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I A I THE HE COLORED AMERICAN a 5 4 SOME SO IE GOTHAM NOTESt NOTES NOTESfolortd NOTES NOTEScoloff folortd coloff olnrd Business Men Organize rganize for forBusiness forBIIirH forItu Itu Business BIIirH iuess sS Purposes PurposesThat That Alabama AlabamaVisc AlabamaClSI Alabamatst Visc ClSI Local LocalSocial Social News Notes NotesV NotesYorle NotesNPw NPw York Ork Special Specia1uIn In union unionis unionLNt LNt is strength said one philosopher philosopherami ami the strength of the statement has hasoeVn hasOPt hasVFf VFf oeVn OPt exemplified by thousands of fail failores failOft failnrNs ores Oft Caused by division It is there theref therefJrp theretr gratifying to note that the busi busiovs busiI busitFSS fJrp tr ovs I and professional men of New York Yorkar YorkDc1 YorkatI ar Dc1 Brooklyn have considered the wis wisium wisdom wisaom dom of this axiom and are organizing organizinghHiisJves organizinghPlI1SpJps organizinghIms4lves hHiisJves in a body under the name nameor nameof nameof of The Colored Mens Business League LeagueOf Of Greater patpr New York The purpose purposeof of the th League ague will be to hold confert confer conferHiifs conferIfilPS Hiifs nt among the men of the race in inbusiness intHl intustnPSS business tHl ioP and to encourage and stimu stimulate sUmulatt stimu14u late business interest interestMr ill interestMr terest terestr Mr Fred Moore President Mr Jas Jasr JasThomas Thomas VicePresident Prof Wl WL 1 Bulkier 2nd VicePresident Mr PShi PSlwrilan PFitt Fitt Shi Slwrilan ridan ilan Ball 3rd 3r 1 VicePresident and andMr andr and1Ir Mr James Garner Treasurer The TheLeague TheJf Theljagut League Jf IgUP intends to cooperate with the theNational theational theNational National Business League of which Dr DrHooker DrBoul DrI I Hooker Boul ookFr Washington is President PresidentAnother Presidentnorlwr Presidentanother Another concern which is yet in thepmrvo the thepml thePmbryo pml pmrvo Pmbryo ryo but shows promise of devolop development devolopownt devolopmPnt ment is the AfroAmerican Realty RealtyCompany RealtyCumlany Realtyrtrpany Company It has for its object the therenting thefPlH thetPntitig renting fPlH iug of flats fi ts and taking desirable desirableiiases desirableipasts desirablelvasP5 iiases to be sublet to the best class of ofnhred oftulOftd ofcolord nhred people Its officers are Mr 1r Jr Je I IC Thomas President Mr Gar Garni GarIl1r Garn4 ni Il1r Secretary tretar and Treasurer and Mr MrPhilip MrPhilip MrPhilip Philip A Payton Business Manager ManagerMr Mr Jl1s InsLice iee White of the United UnitedStates Unitedah Unitedhats States ah Supreme upreme Court granted writs of ofirrur ofTol oft from the theSupreme theupftme thehupreme irrur rror Tol in two eases appealed Supreme upftme Court of Alabama of Giles vs vsThe vsTh vsThu The Th Board Boa Id of Registrars Attorney AttorneySmith AttorneySmith AttorneySmith Smith of 150 Nassau street succeeded succeededin in getting the writs on Friday the 29th 29thami 29thanti 29thand anti will leave New York for Montgom Montgomery try ry during next week to serve them themon themun themon on the Justices of die Supreme Court Courtof Courtof Courtof of Alabama AlabamaWith AlabamaWith laal1la laal1lath With th the advent of warm weather weatherthere weatherf weathertheiP there IH usually takes place an exodus of ofit ofitf 4 it icy folks for mountain and seashore seashoreThis seas seashore seashoreThis ore oreThis This year ar is no exception to the rule ruleami rulea ruletnd ami a lid on I Decoration coration Day Miss Annie AnnieWilson Annielson AnnieWilson Wilson lson one of New Yorks popular popularsniety popularirls popularx444 x444 sniety i ty girls irls left for East Quoque Quoquelonjr QuoqueLong QuoqueImtg Long Island I slant Miss Wilson expects to tofiend toIIlncJ tospud fiend st several eral months at Quoque before beforeniuriiing beforeruing beforerturning niuriiing ruing to New York YorkOn YorlOn Yorkon On Thursday Thl1r day Miss Gertrude Fender FenderMn Mn in company with her father left leftfur leftfur leftfor fur stow Vermont where they expect expectm Ti IIP joined by other members of the thefamily thefami thefamily family familyMrs fami familyMrs Iy IylIts Mrs Van Houten Garret well wellknown wellknown welln known in the musical world is spend spendns ns nt some umf time with her mother at Sag SagHarhor Saglb Sagtbrt4or Harhor lb rhor Long Island IslandThe IslandThl IslandThe The Union Baptist Church at No NoVest 2 Vest est Sixtythird Street probably probablyt MI first On church building ever erected erectedJ 0 Ni York City for colored people peopleus us proved rond inadequate for the accomCuitation accom accomfcuilation accomtUllaTion fcuilation of its small but fast growing