The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1907, Page 5

D Mason have it stay of relatives is returned from will describe the yoy | ing herself \ | Alice Carroll left} t week nat f Wylie street} and friends g relatives | } Gordon, of Philadel-} : | week, the guest | | returned to} a t ot t guest of} irs. J. S. Jones of Crisfield, Md., Mrs. R. Baxter, of| Washington & Brother, has k 1 Atlantic | g sum | Mass., and| an . | Canadas before re Smith and son, the itain breezes c k wife 1 | NM leav next ey Fon- rete Fer » has been t Hampton, s re-| ARD OF THANKS ttee of the late ex- t., for the benefit ant Episcopal Ch., | hod of expressing sincere rber of friends st liperal support and gen- and earnestly trust that rt will continue in the future | rely regretted, however, t xd friends failed t were therefore un- themselves of the day’s h to their discomfort and dis- | Such incidents, however, will happen, and cannot be fore ally in cases 1 for charitable and benev- ther worthy purposes, and good, rather than for Js and social interests. tee have resolved to re- neys to those who purchased ance of the day set apart and who un- © excursion, nd themselves “crowded ay desire such return, by; to those members from whom Respectfully, nmittee St. Luke’s Church LOCAL CHURCH ‘red-letter day” M streets, recently were largely at-- Mrs. J. W. Smith, president of y, presided, and Mrs € tved as secetary | recently, and the connectional “mission- j were Bishops J. W. Smith, S. L. Cor- 1 which fune-| missionary €X- | : : t John Wesley A. M. E. Zion gro Baptist Preachers’ Union of New| Any one of our readers who is inter-) Eighteenth street between L. York City; also one of the founders of lest the Interdenominational Preachers’ Un- was called to order by the pastor, Rev. P. H. Williams, who, after preliminary narks, introduced Mrs. Smith. She made a plea for the cause of both home ind foreign mission work by the A. M. E. Zion Church in the United States, speaking of the need of mission work everywhere among the masses and of work in South Africa, where the irch has a mission school and a large field of work organized by the late Bish- op Small. The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. P. H. Williams, and Rev. Mrs. Arminta Dodge offered prayer.Oth- ers who took part in the program were Mrs. M. W, Clair, Katie L. West, E.} S. Wallace, Mrs. Laura B. Tyler, Zeh Moore, Scott Mays and Alberta Mason Miss Grace Peters, of Salisbury, N. C., | presided at the organ Services were held at Israel C. M. Church, First and B street southwest, iry day” recently, was largely attended. fhe program consisted of addresses, so- los, recitations and papers.| Rev. J. W. Smith, the pastor, presided. Srvices were also held at Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, D street south- west, yesterday. The pastor, Rev. W. A. Ray, who has been spending his va- cation at Calvert, Texas, for the past three weeks, has returned, and preach- ed mérning and evening. The vice- and! acting-president of the stewardess’ board’ Hattie McIlwaine, announced that a lic reception will be tendered Rev Mr. Ray in the main auditorium of the church next Wednesday evening, the 14th, under the auspices of the steward-| ess’ board The feature of the religious services at Ebenezer M. Church, Fourth and D streets was the observance of holy communion by three southeast, yesterday and fifty members by classes The pastor, Rev. Alex- service at three o'clock. under Dennis, officiated. The was preceded by a largely attended Sun- preaching at eleven school ar a.m., and followed by services at o'clock p.m There were regular services at Mt Jezreel Baptist Church, Fifth and E treets southeast, yesterday. The pas- Philip Stewart, officiated at The Mt. Jezreel Sunday School went | to Green Willow Park, in Anacostia, near the waters of the Eastern Branch of the Pote , this morning to spend the day. The children were under the care of the superintendent and teachers. A delegation from the A. M. E. Zion Churches in this city left for Boston, | Mass., at ten o'clock this morning to at- tend the meeting of the board of the A. M. E. Zion Bishops. In the party} rothers, W. H. Davenport, Mrs. Ida V. Smith, Eva Coxen, Mrs. C. E. Thomas, Mrs. E. H. Jackson, Mrs, Charles Thom" | as, S. J. Janifer and P, H. Williams. Rev. P. A. Wall: congregation of Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, this city, for four years prior to the last annual conference, and who was