The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1887, Page 2

geile! me Reng. BM SE 9 r= ——" t t bration ofthe Emancipation cast a reflection upon the good sense and ability of the colored people of Washington to manage their own affairs and that rather than to have such a state of affairs re- peated-it were best 1o abolish the gf plebration altogether: “Well it Published every saturday at 110? 1 street | seems that -regurdless of a few ee es. opponents the colored people are sontered at the Postoffice at Washington | determined that the day of their Dc. sa nepnhtien a freedom in this District shall be remembered by ,appropriate cere- - $2.00] monies, - There is no danger of a recur- “~ | rence of thestrife which gave rise to two processions and the un- ene tach, om moutn - si | pleasantness which unfortunately Quartercolumn" “= = - _. made the ‘proceedings of last eee any ae: aks 15 00 us eplebretict rag 80 pas ree : 10 0 | keeping the color line drawn that ar eepore : 5500) is sheer nunsense. If a grateful Malfoolumn “- - ~~ 70 /and appropriate remembrance ofa Onecolamn each, ‘Tea lines oun | Kind Providence that wrought in ee a a mysterious way the Emancipa- EL tion of a people from the galling We disclaim ny responsibility for stat} yoke of slavery is drawing the ments expressed by our correspondent) “oi oriine Jet it heco drawn. ‘The ueithe: indorse all they say. : 5 Cumeagenbeane on living topics is solicite| Jews do nt even to this day dis- but to have attention must be brief. dain to commemorate the occasion Cemmunications for publication mu of their liberation from Egyptian he accompanied with the writer’snam | bondage when Moses led them Net necessarily tor publication but as | across the Red sea. But some guarantee of good faith. colored people are so very nice W. CALVIN CHASES, EprTor. that they do-not wish to be re- a winded that their race wes ever Send in your names at ORCC} once a rece of slaves. Nor do they dare give expression to the S Tabutel £b Dai deep sense of gratitude which Subscribers are reques PAY | should fill the heart of every col- Wiecie ored man ia America, for the buon of freedom which the race now enjoys. The { TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, per year - = six months - - - Three months - : City subscribers, monthly - - ADVERTISING RATES: Females under a cloud are al- ways given the preference, Things are going on that the) AN OPEN LETTER TO SEC- people don’t like. RETARY LEMAR. Republican hedgers are num~ GE THE DISMISSAL OF L. MURRAY erous in this country. BRCWNE. SHOULD HE NOT BE ———_——— REINSTATED? THE ADMINISTRA~ Send in your names tothe Buz.| TION OF MR. CLEVELAND DISCUSS- Wewant to secure 10,000 sub-j =D. scribers. The school board ought to be (From the Editor.) abolished unless the people can| Washington, D. C., March 22, ’87. elect the trustees. Hon. L Q. C. Lemar: — rea Secretary of the Interior: There will be over 20,000 peo-) git. We briefly called your ple in the emancipation process-| sttention last week tothe dis— ion? charge of Mr. L. Murray Browne, sass Rete eas, formerly a clerk in the General Our recommendation of Mr.) T and Office, aud society editor of Thompkins as Dejuty Record-| ihe Bee. On or about Aug. 15th erof Deeds created sensation) +37 he received a letter from you last week. to the effect that his services were no longer required after a cer- tain date. He was discharged on false representations made aguinst him, according to the statement of one W. A. Page, who resides at 1210 10th St. n. w., by one Jack Clemmons a ne- gro messenger in your depart— ment. As a defense for his ma- licious act he informs you, so we : = are told, that the colored people We advise the Commissioners | are jealous of him because he is a to compel teachers to give a cer- democrat; that the editor of the tificate of moral character even! Bee served a term in Albany pen- after they have graduated from nies pe (4 that he is inimical to the Normal and High schcols.|this administration and to the Department of the Interior es- pecially. The charges against the editor of the BzE are as false as the charges he made against Mr. Browne and since we are able to take care of ourself, we shall hold this Negro messenger personally responsible, until he proves his charge or retracts it, The charge that we are inimical to the ad— ministration and yourself can bet- ter be decided by copies of the paper which have been forwarded to you with this letter. The charges made against Mr. regis ie) Fenator I. B. Harris, pe 4. | by Jack Clemmons, were false and The Emancipation apereaey malicious and none but a mean of the State of Indiana has engag. : ed Ex-Senator Bruce of Mississippi and ostracised Negro could manu- to deliver the address at Shelby-| facture such statements. It is ville Indiana, Aug. 2nd, 1887,on|true, Mr. Secretary. that Jack the eccasion