growingjrgregation growingJIgJpgation growingrgr4gation jrgregation The pastor Rev HMns HI HIris Mns I Ins and the members are endeavor endeavorog jng og to raise funds to enlarge the build buildThe buildng ng The church has now a seating seatingopacity seat seatingaparity ng ngP3lity opacity of two hundred which was wasnsiiered wasnsi wasunsidet unsidet nsiiered nsi plp ed sufficient for all require requirer requireLInts requirerwFnts LInts nts at the time of building two twoars twotars twoars tars ars ago The trustees have secured securedo cu lots adjoining the church so thatIGFN that thatnow thatnow IGFN now have property with an area areaf more rnnr than 7500 square feet feetAlthough feetthough feetalthough Although though Sunday was lowering and andbrpauniug andLrpatlning andtxrPatfning brpauniug clouds chased themselves themselvesKV ross KV the sky there was a large audi audiat pI at St Marks Church in inTfcp intp inttP Tfcp tp morning who listened to an effec effecsermon effecr 4 sermon by the Pastor Rev Hfrouks HBrlluks HESroo1s frouks His text was I had rather be bea bedOfrliepper a doorkeeper in the house of my God Godan Godtan tan an 10 dwell in the tents of the thef therlpI I rkei kP4h The members and friends ofMarks of ofMarks ors Marks arks are still congratulating congratulatingiomsrtives congratulatinghms congratulatint iomsrtives hms Pmsnves P8 over the return of DrI Dr Drfruitis fruitis I rualts to the church and hoping that thatstay thatLs tha thatx I Ls tx stay here may be indefinite indefinitein in the evening Rev Charles Lfrom ftr wn spoke from the twentythird twentythirdP 1s tm Im nj and 4th verseMrs verse verseMr I Mrs Mr lr Charles Anderson formerly formerlya formerl formerlor a 4tt 3 West 100th street but now okritklvn of ofruuKlyn hllIuhlvn ruuKlyn expectsto take up a resi resii I fr i in Mt Vernon New York Mrs MrsUrson MarsAth MrsttirsOll ttirsOll Ath Urson rson has been in ill health for forsome foromf some omf time and it is hoped that the th I change of air and surroundings will willprove willprove willprove prove beneficial beneficialAt beneficialt At St Marks Lyceum Sunday afternoon after afternoon afternoon noon Mr I Robinson Ro inson was in charge Temperance exercises were held and andthe andthe the following excellent program was wasrendered was wasrendered wasrendered rendered Solo Mr Ir Arrington Address Temperance from a legal legalstandpoint legalstandpoint legalstandpoint standpoint Counselor James Hayes Address Rev Chapman of New Jersey subject Temperance Temperancefrom from a Churchmans point of view Solo Prof Barrett of Newark I Address Temperance from Physio logical Standpoint Dr George Canon Canon9n On 9n Thursday a good program program is pro promised promIsed mised the principal feature of whichwill which whichwill whichwill will be a lecture subject Phariohs Decision in the Action of Right Versus Wrong by 1 Lenored Henson Esq of Washington CRev CRev CRev Rev Dr Dean Richmond Babbit one oneof oneof oneof of the leading white divines of the North preached prea hed on The Negro Ne Io and the South at the Protestant Church Churchof Churchof of the Epiphany Brooklyn Sunday Sundayvening evening He said in part partThe partThe partThe The attitude of the South toward the Negro today is not defensible except ex except except cept on pleas utterly unAmerican unAmericanIts Its plea for AngloSaxon dominance dominanceits its pdejudice against the Negro its itssystematic itssystematic itssystematic systematic attempt to nullify the Con Constitution Constitution Constitution I stitution of the United States all are but a faroff echo of strident voices voicesheard voicesheard I heard for 30 years ears before the Civil War Val settled forever the overweaningpride overweaning overweaningpride overweaningpride pride and arrogance of State sovereign sovereignty ty It is trying to shut the door of opportunity op opportunity opportunity portunity in jhe the face of the black man manon manon manon on grounds of of race race and color It is israpidly israpidly israpidly rapidly robbing the Negroes by a a de deliberate deliberate deliberate liberate system of not only political politicalrights politicalrights politicalrights rights but inalienable natural rightsthe rights rightsthe rightsthe the rights of life liberty and happiness happi happiness happIness ness There is real slavery of the Ne Negro Negra Negro gro in parts of the South today only onlythe onlythe the poor black man or woman is not notsold notsold notsold sold from the auction block but fromthe from fromthe fromthe the bench of the Judge in collusion collusionwith collusionwith collusionwith with slave catchers and slave buyers buyersWhat buyersWhat buyersWhat What mean those thirtysix indict indictments indictments indictments ments