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CQLJAMESXEWISOFN5W C6L COSLEViIOFNWORLE41S MEStEWI OfN W ORLEANS ORLE
Spends Speitdilll a Few Few Days Daysin in Washington Among
His m Fr Friends FrendsI8 iends Is IsAicbmp Accompanied nled by His
Charming Wtfe WJeTh The Col iIs Is Rich I1lc1iln In
Reminiscence of o War Wll Times and Ripe
With Exper Experience ience of o ithcrD Other Da DysInter ys s Inter ¬
esting Interv Intervlev iew lWHh With Him That Thllt Brings
Out Man Many > y Facts
It ItW was v purgppd purgQQdpeast1re ur gpqd pleasure to have
been beenp present preentt esent at a dinner given ten to1 to
Colonel Lewis Lewisand and his charm ing
w ife at the thepala tIi palatial al home o f Ma jor
Charles W t Fillmore filltnoreD o f 1334 T
street N Wpn last 1a Tuesday 1 uesdaYn n ight
September 2 27 7 Colone l l I Lew ew is and i
his hi w ife were en ei n fQutehome route home from
Atlantic City ity w w where here h hreithey reithey they had bee been rt
attending attel1t attendingthe tilgJlw the reun ion on o f f the G A A
I R RPerhapsthere Perhaps there JsJ1Ql1lore i ino np more unique ulliq le
personage persol lage in the history istory of o f Lou ii ¬
ana than Colonel Cplol1dLewis Lewis He H has
le Idttheim ft the impress press pf o f ftlife f a tlife life W well ll spent
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upon a all ll those thQse w ith ithw w hom he has
come comein in contact All Allo of o f his 1 life lifelias has
been Uee d dSpel spent Spel ll in pu tiblic blic life lifean an d per p per ¬
haps he has done more for his race
in a i1h a quiet 1 iet arid artduha unassum tiia ssul su thing n in tig g way v y than tl n
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U10 mpsti t a ai nyptheriCo i IJy yptherccplored yptherccploredian < pth rlCQloredl1lani lored lorediman iman ian i of oLtq to ¬
da day dayY v Colonel Colon Co1one1Lwis elLewishas Lewis has in in his pos 10
sess seS siQ jpjri l one one of the tl1 thold old oldi passes passes > sses date da fe d
in 1857 issued iss edto to1 him when he was
a i cabin cabinbo bo bOy y yplyit plying gb between tweenN Nety eW
Or OrIeiuisan leans an and d St Louis L is It was was in ¬
teresting terestingto to hear the Colonel Colonelre re late
libw howthese these passes passesvete were utilized They
were issued for a a wee we weeks ks duration dur tio rt
and frequently those to whom v liom they
were issued would turn thellloveri them over dv r
to parties w ho were wereatt attem ll ipttn ptin pting g gto to
escape to the North > simply having 1
them tb c han h n ge gethe their ir irn unifies n 1t esjal1d an d
thus was was vas the he heujldettr undergrqurid ujldettr ujldettril U11dCr FOUUd il system syseni ysteiu
of delivering the slave slavekept kept open
Colonel CololielLevis Lewis had1 hi1 the distinction distinctionof o f
havin hav ipg g atten tt i1 ded e d live national n ntiona tioiprcb con c bn n ¬
ventions He was waspneo pneo piie o f fi i the im
mprta l l3Q6dele 30 6 delegates dele gatesto gat to the Chicago
cOnvention conve Mi6n for Pres Pr President ident idenlGrant Grant in m
i88o Speaking 1 o f this this thisC Colonel C o iol l
I Lew LeWis is said saidl id I feel elpr proud d that I r
I Was was in b that hntc cbnyentipn fwen tion and IHltI tha at t J I
was afforded the opportunity to
vote for Grants I I felt f lf that the
Negroes N egtoes owed oVed hint hinia li iiit a debt de bt Of f gra grati ti ¬
tude and I was was in my way w y aiding
in thecance the cancellation Uation of that debt d bt
Colonel dlonel olone Lewis e wis has in n his his possess poss siol1 ion
which he prizes IfiZeS very highly hig higli hly ly a per ¬
sonal letter l tter wr itten by General
Granttb Gra rant hrt6 to liN iiii thin th thankifg n king k t tlg lg him hinl for Ji his ls
serv ser vices ices in jnt11is this = cpiinectipn Speak ¬
ing ingof of his re re gard to loyalty and
patr patriot iptism sm the theCo Co Coionel l ionel lonel nClsa said d H HAfter After
my wife w v ife1eI1joy ife Ienjoy most rn9 tihedis the discussion ss q qn n
