The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 29, 1908, Page 5

The highly accomplished daughter of Mrs. A. M, Pitts, of 118 Clark street, Atlanta, Ga., was united in holy wed- lock to Mr. George B. Maddox, of the; same city, Wednesday evening, aJnuary | 1908, at_the hom he bride, Miss Bessie Ma Pitts, was 15, of the bride a teacher in the Atlanta University and | highly accomplishd in music. Her host} of iriends wish her much happiness | Mr D. W was agreeably surprised on anniversary, | the occasion was a surprise tendered by Mrs. Mur A host of his 7 { friends were present to wish him many | Thomas his birthday Martha ox happy retugns. | 2mes and dnacing were the amuse ments and the evening closed after par- | taking of the viands from a well-pre-| pared repast Mr. John Gray, This reverend gentleman was told tha! nue, died Monday, February 17, at 4.45 The deceased, who was ill only twelve days was the beloved son of Al- fred and the late Marion V. Gray, for- merly of Alexandria. He was buried February 19 at 11 a.m. from his Jate residence,and from thence to Roberts Chapel Methodist Episcopal | Church, Alexandria, Va., followed by| a host of friends and relatives. He was laid to rest with his mother and rela- tives, where he sleeps in peace. The testimonial to Prof. J. T. Layton} has been postponed until May 11. : Mr. Lewis H. Douglass has written a letter to the Secretary of the Treasur)} om | of 46 Missourj ave-| am against the discrimination in the lunch | room. Mrs, B. A. Ray, wife of Rev. W. A. Ray, D.D., pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, D_street south- west, left Wednesday at 3.40 p.m. over the Pennsylvania Railroad, via St.Louts, for Calvert, Texas, where her father is reported as being very ill, having sus- tained internal injurics from a falling bridge. as far as Pittsburg, Pa. ; and Dr. Ray accompanied Mrs. Ray } Ice cream was served by the Rifflers the gentlemen for themselves a ' to Everyone :p lemonade requested to and spring were plentifully tin c¢ and spoon, and their ladies bring a water served to all. After the lunch was over the canvas retnoved \and all the “grounds” cleared of reiuse everybody “lined up” for-a srand promenade and as the line passed the Rifflers presented. with a fan 6n which were the pictures each tady was of the club members as a souvenir, One of the most entertaining features of this novel affair was the Rifflers Tin Cup Two-Step, in which the members of the club were seen at their best. Among the guests were: Judge and Mrs. Terrell. | Dr. and Mrs, W. B. Evans. | Mrs. B, K. Bruce : | Mrs. R. C Bruce Dr, and Mrs. Wright, of Baltimore, Mrs. Curtis. Miss Tessie Lee, Dr. F. J. Shadd, Sr. Miss Lulu Love. Dr. Milton Francis. And about four hundred Washington’s elite. From bud to leaf, from branches dry, The seasons hike and years and youth speed by. To man and nature changeless laws ap- ply | Till Leap Year comes then all things go awry, THE RIFFLERS. Ernest R. Amos, William A. Balti- more, Dr. William L Board, Dr Car- roll A. Brooks, Charles F. M. Browne, James C. Burlls, Maj. Arthur Brooks, E. Leo Cook, William J. De Catur, Walter Dyson, Charles T.Ferguson, Ed-} ward B. Henderson, Charles L. Harris, | William A. Joiner, Dr. William S.Lof- | | | others of | flower to Pollard, Dr. Albert Ridgeley, George Rev. W. D. Norman, the Metropolitan Baptist Church, will speak to the women at the Christian Associa- pastor of tion, cor Four and a Half street and, Maryalnd avenue southwest, Sunday af March 1, at 4.30 o'clock of the city are cordially and earnestly invited to attend these meet- ternoon, women ings every Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dabney, at their residence ¢ Third street gorth- n west, entertained last Wednesday even- | Mrs. Dab- ney was beautifully gowned, as well as ing several of their friends. their guests. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. George Sewell, Mrs.Rich- ardson, Lawyer and Mrs. Ricks, Mr. and Mrs George Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Free- man, Mrs. Stella White, Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson, Mrs, Louisa Rich™ ardson, Miss Lottie Brown, Miss Brad- ford, Mr. Columbus Sewell, Mr. and Miss Thomas, Miss M. Cannon, Mrs. K. S. Adams, Mr Raymond Ward and . A. Gray. W. Scott has trom Philadelphia, where he was called returned to attend to some legal business. Mrs. A. S. Tinsley, of Richmond, Va, is in Washington and expects to niake it her home Mrs. Blanche Moore has returned to Philadelphia, Pa. pleased with her visit to this city. Mr. H. S Jones, of Baltimore, spent her home, AN] L, Sadgwar, A. Kiger Savoy, Dr. Fer- man J. Shadd, Jr., Walter J. Singleton, | ‘Dr. William A. Wells, Garnet C. Wil- \ Rule 1 A response is desired on or] before February 15, 1908. This being Leap Year, you are re- quested to submit the name of a gentle- man you wish to be invited as your escort, the pleasure of such an outing | depending much upon the congeniality of the company Upon the return of the ‘card of ac- cepiance, Cards of