for slavery returned by a Grand GrandJury GrandJury GrandJury Jury in Alabama What means the theslave theslave theslave slave stockades the tracking blood bloodhounds bloadhounds blood bloodhounds hounds and the lash among the pine pinewoods pinewoods pinewoods woods of Georgia It means means ans that slav slavery sla slavery very ery is in existence today Why should shouldthe shouldthe shouldthe the North let the South settle alone alonethis alonethis alonethis this great national problem We are arefirst arofirst arefirst first Americans then members of a aState aState aState State or section and the Negro belongs belongsto to the North as well as to the SouthThe South SouthThe SouthThe The Negro is a United States problem problemM problemM MCAD00REV McADOO McADOOREV McADOOREV REV JORDON DRev DRev DRev Rev Jordon Secretary of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Foreign Mission Board of the National Na National National tional Baptist Convention passedthrough passed passedthrough passedthrough through the city this week en route routefor routefor routefor for the Georgia Baptist Convention ConventionDr Dr Jordon takes the Black DuchmonRev Duchmon DuchmonRev DuchmonRev Rev Reir of Surinom La Amer America America America ica with him He reports the work in ingood ingood ingood good shape The Dr says Rev FSaloni FSaloni FSaloui Saloni who was imprisoned im risoned in Natal NataljSouth NatalSouth NatalSouth jSouth South Africa for preaching to his own ownpeople ownpeople ownpeople people and Rev Maqzia of Tronki are areen areen areen en route ro te for this country to attend the theNational theNational theNational National Convention in September He Hesays Hesays Hesays says this is to be the best year of Negro Ne Negro Negro gro Baptist work in foreign fields fieldsLetters fieldsLetters fieldsLetters Letters from Dr and Mrs Faulkner Faulknertells Faulknertells Faulknertells tells of their arrival in Liberia and andprospects andpr andprospects prospects pr spects of a great work All the thefields thefields thefields fields where Negro Baptists are at workwill work workwill workwill will be represented in Philadelphia inSeptember in inSeptember inSeptember September SeptemberAn SeptemberAn An invitation has been received to toattend toattend toattend attend the commencement exercises of ofthe ofthe ofthe the I street High school which will willtake willtalce willtake take place at the Metropolitan A EChurch EChurch EChurch Church on Tuesday evening the 16thinst 16th 16thinst 16thinst inst instCol Col Perry Carson president ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Blaine Invincible Republican Club Clubhas Clubhas has gone to Mexico in search of relief relieffrom reIleffrom relieffrom from throat trouble The Club unani unanimously unanimously mously appropriated from its treasury treasurya a liberal amount to defray the entire entireexpenses enUreexpenses expenses of the Colonels trip He was wasmuch wasmuch wa wamuch much touched by the Clubs spontane spontaneous spontanpus ous action It is expected that be wIllreturn oil will willreturn 1 return to the city in the early fall fallMr fallIr Mr Ir I Irving Greenlease has connect connected connected connected ed himself with the dining dinin car service serviceof serviceof servicof of the Royal Blue of the 8r RCompany RCompany RCompany Company I THE MAY IAY MUSICALE MUSICALEMiss MUSICALEMiss mSICALEIiss Miss Iiss Harriet Gibbs assistant direc tor of music of the public schools of ofnnnn Washington nH is tO bo congratulated nnnn upon the highly artistic program rendered at the May Musicale of the Washington Normal School at the Fif teenth tSreet tsreetPresbyterian Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening The numbers were well chosen and splendidly interpreted interpretedand interpretedand and it would be invidious to mentionone mention mentionone mentionone one without naming all anot Of the partici participants participants participants pants However it is due to the young folks who sang the chorus 0 tv i uo JLJUUI from xaia xaiawatha Hia Hiawatha Hiawatha watha to say sa sar that their rendition of that difficult selection was highly cred itable and proved Miss Gibbs to be a askilful askilful askilful skilful director and themselves posses possessed possessed possessed sed of thoroughly musical tempera temperaments temperaments temperaments ments It addition to the members membersof of the Normal Normal School other partici participants participants participants pants were Miss Lola Johnson who delighted the audience by her charm ing interpretation of the Spring Song from Hiawatha Miss Marie James Mr Joseph Douglass Miss Beatrice Warrick and Miss Gibbs Gibbswho Gibbswh Gibbswho who wh favored the audience with a most difficult but well