w with withmy ith ith my old comrades dmradesthe the scenes scenes of
the war times more than anything
e else lse It r t waS W wz < Wi gratifying gra ihing tq to t read in
Genera GeneralGran l Grants ts letter the follow
irigl ig I I fee fe el l proud roud ro o f iiiy niy i fr ien ie il ds ip in
the th Chica Chicago go Convention Cr r iventoll for th the li dir ir ir I
steadfastness ss and s s shall hall ever eVeNel11em remem ¬ I
ber b rlltem them 1
When Wh n tIle t tewar ewar war bro ro ke kepl put out tCqli Cplo iie l 1
Lewis headed headedthe the list o f fmen men w w vho ho
sent a petition toGenral to General Butler 1
vo lunteer lunt lunteerin e rin in g the til their ir irs services etvj es to enter I
the thearnl army kan an and d d dprctecttl1ef1g prptecti pr9te t the flag I UpQn 1 I
1 his discharge Colonel GelonelLewis Lewis retire d
I I with with the honor o Of f captain a aside si W
from hav ha vin in ing g ir serve s erve d as s first firstcolol colonel lel i
Ii i Ii I
of oJ the Lou is iana Volunteer In ¬
fantry Jant y Colonel Lew Lewis is was ap
po inted war agent for Freedmans
Bureau Bureauand and traveled i from State to
State esta sta blishing blis1i ing sc1 schools sclio 09Isa ls after ter the t tie e
wan war yar r He en joys joysthe the distinction distil1ctiQn o f
i hav hilyingbeen ing been apppinted toanaya tp a naya l
position ppsitionunder p sitkon under the admin adm l istration o f
Ha ijyat ayes yes at New Orleans Under Un < erthe the
a il adm dm inistration o ofGrantIte of f Grant he was wasap ap ¬
pointed pointedSuperin1en Superinten dent dento o f Pu P l blic
Improvements o f f the City of of New
Or Qrleans leans He was one of the warm
fr rien r ien ds dsof of McKin ley and andwhen when he
was introduced introducedtQPresidentRoose to President Roose ¬
velt veltan an d his recor d was stated to
him li iiii the Pres ident then an d there
without hestitation hestita tionappoint appointed d Co l l
Lewis to a lucrative an and d honora hono a ble
position i
Colone l Lew is isis is one o of f the old
sc hool Rich and ripe in exper xperience ience
and one o of f the sta lwarts lwartsbf of Lou is i ¬
ana He says sayssince s ince the the Negro has
been e liminated from politics po litics in
Lou is iana he has turne d his m ind ind
to bus bUS buiness iness an a at J1d id ids d issuccee ss s ice c e dirig di dil l gn g n icely i cly
Co < o lonel lbnelLew Lew is hacconpan accompan acco nJpan ied by his
w wlfeare v ife are stopping sto stcppin ppin g at t Mrs Mr Mad Madi Mad Madj j
doc ks 1924 iltli I ith street stre e el et l t fora for a s hort ho rt
w while hile hileaJ and aJ ld are the ih recipients of
man I many nmy y honors from their theilmany many
fr friends ien ds and al1 d dadn adm irefsin irers irersin in the die Ca Cap Capitol pitol Ito l
Cit City y
United Colored Colo r d Societies So cie ties
It HIs is very feasible tb form an
or organ gan ga hiza ization tion in Washington on tins this
plan composed cOl11i > ed of de delegflte legates s srom from rom
every ev ery c hurc h l1lodge lo lodge dge c cluband chub lub and as ¬
soc sQcia iation tioJ1 The ri final result would
be betl betlateyerymm bethat that ateyerymm every man an d dwoman 4W9man woman in
Washington Was ingtoncQuld could be reached by
the benefic 1ieneficial ial ia influences o f f idea and
action for or soc so cialbe ial be tterment tternie t tan an d im ¬
proveme provement dt
The beginn ing o f ft this 1isu un hi6n ion as to
e ffort ff6 ff6rt rt might m ight we well ll tie e along alb l lg lgi i die he 1c lines IIbcs
pf support to colore col lpre re d denterpr d enterprise enterpr ise and
e ffort fforfTIlere There is istbo istOo too In muc m dc c ii h business
w which hich colored people peoples s s should l10 uld give
each e Fh Fhothet other that is go g oiiiintetl1e ing into the
hands hflnds o f ftllc those > SC who care ca enothing nothing
for colored people or r their the hcirvpr ir wor k
Socially Sq ially and industr ially we must
all rise iseor or fall together toge fher and since
we ve are segregate d and classed all
