The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 17, 1886, Page 1

Terms. $2.00 Per year. NEVER SUCH BARGAINS IN Men’s Boys’ and Children’s Clothing ' ° a ow offered at the GreatSample of Men, Boys ™ a end @ hitdren’s Clothing Opening at 924 7th St., N.W. | BET. I St. AnD MAsSAcHUSETTS AVENUE. | | . one thousand Men’s Boy’s and Children’s Suits and Overcoats af i heat. queda. Many of them will be sold at less than the cost of the | gains seldom come. COLOhED JOURNALISM, OUR WEEKLY REVIEW. THE DoUG- LASS AND THE ERA, NEWSPAPER SHARKS. COLORED NEWSPAPERS IGNORED BY REPUBLICANS. THE COMMONER. HOW SOME OF THE PAPERS LIVE.. PROGRESS OF NE- GRO JOURNALISM, &c. The colored editors whose pa- immi 11 Pere Have been Tovcg ota us out of money. The most uotorious 3, Say ping about the :naking and the trimmings. Actual bar-| should not feel chagrined, because | 8% Saree ee Katt ae goods, say nothing A sample Suit worth $20 can be bought for $12./ we are endeavoring to deal with | Of these correspondents is the indi Overcoats very low, and Children and Boy's Suits at little over half) them fairly and judiciously. Wh pric making. and are Albert Coats sold for $1 than two-thirds of the cos ' are them superior to the best ordered work. 5 now $4, Suits that sold for $12 to $20 at less There are no better goods made, Men’s Sni Children’s Overcoats at less than you would have to pay for the | fact that colored journalism in thi¢ Pies in Baltimore, haertala in — those who fain, would write de- These goods are mostly in single Suits, only one ot a kind, | country is a success. is well demon- Cleveland Ohio. Bat Mr. Palies, made of the best English, French and American goods. Prince | strated. But to say that they, are up to the standard of newspapers, many of) published in this age, is what we start at $5 and go do not conceede, nor will any fair to $16; Boys’ suits $5 to $10; Children’s Suits $2.50 to $6, and Over-/ minded man who has a knowledge mtr for Men, Boys’ and Children from $2.50 up. You can secure the of journalism. Fortune of the coats s argai -our life in any of these goods you can get fitted in. We | eee ere oti Suits—54 in all—the price of them was $6.50, $7, “ ‘ seni $10, ages, 4to 8. Just think of it. You can have your choice : ‘this jot for $3.90. Little Overeoats for half price. Meu’s Pants 75e., 21,50, $2 up to $6, We have alot of Prince Albert Coats, Black Cloth rme rly des} for $18, $20, $22—your choice to day for $12. fol i; would beimpossible to enumerate the thousands of good things in| ject matter and make up, makes Clothing for Men, Boys’ and Cluldren. Come and see for yourself sabe great sale of sample Suits at 924 7th St. N. W., bet. I s and “A Ave. Look for the sigus. Sample Suits and all styles of men’s TAN and ‘Children’s Clothing. Sale commences TUESDAY MORN-| ING at 10 o'clock. JOHN EF. ELLIS & ©. | 937 PENN. AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. | EXTENSIVE DEALERS IN | SONVId MUSIC | AND MUSICAL MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION | Sole agents for the Weber Behring, Vose, Guild, Mason and Hamlin | Behr Bros. | PIANOS! | MASON AND IIAMLIN, SMITIT AMERICAN. GEO. WOODs | PACKARD, CHASE | ORGANS! $2.50 DOUBLE STITCHED SHOES, CALF-SKIN BROAD BOTTOM. 31-5O CAFBUTTON LACE &CONGRESS GATERSS ELECTRIC, FLEXIBLE & SOFT $1.50, ‘i S4 OO HAND SEWED GAITERS for Ladies and Gentlemen, x . Low Quarter Shoes, IN GREAT VARIETY. ’ YOUN Gs. (2 7th St., HEILBRUN’S Old Stand. Look for the old lady in Window en AA ae een cater es Lhieibpleteh a “THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME.” (COPYRIGHTED 1877 Mlustrated by the nse of t=,» TAY T. Haydock. which is not only the Leading Hoeey in this picture, bul THE LEADING BUG OF AMER Has Bardock S Safety King Bolt and Fifth Wheel. Ask you dealer for the T. T. AYDOCK EUGGY, with the Haydock Safety King Bolt and Fifth Wheel, Life is insecure riding over any other. © will be furnished on large card, printed in elegant style, to anyone who will acree to frame it.) amr.| ee) Say OC 0 L Cor. Plum and Twelfth Sts., CINCINNATI, 0. *SNTED WHERE WE HAVE NONE! NO INVESTM. 