church made the coming to this thiscity thi thicity I Idty city of Dr James Shepard and hisparty his hisparty hii hiiparty party a notable event of the season seasonSeated seasonSeated seasonSeated Seated upon the rostrum with Dr DrShepard Drt DrShepard Shepard were Dr A Moore Hon HonJohn Hont on onJohn John Merrick Prof Spaulding Spauldingthe the gentlemen from Durham Cnow Cnow cnow now touring this state and Cuba Rev RevJ RevJ RevJ Ford pastor of the church and andothers andothers ant antothers others othersRev othersRev othersRev Rev Ford in his hi usual flow of elo eloquence eloquence eloquence quence in introducing Dr Shepardmade Shepard Shepardmade Shepardmade made a resume of the events thahave thai thaihave thathae have occurred during the he remarkablcareer remarkable remarkablecareer remarkablecareer career of this illustrious young mod modern modern modem ern em patrician that made lde him an inter international international international national charactetr Dr Ford fitting fittingly fittingly fittingy ly tpld of his unceasing devotion tt ttSunday to toSunday toSunday Sunday School work and being beingmember a amember a amember member of the Worlds Sunday SundaySdhool SundayS Sunda SundaSchool School hool executive committee in touclwith touch toucliwith touchvith with the greatest organization oi oiyoung ofyoung oyoung young people of the world As Astraveler a atraveler a atraveler traveler and lecturer he said that na nature nature nature ture had so endowed endow DrShepard that thatthis thatthis thathis this son of the Ethiopian race has vis visited visited visited ited the principal nations of the world worldand worldand worldand and thousands have heard hiniudur hiniuduring hi hinduring dur during ing his trips abroad abroadAs abroadAs abroadAs As president of the New School ol otfethods of ofMethods ofMethods Methods and Chautauqua the firs firsinstitution first firstinstitution firsinstitution institution of its kind for the NegroI Negro NegroDr NegroDr I Dr Ford spoke of the confidence of ofPresident ofPresident oPresident President Taft exPresident ex President Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt and the leading men in all phases phasesof phasesof phaseof of our national activities had in Dr DrShepard DrShepard DrShepard Shepard As an evidence of this facehe fact facthe facthe he referred to the members of thevarious the thevarious thevarious various various boards of his institution beinzc0fWQFcd being beingcomposed beingcOlpQfcd composed of some of the leading leadingw teadingl leading leadingwhi wWJfeiii lpii ysections sections of theUnited the theUnited whi ilj nt iwn inaiiy inn United States and especially ltmincnt the theeminent th theminent eminent men of the South SouthHe SouthHe SouthHe He said that this noble exponent odeveloping oi oideveloping ofevcloping developing the best that is in you youa is isa isa a pharmacist and physician These Theseprofessions Theseprofesions Thestprofessions professions he abnegates for higher higherusefulness higher1sefulness higherusefulness usefulness and is a responsible and andsubstantial and5ubstantial am amsubstantial substantial business man of North NorthCarolina NorthCarolina NortlCarolina Carolina CarolinaUpon CarolinaUpon CarolinaUpon Upon rising from from his seat Dr DrShepard DrShepard DrShepard Shepard was given an ovation In the theopening theopening theopening opening of his lecture on EgyptHer EgyptHerPast EgyptHerPast Egypt Her HerPast Past Present and Future he told of ofthe ofthc ofthe the advantages of a sttudy of history historyThese historyf These advantages are he said To Tolearn Toearn Tolearn learn earn the mistakes of men and na nations nat nalions tions of the past to commune with withthose withthose those gone before and hear a recital recitalof recitalof recitalof of their deeds their temptations temptationstrials temptationstrials temptationstrials trials defeats and triumphs Heespecially He Heespecially Heespecially especially emphasized that the Negro Negromust Negro111Ust Negromust must study history for a full appreci appreciation appreci4ltion appreciation ation of his mission upon earth and andwhat andwhat andwhat what his hispeople people have done for this thiscivilization thi thicivilization thiscivilization civilization civilizationShowing civilizationShowing civilizationShowing Showing Showing nrives the good that man de derives derives rives from a knowledge of past events eventshe eventshc eventshe he further said saidHistory saidHJstory 1 History incites inspiration and andmakes