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together the status o f Uhe the mass w ill
be thatofoth that of the in div idual and or ¬
ganization ganiza tionan an d deffort effort for general j
uplift will finally leaven leav nthe the lump
To make a home rear a fam ily
and be a good ne ighbor takes
money Everyone knows A man
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may be a fine fil c fellow but if ifhe he is a
doctor do t6r carpenter or ora a printer pr infer he
must work work to work he must get
work He cannot nnot marry malryorenter or enter
ta tainhis thin in his fr iends ien ds or live if he cant t
get work The colore d dbusiness business v
man man and andmechan mechan ic gets workbllt work but a
not i iot a ll llthat that he might in iglit pI or should have
Much business b siness that be belongs longs to him
t
by bytheoperation the operation of the law lawo of cir
t
cumstances cumstancesIs is diverte d tounnaturU to unnatura nnatur l
1 f W J ffTTl t t t
chal1nelsOrganizc channels T OrganiaC CT art an Vnited Jnited f
Co lored le red Soc Societies ieties in Washington
and a d I 1 predictthattheniovement predi predktthat tthat the 1110vementwill niovement w ill
sprea d deverth deverthcntirc over the entire country cbuntr y
IN INSOCIETYS SOCIETYS REALM
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Conducted Conduct d by MISS MISSMARr A1ARYCPRTIS C RTIS
Attorne Atforney Attorney y L M 1fKing 1 King o ofthe f fihe the local lO pa1 al I
bar has returned r etur rted to the c city ity after
ten days d ys in the thccountry country for the im ¬
provement proveine t of his health heal l loo l o king kiligth tdi ig the
picture of ofhealtlt Tiealtlii health
Dr I Toljver pastor pf of the Lib ¬
erty Baptist Church Churcho o f this c city ity
has justr just returned etlirrte d froln fronr fronia a ten wee we < ks
vis it in Texas Tex s an anc d da la a lso a a wee weeis weeks is sta stay y
iii New Orleans La attendirig attel a ttendin din if g the the he
Baptist Convention
Mr R K Was hington hillgtollo o f fierce Pierce
Place N W has returned returJ 1edfron from froi 1an an
putin Qutingin g in New lST ew Je Jerse Jer rseyan Cy y an d New Ne vl
Yor k kan an d has ta ta ken kel i iup up his hiswork work
at at the Treasur y Department Dep rtmenf w ith
increased increasedv v igor
Barney B rney McKay McKayeditor editor of fthe the New
Jersey Tr ibune reache d the city c c ity tyn a
few days ago
Miss Lizz tiz zie ie Ward Wardo rard rardo o f f Churc h 1
street N W is spen spendin ding d il ga a few feWdjYs days
In in the mounta ins orl on her lea l 1e ave ye c
Mrs Mr Beulah Hyde o o f Js Jse Ney T e y yYorl Yprlf York <
City w vill ill be the guest o pf f Mrs M Ms s I If IN f N
Ross 1444 4Q 4Qstreet 0 Qstrce strce street jt 1f M fW W W next
week
Chapla in oJ O j J W Scott of OfHie ihe lie
Twentyfifth TJe 1ty fi th Infantry left the thei thec dty c ity it I
Tuesday fOr f r Columbus Ohio and
several points 1 West WestJ Westenroitte J en enroitte route to I
Spo kane Wash
Mrs M C Beckett o f 225 6th
street streetS S E Mrs Williain Wihlianijen 1Jen Jen ifer if ifer er
Mrs Mr 1r 5 Julia lialt R 1 Cpstiii of Anacostia Ana cos tia
b D C Mrs K J Bertha Hurst Hurstof of
1541 54 I4th 14thstrect stree strCCt t N W Miss Ma ttie
Throc dcmorton kmortonQf p of f LeDro Le bro it ltJa Par rk k
Mrs Anna We Welc lc h ho o f f 1 172 1729 72 9 istli
street N NW11r W Mrs Mr B I l ja tspn t qHf of
1535 535 l4th 14thstreetNW I4thstreet street NW NWv NWMrs v Mrs Mrs Fan ¬
n tue ie ieSimnf Simms o f f i i5th 5th street N W
1 MrsVYpungj MrsYoungMis 4 Mrs MrSAnl1 Ahn isHoplc idHoptdns Jns I
of f 12th street streetN NW N W and Miss Mar y
Curtis Cur tis o f f 1917 8th stree t N W
w will ill leave leav for Baltimore Ba ltimore Md on
Thursday Tlittrsd y morn ing ingSeptelu Septem ber b r 29
to attend the Miss ionar y yConven Convention ion
o of f the Ba itimore Con ference
Branch Br al1ch which convenes in that city
on said date dttecQntinu continu in g guntil until the
30th
The Cushion Clubof Club of ithe the Metro M tr ¬
politan polit it A AM M E cimr Church th gave ave1 a
