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say, there will be a hot time, if Spain did it. The thousands of patriotic Americans of Caucasian blood who are willing to go to war will be supplemented by thousands of colured men who will vie with them in patriotism and bravery on | the field of battle. If heis given : pec but a fair show the colored yvolun- .60| teer will put up as bold and’solid a -monthly. -20/feont, work up to the approved ———$_—$——______————= | tactics and capture as many flags, positions and men as a given num- wales cia pinhead ber of his white compatriots will There are regular Authorized Col- dare do. Let President McKinley fectors in the employ of THE BEE|and Congress say the word and Printing Co.. and when they call to see| recruiting will be a land-office bus- Pablished every SATURDAY at 1109 1 Strve Aorthwest, WasaincTon, D. C. — Entered at ous ext Uther ot Wash! ec -sd Clans nail matter.) —— - W. CALVIN CHASE, Evitor. Sa treet Stare Se TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year... Six months. @elinguent subscribers they are re- quested to pay them and not give the excuse that “they wil Sog.the Editor.” The Editor has no time see the sub- scribers, and it is op that his friends and the patrons of THE BEL will pay the Coile hen he calls. THE SOUTIVS PRETENDED FRIENDSHIP. In another column will be found an item telling of the brutal polit- ical murder perpretrated by the good poeple of South Carolina. For malignity and deep-dyed pre- judice and hatred, togethr with open defiance of national authority; this instance cclipse any of the thousands of crimes which have been perpretrated against the ne- gaointheSmth In the case the fiendish hate not extended to the wife of a federal officer, but a help- less prattling, innocent babe was ruthlessly shot while sleeping in its mother’s arms. Not satisfied with blood, the human blood hounds set fire to the building and left the victims a charred and man- gied heap. There are a few reflec- tions which would not be out of place here, The oft-boasted friend- ship which is so freely indulged in by our southern brother proves but sounding brass and tinkling cym- bals when contrasted with the mur- der and rapine with which they have visited us, Again while the country is all afire over the results which Spain is offering to this country, an authorized agent of the United states is shot down in cold blood while in the performance of his official. duty by citizens whose only reason for murder was the color of the agent’s face If there ia any patriotic sentiment in this country, it surely ought to] ‘Through the National Association of manifest itself in a vigorous meas- ure looking toward the detection and condign punishment of the blood-thirsty scoundrels who per- petrated the crime. We trust that those in authority will hunt the rascals down and #dminister the necessary punishment. The uncertainty of life and property under which the colored iness. OUR WOMEN. MEETING OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.—MRS, TER- RELL’S ADDRESS. There wasa distinguished audience present atthe Columbia Theatre on last Friday evening to listen to the address by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. She spoke without manuscript and her logic and eloquence were very affec- tive. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell’s ad- dress was in part as follows: Fifty years agoa meeting such as this planned, conducted and address- ed by women, would have been an impossiblity. Less thrn forty years ago, few sane men would have pre- dicted that a slave or one of his de- scendants would in this country atleast address such an audience in the na- tion’s capital at the invitation of wo- men representing the highest, broad- est and best type of womanhood that can be found any where in the world. Thus to me this semi-centenial of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association isa double jubilee, re- joicing as I do not only in the partial ‘enfranchisement of my sex, but also in the emancipation of my race. From the day their fetters were broken and their minds released from the darkness of ignorance till tonight, colored women haye forged steadily ahead in the acquistion of knowledge and in the cultivation of those virtues which make for good. To use a thought of the illustrious Frederick Douglass, if iudged by the depths from which they have come, rather than by the heights to which those blessed with centuries of opportunities have attained, colored women need not hang their heads in shame. _ Though the slaves were liberated less than forty years ago, penniless and ignorant, with neither shelter nor food, so great was their thirst for knowledge and so herculean were their efforts to secure