of the Celebration ot | Clemmons, your messenger, the Emancipation. The managers | brought to this office in the year pro to make this the grandest | of ’86 certain official acts of your affair of the kind ever attempted | gepartment, which we know to be im ,the West. We congratulate! ,oainst the 1uks governing your the prey tom — Tic tiomater department. We could better agg cS tk aah of the most | °XP/ain this to you M-. Secretary, : than we can tell you, and since ni gone 5 : — — our time is as important as yours, we shall take occasion to write them ina few days. It is true that we area republican, but we y have not been so prejudiced as There area few grumbling| not to give your administra'ion e in this District whosay|and that of Mr Cleveland such that the celebration of the Eman-| credit and commendation as they cipation of the slaves in the Dis | deserve. In the Bee of Oct. 2nd, trict of Columbia should be|’86, you will find our defense of abandoned. They claim to want} yourself and the administration todo away with anything that/of Mr. Cleveland, which proves reminds them of the past condition | your informant to be a liar in of servitude of the colored 1ace, | the first degree. The better ele- and more over that such celebra—| ment of our colored scciety, Mr. tions fan the embers of race| Secretary, will not recognize the prejudice and keep the color liue Negro messenger Clemmons: this clearly drawn to the injury of the 1s one of the reasons, according to colored people. They ge further| Pages’ statement, he made such and say that the trouble which) malicious charges agaiust Mr. sprang up during last year’s cele-} Browne. Knowing you~ to be of We want agent and corres- spondents in every state of the union. A liberal percentage will be paid. The Indianapolis Argus says that there are not 50 denx cratic Negroes in the State. —Is that so Bro. Bagby? " JUDGE SNELL. fRWe don’t know of a man more deserving and competent to suc- ceed Judge McArthur than Judge Wm. Snell ofthe Police Court. He is well acquainted with our laws and the people, more so than any man on the District bench. The President should by all means nominate him. SENATOR BRUCE. ‘ SS ASHAME OF IT. southern partrician birth, we are confident that you will kindly con- sider this letter, correct the exist» ing evils and ¢ondemn an act, which in itself demonstrates treachery and cowardice. It is true that .cireametances made the Negroes republicans and in our opinion that debt of gratitude to that party has been paid, and it is our object and that of the race to forget past issues and adhere to such principles as wlil better subserve our interests. It this is not sufficient to con-~ vince you that Jick Clemmons should be discharged from your department, and L. Murray Browne be reinstated, we mistake the policy of this administration. We subscribe ourself Yours truly, The Editor. ALABAMA NOTES, INDUSTRY AMONG COLORED PEO- PLE. A BRAVE BOY kEWARDED FOR HEROISM. A POLL TAX OF $2,50. A BAD LAW. GOVERN- MENT IN ALABAMA. NO ESCAPE EVEN FOR IDLERS. SOCIAL NEWS, &e, (From our regularcorrespondent.) Mobile Ala., March 22nd, ’87. The Union Commercial Grocer- y store, which lately passed into vhe bands of Tartt and Whithers, is now doing a thriving business. The store is well stocked with a tresh supply of choice groceries from a tallow candle to a barrel of lard. To this they have added a feed department, where they keep constantly on hand bran, oats, corn and hay. Another uew and convenient feature is the runing of their delivery waggon again. : Beebe McCaw, the boy who saved a “number of persons lives on the occasion of the burning of the W.H. Gardner, was present- ed with $53.50 by the members ot the Mobile cotton exchange, accompaning this was a neat littie note, signed by the Secretary ex- pressing their esteem and high appreciation of his heroic conduct on that occasion.’ It is also re— ported, that the citizens of Demop- olis, Ala., held a meeting recent! and decided to give him $100 and a gold wateb, as their reward for his meritorious sei vives, Thereis a Jaw in this state rex quiring all mules between the age of 21 and 45 years: to pay a poll tax of $1.50; in addition to this is 25 ct. assessor’s and 25 ct. Collector’s fee, making a total ot $2.00. This year it seems they have been required to pay still an additional 25 ct. for each assessor and collec or, making poll taxes in Alabama or rather in Mobile County, $2,50. a year. Whether everyone, of the proper age is asked to pay this tux or not isa question, but there is a class that is asked and even forced to pay it by Garuishment, especially if they are realestate owners. Those who have no regular occu- pation or study work manage to evade paying this tax for a time, but the moment they succeed in putting in a months work the Coilector is on hand with this bill, which he presents for