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Terms. $2.00 Per year in Advance, you. VI. AM USEMENTS. Annual Pienie OF THE BARBERS UNION Will Be Given WeDNESONY, MAY. OTH, 1088. T Vanness Park. Music will be furnished by prof. Eibner’s orchestra. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Louis Landric. J. H. Shepherd, Wm. H. Gregory, G. W. Brown, s. S$. Anderson, J. H. Saunders. Jas. E. Owens, Chas. Boabman, C. A. Evans, and Logan Williars, FLOOR MANAGERS: J. T. Simms. J. A. Gibson, Gates open at 12 MM. and close at 12 P. M. Tickets of Admission, - - 25 cts. Children - = - 15“ MAY 28, °88. Souvenir May Fes‘ival ladies Testimonial Flag COMMITEEER —WILL GIVE— A Musical and Litera:y ENTERTAINMENT At the CADETS ARMORY 7th and »r. Ww. on MON- DAY EVENING, MAY 28th 1888. ‘Ihe tollowa g well known ent has kindly consented to | uesist:—Mesdemos Smallwood. 8. Waring, Misses Joy, Bowen, Jor. | Davis, Messre, Layton, shaw, Davie, Tucker and dan, Hall, | Amold. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Mrs, Laura Hlawkesworth, presi- dent; Miss Nettie Smallwoud- vice president; Miss Chanie Pat, \erson, treasurer; Miss Hellen D. Handy, s¢ cretary. Admission - 25 ets. A GRAND MAY ENTERTAIN- MENT, By The PLYMOUTH SABBATH SCHOOL, At the church Cor., 17th and P Sts, m. w., on Wednesday evening, May 23rd ’88. The principal and most interesting leatures, will be the Mikado, Calisthenies and fan dmil by well trained yonng ladies, It should not be missed: Admission - - “MAY FEAST METROPOLITAN A.M. £. SUNDAY SCHOOL, TWESONY EVENING MAY 29TH. Miss IL. A. Smith The Popular Authoress Has 10 cts. written a new drama, *pecally adapted to this season, A MAY DAY and she will superintend its ‘production on the above oces- Sou, A*novel feature will be the tubstitution of a new exercise ‘or the winding of the May Pole “lich eflects bid fair to rivai the i rr te time honored custom. Come and see iy! ASTRAWBERKY FESTIVAL Will be given in the room be. “Wou the sume evening, presid- ‘over by a committee of a tactive yourg Jidies. Exer- tikes bei. at 8 o'clock. Tickits -=- 25 ects. CHILDREN (under 15 yre.) 10. “ PICNICS, CONCERTS and Peecures of all kind. Call on or Mdress IL. FURBY 1314 14TH ST. ie 5 cents per copy. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1888. 3 NO. 48 MUMMY LIFE. Philadelphia, Pa., Oe a May 14th, ’8s. Nothing ir life cripples man as to be denied of free Speech, and when you deprive him of those priveleges given by God, you not only rob him of the greatest gift ever bestowed on human being, but you make hima pest, anda dwarf to society, and by such means, he becomes sluggish, inactive such as to make him lose his personal interest. ‘The Country is full of stunted men who go out as graduates from fourth and fith class colleges knowing as little of the pressing needs of our people as ex-Minister Taylor did about being Council General to Africa. Hence the young men who graduate from inferior Uni- versities to-day will not equal a common school graduate. The! majority of them cannot spell, and | know but little about the con-| struction of sentences. The men | who are makiug their mark in| life are those who have had the| advantage of a good English train- | ing, and he who goes out in life with anticipation, thinking that he can better the condition of our race, with his Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and find to his utter sur. prise, that he will be no more than a phantasy in a dream, or a bubble on yon waters. We grant that the languages are good for private amusement, but they will not bene- fit our people any. Our life work is to be among the English class of people, and weas young men cannot be too caretul in present- ing these truths, in the plainest and best english possible. Hence how can we carry these facts to Our people when our man- hood ifcrushed, and if trodden upon. lke worms we would not squirm. What is the cause of this? Why jou are charitable students and must cater to suit the whim and batch of benevoleut professors. He is the happiest man who thinks and speaks according to his own highest moral preference, I defy avy man to say what I must or shall not say. That’s just the reason there isa disunion among the people of eolor to-day, they allow the white man to be too much of a spokesman for them and by suck means they become a dwafish shrimp, a mere drone to society, and nonadvocates of good government. Let us bea united race for he who is the rider now will ere long dismount and the oppressed will take the saddle and the harasser will become fhe op- pressed. Throw aside yeur crutch- es and be indepevdent men. Sup- port your own churches, educate yourselves and depend upon your own resources. Patronize your schools at home, unless your meaus are sufficient to put you through Yale, Harvard or Brown University. The money you would | spend coming from the far South to enter a fourth or fifth class col- lege would meet nearly one third the expenses of any southern col- lege. It is no honor now-a-days to be graduated from a University that depends upon its past pres tige, for we only get the surface matter leaving undiscovered the true gold. Hence be educated by the side of opposite race. Associating with those born ot high rank has a tendency to make man _ polished and refined in his deportment to a certain extent these qualities must be inborn in a person, no amount of training will: bring about those high accomplishments which were not created in a per- son when conception took place. We would have you. uander- stand that we are not Islam. We know when our feelings have been wounded and each sball be dis closed to the world. Furthermore no white man sacrifices bis life to instruct the Negro. It is not born in bim. We are not indolent here, for behind the motive the mighty dollar glistens witb scin- tilating light. Yours for self-independence, | Langston, Hon. JohnR. Lynch,jand Mr. Scott Montgomery, invocation, and singing of the battle hymn of the republic. will constitute the programme. The exercises will take place at 5 o’clock :n the afternoon. eet OUR WEEKLY REVIEW. BLA.NS REAPPEARENCE IN THE POLIT- ICAL ARENA. INVESTIGATING THE PUBLIC PRINTER-NOTHING FOUND AGAINST HIM. THE COLORED VOTE IN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN. CONK- LING STILL LIVEs. The declination of Mr. James G. Blaine, as a candidate for the presidency, published some time ago, Was as we stated a blind or a delusion to the politicians in this country. We willadmit that there are some extenuating circumstan- ces to be considered that have from time to time been developed a- gainst the candidacy of Mr. Blaine, which may tend to do him some go.d, but still we are of the opin- ion that Mr. Blaines’ nomination means a defeat for the Republican party. 