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BTAN H i AMU) 3ob Jlrtathtg MOT. 3oh Pntitittg VOL. 17, NO 12 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1911 $1.25 PER YEAR ORIOIN OF THE COLORED RACE D I i . I P inne r. J - W. Jar VIS UlveS the FaCtS Against Assumptions BOLD CHALLANCE TO CRITICS Pontiac, Mich. The Rev. J. W. Jar vis, S. T. B., who has given consider able thought to the origin, progress and development of the various races cf the world along many linesr writes . the. following article concerning legis lation against intermarriage between white ' and colored persons. ' For the beneflt of those who rejoice '. in the destruction of personal privi lege as to one marrying the person of his choice he says: . ,"r "We pen the following historical re search and will heartily welcome dis . missions from theologians and histor- ians on the subject. - ' ,-. - "The Greek for man is anthropoB, and t.e Scriptures declare that God made of one blood all nations. That includes individuals and takes in Ethiopians, and we assert that they are susceptible to all the 'qualities and changes of any other race and are endowed . with the same ego as the Caucasian or any other race of people wherever found. "Mere are some original -Biblical facts: - -. The Botts of Ham were Cush; Miz raim," Phut and Canaan. The word Ham means heat, brownness. We note that these settled in Africa and Arabia, and the principal nations springing from them were the Egyp tians, Ethiopians, Lybians and Ca- naanites. "Nimrod, the son of Cush, founded Babylon B. C. 2245, and Asshur found ed Nineveh - aDu the same Tear. Mizraim, the grandson of Ham, leads colonies into Egypt, and founded an empire, that lasted 1,663 years. The ancient pharaohs boasted of their line age. Their first kings were Mizraim, Athokes, Busiris, Osymandyas, the shepherd kings, Pharaoh, Syphoas, - Memmon, the inventor of letters; Amenophis I. and Potiphar. Seba is located near Ethiopia (Isaiah xlv. 14) and is now known as the Sudan. This country knew the use of rifles before . , Columbus sailed for the West. "Other sons of Cush formed a line of settlements along the shores of Arabia from the vicinity of Yemen to the head of the Persian gulf. At the head of the Persjan gulf is Babylonia or the land Shinar. . -- ''From Casluhim of Mixraim came the Philistines from the land of Pal estine. The border of the Canaanites 'wan. from Zidonto Gerar. Zidon was the first son of Canaan, : whence the -Zidonians. The Zidonians founded Tyre, five miles down the coast. From Tyre a colony went forth and found ed Carthage on the northern point, of Africa. They built up an empire that extended from the Strait of Gibraltar to the altars of Philani, near the great - Syrtis. They possessed as provinces Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, Malta, settlements in Spain and Gaul and a nart of Sicily. For 400 years Carthage TivaledRome. "Ishmael, the son of Abram by Hagar, marries an Egyptian, from whence the Japanese and the Chinese are other off-shoots. Esau marries a Canaanite, Adah, and. Bathshemash, Ishmael's daughter, the latter account able for the Chinese and the former the Indians, who are Edomites. Judah marries Shuat, a Canaanite, of which tribe and lineage came Christ Joseph marries Asenetb an Egyptian. Moses marries an Ethiopian. David begat Solomon of Bathsheba, a Canaanite. Solomon begets King Menelik L of Abyssinia by the Queen of Sheba (tradition). i . "We now say to our critics that we are not an undesirable people nor that barbaric night Is behind "us, for the re search made and given is a matter of history, to be traced by any who de sire the information. And it ought to be an inspiration to our cowardly race leaders who dare not speak, who stifle the consciences of so-called popular ity. Be men, and whatever your per sonal views on Intermarriage may be do not let that allow you to sell your civil privileges and rights for a mess of pottage. Remember that we glory in this great race of kings and queens, like those recently deposed in Mada gascar and the Hawaiian Islands, of ; emperors like Soloque and De Saline, of statesmen and generals like Hanni " bal and Toussaint l'Overture and Frederics Douglas, of educators like "Washington. .Bowen, Kelly- Miller, etc.; of legal lights like Lewis, Terrell, . Stroker, etc.; of great bishops, not only"Protestant, but also Catholic' "Last, but not least, the command to Israel against intermarriage was not a . racial one, but rather from a religious viewpoint, lest he be contaminated and return to be the opposite of the Divine plan, for we think it is very clear that all along the line they did intermarry. "Let ub stand together; let us live and work together. The Japs. Chinese - and Indians belong to us, and the day that there is a gathering