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JjyTH YEAR H AfftLT B A 1 i i n i v ' rs. .x v : iz i. fi Vir'Avi X AVi ,. avxrv W 'ati'tt.. t tt Nt CG cao 'trial. si ..'- f j PWmJXI IM r i VY M7S H. -" Wfi fi; "i nr,ii "11 1 u ' ' the v l:Ui :t!t , I Jutru 1 'Ul feu Wlff '" i jH.' wa k,, Stta e... w fee pp. ley n uit v. !. "'ir. VBi. . 1 )?ERLOADED THE Men, not Party; Principle, not Party Name. Great Fire 5818 Now Open normous Itock Marked Down iVi.li.nh ver did and nobody ever will have the chance at such fine goods at the Low Prices Quoted Twrtitylive Salesmen insure prompt service. . jfo exchanged. No Giinds sent on approval. No iTiiurfs sold on credit. Early purchasers will have choice, and we will lft only twenty people in at one time, and select tlinse nearest the door. raves, cox & CO. LbUsHed. in 1867 FOR FINE ITCH and CLOCK WORK GO TO , N. Williams, Opposite Opera Houbb. mmve your Eyes If Sight Is Failing. for Old Gold and Silveb. tag wgyw .? ygs ggcs fa 'l.',' - 5J . I K A --Nv ?v V n j. iNk ' jurm i r v V am K asvxy r j T7 ;' fa Overloaded with Barcains for the Feet. peKijiht in ir wiih Protection for Vmir Pedals. JU f(,r Men ainl Boys and Over- 'or.Men an.; lor Women real kM health' ul. real H io,lnctK an,i Rubbers for the h liar. on Shoes, m .ir goods at this ' . sjiiile for. - S)ine of the shapeB The heavy welt ! to wear during - 'li. . i Leather, and te-It t,:!i ot.w.lr :.,r.t 4l. i Cl'llA JIICL IUC will have them Come and give !! Shoe House H fest Maui street 0. R. KING, 63 EAST MAIN, Graduate Optician, Keeps a Full Line of Jewelrf. Mi WATOfl, CLOCK an! -JEWELRY EEPAIEIN6 It's a Matter 0' Money To yon t.o trade with us. We can guarantee you satisfaction in eyery respect. Our goods are carefully selected and are the best to be had. Onr Prescription Department receives our special attention, as Accur&cy and Precision Constitute onr Motto We have a-n 'especially "fine line of Pefuraes and Toilet Soaps: Mountain Violet - 5c Buttermilk Soap 5c CALL AND SEE THEM. Coopers' Drug Store MAIN AND BROAOWAY. Telephone 453. Mardi Gras. This year's festivities at New Orleans occur February 21 to 27. The preparations made have never been equalled. Round trip tickets to Mobile and New Orleans via the 5' T&sfyj$Cpi ' ttef nsip" L? K5 E3t?f Will be on sle at One Fare for the Boun Trip, wiih liberal return lim'ns. The train service is the finest in the South. Through Pullman Drawincr Room Slee i' g Care Cincinnaii to New O-leans daily withon change. Limited Trains. Fine Cafe, Pa lor and Observation Cars on the day trams. Free Books and Maps. W. P. EINER80N, G, P. A Cincinnati. fcl Tjk:Sw4SZ " - -i ..".: K? tu " (Jfif :,'-. . . a ., s - ... -. ' r?" . a "" rnr i .mt -i " r. VEr - " .tf - r. r ' ..-. - jj l k w - -run.. T - ' J-9-- . . . -" ? 'i -& .ih' - L -, - X- i - ' ". - -- . . " X 1 ' - - - 43 I : vs ... . $ - - .rl '" LEXINGTON STANDAR R. O. O. Ecitor and Proprietor. LEXINGTON KENTUCKY SATURDAY JANUARY 27 1900 Spirit ofthe Press. Mississippi's new governor goes for the lynchers with a vengaence and suggests that the Legislature enact laws whereby the co'unty in which a a lynching takes place shall pay to the family ot the victim a large sum of money as indemnity. This will stop the business; for the Mississippi ier don't want to be taxed for killing Negroes, Mobile (Ala.) Press. If the Negro can manage to be a friend to himself his future is secure He must learn the value of time and money. To waste either is equally foolish. There are traits which we must leave off. Mean, little, petty jealousies cause much of our present condition. Let us bo men of honor, or get out of the way and let men oi honor come by. Selma, (Ala ) Record. R. C. O Benjuu.u, the able editor ul the wide awahe Lexington Standard defines the stars and stripes in this country thus: "Stars are for the whites and-s tripes are for the blacks." If the blacks will only learn to oe independent, they can stripe the whites also with