andmakes andmakes makes man attempt achievements In Inproving Inproving Inproving proving why all great people always alwayskeep alwayskeep alwayskeep keep before them their history he hesaid hesaid hesaid said that history inspires to nobler noblerand noblermd noblerand and better things and is the most mostvaluable mostvaluable mostvaluable valuable legacy handed down from fromone fromone fromone one generation to another anotherDealing anotherDealing anotherDealing Dealing first with Africa the thespeaker thespeaker thespeaker speaker became eloquent and force forceful iorceiul forceful ful when he in a descriptive manner manneropened manneropened manneropened opened the greatness of the continent continentof of which Egypt is a part gave these thesewonderful thesewonderful thesewonderful wonderful facts In this countrythere country countrythere countrythere there is 12500000 square miles of ofterritory ofterritory ofterritory territory In gold Africa is the richest richestcountry richestcountry richestcountry country in the world This astounding astound astounding astounding ing truth was revealed There is isas i ias ist as much gold in sight in this terri terrftory territory territory tory untouched as there is money in incirculation incirculation incirculation circulation in the world Ninetenths Ninetenthsof of all of the diamonds in the world Avorldcome worldcome worldcome come from Africa Comparing the thenumber the11u thenumber number 11u 1ber of black people against the thewhite thewhite thewhite white population he disclosed the fact factthat factthat factthat that there were 100 black persons tto ttoevery ttoevery ttoevery every white and yet the country isunder is isunder isunder under alien rule After giving many manyinteresting manyinteresting manyinteresting interesting facts so appreciated by his hisaudience hisaudience hisaudience audience that applauded applau led him l1 fqnjjija fqnjjijaknowledge fqrJliknowledge hP knowledge of the mother countrthe countrthespeaker country thespeaker the thespeaker speaker took up Egypt and gave gave a ahistory ahistory ahistory history of its past He traced the origin of the Egyptians and quoted quotedsuch quotedsuch quotes quotessuch such authorities as Sergi Maspero Masperoand 11asperond Maspercand and nd others regarding the Africanic Africanicorigin Africanicorigin Africaniorigin origin of the Egyptians EgyptiansIn In making this statement he agaiielicited again againelicited againelicited elicited prolonged applause An Anorator Anorator Ai Aiorator orator in North Carolina in an out outburst outburst outburst burst trying to prove the Negro un unworthy unworthy unworthy worthy of citizenship said The Ne Negro Negro Negro gro sat 3000 years by the bank of the theNile th thNile theNile Nile and never made a sail To those thosewho thosewho thosewho who believe such the speaker in his hisforceful hisforceful hi hiforceful forceful oratory pointed to the fact factthat factI facthat I that 10000 years before historical historicalknowledge historicalkn historicaknowledge knowledge kn nvledge began the Egyptians Egypt ans were werefashioning wereashioning werefashioning fashioning flints of the desert into intoknives intoknives inttknives knives and weapons of the uttermost uttermostperfection uttermostperfection uttermosperfection perfection They were making cords cordsand cordsand cordand and mats and skiffs out of the rushes rushesfrom rushesfrom rushesfrom from the marshlands They were werecarving werecarving wertcarving carving in wood and ivory and other otherthings otherthings otherthings things common to their country Htsaid He Hesaid Hesaid said that many of the secrets of the theEgyptians theEgyptians thtEgyptians Egyptians are lost and that we have havenot havenot havenot not attained to their perfection alon alonmany along alongmany alongmany many lines To them he claims that thatwe thatwe thawe we owe embalming lifting great greatstones greatstones greatstones stones and other ideas of mathemati mathematical mathematical cal proportion proportionHe proportionHe He impressed upon his audience audiencethat audiencethat audienctthat that The achievementst of the past pastif pastif pastif if they are our ancestry amount to tonothing tonothing tc tcnothing nothing unless our children improve improveupon improveupon improvtupon upon the works of their fathers Iadiers Each Eachsucceeding Eachsucceeding Eaclsucceeding succeeding race and generation ought oughtto oughto i to be an improvement upon those thosegone thosej thostgone gone before He again