The Washington Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1886, Page 1

Saat 10.000 sU2SCRIBERS Wanted. NG NEGRO ORGAN. Che dash Jerms. $2.00 Per year. ingto n Bee. ‘ADVER}.W - This Paper. | TT WILL Pu. p= POPULATION | $0,000. _ WASHINGTON, D, ©, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, \;VER SUCH BARGAINS Men’s Boys’? and Children’s Clothing re now offered at the GreatSample of Men,Boys’ and ¢hildren’s Clothing Opening at 924 7th St., N.W. Bet. 1 ST. AnD MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. Axa jousand Men’s Boy’s and Children’s Suits and Overcoats oods. Many of them will be sold at less than the cost of the , nothing about the making and the trimmings. Actual bar- seldom come. A sample Suit worth $20 can be bought for $12. a « very low, and Children and Boy’s Suits at little over half. jidien’s Overcoats at Jess than you would have to pay for the These goods are mostly in single Suits, only one of a kind, ~ made of the best English, French and American goods. Prince + Coats sold for $15 now $g, Suits that sold for $12 to $20 at less o-thirds of the cost. There are no better goods made, many of uperior to the best ordered work. Men’s Suits start at $5 and go 216: Boys’ suits $5 to $10; Children’s Suits $2.50 to $6, and Over- » Men, Bovs’ and Children from $2.50 up. You can secure the rains ot your life in any of these goods you can get fitted in. We Shildren’s Suits—54 in all—the price of them was $6.50, $7, ages, 4to08. Just think of it. You can have your choice Little Overcoats for half price. Men’s Pants 75c., We have a lot of Prince Albert Coats, Black Cloth 20, $22—your choice to day for $12. is lot for $3.99. 90, F2 up to sold for $15, formerly It would be impossible to enumerate the thousands of good things in Clothing for Men, Boys’ and Children. Come and see for yourself the great sale of sample Suits at 924 7th St. N. W., bet. I St. and Nass. Ave. Look for the sigus. Sample Suits and all styles of men’s *s,and Children’s Clothing. at 10 0’clock. JOHN F. ELLIS & CO, PENN. AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. EXTENSIVE DEALERS IN MUSIC ey Salecommences TUESDAY MORN- 937 SONVId AND MUSICAL MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ros. PIANOS! N AND HAMLIN, SMITH AMERICAN, VACKARD, CHASE ORGANS! HEILBRUN'S — OWE PRICE SHOE 4o2 7TH. STREET. Calf Boots §2.50 $5.00 GOOD WORK BOOTS $2 to $3. GEO. WOOD L. Fine to HAND SEWED GAITERS $4.00. | ELECTRIC SHOES $2.50. SEAMLESS SOLID GAITERS $2. LADIES KID BUTTON $1. to $4. : MISSES KID & PEBLE BUTTON 97 Cte. CHILD'S SCHOOL SHOES 75 Cts. RUBBER BOOTS & SHOES OF ALL KINDS. | ?.S. Look for the Old Lady in the Window. Prices Knocked to Pieces. Go to the Great Executors Consignment of Clothing At——— Ol F STREET NN. W. Opposite United States Patent Office Men's Suits by the 1000. Did you ever buy an all Wool suit for $3.90. Dui you ever buy anall Wool Double Breasted Suit for $5.60. Your choice of a thousand pair of men’s pants at 65¢c., 75c., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 0. Elegant Dress Suits at $6.40, 7.50, 7.80, 8.40, and 9 dollars. Kioys’ Suits from 12 to 17 years 2.65, 2.75 and 3 dollars. OU KNOW WHAT AN EXECUTORS SALE IS; ‘PLL You—A big firm breaks up on account of the Death of one vers, and to settle the estate the above sale is ordered. The igned to leading clothiers in different cities and sold re- ess of cost or manufacture, in order to make a settlement with the uing parmers. THAIS WILL LAST FOR 15 to 20 DAYS only 816 F Street, n: w. Opposite United States Patent Office,) Between 8th and 9th Sts. DO} e , Bip, = HOUSE & snes Soo RPET AND S ove >] FURNITURE, CA MENT HOUSE, and will not be dictated to by the republ'can party or a class of men Tothe Mammouth Ber, that we mn Guy Party. Mr. Ingalls’ fight is | all now see, | agare ,At this time of the year; that you | may not have any fear; | For your information good com- pany, is always welcome here, |For the buzzing Bzes have folded their wings and sting, to sleep the long sleep of winter till early A MERRY DAY. | | _THE PRESIDENT | for appointing a colored democrat | to an office in this city, - He is op- posed to the colored man on ac- | count of his color and it is left | with the colored voters of the spring. | couatry to eay whether they will But this big Ber, is a wide| tvlerate it. Wehave been informed awake Bee, he will sting in Janua-/ that there is a petition in circula. ry, as well as in May; tion, headed by a renegade black And if with him, yon try to pley,#fepeblican opposing Mr. Mat- he will sting you