their ballots Urge them to action, Brother Benjamin. Pioneer Press, Martinsbnrg, W. Va. The Negro who has not in him the business qualifications to earn & living is a dependent, a pauper, and is as a citizen, no matter how much useless information he may have lying loose in his cranium. One trouble with us as a race is that we sre not enough interested in our standing among other races. We are tio easily satisfied and not very anxious 1 to get far away from the old landmark. We dress well, we look well, and talk well; but in far too many cases that is all there is nothing behind it. We need good stores and business houses of. every description. We must get money. Biloxi (Miss.) Gazette. The Negro who thinks he is "actin' like de white f o'ks" and who refuses to patronize Negro establishments, is a fool. A white man patronizes his own race first. Who uver. heard of a. white woman talking about not allowing a white dressmaker to sew for her, or a white shopper refusing to buy at a white store, or a white teacher refusing to read a white newspaper P Nobody, and nobody ever will. White people have sense. They know blood is thicker than water, and so knowing, they act along this line. The Negro does not need to talk so much of race love; he needs to shut up and work, and subscribe for his race paper. The American Guide, R. H. Fitzhugh, General Manager of the Colored Orphan Industrial Home, of Lexington Kentucky, and is well known for his loug and ardent labors in behalf of the race, argues at length in the Lexington Standard that the Negro of the South, except for the social barrier and its natural effects, "is already as free and unbounded as -any man in the land. As an agriculturist or skilled machanic" he says, "he has not only an open, unobstructed field, but his services are in such unavoidable demand that, to a very great extent he controls the scale of wages under which he is employed." m He also argues that "it is only the vicious and idle of the race who get into trouble." It must be admitted that the South is the natural home of the Those who urge him to scat-ter over the various States of the North and South overlook the fact that his industrial opportunities are almost entirely eliminated in these far-away sections, exeept in a few isolated instances With the superior opportunities portrayed by Captain Fitzhugh, there should be a bright future for the Negro in the South. Denver (Colo.) Statesman. The Negro newspaper is the black-man's only forum where an impartial hearing is guaranteed. It is not a luxury, but one of the most pressing necessities of this age The Negro who refnses to sustain an honest race journal is blind to his best interests. Colored American, Washington, D. C. More than that. A Negro who refuses to sustain an honest race journal is more often than otherwise, not only blind to his best interests, but so prejudiced and chock full of cussednes that, tsven if he sees the good in a journal, he pretends that he does not see it, and 1b never so happy as when engaged in the nefarious work of crippling the influence of tho paper and speaking ill of the men; who muk'e sacrifices that the race may ve this most effective champion of the rights and liberties of a long oppressed and proscripted people The Progress. Two Omissions. A Negro preacher had just concluded the ceremony which united an old Negra in matriojoyjor .fiffturjfe time The silence which 'usually follows an occasion of this kind was broken by the preacher in hiaeflirt to relieve the embarrassment of the attendants. "It is usually the custom, " he ?aid ''for the preacher to kiss the bride, brt this time we will omit." The groom gave bis young wife a healthy smack and turning to the preacher eaid: "Parson, it am usually de case fer de groom to give his parson somethin'. but dis time we'll omit " Aud he walked away from the astonished preacher with his bride on h'B arm. Memphis Scimitar. They Saluted the FIa?. A Negro color sergeant