brought ap applfuse appIuse app1 plfuse p1 iuse when he said that that nothing is ispermanent ispermanent i ipermanent permanent unless founded upon uponCnnH uponContinnd uponCnnr CnnH Continnd to page five fiveJOHN fiveJOHN fiveJOHN JOHN COOK COOKJohn COOKr COOKJohn John Cook seventysix venty six years of ofage of ofage ofage age one of the prominent a colored coloredresidents coloreqre coloredresidents residents re idents of the National Capitalformer Capital Capitalformer Capitalformer former member of the board of ofschool ofschool ofschool school trustees and at one time col collector collector collector lector of taxesthree times delegate delegateto to Republican National Conventions Conventionsa a member of the board of aldermen aldermenunder aldermenunder aldermenunder under the old city government andalso and andalso I Ialso also register of the City died at his histjon hisbon 1 1fJP bon fJP Jr 18 ih 2th th street st street eett north northwest northwestlrldaS west westFriday I Friday lrtda lrldaS niornina morning at 7o 7 oclock oclockDeath clerk clerkDeath lack lackDeath Death was due to paralysis He Hesuffered Hesuffered Hesuffered suffered a previous attack about one oneyear oneyear oneyear year ago Early this morning he was wasstricken wasstricken wasstricken stricken again and began steadily to tosink tosink tosink sink Physicians were called When they theyarrived theyarrived theyarrived arrived he was deadFamily dead deadFamily deadFamily Family at Bedside BedsideGathered BedsideGathered BedsideGathered Gathered about the bedside when whenthe whenthe whenthe the end came were his wife MrsHelen Mrs MrsHelen MrsHelen Helen Appo Cook his daughter Miss MissElizabeth MissElizabeth lfissElizabeth Elizabeth A Cook and a son Charles CharlesC Char1 sC CookNo Cook CookNo CookNo No arrangements have been made madefor madefor madefor for for the funeral It will probably be beheld beheld beheld held from the Fifteenth Street Color Colored Colored Colored ed Presbyterian Church founded by byRev byRev byRev Rev John Cook father of the theman theman theman man now dead deadHe deadHe MHe He has three other sons John FCook FI FCook FCook I Cook Jr and George Cook both bothnorthern bothnorthern bothnorthern northern Idaho and Ralph Cook Cookof Cookof Cookof of Baltimore All have been com communicated communicated communicated municated with by telegraph telegraphNative telegraphNative telegraphNative Native of Washington WashingtonJohn WashingtonJolin VashingtonJohn John Cook was born in this city citySeptember citySeptember citySeptember September 21 1833 He was educat educated educated educated ed partly in the school taught by his hisfather hisfather hisfather father at Central College New York Yorkand Yorkand Yorkand and at Oberlin OberlinHe OberlinHe OberlinHe He himself taught school here for fora fora fora a short period and subsequentlytaught subsequently subsequentlytaught subsequentlytaught taught a school for free cpIoVed c910 colored red chil children children children dren in New Orleans until the ap approach approach approach proach of the civil war in 1860 ended endedthat enderlthat endedthat that service serviceReturning serviceReturning serviceReturning Returning to this city he resumed resumedhis resumedhis resumedhis his work of educator until 1867 when whenhe whenhe whenhe he accepted a clerkship in the office officeof officeI officeof of the collector of taxes for the city cityof cityof cityof I of Washington being the first color colored colored colored ed man to hold such a position positionIn In 1868 he became a member of the theboard theboard theboard board of aldermen by which the city citywas citywas citywas was then governed governedIn In 1869 he was elected register of ofthe ofthe fthe I the city cityDuring cityDuring I IDuring During the period of his service inthis in inthis inthis this capacity the country was under undergoing undergoing undergoing going going the great agitation for the theenactment theenactment theenactment enactment of the fourteenth and fifteenth fif fifteenth fifteenth teenth amendments to the Constitution Constitutionof of the United States His position as aswell aswell aswell well as his business prominence prominencebrought prominencebrought prominencebrought brought him into contact with many manyleading manyleading manyleading leading men of the country and he heexerted heexerted heexerted exerted his influence in favor of this thislegislation thislegislation thislegislation legislation legislationOpposed legislationOpposed legislationOpposed Opposed