by might or he | BS" --+-4--mtvae lL tua will sting you by day. | vidual who has the petition has In the hum of his sting, you can | been obnoxious to the people for hear him sing, | at least 12 years, He is without Let me alone till Icome to your) political influence and social stand- home ; }ngin the community. Our con- » agents for the Weber Behring, Vose, Guild, Macon. --4 Ta 1— | For in my place [ am sure to| stay, because Lalways mean busi- | ness, and do not mean play. | Now dear little Bee, since first you, made your call on me, | You have always found me in| the hall, waiting for your Satur.) days call. | Come on good Bee, with hum and/} sting, and make your calls till ear- ly spring; | For you, [ am always glad to | see, and lam your friend; L. D. G. OUR WEEKLY REVIEW. |THE GREAT ALABAMA EXPOSITION | FRAUD. WHY COLORED PEOPLE | RETROGRADE, THE COMING COL- | ORED NATIONAL CONVENTION | | GROWING IN POPULAR Favor. | | WHERE SHALL IT MEET? THE | | POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE NES | GRO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. THE | TIME HAS COME FORACTION. PRES | IDENT CLEVELAND AND MATTHEWS’ | NOMINATION. | Inour issue a few weeks ago, | | wfe nl occasion to depapiran tb | ve perpetrated upon tbe colored | | people of the south by an alleged | World’s Exposition. We have just received a letter from Alaba- |ma from a distinguished young | | man to the effect that our article was correct. The writer further ‘says that the men whose names lare attached to the circular have | been hoodwinked into the affair; | that the papers in Alabama en- |dorse it from the rep:esentation |that it has been given; but the | people consider the leader a crank |and acorrupt politician. It isa | shame that our people shou'd have | things and matters so falsely rep- | resented to tuem by men of their }own race. The people of Alaba- ma should expose this great traud and denounce the leaders of it as /unfit men to represent any such |enterprise. The whole exposition \is conducted by one man and as a | matter of fact, it is impossible tor one man to conduct a World’s Ex. | position. The proposed NATIONAL CONVENTION | |of colored men is endorsed and | from present indications the pre- | sumption is that it will be repre- | sentative in every respect. C. H. iJ. Taylor of Kansas City, Kansas | and one of the representaiive men | in that state favors the convention }and wiil do all in his power to |make it a success. The next | question is where shall the con- |veution meet? Some suggest | Washington, others New York, | Boston and elsewhere. | THE POLITICAL CONDITION |of the race should be discussed | wisely and judiciously. The po- litical status of the colored people /in this country is not what it |should be, The time tor action has come, it has come f rus to | decide our own destiny. Wehave ' b.en too dependent upon our white | fellow citizens; yet it is no fault |of ours, because when we were temporary THE ADVOCATE, after having endorsed the nomi- uation of Mr. Matthews some months ago, at the time he was a candidate for the Liberian mic- sion, now condemns Mr. Matthews. Very soon after Mr. Cromwell’s discharge from office, he wrote all kinds of toady and humiliating articles in favor of the admiuistra- tion, He was an applicant for the Liberian mission «at he time aud had so called negro democrats | like Roso Beckley to cali on the secreiary of State in his interest. [t was thought at one time that he would be appointed but atter Mr. Cromwell was seen by the secre~ tury of State, we aie informed tbat Mr. Cromwell was told that he could not be appointed. Now he charges Mr. Smyth as baving been oppos’'d to Mr. Matthews’ confirmation. We have been in a position to know what tie Ad- | vocate says is untrue. Mr. Smyth is not and nevee was a candidate for the Liberian mission, Of course if he were appointed, be thel!d, Bais, Whee Gnd Thomp- kins have no political influence. There is not # man in this city | who has more political inftuence than these two gentlemen. They are respected and honored by our colored citizens, It is Mr. Crom- well who has been disappointed jin the Liberian miesion, it was Mr. Cromwell, who called on the secretary of State, Bayard and was snubbed. How many people does Mr. Cromwell represent? Tue citizens ot Washington wiil follow Messrs. Black, Thompkins and Smyth. The Senate is opposed to Mr. Matthews because he is 2 Nogern CLARA TO LOUISE. Dear Louise :— At this time 1 am somewhat interested in the resolu- tion of Dr. Francis for a new High and Normal School