transferred to Allegheny, Pa., who served the by his brethren and a large number of friends in the metropolis. Dr. Drew is a very busy man, being at the head of more than one public or- ganization. He graces with honor the presidency of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School, of Alex- ,andria, Va. and also holds the presi- Idency of the National Negro Baptist Evangelistical Convention of America; | and is the very honored pastor of the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, of Washington, D. C He came to New York by an invita- tion from Rev. N. S. Epps, pastor of the Mercy Seat Baptist Church,to preach at the grand opening of the above-named church, Sunday July 28th, at 8 p.m. He preached a most wonderful sermon }; subject, “Dead dog after a flea.” Long before the opening of the doors or the time to begin the opening of the ser- j vices, the street was crowded to hear this @reat World’s Evangelist. The church was packed from the pulpit to the door. At the close of the service | several persons were converted, and| about one hundred persons joined the church. The goog people gave as a token of their appreciation of Dr.Drew’s | preaching $25.15 . Dr. Drew was ten-| dered an informal reception and left for | |lowny is a popular member of the bench : following address: The I. L. U. Grand Lodge, 107 Canby Building, Dayton, Ohio, and asking for information about the order. RETURN OF JUDGE MULLOWNY. Judge Alexander R. Mullowny of the United States Branch of the Police Court, after six weeks’ vacation return- ed to the city this week. Judge Mul- home Thursday. He was accompanied by his lovely wife. | CAUSE WIDOWS TO MOAN. From Wide Awake. The great assembly of Negro Odd} al City of | 1 | | Fellows that met in the Cent Alabama was one of the largest, most orderly and most determined ever scen| in the State. There was not a weak-| ling in the crowd. Breeding had, it is | said, heralded letters throughout the | State threatening them with most every | kind of punishment if they congregated. | Among the many that he would have | them arrested as soon as they landed} at the depot. But the watchword of the delegation seems to have been,“Give me liberty or give me death.” The news from Washington, D. C., had arrived in Birmingham to appease the wishes of the “goddess of conspirators” and to} further deceive and, coerce our weak brothers to support Johnson and Jack- son, but the 400 or more delegates said by their action, “No; Houston, you and your figureheads have brought upon the} Negro Odd Fellows of the State of Alabama an unpardonable sin. You have, by your disregard for the consti- tution governing our order, placed a} burden upon some of us that eternity It was you, Hous-| ton, and your dummy sub-committee that have caused widows to weep and moan and orphans to beg bread. It is you, sir, that has caused brother to hate brother, and sister to despise bro- ther and sister. For that cause, Hous- ton, your presence is obnoxious,and your advice stinketh in the nostrils of good And it was made evident by} will not eradicate people.” more than four hundred of al loyal and true hearted brother Odd Fellows as ev- er broke a crust of bread. They said| in thundering tones that you shall not | sacrifice Hon. C. A. Howze and Prof. | H. A. Knox on your political altar of| knavery. We nave as much respect for! the office of the S. C. of M. as we ever} had, but d—— the donkeys that are | holding themselves out as such. They | no more represent the S, C. of M., as} was intended by our fathers, than aj donkey wit. a beaver on would repre- are going sent the Apostle Paul. W- JULY WAS THE BANNER MONTH] FOR THE I. L. U. | Last month we reported to our read- hat the LL. U. making excellent progress and growing Grand Lodge was very rapidly, but this month the report s far more astonishing than ever, be- cause all previous records have becn broken and now July, 1907, stands as| the banner month for the I. L. U. Grand Lodge of Dayton, Ohio During 19 new tarted and a very large growth was registered throughout the entire juris- Lodges were and stationed at Avery Mission Chapel, has returned to this city to visit his family and to spend a vacation of two weeks.