The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1907, Page 4

THE BEE PUBLISHED AT 4 Eye St. N. W., Washington, RBC WwW. CALVIX CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Wasb- ington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. cgnmittee of management. Not | paign there is no doubt. since the organization of the order has such ignorance reigned before. There are members on that commit- a Chinese coolie has of the Con- stitution of the State of Georgia. The next B. M. C. should con- er the following and act accord- ingly : 1. Appoint a special committee to investigate the corruption in the organization. 2. Size of the new building in Philadelphia, Pa., and why a build- ing 18 by 90 feet five stories high should cost one hundred and twen- ty thousand dollars. 3. The importance of removing the headquarters to Washington. 4. The abolition of the present One copy per year in advance. .$2.08] sub-committee of management,with Six MONthS ....+ececeecsecces 100 Three months ..... Subscription monthly ....-..... 20 ee ODD FELLOWS’ TANGLE The Odd Fellows throughout the coutnry are watching with a great anxiety the outcome of the injunc- tion proceedings which will come up in Philadelphia, Pa., this month, The contest will be a most bitter one, . Before the fight ends thousands of dollars of the members of the order will have been wasted on ac- count of the ignorance and bigotry of the recent action of those in charge of their affairs. All of this could have been avoid- ed and thousands of dollars saved to the order. For thirty-five years at least the Odd Fellows in Amer- ica have had smooth sailing. This} when they come to America is to| exception, and the appoint- ment of a new one, to consist of , . men of brains, sense and judgment. sone THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. Is it not more beneficial to the colored Americans to be independ- ent in busines than it is to be serfs in politics? The Dagoes from Eurape have established themselves in business, and even in the commonest soda rooms the colored Americans are told by them that they must take a back seat or a rear seat, or stand if they want to be served. Now suppose colored Americans establish their own business houses, they would be more independent, and the insults from the Dagoes would be repudiated. Many of these peoples are refug {taly and other countries of Europe, but the very first thing they learn is because level-headed men have} discriminate against the colored Am- been at the head of the organiza-| ericans. tion. In this particular, Prof. It is no more than what The]T. Washington is a benefactor to Bee predicted several weeks ago,|the colored Americans. He wants when a request was made tosetue]to teach the colored Americans how the matter among themselves, te be independent and conduct bus- But men in the order and in con-|iness of their own trol of the management of the or- The National Negro ganization thought that they knew| League is therefore a benefit to the it all. They arrogated to them-| colored Americans. In this city the selves superior and omnipotentpow- | conditions have changed. There are er. These men, because they had|drug stores with as fine fountains been clothed with a little temporary}as can be found in any drug store power, undertook to remove, un-|in the United States. The farther pustly and illegally, from office men| you go South you will see colored who had made Odd Fellowship injmen in business and conducting the South what it is today. There} places of their own. are no, three men in the Sofith} Suppose we had fifty colored men more honored and apreciated than|doing for the race along business Messrs. Davis, Howze and Knox.| tines what Professor Washington These men know their business,/is doing! This so-called race prej- and the people have faith in them.}udice would die quickly. When The meeting at Selma, Ala., Au-jthe white man sees that you have gust 6, fully demonstrated their su- something that he wants he will perior strength over those who at-| seek you out. If the colored man tempted to show their bombastic! has nothing that is salable he will power. not seek him out. The Southern Odd Fellows are| There should be a strong business men of superior talent. They do not intend to surrender their prop- 3ooker Business TAFT’S SPEECH. If the Secretary of War, Will- tee that have no more conception | iam Tait, thinks that he will S€-) anapolis, and which enjoys a ci of what is right and wrong than} cure the indorsement of ten mill- cs 25,000. ¢ of Americans he mistaken. In the first place, it will be just as impossible for him a secure the Republican nomination | ions colored is as it will for Ben Tillman to sup-t » the South y restoring the se to the loyal oe an Iment te amen port Case j Carol election fra men. President Roosevelt and his War Secretary ‘might as well retire from politics. “The eyes of the colored