together, a greater sound than perhaps the valley of dry bones, we may have to fight, if not witn gun ana sword, with tongue and pen. Up ye mighty men, and let not the curse of Meroz rest on you! And, though we die in the struggle, yet from our grave the echo will come, " 'Dulce et decorum est por Frater Mori." SPOKANE CITIZENS RESENT COLOR DISCRIMINATION. Mayor Hindley Takes Prompt Action. No Color Line, He Says. Spokane, Wash. Race discrimina tion will not be tolerated in Spokane by the city commissioners, and restau rants and saloons where the "Colored Trade Not Solicited" signs are dis- will k. t. tx. f"' " """S iciuwrc mem immediately, according io the deter- missioner of Public Safety Z. B. Hay- J -den. The commissioners have decided to visit all such places in person to ) quietly inrorm tne proprietors tnat eueh signs must be taken down and that so lone as they choose to do busi- ' ness in this city they must treat all men j rree ana equai foJT'he demand by thWcoldred teoph V-cAt their constitutional y'Kits be re f"16 aemana oj ins coiorea people VAt their constitutional ihts be rb- ( spected in this regard waVAid before iiev ui inmucj uj iuuu Auauis, a, luvai Afro-American attorney. Lawyer Adams points out that the situation is becoming such that a colored man can scarcely have an order filled in any of the local restaurants, end even the servers of drinks behind local bars often refuseto serve colored patrons. TJnionism. according to the attorney, is at the bottom of the move, and he contends that proprietors of such places readily take up the sides of their union waiters and . publicly ex pose cards as indicated. He cited an experience of his own where he en tered a restaurant for a lunch and was at first Ignored entirely by the waiter. Finally he was informed that the wait er was not allowed to serve him. He immediately took the case before the mayor and asked that steps be taken to stop the practice. He was assured of the support of the mayor. Speaking of the conditions of affairs Mayor Hindley said: "We are not going to tolerate any such discrimination. The colored peo ple have their rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States, and no union restaurant or saloon has any legal right to infringe upon them. "Race trouble must not be allowed to brew in Spokane. Such actions as have come to my notice are the fo menters of race war and threaten the whole legal fabric of the city and State.. I do not anticipate any trou ble, but the men who run public places in this city will not be permitted to practice such discrimination.- So long as he behaves as well as any other person the colored man has just as much business in- such places as any other citizen." "The thing is absolutely contrary to the Constitution," said Commissioner Haydtn, "and that is all the authority we need to make them take down such signs. It is not necessary to have a city ordinance to regulate the matter." SELECT SOCIETY, FOR RESEARCH UNIQUE PLAN" TO TRACE HISTORY: OF THE RACE Organication Made Up of Well-informed Students Has for Its Object the Preservation of the Literary Works of Afro-Americans- Wrtiten and Published Centuries Ago. ' Bx N. BARNETT DODSON. Yonkers, Y. Several months ago Arthur Schomburg, of New York City,! and J. E. Bruce, of Yonkers, discussed at the latter'S residence, in Yonkers, the feasibility of establishing a society i,itl a limited membership for - Lfre purpose of gathering information from books and through correspondence of historical value to the Negro race. Their ideas agreed, and a number of men known to be interested in work of this character were invited to at tend a meeting in Yonkers not long ago, at . which time the ' plans of Messrs. Schomburg and Bruce . were outlined and cordially approved by those present, and the society was or ganized. The name Negro Society for Historical Research was adopted and a full complement of officers ' was elected, as follows: John E. Bruce, president; A. A. Schomburg, secre tary-treasurer; Prof. W. W. Weeks, musical director; David B. Fulton, librarian; W. E. Braxton, art director. Membership in the society is limited to twenty active members, andftthe entrance fee is ?10,- with a monthly tax of 25 cents. The society purposes to gather through its correspondents in the United States and foreign countries books, pamphlets and valuable manu scripts written by Negroes and when opportunity presents to reprint such books or pamphlets now out of print and coming into possession which have any historical value or which will be useful for reference. These it will endeavor to dispose of to mem bers of the race who are interested in knowing what Negroes who . wrote books fifty or a hundred years - ago had to say and how they said iL . The society is also making a collec tion of pictures, old wood