60 PROFITABLE, and Pulies, | lass Brother jable sources, | firm, | dispised by the people, tended to FREEMAN of the Globe come nearer to real journalism than the majority of the colored press. The superiority of these papers, in sub- them leaders of the colored press. They bave shown this much, (i. e.) if the colored people would support them, that they are able to discuss the issues of the day. In our. last weeks review, relative to the © NATIONAL ERA we should have said that the Doug- liquidated an indebt- edness of 350, and that there was no disguising the fact, they were true friends of the race. : THE CONSPIRACY to overthrow the Era was caused by jealousy, as we have heretofore stated. And we have it from reli- that Mr. Robert Thompkins, was the only honora- ble man in the transaction, or a member of the defunct bank ring. While Mr. Thowpkins ha: been severely criticised, vy beiug associated with the bank ring, he was the only man to honor his ob- ligations. This gentleman is a fine and smooth writer. He has ability equal to any young man in the race. The consolidation of the Era and Citizen was a destruction to the former. The Citizen only brought fifty subscribers to the The Citizen’s attack on the celebrated Lotus club, which was vA increase its circulation, prior to 5 cents per copy. lass for the loan of $800 without an} ment, in all those qualities that eudorsor, which was also declined. | make the useful citizen, with ev~ This journalist hasn’t had mneh | ery influence of church, state and use for Mr. Douglass since. We | goeral life, apposed to their pro- et mention several instances of |gress in and enjoyment of the ; SA ipa vs peas Saat | blessings of liberty, and like some aoc CR RUaE SPOOL evil genius, forever haunting them ling, have black-mailed them. | ‘ith the id that thute statue The most indignant men are the |W! the idea, tha Shr < |must be one of subserviency to MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. } <. ” Th P eAlloned the “superior race. Nines compiala bd Satine bo Hated and oppressed, by the rion cob Chee Laan tad er ey Pr combined wisdom, wealth and represent papers, having beat them 2 e z = Lge ¥ statesmanship of a mighty confed- eracy; watched and criticised their claim to represent a} mistakes strongly magnified by vidual who struction uvon the emancipation; some time ago, immediately dis-| they were expected to tise from claimed the connection of this indi-| (his condition. The idea of giv- vidual with his paper. A more ing to the newly enfranchised u notorious rascal, doesn’t exist than | soo nq practical education wascon- Ee Ona len ae rer | sidered at the dawn of freedom, = elie | an easy solution, of what as an un- This is B Way d j y of these AO Uo GS Gey CuietTatir Gl: eet solved problem. threatened the Negro correspondents live. The COMMONER is the next journal that played a!| conspicious part in the field of joar- | nalism. Its editor was Rev. Geo. | The entrance ot this paper into the field of journalism was met with universal favor. Subscriptions &c. had been collected and paid for in advance, which was one week before Mr. Williams, received an appointment | in the Post Oflice, at the request of | General Grant, and it was thought | by many that that was all the gen- tleman wanted. He did not hold | the position long. This paper was well edited and had Mr. Will been sincere in bis new enterprise, | it would have been a success. | THE PLAINDEALER was the next in order to be estab-! lished. This was founded by Dr. King and A. W. Harris. It was a| weil edited paper, but, the treach- | ery of certain Negroes killed it. | Inits war on Jobln Defrees, the late Public Printer, certainly show- ed the power of the Negro press. There were certain men counected with the paper who played Judus | and gave many secrets away which | crippled the paper somewhat and | forced the removal of Dr. King and | the appointment of A. W. A. De} Leon, a West Indian. DeLeon was | a brilliant writer and his editorials commanded respect by the leading journals in the country. His con the consolidation, We shall speake more fully concerning’ the Lotus club, before we shall conclude this review. The REPUBLICAN PARTY which aided to Emancipate the Negro, did not do much toward supporting colored newspape The Era was the only paper ot any prominence that received support trom the republican executive com- mittee, while other journals edited by white men were well compensa- ted. Had the Era lived, it would have been the recognized and the most reliable race paper edited by Negroes. Mr. Dougiass knew the value and importance of the press when he established THE NORTH STAR, subsequently Fred. Douglass’ pa- per. He knew with the press he could reach milhons. Mr. Doug- lass has been charged with ingrati- tude towards the race, which is a charge not well founded. There is not a more liberal and kind hearted man in the r: than this sage of Anacostia, and the abuse that he gets, very oilen comes from per- sous who have endeavored to bleed him. If one eighth of oar moneyed hegrees were as liberal toward the press Mr. Douglass, our journals could live. In this connection we must not fail to mention the liber- ality of EX REGISTER BRUCE. Hon. B. K. Brace, has given lib- eral support to rewspapers edited by Negroes. And those that he has help the most are