Americans are opened. They are no longer the fiddle dancers to mu- sic that has been the influencing feature in every political cam- paign. ‘ A GOOD CONNECTION. From tue Nashville Globe Mr. W. nd Pleasant, of Wash- ington, D. C., who was at one tme an employee in the Printing Office, is now connected with the Baptist Publishing House THE BUSINES.» |-LAGUE Conunued from ist page. Government | 1 | | cottonseed oi] mill which he is promot- ing at Mound Bayou, Miss., will be and he is just the man to keep | it going after the start is fairly made. | a “go, | The country is destined to hear more of hustling, big-hearted Charlie Banks, | whose name is no misnomer, for he is] eternally having something to do with | “banks” and finance. ; Bishop Grant was the spiritual force? of the convention. His tribute to John} Brown was a thrilling and dramatic in-| cident, and attuned the proceedings to} a lofty key session was unquestionably elevated by the presence of the A. M. E. Church's greatest prelate, The plane of the entire! these self-sacrificing gentlemen never ut-} {tered a whimper. Architect J. A. Lankfords photograph-| ic display attracted much attention, The firm of Lankford & Brother, of Wash-) DC a phenomenal | business, and it would surprise the uni-| many important | structures they are putting up in yari-} ous sections of the country. The elec- tion of Mr, Lankford as a vice-president | of the League was a just recognition of his untiring efforts in builling up a local branch in the Nation’s Capital, and will insure the hearty co-operation of Washington in the entertainment of the Baltimore meeting next year. Plans are already on foot by which Washing- ton will add greatly to the pleasure of the visitors by keeping “open house” and affording them a chance to see her manifold beauties. The newspaper fraternity was capably represented, and alJl carried home good reports. The forceful session of the Western ington, is doing nitiated to know bow erty to grafters or men whose sole ambition is to destroy the order. The Bee’s investigation of the sentiment among the Odd Fellows in this country is almost unani- mously against the present sub- committee of management and na- tional officers. They will go out of office the most ful failures, that have ever been in the order, with but one exception. DESTROYING THE ORDER. The Bee was confident that the moment pothouse politcians and politics entered the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, that mo- ment disruption would destroy the organization. It is to be regretted that there is a disposition to graft. There are men in the order who are loking for nothing else. ucce: something for the benefit of the race. SENATOR FORAKI The recent speeches of Senator Foraker in reply to the iMan Friday,” William Taft,were unanswerable. When Senator For- aker asked the War breathe breath 7” stunned him to such an extent that stoyal yet. all the colored people are insane, oi that he is losing his mind. . The ancient dignity and order; banks, Knox, Atkinson of West of the order can only return by a, Virginia, or Hughes of New York. reorganiaztion. ‘The next B. should perform that duty without; fear or favor. There should be an expert committee appointed to make a thorough investigation and re- port at a special session of the entire organization. Such commit- tee is absolutely necessary. The present condition of the or- der, if not immediately corrected, will be a destruction to it. Dissect M. C. has a duty to perform, and it’ support any man named by it. The colored vote is a unit against the present Administration. Many ored man. gratitude would dare to vote against Senator Foraker. if yon will the present personnel, with but one exception, of the sub- | will be a factor in the next cam- , equally felicitous and thoroughly at That the Northern colored vote President’s | $4tes stopped off Secretary.|ing and dressing of the “What will you do with the ten] sight not witnessed every day | uillions of blacks who have never tire process was shown, from the en- if It] ance of the live cattle to the making For the Republican party to se-| cssion was the cure the colored vote one of the] League has yet held, and the attendance following men must be nominated :} was fully up to the standard, in quantity Foraker, the nation’s choice; Fair- and quality. Under no circumstances will _the idinir wok: was a spiel a eerie colored voters support the policies] for the commercial department of Dr. f the present Administration or} Vernon's great school. of the appointments by the Ad-| satile to the last degree, Md. Knox can minihtration areinimical to the col-| be grave or gay as the occasion de- No colored American} mands, and whether in discussing the with a grain of sense and spark of | Serious problems of Smite, offering coun- Press Association gave the National As- sociation an object lesson in how such organizations could be made effective, if permitted to speak out in the meet- ing. These Western fellows are not league in this city. When such a “mollycoddles.”