Jim Crow Law LawHe LawHe LawHe He was also instrumental during duringthis duringthis luringthis this period in having repealed much HON CUXO RUDOLPH RUDOLPHThe RUDOLPHrn1e RUDOLPHThe The New President of the Board of District Commissioners the Successor Suc Successor Successor cessor of Mr Macfarland MacfarlandHe He has No Color Prejudice and The TheBee TheBee TheBee Bee Looks for Good G9 Things From from Hip Ili iVf I GENERAL JOHN A JOHNSTON COMMISSIONER OF THE DIS DISTRICT DISTRICT TRICT OF COLUMBIA COLUMBIAThe COLUMBIAThe COLUMBIAThe The Successor of Mr West VestHe He has an Honorable Military lhlitarv Record and andWill andiI1 andWill Will iI1 no Doubt Follow the Path of His Predecessor rrf lin U1i U1ilegislation legislation affecting affecting the District of ofColumbia ofColumbia ofColumbia Columbia which was odious to the Ne Negro Negro egro gro race Among this was Recrimi discrimination 6iscrimination Recrimination nation in street cars and other com common common common mon carriersOn carriers carriersOn carriersOn On one occasion he entered a car carplacarded carplacarded carplacarded placarded For Whites with the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of having himself ejected so as asto asto asto to have a case to carry before the thecourts thecourts thecourts courts and to Congress CongressDuring CongressDuring CongressDuring During his early days as a teacher teacherin teacherin teacherin in the District District no appropriation was wasmade wasmade wasmade made out of the public funds for the themaintenance themaintenance themaintenance maintenance of schools for Negro Negrochildren Negrochildren Negrochildren children His almost unaided efforts effortssecured effortssecured effortssecured secured an appropriation of one third thirdof thirdof thirdof of all the public school money for Nebra Ne Nebia pbia I bia biaUntil Until the beginning of his illness illnesshe illnesshe illnesshe he was a member of the board of ofchildrens ofchildrens ofchildrens childrens guardians and of the executive exec executive executivti utive utivti committee of Howard Univer University University University sity Up to his death he retained his hismembership hismembership hismembership membership on the board of trus trustees trustees trustees tees of the National Association for forthe forthe forthe the Relief of of Destitute Colored ColoredVo ColoredVomen Wo Women Women men and Children and the board of oftrustees oftrustees oftrustees trustees for the Columbian Harmony HarmonySociety HarmonySociety HarmonySociety Society SocietyCurrent SocietyCurrent SocietyCurrent Current rumor says that Cyrus CyrusAdams CyrusAdams CyrusAdams Adams the present Deputy Register Registerof of the Treasury will shortly become becomea a convert to the Roman Catholic Catholicfaith Catholicfaith Catholicfaith faith Tourta ourinD The South SouthMISS MISS BURROUGHS TOURING TOURINGTHE TOURINGTHE TOURINGTHE THE SOUTH SOUTHSpecial SOUTHSpecial SOUTHSpecial Special to The Bee BeeBanton BeeBanton BeeBanton Banton Rough La Jan 17 17Miss 17llJss 17Miss Miss Mamie Burroughs the thecorresponding thecorresponding thecorresponding corresponding seecretary of the Wo Womans Vo Vomans co comans mans Convention and president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the National Training School forWomen for forWomen forVomen Women and Girfs is jn in the South Southland Southland Southland 0 0She land landShe She is receiving the greatest ova ovation ovation ovation tion ever given any woman who has haspassed hasI haspassed passed this way wayThough wayThough wayThough I Though we are experiencing the theseverest theseverest theseverest severest weather the people are not notbaffled notbaffled notbaffled baffled but are packing the churches churcheseverywhere churcheseverywhere churcheseverywhere everywhere she speaks speaksIt It was the writers good fortune to tohear tohear tohear hear her at Vicksburg She simply simplyheld simplyheld simpyheld held the most magnificent audience audiencethat audiencethat audiencethat that ever assembled in this city spell spellbound spellbound spellbound bound for an hour and a half When Whenshe Whenshe Vhenshe she had finished Colonel Mollison Mollisonpresident Mollisonpresident fo11isonpresident president of the Lincoln Saving SavingSavings SavingSavings SavingSavings Savings Bank said that he had heard hearda a number of women speak but never nevera a woman spoke as this one oneFor oneFor oneFor For generally said the noted notedbarrister notedbarrister notedbarrister barrister they boll hold