very unique uniqueel enterta ter ta inment it tit tt the
parsonage parson ge 1444 1444Q 1444QstreetNW Q street streetNW str eet N W
called ca calleda lled lleda a bun dle party the auctioneer
be ing in gMrR Mr R K Washington WashIn gton
Dr Seele Seeley y a miss missioHiry ibnary ki ry min 1il n iin t tl tist l ist istr ister r
in the th Bar Barbados ba bados dos is jit the c city ity in
the interest intere t o of f his Work vorkthere there
ELITE ELITE COLUMN
Conducted d by
W PRESTON DAYLESS 1915 6lt 1 Street N NW W
Am A m ilitar y drama entitle d Be ¬
tween Two Fires was given last
Fr Fridriy iday evenin g in the auditor ium i m
of the True Reformers H Hall ll for
the I benefit o f fihe the Un ion Wesley
Sunda Suidaysc ysc hool h ol Eac Each h per former
acte a acted cted d his par partwe part t we ll lland an and d those who
a attended ttende ttende d dwent went away please d Ex
ce llent llentll1u music slc was ren reJ rendered 1 dered lered by the
Lyric Orchestra Or Orches ches chest chesra t ra
The Th Hiawatha Theater will re ¬
open o pen Mon Monda da y October 3 With w ith a
small smallstock s mallstockcompany stock stockcompany company headed he aded by the
in imitable T Spencer Finley and nd
Miss Minn ie Brown Lifemotion
pictures p ictures w vill v ill be presente d Mr
Lawrence LawrenceColwellwill Colwell Will be bethedi the di ¬
rector r of o f the orchestra orc hestra i which w l1ich w ill
consist cOnsisto c o f ffive five pieces The Thetheater theater ¬
goers will w ilfbe ill be pleased pleas ed tb see the
lights gleamirig gleamit ig from the Hiawatha
where they can go laugh laughan 1 an and d grow gr w
fat f at
Miss Ste S t lla Ar Arr rin ington gten Jias ias re e ¬
tUTl turne urned e d from from Br r ightwopd ghhVQo d Ya Va Ta
vyhere w w here she has tas been vis itin g relatives rela tives
an a n d fr iends
We Welec received cived an invitation to t at ¬
tend te e ildthe bd the assembly dance d nce given I by
t1 the iC Wilber forciaii forci ii MusicalAssocia ¬
tion ion at the main hall at True Tiu Re ¬
former ormer Buildin Bu H 1iI < 1g g Fdd1yevening Fr iday evening
O October ctob ctobr r 14 14
01
The Readers Re iders Resc Researc rc h Club is ts s
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ta king a trip tripAr Arouhd i ild ld the Wor ld
dur ing i p theensumg fh thenst t ts s Hj gear j Year year and has hasan An an ¬
R ROUI nounced n OUI ui i f f1 d the th Il i foll follow foll9ng 9 i l lt iJw iJwcalendar ng t ° calendar
J9 o b
> CALENDAR
READERS READERS I RESEARCH RESJi i RCIICLU CLUB
C AROt AROUND AROtN iND > THE H WORLD
Was W hngP11 hingt v P C 1910
Septem ber ber sB 28T 28facation 28Yacation T facation cation After
niatlj 11Iat1h nmtl llnrea u e t d Pa t ar pers irs on paradis Paradise
Lost Leave L ay Washington WMlll ngtonor for Japan
dctp dctper OC g er r 1226 1 29 r i Japan i Miss
I Munc ia
MundaYI y > l
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Npyeiii Npv NwembCr I ber r 9 9j23 92 9T23 j23 3 1 China 1 Mrs
yernpn y 9 9iipn 1l9 1l9r iipn r I j Inf ij I
Decein pecen ber72lT7 e r7 2 x IKlia thlia Mrs Al All ¬
hert bert feiiiw 4 4I at I HI nc i
igri J 9II l
jaiit j t iary4i4 i 4 iE Egypt pt Miss M 1i 1iso so Jo in
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er ervi MD MDiu
F br r 5 J Greece Mrs
Scott Scot > F 1 1
toc f farc arc rc h ii5 j Itay f f jY MrsMilleri M Mrs Miler
l l 1
M r rc h h 2 SpalJ1 and France
I I If 1 AINil April v T i 12 12p 12Mrs trii p i r i Mrs 11 11rs T I rs jllHinV t tI Ca = KiIbva llpway
iApr iHLk ilio I Switzenarid wti v H HaJ 1 1and aJ and d Mrs trs Car
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son
Ma May M I y 1024 i 4 i German Ger 1an y yMrs Mrs
1 Srait Sm it lV l I iI I
June Jtln un 72 721R 1 Russ S sia ia Mrs MtsWr Wr ight
July JI1lY5 sic 5I9N6r 5I9N6rt fNorway N Nr NW1t r W1t W1ty t r t y r mid al iil Swe Sweden den
Mrs Bur Dt tr lls ll J I If f
August 2i6 2I6qr 216Gret Great T e t Br Brita ita in inMrs Mrs
Decatur r
Se S ptem br b r 13 1317 I3I7iIome 7 Home Hbme Aga in
Mrs Ha ll lt
The Saturday Even Even ing Whist