cuts, photo graphs of Negroes here and abroad. But this feature of its work will be attended with some difficulty, a3 (here are few .pictures of noted Negroes of the early period in this country. It recently i came Into possession of a splendid steel engraving of Nat Tur ner, the Virginia negro, who headed and led an insurrection in that State in 1833, which it contemplates repro ducing and disposing of for the pur pose of adding to its book fund. The books thus far gathered by Messrs. Schomburg and Bruce embrace over 150 titles.. A few of the more .im portant ones are here given: "Poems of Phylis Wheatley," 1773, first edition ; "Poems of Phillis Wheat ley." revised edition; "Letters of Phil lis Wheatley." of which only 100 copies were published; "Anglo-African Magazine," vol. 1, 1859; "The Great ness of Christ," "Africa and America," Alex. Crummell; "West Africa Before Europe," E. A. Blyden, LL. D.; "His tory of Black Phalanx," Col. J. T. Wilson; "Clothilde," a novel, William Wells Brown; "Behind the Scenes," Mrs. E. Kefctey; "Light and Tru4th," R. L. Lewis, Boston, 1840. "The Color of Solomon," Bishop B. T. Tanner; "Biography," Major M. R. Delany; "Poems of Islay Walden," blind poet of North Carolina, 1875; "Poems of Frances Ellen Watkins," Harper; Dr. Robert J. Love; "The National Providence." Yif" Z - C. Pith: "Money and Profit-sharing," Won. J. C. Smith; "Thft Nations from "Biographical Sketches of Persons of Color." 'Miss A. Mott; "Around the, Hvim .HHU uav - ..i-i-.J . j T v.. -rrr wr, oimuuwo , auu xa&ui, ai. n. .Gibbs; "Anthology of Negro poets," Jaauson; "The Rock of Wisdom" (ser- ues," "The Gold Trust," "Abundance ushered into the prere of the Su- for mT people. Every boy and g'rl - 'ri rVfl n- to nsVsian good for tbe betterment of Lexington ?J!fl' W'rn; "ff-.and Hard Times." . - prem Judge, before whom the judges can be somethIng in Lenrton.: Thev we handle it? We are their hr Tf DeanCaoers Address. ; a i vim ui v ic tt . jivvv. & w vj uei jjumaa. liner i fin imuhiv v hi- rnr i ! si r ir -iaii i nt v i u cavciic'il utrL'ia iuri hv iih vp rnanp "opa wo WfMTnr nr it nor m 9rc3 o o ' ktvuiu , ,rj tv ; ' tf Justice John COLORED CITIZENS ADOPT RCSO-I LUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF KENTUCKY'S GREAT SON, WHO WAS ALWAYS A FRIEND TO THEIR. RACE. LEXINGTON LEADER A mPAHn? of folorprl oitiinna vcaa held in U. B. F. Hall, Tuesday even-'alwavs dId- defend the rights of the ing, Oct. 17, to pay a tribute of respect i Negro, not because he is a Negro, not to the memory of Justice John M. . because he is deserving or needing our Harlan (special consideration, but because he Jordan C. aJckson, who perhaps knew is a citizen. God bless him for it. Justice Harlan better than any other Resolved, That we will, living, cher colored, man in the State, was called memory, and, dying, bequeath upon to preside, and Dr. W. H. Ballard t rs Pw le?acT to our. children, was chosen secretary. v j Resolved, That these resolutions be Mr. Jackson was associated with sent to the newspapers of the city for Justice Harlan in the early days of ' publication and a cony of the same be his- campaigns in Kentucky: was a sent to the family of the deceased, to rtiPP-atft-at-lar to the national con- vention of 1876 at Cincinnati, aad was in the conference with the future Jus tice, when it was decided that Ken tucky should lead the break from Bristow to Hayes, which resulted in the . latter'S: nomination. He -was, therefore, prepared to speak ' intelli gently of the dead jurist, of his char acter ana career. Upon taking, the chair. Mr. ackson rniatrertrnorr speech usual rem- happ.v vein, both eulo. iniscent in character, lowed by several other 3 IOI- 3, who, like Mr. Jackson, had pe nal ac- quaintance with Justice Harlan, and were thus prepared to enlighten their hearers as to the true worth of the man to whose- memory they had as sembled to pay homage. -A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions expressive of the great esteem and gratitude of our citi zens for the man who in all his career had never failed to champion the rights of the Negro. The committee retired and after due deliberation re ported the following, which were unan imously adopted: Resolved, That in the death of Jus tice Harlan the nation has lost oue of its most distinguished citizens, the court of which he was. a member, one of its brightest lights; his native State, Kentucky, her most illustrious son, and the Negro, his staunchest friend and warmest advocate. Justice Harlan was a unique charac ter. It can be 'said of him, as was said of the elder Brutus, the elements were so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world, this was a man. Yes, he was a man in all that the term implies, and because he was a man he dared ever champ'on the rights of man. No