my my attention attentionfor attentionfor attentionfor for ten or fifteen minutes and I have hav quite enough but Miss Burroughs Burroughsheld Burroughsheld Burroughsheld held my attention throughout hersplendid her hersplendid hersplendid splendid addressAs address addressAs addressAs As a poet Dumbar was in a class classto classto classto to himself as an orator Miss Bur Burroughs Burroughs Burroughs roughs is in a class lass to herself All Alldown Alldown Ud down Jwn the line to New Orleans this thisyoung thisyoung thisyoung young woman has passed and the thepeople thepeople thepeople people are singing her praises She Sheis Sheis Sheis is to tq be in the Queen Que City this week weekand weekand weekand and and we are expecting to hear ear of her hertriumphs hertriumphs hertriumphs triumphs triumphsHer triumphsHer triumphsHer Her message message isfull is full of hope infor information tinformation information mation and inspiration The enttire enttirerace enttirerace enttirerace race in this section se tion is blessed because becauseshe becauseshe becauseshe she passed this way The lesson thatwe that thatwe thatwe we have all learned is that ajfyoung ajfyoungNegro adjoungNegro aiyoungNegro Negro woman womant with faith and vision visioncan visioncan visioncan can be a benediction to her raceWAR race raceWAR raceif WAR if AR ON THE DANCE DANCEWill DANCEVill DANCEWill Will Vill Unite in Campaign Against AgainstCertain AgainstCertain AgainstCertain Certain Public Dancing of Cor Corrupt Corrupt Corrupt rupt Influence InfluenceThe InfluenceThe InfluenceThe The colored pastors of the city unler un unler under der ler the leadership of Rev Milton MiltonValdron MiltonValdron MiltonWaldron Valdron of Shiloh Baptist Church Churchlave Churcl1have Churchlave have lave united in a warfare on the thelances thedances thelances lances given by certain colored peo peosle people peo31e ple sle on steamboats picnic grounds and andublic andpublic andiublic public ublic halls and are preparing to do doill doaU doill ill in their power to place them iniopular in in0pular inpopular popular disfavor disfavorThese disfavorThese disfavorThese These dances it is declared dec ared by the theninisters the theministers theministers ministers are patronized by old and andpoung andyoung andyoung young by church members and by byhose bythose byhose hose who make no pretension to toChristianity toChristianity toThristianity ChristianityExperience Christianity ThristianityExperience ChristianityExperience Experience proves it is pointed out outn outin outn in a circular letter which has been beenSent beensent beensent Sent out by the pastors that the theleaders thelcaders theleaders leaders in the churches should do doill doall doill ill in their power to stamp out the thepractice thepractice thepractice practice which has grown to such suchin suchan suchin in extent among the young colored coloredpeople coloredpeople coloredpeople people cf the city citySource citySource citySource Source of Intemperance IntemperanceThese IntemperanceThese IntemperanceThese These public dances it is declared declaredare are sources of intemperance and andcoarseness andcoarseness andoarseness coarseness and are the greatest source sourceof sourceof sourceof of the worldly mindedness which isflaying is isplaying isplaying playing such havoc in all the church churches churchThe es 4 df dfThe The habit fgivingpnbJic giving public halls hallsand ha1J3and hallsand and dances1 dances it is said is also in invading invading inading vading the educational institutions of ofour ofour ofur our ur city to an alarming extent and is isworking isworking isworking working untold injury to the physi physical pqysicaI physial cal al intellectual and moral well be being being being ing of the school children and the thestudent thestudent thestudent student bodies in Washington WashingtonMany WashingtonMany VashingtonMany Many of the pastors have preach preached preached preachd ed special sermons on the subject and andit andit andit it it is expected that the campaign campaignstamp to tostamp ostamp stamp out the dance will be con continued coninued tinuedCHIEF tinued tinuedCHIEF inuedHIEF CHIEF HIEF MAKES GOOD REPORT REPORTTrue REPORTTrue REPORTTrue True Reformers Install Officers OfficersA A large gathering of True Re Reformers Reformers Reformers formers assembled at the True Reformers Re Reformers Reiormers formers Hall last Monday night the theoccasion theoccasion theccasion occasion being the public installation installationof of 1275 officers officersMrs officersMr