—Evening Star. DR. S. P. W. DREW IN NEW YORK ciTY From the Age. Dr. S. P. W. Drew received a most cordial welcome to the city by the fol- lowing pastors: Dr. M. W. Gilbert, pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist Ch.; Dr. L. B. Twisby, pastor of the Mount ' Gilead Baptist Church; Dr. George H. | Sims,pastor of the Union Baptist Church 'Dr. R. J. Brown, pastor of the Day Star Baptist Church; Dr, Granville Hunt, pastor of the Grace Baptist Ch.; Dr. N. S. Epps, pastor of the Mercy Seat Baptist Church; Dr. Charles S. Morris, pastor of the old Mother Church ' Abyssinian Baptist Church; Dr. A. B | Booker, pastor of the St. Paul's Baptist ‘Church; Dr. E. E. Jackson, pastor of Zion Baptist Church; Dr. A. H, Mekee. | He is the founder of the St Stephen’s | Baptist Church, Long Island City, N Y., and one of the founders of the Ne- ion, of the same city. He was licensed The meeting and is held in the verv highest esteem | 41) cc diction of the Order. This is a wonder- ,ful record, and it shows that the I. L. ,U. is being received with joy and open} jarms by our people wherever it is in-| j troduced. = 1 ' The Right Reverend Joseph L. Wil ‘liams, of Louisia the State Deputy | of the L. L. U., is making ready to start Jupon a tour of his State and devote all |his time and attention to the upbuilding jof the Grand Lodge. Reverend L. B. | Allen, of Georgia, is doing likewise, and | reports a wonderful growth in his dis- | | trict, jour national race leaders, and the Gen- ,eral Vice-President of the I. L. U. | Grand Lodge, has just completed a vis- f Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Ala- itation tour of Tennessee, Arkansas, bama, Georgia, Florida and South Caro- lina, and a grand growth in these States has resulted since his visits took place. The principles and benefits of the I. L. U. are different from any other order in existence, and they are well wortny the great success with which they are meeting. i in this noble order, and who de- sires information regarding it, will be jhim. The Judge is greatly improved tease in 4 The Honorable H. L. Taylor, one of} and the city is always glad to greet in health and “Richard is himself again.” DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS. Postmaster General Meyer has caused to be promulgated a set of regulations providing under what conditions attor- Department Tt is stated that heretofore the Post- office Department, although handling many legal questions that require the presence f attorneys, especially in the fraud order investigations, as well as allowances for transportation of mails and many other large legal questions, has never had a code of practice to| control the attorneys, as has been the ny of the executive depart- | ments. Under the new order it is pro- vided that a list of all persons entitled | to practice before the shall be kept in the office of the Post-| master General. departmement | Professional Qualifications. COME ONECOME ALL! _ 10,000 people are expected to attend the grand barbecue and free picnic to 10,000 children at Deanwood Park, Deanwood, D.C., Labor i Day, September 2, 1907, from 10a.m. to 11.30 p.m., given by the , Great Cosmopolitan Temple Bap-tist Church, 708 O street north- , west, Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, D.D., Ph.D., pastor ; benefit of raising '$10,000 for new building fund. 3 P. M.—Platform meeting. The noted speaker, Mr. B. H. War- ner, will be the orator of the day. Short addresses will be delivered by Rev. C. H. McDonald, D.D. | Pastor of Concord Baptist Church, Albany, N. Y.; Rev. L. B. Trisby, D.D., pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, New York City; Rev. E. N. McDaniel, B.D., pastor of Fountain Baptist Church, Summit, N. J.; Mr. J. A. Lankford, M.S., President of the local Business League Washington, D. C.; Judge E. M. Hewlett; Editor W. Calvin Cian, of The Bee, and Rev. J. B. McLaughlin, D.D., of this city. : At 2 p.m. the pig race will take place. The person catching the pig by the tail will be awarded the pig. : Music by New Waldorf Orchestra; Prof. J. Smith, director, This picnic is open to all, regardless of race, sex, or denominatior Admission, adults, 25 cents; children under 14 years, accompanied by parent or guardian, free. SPECIAL > FOR EVERY THREE BUSH-ELS OF COAL PURCHASED AT OUR YARD WILL GIVEONE PECK OF COAL FREE DURING THE COLD WEATH-ER. COLUMBIA COAL AND ICE FIFTH AND L ST., N. W., COMPANY, Near K Street Market. Repai ing neatly dune Our $2.00 Derbies andSeft mats Have no Equals BRO TS HATS ARE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD Factory and Salesrcom 41g t1th St. N. ov. Ph ne Main 4474-¥ BRANCH, 503 9th St, N W = = 5 personal preferences, subordinate indi- | first-class farce. vidual