the first to abuse him. This ingr; Mr. Brace doesn’t mind f cism, but, personal attacks are not appreciated by any man. A cireum- stance occures “to us, dwinug the press convention in °30 held in this city. Mr. Simk:ns, formerly editor otihe Arkansas) Mansion wanted Mr. Bruce, to identify him, so that he could cash a dratt ora note, we dou’t know which. Mr. Brace, uot knowing the Mr. Simkins, de- clined. On the editors return home, he wrote an abusive notice against Mr. Bruce. Such journalism is a disgrace to the colored press. An servative policy caused many of the republican attaches of the paper | to leave. DeLeon whodid not own | one cents worth of the Plaindealers’ | type, when he was invited to join | the company, but when he left he | carried the whole business with | him to New Hamshire, where his course ended as an editor. He is | now in Hayti. | In our next we shall state how | the Lotus club was killed, who} were in it and where they are and | perpetuity of republican institn- tons. firing on Sumter, the benevolent and farsighted northern frieuds had W. Williams, the colored historian. | &t#blished schools, from - ington to the Gu'f of Mexico, but, like all other | lightened manhood tar and wide ‘| papers, it died in its eight week, Within a year from the Wash- which became centres of light, penetrating th» darkness and scattering the blessings of an en- lhe history of the world, cannot produce a more affecting spectacle than the growth of this mighty Christian philanthropy, which be- inning amid the din of battle, has steadily marched on through every opposing influence, and lifted a e trom weakuess to -trength, from poverty to wealth, from moral and intellectual non- jentity to place and power among the nations of the earth. From the awful depths out of which we have emerged, to the promised lavd of perfect race development we are asked tu leuk, and -by alt the rapid and healthful proziess of the pist; by an unwavering faith in that Divinity that shapes our ends, foree st the future The prospect shows improve- ment religiously. The emotional as opposed to the rational element in the Negroes’ religion is fast be- coming a thiug of the past, The pew is loud, continuous and uni- versal in its demand for an educa- ted pu'pit—oue that unites to deep piety a mind well trained; that makes Christ the centre of all its preaching; that shirks no re- sponsibility; th:t aims to awaken in the people, holy aspirations and untiring zeal, to the end, that the kingd ms of this world may be- come the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ. Denominational- ly our progress is, partly, seen in the organization of the 800,000 Baptists of the south, for the pros- ecution of Mission work in Africa " rer of glass’ Press. : tbe powerot Douglass/s ress: We have raised $10,000, sent out A LOOK AHEAD. j six missionaries, all of whom have | been trained in “Ilome Mission PKOF, W. B. JOHNSON’S ADDRESS AT SBURY PARK, N. J. SOUND AD | VICE OF A YOUNG DIVINE, schools,” planted schools and mis- sion stations in Africa, and awak- ened an interest in the work in Prof. W. B. Johnson, of this | this country, both in the ministry cily, ut the annual meeting of the | Americen Baptist Home Mission Society held at Asbury Park, N. J.. May 30th, delivered the fol- | lowing address. Pzof. Johnson is | the third divine of color who has | ever addressed this society. The | address was weil received and | the calm and eloquent manner of | his delivery were met with he crty | applause. Prof. Jobson said: We stand to day upon an emi- nence that overlooks more than | two decades, spent in efforts io ameliorate the — condition of seven million — immortal | souls; by opening — before théic hitherto dark and cheerless lives, possibilities of development | into a perfect and symmetrical manhood and womanhood. The, retrospect presents to us a picture of moral degradation—a logical se | quence ot slavery; mental gloom, | unpenetrated by the faintest ray of intellectual light; souls, (out of | which should flow the holiest and and laity, that is simply unparal- lelled. We regard the African Mission work as preeminent!y ours, since it develops in us that spirit of self he!p, without which nations nor individuals can rise to worth and jpwer. There is a growing tendency among the churches of tue south to assume the conduct and support of their }own educational institutions, but the more couservative and far ghted leaders, see in this, a pres- ent imposibility, though all believe the forces are gathering them selves, that will in time not only conduct and support, bat build and endow colleges and universi- ties all over the southland. Morally we are improving. This element of progress is necessarily