officersMrs Mrs Mr Sarah Lewis Division DivisionSecretary DivisionSecretary DivisionSecretary Secretary read the report which whichshowed whichshowed whichbowed showed that 21 deaths has occurred occurredsince occurredsince occurredsince since September 1st 1909 to Jan January January January uary 15th 1910 New members add added addd ed 332 amount of money collected collectedx1392455 x1392455 1392455 amount received for pay payment paynent ment of death claims 113500 mak making making ing a total pj of 1505955 handled in infour infour inour four our months and fiftteen days ChiefGriffin Chief ChiefGriffin ChiefI I Griffin gave 5250 in cash prizes to tothe tolie I the lie following named persons Philip PhilipGains PhilipGains Philipwins Gains Lumpkins Wins Winslow Winslow Winsow low ow Jordon lVL PeaCe and andJ andJ andF Tennyson After which the thebenediction thebenediction theienediction benediction was pronounced by Rev RevS RevS Revi i Corbin CorbinONLY CorbinONLY CorbinONLY ONLY DREAMS DREAMSThat DREA1fSThat DREAMSThat That colored delegates to the last lastRepublican lastRepublican lastRepublican Republican Convention will be given givenfive givenfive givenive five thousand dollar jobs jobsThat jobsThat jobsThat That the recently confirmed judges judgesof of if the Municipal Court will resign to togive togive toive give ive the defeated candidates a chance chanceto to be appointed appointedThat appointedThat appointedThat That Attorney General Wicker Wickersham Wickerham Vickersham sham ham has a high opinion of the themen themen thenen men who perferred charges against againstJudge aga againstfudge 1st 1stJudge Judge Terrell TerrellThe Terrell TerrellThe errell The the Commerci 1 Council will willwallow willswallow willwallow wallow all Negro Business Leagues LeaguesThat LeaguesThat That the Mbnocans and Muso15t Muso15tClubs Musolittubs rusolitClubs Clubs tubs will unite if they can agree on onthe onhe the he character and color of applicants applicantsor applicantsfor for or admission to membershipThat membership membershipThat membershipThat That the lily whites and lily blacks blackswill blackswill blacksnil will nil give joint assemblies assembliesFor assembliesFor assembliesFor For the first time in more than a ajuarter aquarter auarter quarter uarter of a century West Point will i PARAGRAPHIC AH Ac A 1 Htr NEIV NEIVMiss 1 1BY Nt BY BYlliss Miss GoncTJa GOI eTia MaxfkH Maxfie1dThe MaxfrldThe MaxfkHThe The number of banks owned and aaicontrolled andcontrolled aJicontrolled controlled by Negroes are it isssad isssadin is said 5lU4in saidin in the neighborhood of fifty Tier Tierare They Tfcejare Theyare are being established almost at a arate arate arate rate of one every month monthIt monthIt monthIt It is said according to statistics rcently ro rocentlygiven rocently cently centlygiven given out Mobile Ala boasts boastsof boastGof boastsof of having thirtytwo Negro letter lettercarriers Jetialcarriers lettercarriers carriers and a superintendent superintendentcarriers of ofcarriers tcarriers carriers carriersDr carriersDr carriersDr Dr Ernest Lyon American Americanister Mia Miaister lja ljaister ister to Liberia says that suck a aschool Ischool tschool school as Tuskegee in Liberia will be beof ieof beof of unestimable benefit There are areprospects areprospects lreprospects prospects of having oneAll one oneAll oneAll All the leading white citizens paM paMtribute pailtribute paidtribute tribute to Aunt Amy Latimer nk nkwas WAwas who whowas was buried in Milledgeville lV 143alled lledgevilIe eville Ga last lastweekHer jaMweekHer lastweekHer weekHer pallbearers were Judge JudgeT CT Whilden Recorder Dr KitfS KitfSW IGdiiV Kid Kid1V Stembridge and several otk otker ot1ler otker er prominent white citizensAnna Lat Latimer Latimer timer imer belonged to the old class classJames classJames classJames James Edwards Johnson a Negro Nejrhas NCFhas Negrohas has been declared the legal heir 0 of ofBridget fBridget fBridget Bridget Torpey a cook who died at atthe atthe Itthe the age of 70 years leaving leavingaJi ani an es estate estate estate tate of 30000 30000Representative 30000Representative 30000Representative Representative Holland has introduced intro introduced intreduced duced in the Legislature in Lexing Lexington LeDucton Lexington ton Ky a bill to prevent the estab establishment eta etalishment establishment lishment of the Negro school know knowas kl10m kl10mas i ias as Lincoln Institute which an en endowment e1Idowment endowment dowment of a halfmillion dollarswas dollars dollarswas