Admission will be furnished each lady for herself and es- cort, which must be presented at the door. » Rule 2. Guests are expected to, ap- pear in outing costume (summer at- tire). Gentlemen in two-piece suits,wit” | straw hats or outing caps; ladies in summer dress, light colors preferred. Dress suits or evening dress prohib-} ited. Note: Ample dressing rooms for both ladies and gentlemen, in charge of re- liable attendants, will be provided. Rule 3. Each lady will provide a light lunch for herself and escort, and each guest must come provided with a tin cup and spoon. i Rue 4. Gentlemen will be admitted to Main Hall on presentation of their| coat room check, for which a small! a few days in this city last week Miss B. Rudd, of this city, received many social honors while visiting in Canada. THE RIFFLERS. One of the*most enjoyable as well as the most unique entertainment Wash- ington has ever known was the Mid- Winter Picnic given by the Rifflers at the Auditorium, Eighth street southeast, Friday, February 21, from 6 to 12 p. The hall was decorated with pine trées to represent woods. The ladies were dressed in outing costume (summer attire), gentlemen in two-piece Suits(duck pants, white shotes ete.), with straw hats. At 10.30 o'clock the dance was stop- ped, the floor covered with canvas, and everyone proceeded to spread the lunch (which each lady was requested to pro- vide for herself and escort) and eat in real picnic style, everyone sitting on the “ground.” charge will be made. Ladies will be furnished with coat room checks free. Rule 5. Resident gentlemen unac- companied by ladies will not be admit- ted. Rule 6. The Club reserves the right to reject the name of any gentleman who has previously declined to take part. Rule 7. Guests having out-of-town visitors for whom invitations are desired will please notify the Club at the earli- | est time possible. Rule 8 Address al] communications to THE RIFFLERS, 716 S street N. W. P. S—No carriages. Directions for Reaching the Hall. 1. Take Navy Yard or Anacostia car to Eighth and G streets, southeast, walk cr run one-half square north on Eighth street, east side. Stop on arriving at Hall. Car fare a nickel. 2. Come early. | farms of the schol j every day. | DISTRICT DELEGATES — HOW THE CANDIDATES STAND. Before the time for the election of delegates in the District of Columbia takes place there will be tickets made and smashed. There are ajl kinds of . that will be smashed before the election Dr. Wilder thus far is without a run- ig mate, and being the avowed can- didate Republicans are staying shy of him. Messrs. Horner and Flathers are no doubt the candidates of the Administra tion, same as Dr. Wilder. Mr, Perry Carson, janitor of the Dis- | trict Building, is supporting Mr. Hor- }ner, and if Horner was not for Mr. faft M. Carson would not support him and neither could Dr. Tindale, the sec- retary of the Board of Contmissioners, | afford to support a Foraker advocate,as | { Mr. It Ts Horner claims that he is not quite evident that Mr. F Mr. Bieber’s choice, and Mr. Bieber is supporting the Taft push because in the hopes of controlling the patron- is. he age. The Bee that Mr, Bieber has endeavored from the start to make with the Administration he has succeeded, and for that reason alone he will endeavor to elect two Taft del- egates. The Republicans througho will be on the lookout polls and cotint every ballot that is is aware terms and t the | city at the de- posited. The Home Rule United Clubs will have twenty watcherssat ev- | ery polling precinct and see frauds are committed. Mr. Collins, a member of the election Republican that no committee, has insisted that each candi- date be permitted to have one judge or vepresentative in the voting booths. It} is quite evident that Mr. Collins wants a fair election. He is the only member of the committee that insists on giving each candidate representation. that quite likely two white men would be elected. Colored Republicans should see to Mr, ikeber said some time ago that every coldred Republican registers. Before any Republican votes let him say the watchers on for} whom he is voting. to the outside MEETING AT TUS GEE. The Yearly Conference of Workers at Tuskegee. | Washington Makes Hopeful Booker a rumors afloat as to the different states! of the Administration, colored: i} | the South, have demonstrated above ev- jery.hing else that nothing can discour- }age or dampen the spirit and -ambition jof our people in the direction of im- | races in this country, and especially in seems to me we Can afford to take one day in the year to look to the bright s ¢ of things, to measure our successes {and get some hope to carry us through the next twelve months.» When a man makes up his mifid that he is going to die, yOu know, there is no medicine can cure him. Well, it is just so with’a We must go patiently and hope- fully forward. You know what the Bible says: “Keep overcoffiing evil t with—what is it the Bible says?