slow; its opposi.ion is mighty and deep-roo'ed; it must eliminate the evil habits of generations. No one who knows the southern Negro and compares the low moral status in whici’ freedom found him, with best forces of life) belittled in ca | his present m -rality cau deny that pacily; warped in sentiment and | bis Data uae mee seul se lowered in uistinet, until the dis Eeey sate a ‘ eee ae tinction between moral right and | 284 4 Pia be it i ite 2 i be wrong nad nearly become extinct. | Supplemented by thut taste and re- Absolitely sunk m the lowest fisemient webiclr isan Gan ory | depths of # poverty, which reduced j vf right living. Go to tie ae [th m to objects of chitity and/ look into the bright intelligent | S'ood, as an impregnable ‘varrier, faces of the pupils, and see the | other journalist called on Mr, Doug: !'in theiv way to speedy “advanc.+! marks of refinement, in dress and decorum, which are the conse- quences of proper home <training. Mankind is imitative, the Negro is pre-eminently so, Throw him in a aealthy moral atmosphere and he will imbibe its salutary in- fluence and reproduce it in his home. Since emancipation under the most disviriting cireumstances the Negro has made rapid and un- parallelled improvement in morale; and if this state has. been attained against countless and multitorm adversities, to what moral heights may he not ascend in the next twenty years, with the refining aud elevating influences of the church, the home, and the schools as Agencies in promoting this great end. Elueationally his progress is amazing. For this he is largely indebted to the continued benevo- lence of northern philsnthropis's, Alresdy we have men in all the professions (where “caste” has not closed her iron gates aguinst them) and the succes: attendant upon their efforts argues well for the race. But when we e«nsider their rapid numerical increase and the vastness of the fi I for missionary and educational effort, we are con- fronted with the problem, how to meet this growing illiteracy and gather the material into our -chools and churches to be utilized for God and humanity. The society’sschool planted all over the south have indeed been a rich blessing not only to the southland but the whole country. God has signally blessed the work of the past and now leads the denomina- tion into wider fields of usefulness. Is there not a significant call to the great Baptist family, by the increasing uumbers of southern Negroes; by the success of the past and the possibilities of the “future, to enlargen its plan-?- Jf the Negro population is to double itself every twenty years, in the next half century how shall the igrorant millions be supplied with teachers and preachers? In the hundreds of intelligent teachers und able preachers; qualitied doctors and shrewd lawyers, farsighted jour- nalists, energetic business men and legislators of recognized abil- ity, seattered all over the south. The society may see the: fruits of over 20 years labor and the efforts put forth now, to lift the Negro to higher plains of thought and action can only become vis.ble when the great tide of illiteraey rushes upon us in the years to come. God has given to northern Baptists a work in the south, that he has not committed to any other denomination. He has made that land productive of Baptist princi- ples, and there is no spot in this republic capable of yielding such glorious returus.. Shall wenot go in and possess the land? The southern Negro now needs a thoroagh education of the hand as well as the heart and head. To give mental development only, to a race whose needs are s> imp2ra- tive and varied; to send out an army of intellectual giants and in- dustrial dwarfs, is a mistake. Prof. Gilliam says “The Negr> in 1900 will number 14,000,000.” Now with numerical increase come new responsibilities. What must be done for these miilions? We answer, gather them into our schools, place the intellectual torch iu their hands and if they esre not for the “professions,” let them find their way to industrial fame, by its light. Weare ia the midst of grand opportunities to do the American Negro incalculable good. A thousand evils stand around to thrast their deformities upon him and subject him to a thralldom more demoraliaing and far-reaching than that from which ne bas just been «mincipated. The Lord of the harvest invites the laborer by placing beture him these white fields, ripe with possibilities. Shall we hesitate? Duty calls for imm-diate and determined action. The great Buptist denomination must let no man take its crown; it must rally its forces and in solid phalanx meet the common enemy that threatens to destroy the home; impede the progress of the ebureh and subvert the order of the state.