it, there are today hundreds of negroes, many of hem women, whoare graduates of the foremost schvols and colleges of the land. With tireless energy and ardent zeal colored women since their eman- cipation have been prosecuting the work of educating and elevating their race. Of the teachers engaged in in- structing the colored youth, itis no exaggeration to say that fully ninety per cent are women. Inthebackwoods, remote from the civilization and the comforts of the city or town, on the plantation, reeking with ignorance and vice, our colored women may _ be found battling with the evils which such conditions always _ entail. Colored Women which was formed by a union of two large organizations in July 1896 and which is now the only national body of colored women, much good has been done in the past and more will be accomplished in the future, we hope. Believing that it is only through the horhe that the people can become really good and truly great the National Association has entered that sacred domain. Homes, more homes, better homes, purer homes is the text upon which our sermons have been and will be preached. Under the direction of our clubs all over the country, colored times as many @s seventy-five men in! her employ. In Halifax; Nova Scotia, | the principal ice plant of the city is! owned and managed by one of our! women. & | In the learned professions the color- ed women are doing well, and ‘some few have given evidence of real litera- ry ability. In sculpture we are repre- , sented by a woman upon whose work taly has set her seal of approval, and in painting by a young woman whose works were exhibited in the last Paris salon. Some of our young wémen hold diplomas from the foremost my- sical conservatories in the land. And so, lifting as we cli.ub, onward and up- ward we go, struggling and stnving and hoping that the buds and _ blos-: soms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition, ere long. With courage born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of respon- sibility which we shall continue to as- ; sume, we look forward to a future, large promise and hope- Seeking no favors because of our color, nor pat-. ronage, because of our needs, we, knock at the door of justice and ask; for an equal chance. THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES. The paper entitled ‘‘The Industral and Political condition of the Negro in the United States’”’ read by, Dr. J N. Johnson, before the Congressional Lyceum Suuday afternoon last was full of thought and sound sense. He re- fered to jindustral, commercial and political status of the race; that the i industral school of Tuskegee, Ala., } managed by Booker T. Washington, was one of more than twenty schools in the South having industral features | more or less; and that inspite of the! Negro’s deplorable political condition in the South, he is a hundred per. cent I better off there industrally and com- mercially than Fe is in the District of Columbia. The consideration of the Cuban reso- lution offered by lawyer Frisby, was postponed until Sunday afternoon next | when a “‘redhoi’’ dicussion is expect- ed. Dr. Johnson’s paper was discus- ed by Messrs. Tyler, McDowell, Dickson, Sterling, Mayfield. and J. H, Davis. The artistic rendation of Millard’s ‘‘Ave Maria’? by Masters Herndon, Jones and Harris, and the! ability displayed by Miss Nannie R. Lee as an elocutionist, in her recitat- ion of ‘‘ The Leper” were highly ap- | pr-ciated and loudly applaudad by! the audience. The growing popularity of the Con-' gressional Lyceum is evidenced by the | presence each Sunday afternoon of a; large number of pretty and intelligent | young ladies and progressive young ; men. There will be a special music- al progamme next Sunday. DEMOCRATIC NEGROES PLEASE READ—THE CONSTITUTION DISGRACED, MURDER—IN COLD BLOOD!! From THE Dalry Post, Special To The Post. Columbia, S, C., Feb. 22.— The most revolting crime ever _per- petrated by white men in South Caro- lina was committed at Lake City, Williamsburg Ceunty, at 1 o’clock this morning, when the home of Post- master Baker, a Negro, and his fam- ily was burned, the postmaster and a baby in arms killed, and his wife and Hee daughters shot and maimed for ife. Mr. Baker was appointed postmast- er three months ago. Lake City is a town of 500 inhabitants, and the Negro population in the vicinity is large. There was a protest at Baker’s ap- pointment, but nota very vigorous one. Threé months ago, as the postmaster was leaving the office at night in com- pany with several colored men, he was fired npon from ambush, but it was not known that the would-be assassin was prompted by other than personal malice. Since then Baker moved his family into the outskirts of the town, where he also established the