. They are men—every league is established it should do} inch of them. Kansas City sent a fine delegation. Editor Washington's clean-cut invitation to the League to come to his great me- tropolis will be accepted—some day. On the return eastward many dele- Kansas City to in- spect the wonderful packing houses of the The place was as neat ay a pin throughout, and the kill- attle Armour Trust was a The en- of butter, sausage, lard, etc., the curing, canning and placing the goods on the he has not recovered from the blow} table of the consumer Dr. Washington was jn a jolly mood Mr. Taft must either believe that| and was agreeably surprised to note the deep interest manifested in the pro- ceedings. Though con convention was from the center of Negro popuitcion, the profitable most the The typewriters and stenogrpahers from the Western Unievrsity did a”land office business,” and the excellence of Hon. George L. Knox was the life of the meeting. His speeches were full of wit, wisdom and the optimism that makes for happiness and prosperity.Ver- sel to young men and women or saying home. Dr. Washington is a great ad- mirer of Mr. Knox, and appreciates the loyal support he has always received at the hands of The for twenty years by four contnenss. Judge M . the races’ “grand old man,” scene carly, and his appearance was invariably the inspi- a> on ¢ ration for a burst oi applause. The Judge wears his eighty-five years with the grace ci a man of jorty, and can hold his own with the best of them. A striking circumstance coanected with his visit to the was that the ground occupied by the State Journal, situated on ove of the best business cor- ners in the ciy of Topeka, is owned by Judge Gibbs, net only convention nd the “paper gave this -emarkable man credit for the fact, but wrote a eulogy of his in- Journal, accom ju Arkansas jouble-cclump cut. headed the humor and his stentorian voice and him a ruling favorite. Ie ready wit m He got his life members by a tact and persistence no the could have duplicated, and his humorous bouts with various members were among the spiciest hits ci the session. The courtly J. C. Napier was there and did some effective work in the ex- ecutive committee besides exploiting the banking resources of his progressive that one in body city of Nashville. The distinguished Tennessee: with characteristic gener- osity, showered ans of praise upoL an, Farmer b. J. Carr, for timely services to tie face, aid Woh his fellow statesr especial pride in making the annovnec- ment of Baltimore as ihe next meeting- place, for he knew that he and every body else wanted to do to the Monu- mental City the absence of the queen- airs ly Napier was universally regret- ted Roscoe Conklig Simmons, editor of the National Review, New York, was in the thickest of the and was a po- every one and his silver tongue held them spellbound afterward. Dr. Han- away, banker, educator, physician and, organizer, was one of the most useful mien in the body. Ww. and attentive sergeant-at-arms,” Mrs. Robert C. Owens, of Los Ange- les, wife of the millionaire real estate dealer, sang charmingly on “Washington She is con- ceded to be one of the most highly cultivated vocalists of the race on the Night” at the Auditorium. Pacific Slope. “Get the most out of things—out of the earth, out of business, out of educa-! tion, out of the markets, out of muscle -—this was one of the primal notes of W., the B the president's annual address; and it) was one of the best-kr “took big.” Chairman T. J. Calloway’s colored visitors to the great show Of a hustling woman. S Hel at the Ja talked to business men and his sincere’ people. assurance of proper courtesies at the! money out of her ow: Exposition for all comers had @ most. this new enterprise « race progress on Hampton Roads. helpful effect in encouraging their at- dance, W. H. Davis, the expert official ste-| bag faith of those w negrapher, was taken ill during a part) such fair promises. ef the session, but stuck bravely to his; energy, labor and mon. task, and will forward his completed, and when the fire broke minutes to the corresponding secretary | iu a few days, breaking all records for speed in the preparation of this all-im- portant historical record. The rotund figure of Charles Nunn, Indianapolis’ prosperous market-garden- satisfactory evidence of the i the goods he han- er, was nul ive properties Brewer, editor of the Indian- apolis World, dealt out some solid chunks of “Harmony,” both oratorically and literally. It was a convention of overcomers. It would fave Leta difficult for the casua] observer to have found any rea- son to feel “sorry” for the race which the delegates represented. M. Alexander made an energetic earnest; country. speech ia explanation of the scope andi Jarge circle of frien