—with 1 good, That's right.” ; In the ington temperance , face. his address Wash- the importance of and the Negroes to/do all in their power to | assist the enforcement of the law. | He spoke of the peaceful relations be- tween the races which hid existed dur- | ing the past year. course of emphasized th movement urged in s ! “Perhaps the greatest element of good | so far gotten ont of these annual Negro! cofnerences;* said Washington, “has been a determination on the part of the masses of our, people to improve their! material, educational, mora] and _relig- ious condition, ple, especially The masses of our peo- in this part of the South, are thoroughly convinced that they have it within their power to make improve- ments in these directions. So long as a race is hopeful and cheerful, it will find place and reward the aard to help a gice that believe that its its in world. Ik does not it can succeed a future These conferences, attended as they are by representative men and women from all sections of proving their ondition. “We may congratulate ourselves: that this has been a year for the most part of and good will the peace between the South. While here and there there been outbreaks of violence and | lawlessness, we may congratulate our- have | selves that, in nine-tenths of the centers of population in the South a friendly and helpful races. i spirit exists between the “We must not overlook the fact that We occupy mainly as laborers and ag- ricultural workers nearly one-fourth of the physical territory of this country. We will not be permitted long to occu- py such a large proportion of one of \ Address and Farmers and Others Re-/} port Progress — Declarations Adopt- ed. Tuskegee, 19—( Special )— 3ooker TF, Washington opened the six teenth annual session of the Negro Con- planation to the farmers. He spoke to them of the seeds which it has been the custom of the Agricultura] Depart- ment at Washington send to the conference for distribution every year February to “These seeds,’ he said, “are not sent out by the government as a charity ton, Fred D. McCracken, William L.} They are given you to encourage you! that you can see the difference between getting your vegetables out of the soil and buying them in the store.” A large number of Negro farmers who had come to the conference with | ; samples of the vegetables they had rais- ed took advantage of these remarks to hand or lift up for the inspection of | Washington and the conference samples of the beets and the turnips they had grown during the past- year from the seeds they had obtained the year befre. “I do not believe farmers who raise and beets like these their will suffer for want some- thing to eat,” Washington “I want all of ‘you to take these seeds turnips on of continued, and go home and do likewise.” Rain and cold discouraged a good c zr : 1 many of the Negroes in the sirround-} ing country from attending the confer- this There was not ence year. mal School when the sessions opened today. But it did not discourage the farmers who came from a distance. They came from Georgia, Florida, Mississip- pi and Tennessee. Wherever the fame has spread men came to the conference to see and to hear and to tell what they had accOmplished to- ward improving their condition. Before he proceeded to his annual address Washington cautioned the mem- bers of the conference about’ the im- portance of telling the truth. “There is a great temptation, when a man gets on his feet to speak to 4 crowd,” he said, “to state the thing a little stronger than it is. It seems to me it’s harder to tell the truth to a large number of people than to one man. We want the truth here, as far as we can get it.” This sentiment was strongly endorsed by G. W. Jeter, a preacher from near Milstead, who owns 420 acres of land Washington, explaining the purpose of the conference as it was originally started, said that it was for the pur- pose of encouraging the people to strug- gle on and improve their condition by showing them actual examples of men and women who had succeeded. “Some people,” he said, “criticise us because we try her to look at the bright side of things and emphasize the suc- cesses of our people rather than their failures. Now, God knows that we have troubles enough. We have them And that’s the reason it the} usual assortment of wagons, carts and ox-teams on the grounds ofythe Nor-| the richest countries in the world un- | less we demonstrate that we can get as | much out of this territory, and especi- {ally out of the soil, as any other race | Men may draw racial and color lines, | but soil and rain and sunshine yield their riches as readily to the toil of the \ black hand as to the white hand. | “Ef am sure that each one gathered | here joins with me in expressing grati- |tude for the wave of temperance that | has swept through the entire South. The | closing of the barrooms, the getting rid of whiskey, means the industrial , phys cal, moral and religious protection and strengthening of our race. Our leaders especially should s€e to it that they do their full share throughout the South in seeing that_ the laws guarding the