desires, foregoing personal con- ps venience, and concentrate our forces on ROOSEVELT AND LONG. the present status of our Grand Exalted] Why Do All Moral, Well-Bred Citizens Ruler, and the Grand Secretary—Atkins Side with the Latter? The regulations provide that attorneys to practice before the department must} ibers of the bar in the Supreme | District of Columbia or} be me Court of the the State or Territory to which they respectively belong, and that their pri- vate and professional character shall ap- pear to be Attorneys wil so be required to take | nee and swear to de-| the oath of allegia mean themselves as attorneys before the department uprightly and according toj| law. An applicant for admission to practice before the department will be required | |} to make written application to the Post- master General, stating his professional and private standing, and whether or not he has ever held office under the Gov- ernment No attorney who has ever been disbarred from practice in any of the executive departments shall be placed jon the list until said disbarment shall have been revoked. Former Employes Barred No person who has been an officer, | clerk, or employe in the Postofiice De- partment will be recognized as counsel | uting any case Or or attorney for pros matter before the department with which } he was in anywise connected while he was such officer, clerk, or employe It is also provided that no attorney |who has been appointed or generally retained by the department will be rec- ognized as an attorney befor the depart- ment until two years after he shall have ceased to act under such appointment or retainer. No person falling under the provisions of Section 5498 of the Revised Statutes, which prohibits all Government smployes | from practicing before the departments, will be allowed to practice before the Postoffice Department “HELLO SHOE” AS TO DELEGATES. It seems to us very appropriate toj change our salutation salute to “Hello, Shoe,” in recognition of the esteem en- tertained for Brother E. M. Shoecraft, of Chicago, and inasmuch as “Bill” will be in the shoe at Chicago, we, there- fore, respectfully suggest to the frater- nity that in greeting the Antlers this year, say “Hello, Shoe.” Afro-American Elks! The eyes of the world are on you. The reading public is looking upon you with unwonted in- terest. Above all, however, your friends are watching your movements with sym- pathy and praise. Can our fraternal forces be mobilized and united in a great forward movement? In the exercise of our cherished in- dividual liberty and fraternal, independ- ence. is it possible for the prnciples of iad in the service of Justice and race, to move in solid and serried ranks-to at task so noble? Let our answer be “Yes” xemember, dear bro- with sincerity. thers, we are on trial and our fraternal polity is being tested. It is essential for the accomplishment of a great fraternal task like this, that there must be some sent a letter of instructions and printed A. Bro-' and ordained in the city of New York | matter explaining its workings, free of by addressing a letter to the reliable authority, some sort of unity. Tt, therefore, behooves us to set aside | say that Atkins’ and Holmes’ share in| blinking. and Holmes—and re-elect them for an-| From the Boston Transcript. other year. Why is it that all moral, sensible and What a man has done and is doing} Well-bred citizens side with Dr. William for the success of any enterprise will]J- Long against President Roosevelt? always appeal to right-thinking men, and | Nobody thinks Long a particularly reli- we are sure there is not a man in the| able scientist, but now that the terrible Order who has labored more zealously| Nimrod of Washington and the Bad | : 3 |nor yet more arduously for the success; Lands has seen fit to shoot him up, we of our Order. Without any desire to| Tally around his banner, ready to swale be egotistic, however, we can truthfully | !ow his wild animal whoppers withe_z Why so? Partly, I conclude, because we th Lodge has been very considerable. | Long’s logic more tolerable than we This is the question which we must| President's. We admit that the gentle answer within a few weeks. We be-| =aturalist claims to have observed some lieve the answer will be a ringing and} Pretty startling phenomena, but we dis- reverberating unanimous vote! Let us| count Mr. Roosevelt’s right to establish one and all fall in line and mobilize for |# Universal negative. Though a maa the