payment, with a statement to the effect, that, if not paid by a certain day that he will proceed with Gar- nishment. This Garnishment served, costs the poor tax payers $3.00. zost of court,making a total of $550. A few days ago, a eard appearcdiu the “Mobile Regis- ter,” over the name of the asses- sor stating that all persons who had paid $2.50 poll tax, could go to the collectors office, show their receipts, and get 50 ct. beck. It seems that the collector and asses- sor have had a misunderstanding about the division between them of this one doilar extra charges for poll taxes. I'am reminded by this transxction without charging these gentleman with dishonesty, for they sre honorable men. “When thieves tall out honeat men will get their dues. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Thron- ton arrived here last Thuisday from “Chicago, where they have been living for- the past year. Mr. Thronton has been in bad health for some time and returns home iu the hope of recovering, Mr, James Peterson, one of Mobile’s enterprising young men. lett last Weduesday for St. Louis where he expects to plant his dimes and bopes in the near fu- ture to pluck ‘hisdollars, Should he fail to find a suitable field for investment there, he will proba- bly go on to Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Thos. W. Jackson, of New Orleans, formerly of this city, is visiting his relatives and friends. The Cresent city, which has more charms for him than this place seems to agree with our friend “Tommy.” Mr. Fraud Hartsfield, a popu- lar society young man, will leave here Tuesday next for New Or- leans, where he intends to reside. Wiis W. Banks. HEARD IN THE CHOIR GALLERY. Arter the tenor and soprano had “soared and touched the heavenly strings” four times in quick suc- cession, while the basso profundo and alto got in some good all-around work up and down the scale, the choir sat down, the curtain was drawn, and the pastor commenced } his opening prayer. During its progress the following scraps of sotto voce dialogue might have been heard in the choir gallery: Soprano (to Tenor): Did you hear Miss Lowtore break on that ‘ C? Tenor: Yes, perfectly vile; won- der the congregation will stand so much. Did you notice how Mr. Stronglungs bellowed out that piano passage? Soprano: Yes; and the Organist broke the time twice on my solo, such work. Alto (to Basso): Mr. Hightone and Miss Pipingvoice seem to be pretty think lately. I wonder if he knows all about her; for they do say she used to sing in a Con- cert Garden. Basso: Well, he isn’t much bet- ter. You would be surprised at some of the engagements he fills on week-day evenings. Organist (to Soprano) : You did that solo beautifully, Miss Piping- voice; but Mr. Hightone must have annoyed you terribly with bis discords. Soprano: Yes; I thought I would have to stoponce, but your mag- nificent accompaniment carried me right through, in spite of him. Tenor (to Alto): I did so hope you would have a solo part to-day instead of our being obliged to listen to that painful soprano screech, Alto: Oh! you flatter me, Mr. Hightone; [ would much rather they were all tenor solos. Tenor: I feel sorry for you, hav- ing tosing next to that foghorn bass; it’s a wonder you can koep the tone at all. : Soprano (to Basso) ; Your voice seems to grow richer and stronger every day, Mr. Stronglungs. Iv’s too bad the same cannot be said of Miss Lownote, poor thing. I am afraid she won’t be able to hold her position much longer. Basso: I fear not; but she isn’t failing nearly so fast as Mr. High- tone. Did you ever in your life know of a tenor voice going to pieces so quickly as his has? Soprano : Never. Organist (to Alto): [have played for a great many choirs, bat I think this is about the poorest balanced Ihave struck yet. You and Mr. Hightone do the only really good work in it, Alto: Except of course our or- ganist! Organist: Qh! thank you. Tenor (to Basso): Meet me at Beerly’s after the benediction ? Basso: Sure. Soprano (to Alto) : You aresing- ing divinely to-day, dear. I hear so many compliments for you. I do hope you will consent to engage for another year, 5 Alto: It’s wonderful they even notice poor me, at all, after hear- ing you, dear, the pride of the choir, And then they all stood upina row and sang, ‘‘Oh! for a thous- and tongues to tell.’