interpreted Ballade i by Reinecke The accompanists accompa ists were Tere Misses Europe and Della White and Mr Braxton Altogether Alto ether the Musical Musicalwas Musicalwas was an uplift to the higher aspirations aspirationsof of the Washington public toward gen general general general eral culture and refinement refinementMr refinementlr refinementMr Mr Allen late of the Census Office has been assigned to a position in the new bureau of Commeroe ommerGe and Labor LaborDr La LaborDr or orDr Dr Jackson president of Short College Little Rock Ark delivered the annual lecture before the literary literarysocieties literarysocieties literarysocieties societies of his schcool June 2 Thecommencement The Thecommencement Thecommencement commencement exercises of the sameschool same sameschool sameschool school took place on the 4th inst There were nine graduates and the baccalaureate sermon was preached by Rev I i Burgan of Paul Quinn Col College College College lege Waco Vaco Texas TexasThe TexasThe TexasThe The Tuxedo Pleasure Club is making makinggreat makinggreat makinggreat great preparations for its first picnic picnicand picnicand picnicand and summer outing at Coliseum Park ParkMonday ParkMonday Monday evening June 1st Music will willbe willbe willbe be furnished by the Invincible Orches Orchestra Orchestra Orchestra tra under tie leadership of Prof Ed EdAmbler EdAmbler EdAmbler Ambler The officers and members of ofthis ofthis ofthis this club are an active and energetic energeticset set The President Mr Frederick FrederickBrooks FrederickBrooks FrederickBrooks Brooks assisted by Mr Chancey Le LeBrant LaBrant LeBrant Brant will leave ave nothing undone to tomake tomaIse tomake make maIse this outing a great success Thepublic The Thepublic Thepublic public is invited invitedMr invitedMr invitedMr Mr Shadd Brown who has had hadcharge badcharge hadcharge charge of the buffet department of the theSt theSt theSt St Charles Hotel in New Orleans La Lafor Lafor Lafor for the past seven months is in the thecity thecity thecity city where he will take a few weeksrest weeks weeksrest weeksrest rest Mr vIr Brown Is one of the oldguard old oldguard oldguard guard and is delighted to meet his old oldfriends oldfriends oldfriends friends In Washington WashingtonHE WashingtonHE VashtngtonHE HE LIKES ITTo IT ITTo ITTo To The Colored American AmericanI I am receiving so much reading readingmatter readingmatter readingmatter matter that I can scarcely get through throughwith throughwith throughwith with them all yet I cannot afford to togive togive togive give up The Colored American Please Pleasefind Pleasefind Pleasefind find enclosed 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1Iadisonstreet MadisonStreet street northwest northwestMorning northwest10rn1ng northwestMorning Morning class from 9 a to 1 lpm Afternoon class 2 to 5 daily 4 Evenings from 730 30 to 10 oclock TMondays Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays dressmakers and ladies who wish to dp their own dressmaking WANTED WANTEDTo To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System Seamless Basques Basqueswithout Basqueswithout Basqueswithout without one inch of visible visibleseam seam in lining or goods not eeven on theshoulder the theehoulder shoulder Successful dressmaking re requires requires requires quires as much earnest progressive progressivestudy progressivestudy progressivestudy study as successful work in any pro i fession No detail is too small to be looked after We teach you to make a adresses dresses with or without seam andguarantee and andguarantee tindguarantee guarantee perfect fits and complete completeyour completeyour completeyour your course with a a diploma diplomaIf If you have a spare par room that YOU would waul like rent to desirable parties advertise them InTha In Colored American AmericanSUMMER AmericanSUMMER AmericanSUMMER SUMMER RESORTS RESORTSFOR RESORTSFOR FOR RENT RENTSummer Summer of igoa Lincoln Hall Harpers Harper Ferry Va For particular ad dress Bi ackett ackettPlease ackettPJease ty fPleeae Please Help Me Find My Brother BrotherSaunk BrothecSaunk rSaunk Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg Virginia several rears ears before the civil war to Cunnlgan a Negro trader His mother Willie was a slave on tho Joyce plantation He had one sister Betty Bettywho who is very anxious to find him Any la formation will be gladly received receivedMRS receivedMas receivedMas Mas BETTY REYNOLDS a 44 Parker street Atlanta Ga GaSOMETHING GaSOMETHING 1 SOMETHING NEW NEWThe NEW4irThe JWTheRapldCigarette WTheRapldCigarette 4irThe The Rapid Cigarette Maker Makerseanarticle is an article every smoker should possess Handy to carry in inpocket lapocket Inpocket 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