present successful status of theGrand ‘the re-election of these two most worthy | ™ay fib about things he’s;seen it’s quite brothers of the fraternity, who have been} ‘rational for another man to declare duly tried and found true-blue to the} dogmatically that they could never have 2 Let their past| been seen. history record their deeds and accom- Besides, we have begun to weary of plishments with sincere congratulations. the Ananias Club. We admired its The character of Atkins and Holmes | 8Towth as long as the terms of admis- has been a most positive influence for| Sion required aspirants to prod up the good in keeping the membership inter-| President on their own initiative. That ested in the possibilities of the frater-| Struck us.as only fair. Yet when its nity. Certainly these qualities have been! promoter goes gunning for recruits—out a steady and constant incentive to keep| Of a clear sky, so to speak—where’s the ficiency of the Order, to encour-| fun for the rest of us? It’s all right spirit of intelligent co-opera-| for our Chief Magistrate to hit back; tion. hese are the surest signs that| that’s sport, but we can’t applaud his the membership want to loyally support} wanton attack upon a peaceful clergy- their present leaders, and consequnetly| man any more than we applaud his at- sustain the imperishable worth of a tre-| tack upon an innocent fawn, mendously growing institution, and re-{ There’s more to it, though, tain the two important offices in compe- pulse occasionally to do something down- right devilish is normal in every human That's why we run after here- principles of Elkdom up the age t The im- tent hands. The permanancy of the efficiency of heart the Order has been considered, as a rea- tics, vote the wrong ticket, and wear son for securing incorporation. This straw hats with the thermometer at 40 having been secured and these two ef- degrees. From this exalted motive we ficient officers installed, it is hardly prob- ‘ have read the works of Dr. Long, well able that theOrder will be allowed to die, knowing to do so was a sort of applied though it is true its present success blasphemy. John Burroughs condemned ise largely dependent on the personal them, thus making us feel delightfully characteristics of the two leading of- wicked. Still even applied blasphemy ficers conducting its affairs. The re- palls after a while. A more frightful sulis to be secured is so desirable, and form of dissipation is then in demand. so in line with the general conception If, therefore, the reading and believing of our constituency, that we are very of the Stamford parson’s little books can hopeful, and could we but recognize this become absolute treason, rebellion and truth, we would be spared much vain lese majeste, what more glorious lark labor, and be saved much oratory and than to fish them out at intervals to re- paper We sincerely advise a mature fresh our souls withal? 5 consideration of the above suggestion by | Dr. Long’s publishers understand this the delegates before deciding on a pos- } perfectly. So does Dr. Long. Scarcely sible line of activity. ;had the Roosevelt attack gained pub- W. Preston Moore. | licity when advertisements of the of- | fending volumes appeared in the news- | papers. Their author, eager to make the ' most of his good fortune, filled colmun August 5, 1907 BOOKMAKERS. Some few weeks ago the entire police ‘ after column with replies to the Presi- department was charged with having | dent. If the row can be protracted, be protected bookmakers and gamblers. The | sure it will be. It’s money in Long’s District Commissioners were sent anon-! pocket. Eventually, when he has grown ming certain detectives | rich by the adventure, he will doubtless Now, | do something handsome for Mr, Roos-e what is the result. There are but very | telt : few bookmakers, if any. The District | Ae Attorney’s office acknowledges its ima-} Rebecca Ross, colored, or 1603 L street bility to present sufficient facts before! northwest, was found dead together with the Grand, Jury for indictments. Some-! James Butler, colored man. It appears one was anxious to convey the idea that) like a case of murder and suicide. | he was a moralist and a reformer and! Under an order issued by the postmas- receive the plaudits of the public. The | ter, people can leave their change of ad- | entire business has been turned into a dres, to their nearest sub-station, ymous letters 1 who were shielding bookmakers. eae " i ig Sh FR ee ii,