post- office. BAKER WAS GIVEN WARNING. Last Tuesday night a body of men, THE BEE WOULDLIKE TO KNOW. How many District men will be ap- pointed. If the United States will now fight. When will Lynch leave Hill’s stable door. If the administration expects to| elect the next District delegation 'to the national republican convention. If L.H. Peterson would go to war. Ifhe meant what he said in his speech last Sunday. If the shyster. lawyers will cease caping. If Editor Cooper will return to the dump. % a THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. A colored man appointed under the District government. Recorder Cheatham make reforms. Pimps dismissed and honest persons appointed. A new police court building. Congress pass Judge Kimball’s law. The United States knock Spain out. some IT IS RUMORED. Gaines of Kentucky will be appoint- The colored politican is the thing of the pass. He will be needed again in 1goo. A new chief of the Freedmen’s hos- pital has been decided upon. There is be a colored member of the excise board. Lieut. Kelly is to be transferred. A new man is to take his place. Reware ofthe suspicious character who is using the name of Sectetary Porter and assistant Secretary Vander- lip. He will be taken up asa suspicious character in a few days. Col. M. M. Parker may be city postmaster. The negro may then have a show. The President will take a hand in District matters after his return. Art Notes, COLUMBIA NEGRO ART COM- PANY. Miss Eliza J. Lucky has just closed alarge art class in Bennings, D.C., and was presented with many valuable presents by members ofher class. She is now teaching in Lancaster, Pa., with a class of eighteen. : Miss Emma L. Thompson who has ‘just closed a large class in Leesburg, Va., with a grand exhibition is now teaching in Wrightsville, Pa., with a good class. *} JUesasdes OM se | | POINT “DIAMOND Aue 0} pajrew ‘ead auo Oj aag ayy pue f¥ YOM padzuRiNns SLNA) OS 2 AINO ‘9 'q ‘uo Ruryse my ‘ M cu yeads | 6011 ‘Auddwog Sung, xg 24, *ssoippe you jt pauanjes Aauop ‘uad plod yurod puowvip pros v 194 pue oS z¥ aou0 ye puag *NAd & pue svat auo Joy dag ay f 105 Colored & 3095 The Chesapeake Beach Company is a joint st ization chartered laws of Virginia t suitable properiy t condaeg @ general hotel US! hess at Buckroe Beach On the Chesape ant—about f the electric car { Comfort, Va. There is no more attractive Atlantic Cc tojoin this co scribing to its Shares only each. Payab per month on liberal discov stock. There land—Water fr nic park covere trees.—There ed an auditor WOMEN IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THEY ARE INFINITLY BETTR THAN MEN AS TEACHERS OF CHILDREN. “The chief and underlying cause ot| ‘The Decay of the Sunday School,’’ says Edward Bok in the March Ladies’ Home Journal, ‘‘is the selec’ ion ofincapable and incompetent men as superintendents. If men of broader views and keener perceptions were superintendents of our Sunday-Schools the necessity fora few changes in the teachers would at once be apparent, and they would be promptly made,” writes Mr. Bok. One ofthese changes would be that the masculine element In the active conduct would begin and end with a superintendent, a compe- tent assistant or two, and a systematic librarian. The sooner that our churches realize Mr. A. Laylor who has just ciosed his art school in Anacostia, D.C., will open a class next week in Carlisle, Pa, Mr. B. F. Lineberger is now teach- ing a large art class in Bethel A.M E. church iu Harrisburg, Pa., with twenty-four scholars. Miss Annie E. Hurdle is teaching a fine art class in Asbury M. E. church in Harrisburg, Pa. She is doing some art work with twenty scholars. Miss Annie E. Washington, has a fine art class in West Harrisburg, Pa., with sixteen scholars, she is meeting with grand success. She is a good teacher. Mr. A. T. Moore, has a class of thirty four in Steelton, Pa., andis do- ing grand art work. He,is making things hum in Steelton. Mr. M. F. Jones is now using the art brush in Middletown, Pa., with fifteen scholars and all are pleased with his work. = people of the south are now suffer- girls are taught the art of cooking, ing can do but vary little in stim-|sewing and housekeeping. Talks on 3 = ee = social purity and the proper method ulating patriotiem in case of war. of raising children are made for the On the eontrary, if we are to judge|bencfit of mothers who in many in- : : stances fall short of duty, not because the man by his erst white masters they are vicious and depraved, bnt the colored people would be inclined | because they are ignorant and poor. ; This work has been prominently push- to seek the opportunity of aveng-| og forward by the Tuskegee, Ala. club. ing the mavy crimes and indigni- who kept concealed behind buildings aa ences ata eile