Club held itsfirst its first meeting for the
year yearat at the home ho rile of fDr Dr Evaii EvatiRoss Ross
The following officers e fficer were electe d
Miss l1issldnJMitche MissId < Ida Mitche ll 1111kS > pw5 3s identv i identMiss < Miss
Eleanor teano Curtis Citr tis v icepresident Dr
Eva Ross secretary lie reta ry Miss Jenn J nn ie
Williamson Willia 11son treasurer t easurer an d Miss Mis s
Lula Lti ia Allen ilIe q Jef re feree fer r e
The stork stdr stdrkv kv visited isited the home hOI ie e o f Mr
and nd Mrs Mr Fran Fm bk k A A Byron Byr d last Sat ¬
urda y Ya arid a ai tic d le ft fta i a beautifu beau tifu l l little
daughter d lig jter
Mrs Mary E Washington W Wshiligtonef Wasli shiligtonef ii igton of
New Albany Alba riy Ind is v is iting Mr
and Mrs RW R W Thompson for a
few days d ys this week week
Rev R v J J E EW Wood odeditorofthe e ditor of the
Danville Ky < Torchlight Tor c1l lgit isth is the
guest gues t torRe of orRe Rev and Mrs Luke Luk D
Best
Misses Lucille and Anna Cec Ce cil il of
Johnson City Tenn Tennstudcnts students o f
Howard H w rd Un University iversity have feturned
to resume resume the thekstt ir studies diesalth at the urii uriii un i i
vers ity They spent spel1tthe the ir vacation irvaca tion in
Jew J ew York City and Jersey City
A A b beautiful tifll I daughter was born to to
Dr an and d Mr Mrs s Williston lastThurs last Thurs
day
ro
Miss Vera V r Hackney Hac kney daughter of
Rev Hac H cl cll kney lth l yo y o f fthapeI Chapel Hill N N t C
is the guest of oUr fr iends in inthis this c dt ity
Mr Oscar scar scarP scarresto Preston P resto 2154 New
Port PortPiace Place is v is itingiin lting tn New York i
City for for t two I yo wee e ek ks i
Mr Fred EredMoo Moore re e editor ditor o f fthe the
New York Age was was in the c city ity
Monday an an d Tuesday Mr Moore
had h d an engagement w itli ith President Pre sident
Ta ft on Monday at io A A M MI M I
Miss Da isy Watson is ex expected pected
to teretUrt1 return to the c city ity from froma a vis it of
three weeks wee ks with VitIl fr iends iepds in Pitts
bur burg g gPa Pa
Miss Sylvia 5y via Garner r 943 943 Tea
street stre t who vho has h hsbeen sbeen been confine d in the
hospital forfiv for five wee we es ks is con qn
valescing Val s ing
Mrs Conner onn 1 1935 935 nth lths street reet is
expected ex pected tQ to return r tu rn Mon M n day dflYqctp Octo ¬
bet 3 3 3after after two ninths v is it in it the
West i
i
Miss kliss Hattie ShaW Si1 Sii W v a h teacher teather te clici ii in i
Mis Mi Mis V sI Burro Burrou Buduglis ghs School sc sch scoo h oo l has h re rei oO i ¬
turned t turne rhe < d l frOnt fre riJ Ober Oberlin lin Oliic Ohi i w where here
she studied dur du ri ing l the summer su mm r
1 Miss Alfreda Alfre da Kennedy Kelin Kenndypent dyspeJ1tS spenOSat Sat t
urday urdayili in Baltimore Baltj Baltjl1pre Baltiipreia l1pre lvICI McL
On Mon day October 3 a select t
musical lIllisicaland and literary program will
be b rendered at the Conservatory of
Mi Mtisi fsi isifc The name of Dr W E B
DuBis Du Brjis Brjisneeds nee needs ds on ly to tdbenlentioned be mentioned
as tlie t 1l 1 pr prin pineipal incipal tipal contributor to give
assi ass irance that the even ing will yv ill be
qng itha that thats s h hould udcommal1 comman d dour our atten ¬
tion The Theliostesses hostesses are Mrs Carr ie
G o oCliffprd Clifford and Mrs Harr det iet Gibbs i bs
Marshall
Mr M Ir Lcon te Foster F t rofCinc bf Cinc innati inna ti
IOhiowas bhio Ohio was in iitth the c dty it y y last Wednes We hes ¬
I Id day d da y
Mrs Mrs 11 James JainesL L L Ne N il is v isiting for
Several se ver lveeks weeks in Salisbur S lisbur y N G C
Mrs Mr5J J E Mooreland returne d
last week We kafter after hav in g spent five
weeks wee we ks l vis iting hcrs hersist sisteY r Mrs Chap ¬
la in Anderson AndersonofoWilber of ofWilber Wilber force Ohio
Mrs MisMoor Modrelarid Mo rCla la d Was wasivery very much muc h im ¬
presse d with the pleasant stay she
had at t Wilberforce and her heart
i is full of ofgratifude gratitude for the many
courtesies th that tshe she lie rece rec eived ived w hile