racter, filling nearly a| purpose of the Negro exhibit at James-| ward to a brilliant « town went far to dispel the cloud of town Exposition for | misrepresentation as to the teaunent ot} tent factor on the committee on resolu-} Robert C. Owens is a member of the ing the fainous New York Age man are meager, would pleased have have been him at length. suggestion anent the nicmory of John heard from Brown was a happy one, and the con- vention lost no time in adopting it. Mr. Fortunes unfailing race loyalty make him a popular character wherever he oes. ‘Whe National Negro’s Undertaking | Association was organized, electing the following officers: President, C. W. Franklin, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; vice-pres- ident, William Porter, Cincinnati, Ohio; treasurer, A. T. Moore, Kansas City, Mo.; corresponding secretary, C. W io} His| Hamilton, Topeka, Kansas. The or- ganization starts out with a member- ship of twenty-five. Meetings will be hel deach year coincident with the Na- tonal League. The Texas delegation organized the Texas State Business League of Ne- grocs, with the following roster of of- ficers: President, R. L. Smith, Pairs; vice-president, R. C. Houston, Fort Worth; secretary, J. H. Washington, Marlin; registrar, A. H. Terrell. The new Jeague will hold its first State con- vention at Fort Worth in July, 1908. Harry T. Pratt, of Baltimore, was unable to be present, but the pressing invitation forwarded by him at the be- Registrar F. H. Gilbert and his as-| pions, reading in fine style the report! Chamber of Commerce at Los Angeles, sistant, R. C. Houston, of Texas, work-| of ihe body to the full convention. a respected associate in business with ed. like ‘Trojanc. ara jobeeeimee thel © fedicue T “Thomas. Vortune -waecthe| Gicteaas ese whorl ite pate rece os | the most rigid attention, and which gave} cynosure of all eyes, and the people oi] valet. The possession of property val- them little opportunity for pleasure, but) phe West, whose oppo ities for see-| wed at $673,000 makes all the difference in the world. Topeka has five colored doctors, two druggists and four lawyers, with imsur- ance companies, growers, stenographers, printers, farmers, etc., galve. “The flower of the colored race is in Top the Topeka Daily State JoJurnal. this week, courteously observed The Freeman Mining,Milling and De- velopment Comapny, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, capitalized at $1,- 500,000, with head offices at Colorado Springs, Colo., was represented by H. D. Earl, L. D, Carter and F. M. Rob- erts, president, vice-president, and secre- tary, respectively. Some very promis- ing-looking specimens of ore were on exhibition in the hall. The Florida Institute, at Live Oak, Florida, which is dong a good work for the uplift of the race, was ably repre- sented by Mrs. Maria C. Kenney, M.S., the matron. She was pleased to have the approval of Dr. Washington. Any bo@ks, pamphlets or newspapers sent this school by publishers or generous friends will be highly appreciated by the faculty, of which Prof. L. C. Jones is president. The local committee, headed by Ira QO. Guy, and suppleemnted by Messrs. J. H. Guy, G. W. Hamilton, Dr. H. S. Lee, Dr. O. A. Taylor, F. Rountree,Rev. Edwards, Foster and others, acquitted themselves nobly. Judge 1. F. Bradley, of Kansas City, added dignity to the occasion, Dr. T. C. Unthank, Kansas City’s leading practitioner, and Lawyer W. C. Hueston, one of the brilliant younger want to know, and the League is deter-, CSL Sa alas ake hack pea om eon ak as a promises to revolutionize the ee breath of the audience when he told of asad Parietal vee dedi the progress of the True Reformers’ ok cesencal ae ssisrisiat Se Soar Bank, which has cone a business of $16,- bits a Sat ae pointed Fane ae sd mcorporatics in 1889. and original speeches that called forth rollnent of registered Gclegates | rns discussion, but the brainy eds was upward of three hundred, represent- f the C € ae ase ssa Aaoaat ing twenty-eight states and territories. sates Sotistedt Worn Secs gc eps The total out-of-town attendance was ieee ashe ee ee 1 s = estimated at 1,500. e and to complain less While the convention was in session see oo ge oe ee ee, # bey was born to Mr, and Mrs. George vauicjeeers Washington Hamilton, a local under- L. L. Jones, who succeeded Theodore taker. The youthful mascot of the W. Jones on the executive committee, League was promptly named “Booker indicated that he knew a plenty about T. Washington Hamilton’ by the proud the oil businesss Together with S. Laing parents, Williams, he represented the Black Dia- Judge G. A. Clark, a wealthy philan- mond Mining and Development Com- thropist, an abolitionist, and life-long} PRY, operating flowing oil wells in Cha- friend of the Negro, was among the| 24"; Kansas, and elsewhere. many whites who came to see what the] Beautiful ladies of Topeka and other race is doing. places