pUebberiood, riddled the building with shot and } rifile bullets. They shot high and no 1 Marietta, Pa. one was hurt, but this action was sup- _Miss Sallie N. Jett will open an ‘art posed to convey a warning. It was a class next week in Mechanicsburg. short time before that Senators She closed her school in Wash- Balman and er sutia, end Penne: ington last week. man Norton had asked the Postmaster + . ; General to remove Baker because of _,Miss Mamie A. Hazell who has just his color, and the request had been re- Closed a class in Washington will fused. Baker did not move his famly teach her next school in Newville, Pa. Miss Annie F. Johnson is meeting witn great success in teaching a class In New York City a mission has been ties which have heaped upon him. established and is entirely supported The history of the negro furnishes no instance of blood-thirstyness even when an opportunity has pre- sented itself and the aggravation has been almost intolorable; but there isa point where the spirit ot desperation seizes men and they may under such circumstances be- come as vindictive and blood. thirsty as their enemies. We have abiding faith in the forbearance and wisdom of the nezro and trust that he may not be goaded too far. At all events something should be done by the authorities to stay the hand of crime and insult and mur- der which is systematically and eternally raised against the striving colored people, SPANISH ‘TREACHERY. Indications point to treachery of the most malignant type, in the case of the destruction of the Maine. In case Spanish duplicity has gone so far as to blow up the Maine there is nothing to do but to declare war, whip the rascals and make Spain pay for all of the trouble she has caused. Spanish threats can do nothing to bluff this country and it matters but by colored women under supervision of the New York City Board. It has in operation a kindergarten, classes in cooking and sewing, mothers meeting, men’s meetings, a reading circle and a manual training school. Much the same kind of work is done by the Colored Woman’s League and the Ladies Auxiliary of this city, the Kansas City, (Mo.) League, the Wo- man’s League of Boston and other or- ganizations too numerous to mention. The Phyllis Wheatley club of New Orleans has in two short years suc- ceeded in cstablishing a sanctorium and training school for nurses. The success of this undertaking has been marvelous. Among the charitable in- stitutions either founded, conducted or supported by colored women may be mentioned the Hale Infirmary of Montgomery, Ala., the Carrie Steel Orphanage, of Atlanta, The Reed Orphan Home of Covington, the Har- ris Industrial school of Augusta, in the State of Georgia; a home for the aged of both races at New Bedford, Saint Monica’s Home of Boston, Old Folks Home of Memphis, Tenn. and a home in Louisville, Ky. Mount Meigs In- stitute, situated at Waugh in the black belt of Alabama; is an excellent exam- ple of work originated and carried into successful execution by a_ colored woman. The kind of instruction is given in this school suited to the needs of the surrounding population. Girls are trught everything pertaming to the arrangement of the home and boys learn praetical farming, carpen- tering, wheelwrighting and black- smithing. Having started this institu- tion eight years ago with practically nothing, the trustees of the school now own nine acres of land and five build- ings in ‘which two thousand pupils have recieved instruction. There is in Alabama a la: J milling |ed. .Go and and cotton business, controlled entire- {1733 oth street no and gave no evidence of being fright- ended. He felt confident of protect- ion from Washington. At one o’clock this morning a torch was applied to the post-office and Baker’s house. Back, just within the line of the light. were over a hundred white men, armed with pistols and shotguns. By the time the fire arous- ed the sleeping family, Consisting of the postmaster, his wife, four daugh- ters, a son, and an infant at the breast, the crowd began firing into the build- ing. A hundred buliet hojes were made through the thin boarding and many found marks in the people within. BULLET THROUGH BABY’S SKULL. Baker was the first to reach the door and fell dead just within the thresh- hold, being shot in several places. The mother had the baby in her arms and had reach*d the docr over her husband’s. body, when a bullet crush- ed through the child’s skull and it fell to the floor. She was shot in several places. Two of the girls had their arms broken in the shoulder and_ will probably lose them. Another of the girls is believed to be fatally wounded. The boy is shot. Two of the seven occupants of the house escaped with slight injuries. The bodies of Baker and the infant were