dollarwa9 was raised Andrew Carnegie a4 ai4Mrs a4Mrs aHMrs Mrs Russell Sage were among tke tkelargest tkelargest thelargest largest contributors The college is isan isan isan an offshoot of Berea BereaThe Ber BereaThe a aTIle The latest invention is shoeshinis shoeshinisby shoeshinby shoeshiniby by electricity which is done by drop dropping dro droping dropping ping a nickel in slotmachine This Thisis Thisis 11Ksis is now being being demonstrated in this tfuscity tliisi thiscity i city at 905 street wJoachim wi wJoachim i Joachim Carl Theodore Fricks tic ticoldest tJlCloldest theoldest loldest oldest barber in point of active service serv service serYI I ice in Illinois died at the age ag of ofIyears ofyears Sa Sayears years He was was a personal friend of ofAbrahams fAbraham rI I Abraham bra1uun Isineolnj Lincoln who ho was wastr it regrl regrllar regu regular git gitlar lar patron of his shop and often of ex exchanged exchanged exchanged changed jokes and stories with the thebarber thebarber thebarber barber when business for both was wasslack wasslack VlSslack slack slackIn slackIn slackIn In the last six months 136 textile textilemills textilemills textilemills mills have been built in the United UnitedStates UniteiStates UnitedStates States Since January i 1906 more morethan morethan morethan than 1200 mills have been construct constructed ed and about one half of this nun miBtber n111111ber nunber I ber in the South SouthEzra SouthEzra SouthEzra Ezra Kendall the veteran come comeSmith cOlueSmith conicSmith Smith of Cheyenne Wyo Wyosoon Wyosoon Wyosoon soon have a Negro Cadet Ollie OHicdian Olliedian Rthan dian died suddenly at his home homeCleveland homeCleveland io ioCleveland Cleveland Ohio Mr Ezra made madehis nrldehis narkhis his first appearance in 1881It 1881 1881It 1881It It has been stated by good authori authority authority authority ty that more than 11000 soldiers is isthe illthc i1Ethe the French army have served jailsentences jail jailsentences jailsentences sentences sentencesThe sentencesThe sentencesThe The newly found comet which is isseen isseen isseen seen in the Western sky will be bevisible bevisible bevisible visible to the naked eye for about aboutthree aboutthree aboutthree i three weeks weeksThe weeksThe weeksThe I The sixtyeighth anniversary of tke tkebirth tkebirth thebirth birth of our martyred exPresident exPresidentWilliam exPresidentVi11iam exPresidentWilliam i William McKinley is being celebrat celebrated celebrated celebrated ed today by the Carnation League of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica America and will wear his favorite favoriteflower favoriteflpwer favoriteflower flower as a tribute to his memory memoryProf memoryProf memoryProf Prof Hugh Cannon composer of ofragtime Qfragtime ofragtime ragtime classics GooGoo Eyes EyesBill EyesBill EyesBill Bill Bailey etc was committed tthe to tothe toElie the poor house in Detroit MICJ MiciRev MICJRev MiclRev Rev Alice Wayters known the theworld theworld theworld world over as the only colored wo woman woman woman man who was ever honored with witka wit wita a a scholarship by the Moody Bible BibleInstitute BibleIn Biblensfitute Institute In nsfitute tute of Chicago Ill Rev Waytes Waytesis WaytCis is known throughout the country as asa asa lSwQman a a woman of great eat force of character characterMr characterMr characterMr Mr Oscar Morris who has bee beeill beeill beeill ill ill for four weeks is able to be out outagain outagain outagain again Mr Morris has just realized realizedwhat realizeiwhat realizedwhat what it is to be sick and hereafter he hewill hewill hewill will pay more attention to his sick sickfriends sickfriends sickfriends friends He also thought that he was wasimmuned wasimmuned wasrmmuned immuned immunedMr immunedMr rmmunedMr Mr Wm Vm Patterson PattersonJ of 2029 Vt Vtavenue Vtavcnue Vttvenue avenue who has been home homesick homeI homesick sick for several weeks is able to re resume resume reume I sume work again greatly to theratification the thegratification th thgratification gratification ratification of his many man friends friendsREVIVAL friendsI friendstEVIVAL I REVIVAL REVIVAL AT AT 19th ST BAPTIST BAPTISTCHURCH BAPTISTCHURCH BAPTISTCHURCH CHURCH CHURCHThe CHURCHThe CHURCHThe The regular annual protracted protractedmeeting protract Protractedneeting dmeeting meeting is is now being held at the9th the theI9th the19th I9th 9th Street Baptist Church Much Muctenthusiasm Muctienthusiasm Muchnthusiasnz enthusiasm and Interest exist among amongthe amonethe amonghe the he membership.