manufacture and sale of whiskey are Our people have made ears. strictly obeyed much progress in the past forty {The absence of whiskey in my opinion is going to enable them to make still | greater progress in the near future. | “We must not fail to call the atten- {tion of the public officials constantly to educational oppor- ference at Tuskegee today with an ex- jthe need of better tunities the districts where the majority of our people live. It is impossible for our race, or amy race, to be contented on the farm unless there is a school that is in session long enough each year to enable thec hildren It is impossible in country | | | | to get some benefit. for our race or any race to be content- ed the rural districts without a school term long enough each year to enable the children to get some benefit out of it. The neglect of school facili- ties in the country causes many of the people to move to the citi and towns where ‘they are not as well thought of as in the ¢ountry. that education hurts the Negro. Cer- tainly a little education wil] hurt him more than much education. Education in the schoolroom should be closely connected with life in the home and on the farm In most sections of the South our people are to be commended for their efforts to extend the school term and build new schoolhouses. “We must never suffer ourselves to grow despondent or embittered. We must keep our faces turned toward the sunrise, and not toward sfnset.” Reports from the farmers showed that the conditions of the rural schools had greatly improved during the past 12 months. Twenty school houses have been erected in Macon county for which the Negroes themselves have subscribed about half of the money. There is now nine months school in Macon. At some of the schools farms have jbeen started which have been worked by the farm- ers with the assistance of the pupils, and in this way money enough to com- plete the buildings and prolong the schoo] terms has been obtained. At Sweet Gum the school farm rais- ed a bale of cotton on a four acre strip. The farmers have rented eight acres, which they propose to farm nevt year } in (OPPORTUNITY ForYoungMen © , There is a growing demand at lucrative salaries in all sections of { the country, and especially in the South, for young men trained in ag- riculture. The demand for the graduates from this department of the Tuskegee Normal and Indus-trial Institute is so far in excess of the supply that we are offering special inducements to graduates of other schools, and persons sufficiently advanced in the academic branches to come here and pursue the courses in agriculture, including Farm Work, Dairying, Live Stock Raising, ete. An opportunity will be given a few earnest young men to work out all of their board while taking a course. Those interested can secure full information by addressing Booker T. Washington, Principal, : Tuskegee Institute, Alabama — REPUBLICANS TO MEET. The Third and Fourth District Republicans will meet next Tues- day might in Odd Fellows Hall, Twenty-eighth and Dumbarton ave- nue, West, Washington. This is a meeting of the Home Rule United Republicans. All persons who believe in and want home rule should be meeting. at his Among the speakers will be: Dr, Charles H. Marshall, Hepewell H. Darneille, Esq., Editor W. Calvin Chase, and others. Randall Bowie, Chairman. Jesse Foster, Vice Chairman Perri W. Frisby -cretary. OO ee \ | r the benefit of the school. Sam Baker, of Elmore county, SONNE ; that he had not been to the, conference for six years. Six years ago, when he came here, he had $2 in his pocket and he was out of debt wd he felt pretty | well off, but what he had seen had made him dissatisfied. Since that time he had purchased a tract of land and had a home of his own, and now he felt entitled to speak, and so he shad come back. S. T. Porvo, a farmer of Montgomery countyy said he had paid for eighty acres since last year. But he’ reported that there was no schoo! house in his community and school was held in He promised that be- fore next conference he would do some- thing to get a school building. I. D. Poo, another farmer from Ra- yet, the church. ; mer, who claims to own 201 acres, says that he ‘stocked one of his farm houses for a school buil'ing.” Nearly all the farmers reported that their neighbors were buying farms. Joe Parker, of Kowaliga, said that within a radius of five miles of his home there were thirty-three Negroes who owned their own farms. Similar reports were received from other “parts the State indicating that thee is a con- stantly growing class of thrifty Negro farmers. a Lewis Gilbert, of Prospect, Tenn., has 150 acres, for which he has becn paying $3 San acre. J. D. McDuffie, of Ocala, Fla. is the owner of 647 acres from which he ship- ped sixty-five carloads of canteloupes and watermeions last year. The previ- ous year he shipped one hundred and one carloads, he said. The conference gave him ~a@ severe cross-examination, but he seemed to ufiderstand his busi- ness, J. N. Sanifer, of Ethelsville, Pickens county, who