cremated in the | building. All mail matter was distroy- ed. A Coroner’s jury was impaneled this evening, viewed the charred re- mains, and adjourned till Saturday. There is general indignation express- ed everywhere. The great negro art company, will surprise you with a picture if you will cal Re ae and = the wonderful : ‘ess of the race and see how youn; tolored men and women are employ: >ins; the pictures, little what speculators may do or}!y by a colored weman who has scme-j northwest, Prof. W. ct feces Miss Lizzie J. Barnett, of Harrisburg, Pa., has been selected as an art teach- er and will be an assistant teacher at Carlisle, Pa., under Mr. A. Taylor for three weeks. All are well pleased with the race teachers by Mr. W. C. O. Jacques and his lectures are attended by large audiences. Miss Clara A. Johnson, has a fine class of eighteen in Columbia, Pa. PENNSYLYANIA APPOINTMENTS. B. F. Lineberger, No 512 Spruce street, Harrisburg. Miss Annie E. Hurdle, 4th and State | street, Harrisburg. Miss Annie E. Washington, No. 331 Munich street, Harvanare # A. T. Moore, Steelton. M. F. Jones, Middletown. Miss Eliza J. Lucky, street, Lancaster. Miss Clara A. Johnso: reet, Columbia! x Miss Emma L. Th ; ‘ ville. jompson, Wrights Miss Annia F. Johnson, Marietta. NEW APPOINTMENTS. 423 Stawbery oe 37 N. First Miss that women, and women alone, should be the teachers of the young in their schools, the nearer they will come to the ideal condition. The more a woman hasto do with a child, the better for the child. And the more sympathetic, tender and_ well-bred women and the fewer men we have as teachers in our Sunday-schools, the better it will be for the children and the schools. But no woman, occupied in business during the week, should, either of her own volition or under pressure, allow herself to be permitted to act as teacher in a Sunday-schoot. When a woman is engaged in busi- ness for six days of a week her Sunday school should be to her a day of rest. Her place in church or school on Sun- day should be that of auditor; not of worker. « little higher order of in- telligence is vitally neccessary in our Sunday-schools classes. We demand (thisof our teachers in our secular schools, and parents have a right to ask it of the Sunday-school. It is not enough that the Sunday-school teacher should be spiritual: She must have intelligence wherewith to apply her sp rituality to the very best advantage and her most attractive methods. Young girls are to-day teachers who Should be in classes. To bring home a spirited lesson to the mind of a child is not play; it is an art, and calls for experience with children, a know- jevaces haces erties ikee understand- ing of the ver ighest and d truths of life.” . res Beard and lodging, Visitors to the National Capitol, will find comfortable rooms with board at 1225 New York avenue Northwest. The location is one of the best in the city, being near all the department buildings and all the street car lines. Terms Reasonable. CHrster A. Wuirety, Proprietor. eee Do you want fine produce? If so to V. S. Moton who has been establish. ed since 1866. Stands 199, 200 and zor enter Market. You can get all you want in fresh vegetables, and de- livered to all parts of the city. You all know Mr. J. D. D 14th and I streets otters "oneal the best known business houses in the city. Anything you want for the ta- ble can be found in his store. The Boston Market, 1711-1713 P. aenue n. w., is where you con wataty, Sallie N. Jett, Mechanicsburg. A. Taylo A Hae Cattle, r and Miss Lizzie J. Jett, Miss Mamie A. Hazell, Newville. Miss A. E. Hurdle, Shippensburg. Chester Market, A.C. Leese rietor, 21st * streets is cnt o the t Koos ‘pee ate Places in the city, Patrons of F patronize tie eae hould not fail to nner man. Everything first-clas enemy _Yes there is another h ii i: city who make all kinds floral Ft tions. Davidson and Walker. If you want to be accommodated gi acall, 1710 Penn. avenue eects were, don’t Flynno isa great While in ing fail jo call in ad coe angen Harmony lodge, K. boy and will entertain bath-house, containir rooms. Just think of it There is no Res people in the | OFFICERS: Rev M., B. D., Pastor E. church, Portmor ident; George L at Law, Secretary; Rey. Hi Mitchell, D. D.,—Pastor Bank Street Baptist church, Norfolk, Va.,—Treasurer; Wm. M. Reid, Esq , Attorney for the company, DIRECTORS: Matt. N. Editor, Recorder, N Samuel L. Tucker Mosley & Co. N Clarke, Attorney ; port News. Jno. H. Cooper, Esq Foreman, Schoo! | , Normal Institute Hampton. You ean get further information or sub- scribe for stock from the following well known gentlemen. E. V. Davis, Att’y L. M. Hershaw, 14 John D. Hyman sion. Rev. I. L street, n.w. N. J. Igth st nw, Wm. 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