building. The minor fund will be utilized for in- dustrial purposes, which will null the contract that was made with the board of school trustees. The government of course will have to purchase the minor building and either convert it into a pubiic school or use the whole building as a Normal School. Dr. Francis’ idea isto build a new High and Normal School in the popular part of the city which I hope the com- missioners will do. I did not attend the marriage of Miss Ford, for the reason I was not one of ber most intimate triends. Iam acquainted with Mr. Jackson and hope that be will en- joy asuccessful and happy life. Do you mean to say that our dear old friend Harry B bas joined church? I was impressed with the belief that he was a member of the church. I called to see Mrs. J. C. Matthews last week. She is very pleasant and refined in her manners. THE FAIR emancipated, it is true as Mr. | Watterson says, we had nothing. | Weare in a position today to help ourselves aud each other. | We are chastised because we se- | fit to affiliate with other political parties. Mr. Ingalls who is the | author of these sentiments affiliat |ed with the democratic party him- 'se'f, so itis rep rted. We must to {give Mr. Ingalls to understand | that we are free American citizens }at Ebenezer church opened last | Monday evening. It was a success |in every way. The ladies at the ‘table are kept very busy and ‘everything seems to be in apple pie order. Ihad atalk with the | most stylish and accommodating | gentleman in the fair. It was Cap- tain Cox. Heis such a jovail fel- low who never allows alady to go unassisted, if he is present and they should need his assistance. For the first time, since its organi- 1886, zation, I attended the Philomathian Literary Society Thursday eve- ning, I was surprised to kuow that there was so much intelligence in that section of the city. The young ladies are very active and doing everything tomake the society a success. Indeed the secretary of the soviety is a young lady of pre- Possessing manners, and her minu- tes are prepared in a most coucise manner and with a few exceptions acceptable to the society. Prof. Johnson, the pastor ofthe church, deserves credit for the noble work that he has accomplished among shone? dibre sb cieeie orgabheen like the Philomathian. The people are benefited and not a select few. While Idid not here the Professor’s paper on HOME TRAINING Tread extracts of it in the Bee of last week. [ admired the thoughts presented by those who participat- ed. Jt the parents of children wonkd take; more pains in teaching theié . chil- dren at home, the teacher 4 the school would not have so much trouble. The teachers are often blamed for the bad training the child receives at home. The child often watches the conduct of its parent, and by such conduct it is often governed. I don’t know who will receive Saturday. The matter was not discussed in the household. I am uuder the impres- sion, however, that these public New Years RECEPTIONS are going out of fashion. The cus- tom, I think is now, that those who care to make calls can do so without being notified. This is right. It will not hurt the men to eall, aud if their friends are not at home it will show that acall was made any way. If there are any who intend to have open house, they will address you as I expect to leave the city antil 5th of Janua- rv 8G year uas veen a pleasant one, tome, and if there are any who have been offended I hope to be excused, as my motives were to purify society and notto de- grade it. Let the past be forgotten and look to the future for brighter things. OUR YOUNG LADIES Ihope have learned trom my letters a warning which will benefit them. Let me impress this one thing upon them, which will be for their good. Get married, not to a libertine, but an honest work- ing man who bas respect for bis reputatiou. Hoping you alla Mer- ry Christmas and a happy New Year. Yours truly, CLARA. re ee THE COLORED MAN’S DESTI- MR. HENRY WATTERSON TELLS HIM HE MUST SHAPE IT HIMSELF. Lovisvitte, Ky., Nov. 29.