there
Prof W Wpjohnson B Johnson of the theLan Lan d
Office who Whq for lor or the past three
months m pnths has been b en enga nga ged ed as asa a spe ¬
c cialagell ial agent for the Land Office in
the field fi fie fieldan e idan an d has been in eleven
States disc discharging harging the duties il incum lc lcu u m ¬
bent upon him returned ret rned to o the c city ity
last la t Sunday
Miss Ann ie Gr Grimagehasre image has returned re turned
a afte fter r raverypl a averypl very pleasant asant v isit isitamong among
friendsi fr iends in Pittsburg Pa
Little Lena Len daughter daughtero o of f Dr
an a ll d MrsW Mrs W L Lbftori IOft Il w ho has
been on the s ick ick list for fo r rsevcra severa l l days
is recover recover ing very rapidly r rThe The
friends fr le 1dS o tr trritH f Eiflfe Li fife tena tebai1c Lena hope e to see see
her out soon sooil
Hon W L Houston le ft for Chi Ch i ¬
cago Jast last Tuesday Ttle sday a fternoon Mr
Houston spent spenta a we wee ek k with his fam ¬
ily after the theBMC BM 13 M C
Mrs Cora Boykins o of f Pitts burg
pa id a short v isit isitt to Washington
She She was the guest ofMrs o f Mrs Anna Vv V
Downe I D wne yney y o f f5I6 516 z6 Tea Te street stre t NW Nj N W
Miss MissLe Lellie llie Throckmorten ll rockmorten of 516 51 i6 6
Tea street has returned from from her h r
summer r rvilca vacation vilca tion spent spen t at Ocean
Grove N J
A A J Jen kins Departmental De partmental Cpm ¬
man der of ofF Post > ost No 25 of ofGreen Green
yille Miss stopped over ove in Was Was h
c cngtonon ington ngtonon oil his way ya y i home ho m me e from the the
Grand Army ArmyEJ1c Arm y Encampment ampment held at
Atlantic City and spent the day daywith With w ith
Iiis his o ld fr friend iend L C Moore Judge
J Jenkins JI cl1kins < i was a prom inent inentc11a character racter
during the reconstruction period peri9
be being ing justice of the peace o f his
county for 12 years
Miss MissPr Pr icilla Ji J H Taper past
departmental president o f f the 1 Sons
an d Daughters o f the Womens Re ¬
lie f Cor Cbr ps psbfNew of New 1 Orleans stopped stop ped
over dyer ver hi Washington en nroute route to her
home from the Grand Army En ¬
campment Miss Taper is a solic so solkitor li itor
of pens ions She has been a cler k
in the Pel Pension lsion Office at New Or ¬
leans for 25 years
Dr Washin gton g n diaries Charles Des Des hs
Rev Jev Dunlar John Yalsan r alsan Joseph Jos ph
Netter Joseph Drama i Denn is
Brez Irez ielo Edwar d Johnson and
Alonzo lonzo Samuels Samll ls spent a day da y in
Vashin Washil1 t gton en route to the ir home
from the Grand Army Encamp Encam p
meat held at Atlantic City
Miss Miss Mattie Throckmorteii v ice
pre pres jres ident of fthe the Ba ltimore ltimorcb banch b nch of
th the lie Mite Miss ibnar ionary y Society and and
her icr sister Mrs AnnaV Anna V Downey D wney
atten i tterided ded ed the distr ict convention held
at it Baltimore on 01t the the29th 29th an d d30tli 30tli
of > f September Sepeni ber
The Thcmall many yfdCt fr ien ds dso o f Mrs s Sarali Sar ri th
Throc Thr c kmorte kl nor ri will vUj 1 be bcpl b 1 please as cd d to to
ie learn rTl tha t t ts s she he is isco convalesc conval nvtlesCingand ing and
will illsoon soon soon be a ble ble to be out r utall utalld arid an d d
about
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VANITY FAI FATR FATRi i
Conducted by byJOHN JOHN H HWILLS HWILLSI WILLS I i i r i ff
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The Main Difference Between BeweenClvlJlze Civilized Man ar arJ anUlne nJ f t
Savage IsSavages Is Savages Dont DonR 1 Read J J i
House Rent Re at and High HI hLivin Living
In the past fifty years the in ¬
crease in house rents and land
values have increased il1creas d to such an ex ¬
tent that a man has to tocxpelid expend expendone one
third of his salary sal ry for house rent
To those who own houses and andcan can
call callthe the ir salary income this does
not apply of course The cause of
this increase increaseis is difficultto difficult to determ detern1in ine
accurately accura tely but the des ire for better