9 This sudden uprising of Mr. Blaine, may be nothing but news- paper talk after all. The question to be asked what is to be done with the colored vote? We can hear from all quarters a plea for the Irish, German and all other nations, but nothing is said con- cerning the colored vote. Do the Republican leaders expect that the colored vote will voluntarily come to such a leader as Mr. Blaine? Not much. And we would sug- gest to these gods of destiny that tne colored vote is not solid for Mr. Blaine. While the colored man is favorably disposed towards the principles of the “Republican party, he is not glued to all the ieaders in that party, and he will be heard in no uncertain sound io the next campaign. The people of this country want such 8 man as HON. JOHN SHERMAN at the head of this country. He isa man who can unite all ele- ments in the republican party and a man who will see that every let- ter of the constitution is carried out. We don’t want a man who can only protect one class of cit: izens to the exclusion or detri- ment of another class; we don’t want a man who will permit inno- cent colored men to be shot down in one portion of the country and then declare that he has no con- stitutional authority to protect them. Ifthe white men in the West can be protected against the invasion of the Indians, why can’t colored people in the South be protected against the midnight assassin and rebels? Mr, Blaine is not the man to protect the civil and political rights of the people. The investigation of PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT has ended and no doubt those who instigated the investigation have been turned from fovls to wise men. ‘lhe whole thing was inves- tigated by a class ot prejudiced and discharged employes, who would bave said nothing had Mr. Benedict kept them ir the office. There bas been nothing found against him, except the discharge of several incompetent printers, bookbinders, pressmen, and &c. ‘‘What are you going tu do about i? THE COLORED VOTE, | in the n@xt campaiga will be for Shermsn if he is nominated, it will divide if Blaine is the nomi- nce and undoubtedly one portion will go to the probibition and the demuvcratic parties. Nominate Biaine and lose the election, nom- inate Sherman and save the party. H. Wi xrievp Scorr A. B., 8. L. B.} — LINCOLN AND PATION- EMANCI- | | Ou “Decoration Day” the stat- | ue of Lincoln and Emancipation, | situated in Lincoln Park, will be | decorated under the auspices of | Miss Lucy E. Moten, principal of the Miuer school, aisisted by several ladies. Some remarks|bext week and it is The memory of Roscoe Conkling, stili lives and if Blaine should be nominated June 19th the form of Conkling will appear to Blaine like Banqucs ghost. TO SUBSCRIBERS, The collector for the Brg will make acall on every subscriber earnestly will be made by Mr. John Mercer! requested that you pay up to date. Please bear this in mind. Respectfolly, &. W. Calvin Chase, proprietor. ro TIME TABLE OF THE GEN- ERAL MEETINGS OF BAPTISTS, TO BE IN NASHVILLE, TENN. BEGINNING SEPT. 19TH 1888. UNION MEETINGS: Wednesday Sept. 19th 9a. m. to 12 m., participated in by per- sons representing the three bodies. FOREIGN MISSION MEETINGS: Wednesday Sept. 19th 2:30 p. m, through Friday night. NATIONAL BAPTIST MEETINGS: Saturday, Sept:, 22nd 9 a. m. through Monday night. HOME MISSION MEETINGS, ® Tuesday morning Sept, 25th, through the 28th. SUNDAY SERVICES: Sermon, 11 a. m., Foreign Mission Cenvention. G 3 p.m. National Buap- tist Convention. « 730 p.m., Home Mis- sion Society. MINISTERS CONFERENCE: Monday Sept, 24th, 8 a. m. to 9a. m., and each morning the same until adjournment. Denominational papers please publish the following and keep it standing if possible, until the meetings close. | Uudenomina- tioral papers please treat it asa matter of news. Asthese will probably be ‘the largest meetings ever held onthe continent, we wish the widest circulation given. This.Jfome Mission Meeting iu the South has been contemplated several years. The Foreign Mis- sion Conventicn is using its effurts to evangelize Africa. The American National Baptist Con vention is uniting, developing and bringing the denomination to its proper place in the country Please write strong editorials onthe meeting and by the grace of God many blessings shall come to_us. Iam authorized by the three Boards to make this announce- ment. Yours in Christ, Ww. J. SIMMONS. Pres. A. N.B C. Louisville, Ky. 712 W. Ky. St. > —-—__—__ FALSE. To the E litor of the Ber: Sir: The characteristics of the ar~ ticle headed “Used without author- ity,” reminds me of their renditicn of music, namely: false. Respectfully, W. A. Stewart. a em The funeral of the late Wm.. H. Meyers took place from Asbury M. E. church, Sunday afternoon. The church was crowded with relatives, friends and acquaintan- ces of the deceased. The tast will of Wm. Meyers was filed Monday. All the household furniture, books, pictures, and ornaments are left to the widow, Sarah Ann Meyers. All the residue of the estate is left to Calderon Carlisle as trustee and is authorized to convert it iute cash, pay all just debts and ex- penuses, the widow her dower iu- terest, and the rest to be divided into seven parts, six of which are to be distributed equally among the six sons and danghters of tie deceased. The seventh portion is left to the two danghters, Mary J. 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