—Mr. Henry Watterson this evening ad- dressed the Freedwen’s Home Preparatory, a colored co-opera- tive society formed to purchase and colonize Western lands. Mr. Watterson remarked first. that he wanted to say that he never expected to be a candidate for any offeo, and thocture, Had uo reason for trying to influence their votes; second, that he had all his life acted with the political organization the least disposed to grant them political privileges; and, finally, that from childhood he had been opposed to human slavery. He added that he had tried to secure the best and fullest freedom. ‘I'wenty years ago they had been liberated without a rag of clothing to their backs, a roof over their heads or a single politi- eal privilege- They cou'd not even testify in court. It was the duty of the government then do some- thing for them, but beyond citizsn- ship it had not given, nor would it now give anything. They must work fur themselves, as every other man must. EDUCATION NEEDED. “The colored people,” Mr. Wat- terson continued, “had made great progress, and the most hopeful sign of all was their recognition of the need of education. Tuere was a general disposition On the part of the whites to help them, and this feeling was growing. The colored man should educate bis children properly, and it would be best to give them a special train- ing that would fit them to earn their own living. COLORED PEOPLE AND THE SOUTH. “The black people belong here,” the speaker continued, “and in twenty years at least ten Southern States would have a majority of Diack citizens. God help these if there should be a race war. But whites and blacks now understand each other well and their children — even better.” ie society he addressed would succeed or fail according as_its af. {a"best movements he iQue of known was the organization of the 'reedmen’s Bank, bat it had failed and had done the black people the great wrong of stealing their earn- ings and destroying their confi- dence ia their fellow-citizens. Any similar scheme on a national seale would probably fail, but this lo- eal organization might succeed.” Mr. Watterson said he had great faith in the future of the blacks, and ifhe did not he would have little hopes for the whites, for the two races were indissolubly united. In conclusion he urged white and colored alike to leave the city for the country. Colored people had to depend upon themselves, for neither political party would do anything more for them, and they must work out their own destiny. —‘*Weekly Pelican. —— GENERAL ITEMS. An aged man, named Nathan John- son, was killed by the cars on the B. and P. R. RB. near South Capitol st., and Virginia Avenues. e. He was a colored man and completely mutilated, while picking up coal, on Thursday evening, the 16th inst. One of the most singular things about the accident which was wit- nessed among the injured men at the Carroll Row, on Wedresdexn Forcman, Muvhabev, to be helped until the other six men had been taken out of the ruins. He said as help was being ten- dered him, let me help myself; there are six others in the ruius.,, Mr. Henry Lewis, who was so badly injured at the Government Pen- sion Building a few weeks ago, is now very low at his residence, 724 3d st., 8. w. The many anxious eyes of this city, which looked for the arrival of the Rey. Dr. Laws, from his de- lightful Pittsburg visit, were con- verted into glad hearts at his ap- pearence into the city this morning by the early train over the B. and C. R. The Grand Lodge No. 3, of the order of the Good Samaritans of the District of Colambia, held ita 2nd Quarterly Session in this city, on Tharsday evening the 16th inst., with Mr. S, Y. Minor, the Grand Chief presiding. Mary Sabino Mantro, has moved from Ardmore, into the city of Philadelphia, Pa. Many of the school teachers from the country, are making christmas visits to their homes in this city, and are looking well. Mrs, La-Ella Price, will not visit the United States, from Toronto, this winter as reported. Con is taking timalr ~~+ appropriate actions in the affairs in general for the good of this District. The essential principle of justice in answer to the prays of the citi- zens committee of one hundred are being established in the principles of great speeches that are being made. The sad altercation and tragedy between Geo. N. Walker, the mur- derer and John C. Millerin F st., u. w. the 8th insl. between two white men of bigh connection, but a very low estimate of human life. Thus, in North Washington, fary is continually being added to flame, and repeated crimes detract many elements of greatness from her good name. The Charleston Recorder, seems willing to impute all the National crimes of long standing agaiust the colored race, to the Demoerat- ie party ; but in this it mast under- stand that, it does not carry all of the thinkers with it, except it means toapply this tothe white people as a body, North and South. For to recognize this as a righteous injuuetion, it would release the republican party of obligations that are due the race and ought to have been paid long since.