homes an d fine homes and andth i the in ¬
crease in greed and boldness of the
landlor d class are the two chief chie f f
causes calisesai1 an < d l lalleged alleged lI lIin increase in ease iii
wages wa ges and ande eevation e leva tion o f the tlu
stan standard standardof dard dar d dof of inte lligence ll gen e contr ib4
ute also alsoas as well weUas as the habit o f
furnis furnishing hing hingthehonie the home on bnthe the install
mentplan ment plan
To colore d people pe l le the 1 house lse rent ren
problem is particularly iiarsh harsh bej he
cause o bfthe f the discr disctinlinat imination oJ1 prac p c ¬
tice heed d uHo upon them by the landlor ds dsj
and an d da a des ireon ire 6 6n on n the part pa t of qfacon ofa a con
sidera ble number l iumberof of the colore
population populati0l1tolive to tolive live in socalled so caUedwhit white whi it 9
ne ighborhoo ds This desire desi desir < sire r re is perJ per
fectly fec fectlynatura tIY tIYnatura natura l la laild a and d for flr thema the ma jo jor rity it ity
entirel en entirely tirely y justifiable justifiahlethough though there ar arc j
a few colored persons who wish to td t
getaway get away from themse themselves lves Onco One o f fj
the surest ev idences of the progress rogres
of ofour our our peo people > le is the mar ked kedilll im 1 j
provemcnt in the ir homes Living
in better houses hO tSeS i means 1 increased increa e
productiveness better b better etter education
higher ideals andmorals and morals Anyon
acqua acqu acquainted acquaintedw inted in ted tedw w ith Washington can can4 i
npt no uc 1t Jle he lpnoticin g gthe the theIinproyenjen improvement Jnmroye11 n
in the homes and an d home life among amon j
the colored people here in the thepas past
thirty thi irty years an d however howeverpes pess im isi is
tic tic al1yonemay anyone may be regarding reg ardingth g tbej
progress of our o lr people peop le none canl cm
den y this im important portant evidence1 evid nce of o of f
progress It His is a very encpuragin gj g
and iid ho hop1ul peful s ign o f r real real eal practica
progress When society a dvances
to the po int of ofrea realization rea lization o f f the tli j
truth ttli that the thecollllllunity community js the thd thc4 j
II IIWhereth herethe Whereth Colore C Colored IOleiiY ii yoteIsa t Isirfo I > o itent nt
Factor Factor < > i >
Cold
Stale Stateaii4Distr an4 Distr ict Ma M j jivote vote
Colorado at large > > I 8640 13215
Connecticut at large larg iargq4 i 15459 4576
Connecticut Connect icut I > 1 5188 tt 1118 18
Connecticut II 3362 1632
Connecticut IV 6513 1208
Illino is XV 3084 308 34 if8g i 89
lIIiI1Qi J1hil1 j XXIWi XXII i j i I l5 91 271
Kansas I 56554506 5655 4506
Kansas III 2414 2346
Knnsas l IV t kY t 2277916 2277 916
Kentucky IeituckyXi xLo 6012 2659
New Jersey I ITTT I TTT r 9904 4281
New Jersey Jers yn II 8 8o82 < 2 24joo 4600
New Jersey III v 3246 2769 27
New N w Yor k XIX 3309 3309 1419
New Nc York YorkXX XXt xx 4452 1 1850 50
NewYork New York XXIIIiiwy XXIIIiiwyf83tv XXIII i f83tv r 830 714
New NcwYork York XXiy 1259 633
Ohio yili VItI 1 3869 1241 i241
Ohio OhioX X > I i 22io 2z 2210 o 1964 1904
PhpXII Ohio XII J i 4740 3291 3 1
ono xiv 1399 399 683
OIiiojXVL OhiQ XVIi i i i w II i 2141 i254
Pennsylvan r Pc pns pnsyivaii rl ana ia VII 1 1II3 V n326 II3 6 1 5748
Pennsylvania I PCn s thim ja VIII 379P 2029
Pennsylvan ia XVIII 6774 0 z81 781
Penns l nns ylvania yly XXII Cxn 1 i 4006 781
Pennsylvania I P Pniisylva niisylva ia XXIII I 2591 591 1936
Tennessee ICnn essee II 83ii 5837 837
Virginia IX 1 6752 67525029 5029
West WestVirginia Virginia Virgin ia IV 1449 449 137 437
West Vi Virginiaj gininj v V1 i vv J 5890 Sj 8o jo 1 496o
I 1Plhlish PilIished Plhlish d by courtesy 06 o MrHifrryA 1Ir 1iHirrA Hnrr tA
Clar ke
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Were Wereijn it notij nOtt tUhatwe that we are ar ddcus cus
i tonied t I11 l by sad sad exper ience t6thedis t tlte tliedis is
graceful gracdulstate state stateof of things in1 iiitheSdutli theSouth tI S utlt
phe o il ilc c would naturally ask hsk why ihyare hiy are are