—Tid Bits. SOUTH WASHINGTON. Mr. R. A. Holmes mention- ed some time ago as having gone blind is now in the Garfield Hos- pital, where one of his eyes has been taken out, with the hope of restoring sight to the other. The report which appeared in the issue of the Star March the 15th concerning the arrest of Mag- gie Metcalfand Gustavus Cra- ney in the coal bin ofthe Virginia Avenue Baptist church, is incor- rect. The parties were all white, and the arrest was made by Police of- ficer Daniel Williams and others, who state that the arrest was made in the Fitth Baptist church, white, Rev. Dr. C. ©. Meodor, pastor. The lecture given by the Rev. Prof. C. A. Taylor, on the capaci- ty and locality of hell, at Saint Paul A. M. E. church, where the house was packed beyond seat- ing accommodation on Wednes- day evening last, is said to have been fine. His lecture was ecien tific, eloquent, historic and logi- cal,j and all who heard it gave evidence expressive of great sat~ isfaetion. : The Love of Liberty. Lodge No. 42, of the Good Samaritans, received into its fraternity, 17 new members on Monday night last; a majority of the ladies, in all, was from among our, best society. The recent death of the late Czar of Russia, brought out the fullest expressions of grief. The late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, is being rightously re- membered in the early preparation ofa monument to his memory. The many congratulations the Rev. Wm. J. Howard, the newly elected pastor of the Zion Baptist church, is receiving from the various sections of the city and country generally are simply sur- ptising. Without exception to 68 votes casted against him, he is the choice of a great church of 1,400 members, Tae election took place on Friday evening the 18th | inst., with Mr. J. W. Branson in the chair. Rev. Wm. Howard served them eight months as a eupply. His address of thanks shows about 250 sick visits in connection with his services. The following churches will have communion services to morrow: The Fourth, Mount Horeb, Zion, Macedonia, and the First South Washington Baptist church. The Baptist Sunday School Union met with the Fifth Baptist Sunday School on Sunday last, at 8 p. m., and was largely attend- ed by the many representatives aud friends. The annual election of officers and teachers of the Virginia Ave., Baptist Sunday School including the representatives to the union, and the Woman’ Baptist Home Mission Society, took place ou Sunday last as follows: For Supt. Jacob C. Smith, as- sistant Supt., Miss Lucinda Greene, Secretary, Miss M. E. Wilson; assistant Secretary, Miss Lula Lewis; treasurer, Miss Ida Bb. White; librarian, Miss Jose- phine Ferguson; assistant, Miss Mary Taylor, and chorister, Prof. Henry Miller. Representatives to the Unioc are as follows: Parker, Walker, L. Reynolds; and Misa Ida B. White. The ladies chosen to the Wo- man’s Baptist Home Mission Society, are Misses Lucinda Greene, Ida B. White, Mary E. Wilson, Mary Taylor, Hattie Dangerfield, and Mrs. Lizzie Gant- son. Teachers, Miss Lucinda Greene, Mrs. Lizzie Gantson, Miss Ida B. White, Lillie Hart, Miss Mary K. Wilson, Hattie Dangerfield, Clara Payne, and R, S. Laws, teacher and lecturer on the lessons. EMANCIPATION DAY. COM- MITTEES APPOINTED. A BIG PROCESSION ANTICIPATED ON EMANCIPATION DAY. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia wiil oecar on Saturday, April 16, and a big cel- ebration is expected to take place. Chairman C. F. Mosby, ot the con- vention held last Friday, has an- nounced the following committees : _ Arrangements—W. H. Barker, chairman; Samuel Tinney, P. H. Carson, Otho Branson, Charles H. Johnson, Addison Bankett, John W. Freeman, Ralph Wormley, Rob- ert Brown, Simon Pocher, RB. D. Ruffin, Arthur Goins, J. T: C. Brown, Edward Harris, Nathaniel Boston, Silas Chapman, Henry Miller, J. C. Strather, Motimore Dorsey, Logan Williams, J. T- Washington,and Walker Gilchrist. G. L. Joy, Robert Holiday, Geo. W. Phillips and Daniel Washing ton: Finance—W H. Jackson, chair- man; J. W. Branson, C. H. Mar- shall, James Tuompson, J. W. Fow- er, Robert Olmstead, Levi’ meCabe, W. Calvin Chase, Lewis Willis, Rev. Robert Johnson, Kev. B:L. Phillips, J.L. Turner, Robert, Holliday, Joseph Thompson, A. W. Clements, J. W. Cooper, Robert A. Green. On speakers—-W. Calvin Chase, chairman; A. St. A. Smith, Prof. J. M. Gregory, Charles H. Mar- shall, W. H. Johnson. Chas. Taylor, Thornton Payton, | : R. C. Powell, Thonton Davis, Arthur Goins, Geo. W. Phillips, E Wright, Geo. D. Graham. On music—-- W. H. Lee, chairman; G.L. Joy, J. A. mitchell; John Re} Cole, Jeff Lee, Samuel R. Collins, Richard Jobnson. On military—maj. C. B. Fisher; chairman ; Maj. C. A. Fleetwood, Lieut. Col. F. C. Revells, Capt. B. Young, Capt. James E. Campbell, Capt. Lewis Johnson, Capt; Arthur Brooks. ; af On reee ption—Tilghman Dorsey, chairman ; S. E, Jones, Clem Cray. ford, Simon Pocher, Charles Matacy Executive committee—-C. H. tap. shall, ehairman ; W. Calvin Chase A.dt. &. Smith, J. W. Branson’ W. H. Barker,’ H,. Hill, Calvin’ Brent, Ge rge Phillip, Sidney w Herbert, . H. Alexander, Wy Hawkins, Jobo W. Freeman, w H. Lee, James Thomas, Hamilton Voss, Daniel Washington, Henry H. Dade, Thomas W. hase, Wino Simpson, Samuel Asher, Otho Williams, John Lewis, W. H. Jae. sou, Thornton Payton. The chair. man will make other appointments hereafter. 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