always comes to the con- ference with something new from his community, brought a handsome home- spun blanket this year which he said his wife had spun from wool grown on his farm. He also had a goat yoke of which he presented Washington a mod- el. One of the most interesting incidents of the was a short address by J. H. Dillard, the general secretary of the trusttees of the Jeaness Fund, a sum of $1,000,000 which has been given, the interest of which is to be used to aid the rural schools. Mr. Dillard was for- merly dean of Tulane University, New He is a Virginian by birth, however, and has been all his life, as he said himself in the schools, “Dr. Washington has told you,” he said, “about my work. It is an attempt to improve the rural districts. There session Orleans. Some people argue {is a new movement in education sweep- ing over the country. It means that we must try to wed academic ulture to work. That is true of the white people just as much as it is true of the blacks. You must get together and organize ‘to help carry on this work.” At the conclusion of the session a series of declarations was adopted ;near- ly three thousand packets of garden seeds sent by Secretary James Wilson of the Department of Agriculture at Washington were distributed among the farmers, so as to encourage them to diversify their crops and raise their own food supplies; and an old-fashioned Southern barbecue for the refreshment of the delegates was served them before starting for their homes. The declarations urge the Negroes to own property; to improve farming fa- cilities; not to pass good business op- portunities; to tducate thein children; to keep before the Negroes high Stand- ards of morali gratification at: the prohibition movement, and 2 practice of the elemental virtues. Tomorrow the Workers’ Conference will be held. The discussions will be! Washington,” Rev. Rosser, of Miss Abbie A. P. Syphax Greenwich mesly of this city, but now living in Jersey Citv, N. J., Shas been in the city several days the guest of her son Mr Douglass P, Syphax. Mrs. Groenwich is no doubt the richest woman in the United States. Her monthly income on her real estate is over five hundred dollars. Mrs. Greenwich has had a most delightful time during her stay in the city. Many teas bave been given in her henor. She left the city Thurs- day for Jersey City ; : DR. CORROTHERS’ SOLUTION. Dr. Corrothers proposes solution for the complicated political situation in the District of Columbia. j . The prop- osition is to hold a central convention, representatives to be selected from th vanious politi Organiaztions, repre- senting each election district; said dell- egation be upon the menéation credential committee upon the payment of a small fee. The credential committee to be appointed one by each candidate. The fund ac- cruing from the small sums to be paid to be used to defray the expenses of the convention; remainer to help elect the candidate nominated by the convention named above, Galbraith Church, Sixth street be- tween L and M streets, has just closed one of the most successful revivals in its histtory. More than one hundred soul® were converted and added to the church: The church is in the best condition financially and numerically speaking iti its history. Large crowds from all sec- tions of the city continue to attend the services, ie to seated recom- of a For the iast three Sundays the pulpit has been filled by bishops from several denomiantions, the second Sunday in February by Bishop Alstock of Ala.; third Sunday by H. M. Turner, D.D.,, LL.D., senior bishop of A. M. Ch, and last Sunday by Bishop J. W. Smith, D.D., the only resident bishop in the Nation's Capital since the death of Bish- op Satterlee: Bishop Smith’s worth and influence grow upon the capital city of the na- tion daily. Dr. Corrothers, the pastor, will begin a new series of sermons Sunday morn- ing March 1, at eleven o'clock; subject, “Victory of Faith.” The public is in- vited, ~SS: JONES SCHOOL OF CORRESPON- DENCT. First and L Streets Program. WASHINGTON’S BRITHDAY. Prayer (chant). Chorus, “God Is Good,” school Flag salute, school. Quartet, “Life’s Railroad to Heav- en,” Misses A. Garrett, E, Taylor, S. Johnson, K. Jones. Gem, “Washington,” school Recitation, “Washington,” Blackwell. ‘Solo and chorus, “Mount Vernon Bells,” Misses A. Garrett, E. Taylor, S. Johnson, K. Jones. Recitation, “The Minute Men. Recitation, “Our Washington,’ seph Pleasant. Chorus, “The Red, White and Blue,” school. Exercise, nine girls. ; Quartet, “My Old Kentucky Home,” Miss Garrett and others. Recitation, Early Days of Washing ton,” William Cardoza. Recitation, “Washington,” E. Wood. Recitation, “Washington,” Josepheine Green. “Washington's Boyhood,”’Jessie Hail- stalk, Solo and chorus, “he Star-Spangled Banner,” Miss Ella Taylor and others. Address, “Lessons from the Life of Miles Miss. EL Jo- participated (n by leading educators, | Chapel. white and black, and many others in-"~ Mary Logan, pianist. terested in work among the Negroes. . \ Miss E. A. Chase, principal.