of the Forty-ninth iDfautry gave some .. while soldiers of the Forty-second a lesson in respect for the flag, in Honolulu. A large crowd of white soldiers stood at Hobron'a corner to see the colored regiment go by. They did not notice the flag at all. The color sergeant rushed up to the crowd. "Are you American sold ice?" demanded he, " 'Yss," they said. "Then ealute this Hag and be.quick bout it" In a jiffy all caps were off and the salute was given. A white commissioned officer was on the sidewalk. His cap came off with and he showed that he felt the justice of the rebuke. Hawaiian Flag Vinegar Ferments. Cincinnati, Jan. 25. At the Main Street Colored Baptist Church, Covington, Tuesday night, when Rev. Peter Vinegar, of Lexington, who had been invited to preach a special sermon, staggered to the pulpit, a stout "mammy" in a front seat exclaimed: "Sit down, you ole fool. You's drunk." Pastor Vinegar paused, clenched his fists and roared: If I am drunk I'm not" and he used a vile epithet. "How dare yo make such insinuations? Yo' ain't got the sense of a rabbit, 'deed yo' ain't. Drunk. I is a virtuous man, an' lives with man own wife and brothers an' sisters. There's powerful few in dis heyar church which can say the same. An dat ain't no lie." Men and women arose indignantly and a movement towards the pulpit was made. "Keep quiet." yelled the preacher, 'or I will contaminate the entiah congregation." The threat averted further trouble. An attempt will be made to have Vinegar dismissed from the ministry. WONDERFUL . DISCOVERY i Curly Hair Made Straight By fSf Ptt TAKES FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TP.llATMEKT. OZONIZED OX 'JAKBffW THE ORIGINAL COPYRIGHTED. Tliit -wonderful hair pomade is the only eafo itr -i croir. Sold over 40 yeans and usd by thousands, la arranted nannies. free on nvasthttflrst preparation ever sold for '4 ftraishtninirkUiUy hair. Beware oi imitations. tOet the Orlclnal Ozonized Ox Marrow, tis thogenuine never 10 jteen ujc uni;uui; and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies and Ktegantly perfumed. The gTeat advantage of this wonderful pomade is that hy lta te you can stralarhtea yof,0nha,f5h7i'm,e OwinjT to its superior and lastinp quality It 1 the most economical. It Is not possible f oranybody to produce a preparation equal to ft. Full directions with every bottle. pnyGOCtutt. 8oldJy dealers or senrt us Sl.iO rosta. or rapreja Money Order for 3Lottlc, express paid. Write your name and ad4ress plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. Mr BavlL 1 4EW MMM A. 1 Fearless, tadepeadeat aad Hoscst, OUR ANTE- EVERY WEEK Adler's Stock Must be Reduced Office of Williamson & Son. Contractors and Buildera. Mr. Lnuis Adler Dear Sii: In order to make the necessary alterations in wur store in time for your Spring Clothing Business we must go to work by February 1 Please arrange to give us possession by that date and oblige your iruy, WILLIAMSON & SON. (Dictated by J. R W.) (Per I. W.) To Make Room for the Workmen town J?y M - '"wammmiL nV Popular One Price Shoe Corner We have, therefore, made prices that will beat any ever named in Lexington for such Strictly Reliable Makes Of the Most Modern Footwear f& Bunched in Five Lots Ni.w S S Worth ft LadieslShoes $0 95 81 15 $1 35 SI 80 82 15-81 50 to S3 50 Misses' Children's 35 65 95 1 15 1 35 50 lo 2 50 Men's 80 95 81 15 1 40 1 80 2 40 2 90 3 50 1 25 to 5 00 Boys'iShoea 75 95 1 25 1 50 1 75 1 00 to 2 50 Ask for the Price that You Want For Samples Bee our Show Windows as you pass by. Ou special racks inside at one-half and even one-third their value are Bargain Hunters' Odds and Ends B'1 ADLER'S, Cor. ffl Streets. INVOICE SALE On all Goods Is in Progress We Place All Garments in Oar Cloak and suit Department ?ll m men 7 Price Cut. Day tins w eek. Garment in our big stock Jackets, Golf Capes, Collarettes, Tailor Suits, Skirts, GO 1ST T SALE Hawkina & Sweeney 9 West Main, Lexington, Ky.. ct. T -J t