were there in abundance, but the The names of Messrs. Booze and| operations of Dan Cupid were handi- Brewer suggested a happy partnership| capped somewhat by the fact that so to some near-wit, but the fitness of the| many of the fat-walleted men present business in which he thought they might} were already married. appropriately engage was marred by the fact that both gentlemen turned out] ocutionist and Delsartian expert, Miss! hest of the Baltimore Board of Trade settled the next meeting place in favor of the Monumental] City,and won a vice- presidency for Mr. Pratt. He will do his whole duty by the convention next year The publicity bureau of the National | League will be organized on a more com- the echoes on the hustings or saying airy nothings at the jolly banquet table, this Nestor of Negro journalism 2 to be teetotalers. Victoria Overall, of Kansas City, was' Each of the four vice-presidents had|a terpsichorean triumph, and_ reflected a chance at the gavel. great credit upon both Miss Overall and The snow-white hair of Dr. L. W.| the bevy of pretty girls with which she West Hanaway arrested the attention of} was so gracefully supported. “The Minuet,” led by the queenly ¢l- Printing Office will keep their OBITUARY. Miss Maud Brown, aged ;> 3 months, departed this }; day of August, 1907, at the t her parents, 333 Mary! west. Miss Brown of Mrs. Ada Brown, {i Mason, and Mr. Owen Br President Roosevelts privat, his tour through the Interment at Mt. O} gust 19, 1907. Rey St. Dominic's Paris 1 — DEATH OF MRS. D ( Mrs. Dollie C. ‘the most enterpr; Her dea Mrs, Jones was town Exxp: She expended She did not meet | that she had anticip at James town, she carried water from the gro ri floor to the roof in order ¢ effects, which was the of her losing her life. desist, but being a woman of temperament she did ing of her friends; he: sick and brought home, where last Sunday. She was buried Third Baptist Church Wednesday ajter noon at two o'clock. Rey Lee, the eminent Baptist ed her funeral. Mrs. Jones lezves a been the treasurer of the Church for twenty years or a man of the out a > save her Principal cane Sh as told abitious st exemplary character two sons, Joseph and Ernest. ECHO MEE .-TIONAL BAPT TION. Every delegate who will go to Wash ington will get help for the trip from a Church, Sunday School, B. Y, P. U, Society. A appre: ciation and indeed a sense of duty sh or Missionary due make us who go eager to make a ful Teport to those who stay at home Let every delegate tak: at the National Convention to attendance of the meetings; the spirituality of the meetings, as com pared with last year; third, Boards have done during the fourth, what the missionaries say about the work of our home land; fifth, what Dr, Prowd says about the conditions of jthe work of the Lord in the West Is dies ang South America, what Rev. L N. Cheek reports after six years’ stay in Central Africa, Rev. D. E. Murfs story of fourteen years’ achievements of Baptist Missions in South Africa, leam- ed from his sixteen months survey of the fields; sixth, the outlook for fur work at home and abroad. Advertise your Echo Meetng and your report will do much make known the Lords work, and will repay in a measure those who helped you © go to the National Meeting. Have th Echo Meeting, when there is nothing else going on. If more than one dele gate, let each report on a special pha of the work. Let us educate the Bap tist Army on all geustions affecting ov denominational and racial life. We hold as many Echo Meetings as thet are delegates, and if properly planne® and wisely handled we can encouragt, stimulate and fire denomiantion from Maine to California, and from te Lakes to the Gulf. he spirit of truth will meet us in great power and the coming year work will be all the gr because of the knowledge inf Him, and fer His cause. Plan the greai Echo Meetings Yours in His Name, LG notes while First, a8 second, hat. the year} our b Jordan Louisville, Ky. ITEMS ON THE WING The Republican State League of Av lanta, Ga., held a grand rally last weet August 23. They endorsed Senator For aker for President and denounced Georgia disfranchisement law. The only thing we can see f Negro of the United States to do ' cut politics out and give his attention business. As a business man he not known by the color of hi The United States Treasury Depa ment will pay off August 3! Arthur Simmons, for a number a years doorkeeper at the White House was buried from the Plymouth Congt® gational Church, Seventeenth and P sts. northwest, Sunday, August 25 Deceasee was well known. He was a membe Social Lodge, No. 1, I. F. A. A. M Virginia avenue and Fifth strect The employes of the Government , the ' to own time in the future.’ They have ee provided with -record books for * purpose. street J. Arthnr James, of 1784 L_ northwest, has returned to the city. READ THE BEF a ioe Pos ea¥o SERS _ERL SEER ERD ~ I y nannm #604 424.88 2S 8