ribt l f Alabama Arkansas Arkans Arka ns hsFlo Flor FloriUa riti id ida a
Georgia Geor gia Miss issippl iss l pl Lou 6iisia isiana isia ith t
North Northand and South Car CarOhiii olina l 1 and Vir I ¬
ginia giniawherefl ginia where the dHaj nia jority joit It Itr > r pf p pf f the fife tl1e
colored d voters v P Pers ers dwp d ye FHil jj Il i ii this thi C S l
Umn umn With Withan m ll honest tqnest I vote Vt laj vid Td d
fa ir count countth the colored coloredl l vote Qte woujd wo 4td
be b very yerypot potent t in deal dc Wt Mthdsfe WLV
tQt tntes 44h9 poh J
w who ho are areap advising isjI1g the CDlo colore feWs r a t9 t9r f fr r
to flirt with withJ J Uiss tjffisncnlo JDcm einOdia bcfly y
shou should ld thjn thinic < 91 JtH 9 ling I Jth
out the SoJidSoiith SolidS SolidSt t ith thtept keptf kept > s so soiitV iitV by
the thev v ilest fraud fraudand and the l1Wt most ini 1w in
pudent p 14ent usurpation of 0Jpow powers r there
would be no 110 Miss IDemocrac Den Democracy iocracy yf
and the the inte intelligent lligel1t voters white whitea wli iteand and ld
black IJ lack know this this Even Ev i1 if iftl iftlema the ema ma ¬
jor jor ity ityof of the voters yoterssholld slip should ld forget
the record of the DemocrafiQ Demoi Derno = tati party
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MRS Mi s MAMIE Ross I Ii i v M
Wife of o of ofPr f Dr I 1 N Ross ROswho w ho has recenUyreturned recently returned frbina frbina1Jtour frain 1Jtour t8ur
through tIlrotl gh the th b South o otith otithand th thand and who vh is interested interestedlarg largely l in church cl clit fr irCl irCli l aiidn i id d lis H t
sionary slonary Work u I n I h 1r1l1 in >
cause of increasing land landvalties va valties 1ues lues an d
thenioney 1 va lues gained by that in ¬
crease c belong to the commun ity
rather I than to th the individua l llartd land ¬
holder hci der then the house rent problem
Will v ill be solved solv d But that is a lQl1g lon lng g
way 1 v y o ff1 ff ffstill still there thcl e is no n reason reas n
why it may not be hoped hepedf for rllOr nor
whys the present pr prsentpracticO < sentl practice racticcef of collect
ing J ingrent i ng ngrcntii rent rcntii > ii iha a dvance Qvaneeshotild s hpilld cpntilUiei cont contiiti luc
This rli is is un just and < l1tar marks markshiardship < s hardship
upon 1 the renter renterand and allows the land ¬
lor l or r d unreasonable tl tinreisonabi tinreisonabiprofitat j jr r sOl labl profit pr profitat ofit a arid rid id a surety sur ety
from I fr frm fr m riatura i a h hra ra l lbllsiness business r tis E1si E1scs is isk iss k ks kswhi i cs s which whi h
his 1 teria tenant ht must m t ta ke hi the practice pr actice diCe
of c his business or avocation
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for stupidity st lpi i r ram and am iJJc inca pacity r i i il l ll hthe l l the the
past e eIghty ightyyears y years ears and elect lecta a aDemo Demo ¬
cratic cra tic Pr President s < cllt and a rtd Congress C lig igres is 1let let
no Negrci N Negrotke egrd ta takej ke jbyih y I thatllioughr tl1 tili thiouh 6ghh
for the first thin g they vill willzittCiii attempt zittCiii he i1pt jt
is tJi the repeal of o f the war warai4i af afaih amendnienifs aih nd dm dmllfs ieifts llfs
and undJhe andthie the eiiactiiient bJiachile itt o f more lor jinicr6w J lh
legislation l also a iso the the adilifibnof i1 dUifioi m ti f fnc one bne nc
or tWo V or Or r three tl tle thi r e ec hibrc i iorc oic 1 St States t tTh t td 1 tli tlie thi e
column of fthose those disgrace disgr c ftllI fur 1 ci5iiii olr
iiiunities iU llitiesvhicli iiities which overturn land anda andasup J sup sUpl
pressthe p e s the law I v 1 and ttll U degrrtclec d gram itize itii is
oil on accoiinto arce tnto fcolb fcolba fco io hlonct a loneV 1 h l Ifr1u 11
Then 1 5ii ihdee iiideed iiideedmahi deedmay l mahi mahiol6FCd nay nayl ll 1Ii he 1 colored ot r a
voters r te tcrs ts1 of Marylaiid of ofryl ryl ryll l il l lsin sin 1 g lj r TKe f le
conuhu conuhucu ContIht1 cu b b hr fla

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