e.insideration save that cf -universal brotherhood of pilation.) - "Shammah, Glimpses of the Ages, 2 vols., Dr. T. E. S. Scholes, London, En.; "Prince Saunders' . Haytian Pa pers; "Frondacity." J. J. Thomas'' re ply to J. A, Froude; "Negro Patriots" Revolution," W. C. Nell; "Historical Notes of the Employment of Negroes in New York," 1863, George H. Moore; "The Exiles of Florida," J. R. Gid dings;."The Freedman," book, L. M. Child; "Hanover, story of the Wil mington riots, D. B. Fulton; "Narra tive of Sojourner Truth ; " "Essays," Rafael Serra; "Poems," Frederico Marin. "Life of Pierre Toussaint," first and second , editions of autobiography, Frederick Douglass; 'Charles Sum ner," A. Grimke; "The Lone Star of Liberia," F. A. Durham; "An Histori cal Rearch," George Livermore; "Negro Masonry," Upton; "Echoes from Harper's Ferry," Redputh; "Gen esis in the Grebo Tongue," Rev. J. Payne, formerly the property of Ros etta Douglass Sprague; "Life of Julius Melbourne," 1859; "The Cushite," Rufus L. Perry; "The Octoroon,". A. A. Whitman, poems; "Origin and Ob jects of Ancient Freemasonry," Dr. Martin R. De Laney; "Etoile Afri caine," Benito Sylvian, aid-de-camp King Menelik. The Black Venus," "Timbuctoo the Mysterious," Felix Du-Bois; "The Souls of Black Folk," W. E. B. Du Bois; "History of Negro Race," George W. Williams; "Negro Soldiers in the Rebellion," George - W. Williams; "Placido," poems; "Negro in Revolu- tion;" "Celebrated Crimes." Alexan- T- " Man Who Has Given Much Time and .MT IB OI n.M VOYCr ... - niac ocopc ot oiDiica!r n-sioncai and Scientific Research in Defend, sriV V speK J k. r rv., .-w.. - m-i m .- tr.i jtsj x. ! .f hA r r -r-ri i ri tnhnn Avnoii vnn.n4.s x i i i wr- . - . - - - - tiij i t :i . i ri is khi iiRnnir win inm' (Mma 1. Harlan man ever moved him. When he took his seat as Justice of the highest tribunal of the land, he took oath to always support the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. That Constitution makes the negro a citi zen ; and so Justice Harlan, in keep ing with his oath, felt bound to, and whom we tender our neart-ieit sympa thy in this, their hour of bereavement, printing them for consolation to Him who doeth all things for the best and who never needlessly afflicts His chil dren who trust in Him. W. H. BALLARD, . E. L. BASKERVILLE, D. I. RE!D, W. C. S. HAYDEN, WM. h i ACKSON. Dr. , J. M. Mclnhhm PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD JURIST WHO DEALT JUST- LY WITH HIS RACE. . Editor Lexington Leader: - It is with sadness that the news of the deatlTof Justice John M. Harlan comes to us. We well knew that we could not hopeto have him much long er, in the highest court of the nation, as he had, by a decade almost, passed man's, alloted time and yet .we re gret to give him up. His death comes as a shock, to the nation and doubly so to that small part of it (ten mil lions of Negroes) whose rights he al ways championed as he did the rights of every other American citizen. We .use no extravagant terms but speak modestly when we say that tor years he has been a Nestor in the highest tribunal of this country, deciding the most diflicult questions touching every phase of human activity which have sprung up in his day and generation and the opinions handed down show that he has taken iiigh grounds on all of them. - Tb e American Negro feels that in his death he loses a friend. Not be cause Justice Harlan especially loved him because his face is black, but rather because he did not hate him because L-3 face is black and was al ways ready and willing to give him a sauare deal. Too broad to be preju diced ; too brave to be turned from what he knew to be right by the carp inz bugaboo of public sentiment; too just to be unjust, this scholar, jurist and Christian man, realizing the Fath erhood of God and the Brothernood of man, dared lift his voice always in be-J half of civil rights and human liberty. - Oh, the world is full of men. Some are scholarly; few ar scholarly and brave; fewer still are scholarly, brave and just. So we feel that in his life we have the - highest expression of American manhood to which, we hope, American ideas and ideals are ap proaching. Were we forgetful of a divine cause and "purpose in things we would fear thinking that we might not look upon his like again; but just as Lincoln, Garrison, Sumner, Wendell Phillips and others were sent, as it seems by Providence itself, so others, some time, somewhere, wiir take up where this peerless judg leaves off in the strug gle for civil rignts ana numan iinercy. wen may eniutKy uw loss of sucn a son. ior ne -was irmy ?r. snu es mi u. '"y""1 - iui. oraver iu uwiju " will be to thfrn as the noon dav sn iiraiP'nsHPn u,ii, m-T They nad mallv nice tjjjjj.,,. to Bay see through a glas? frsvlyjor the r- about Principal Russen and hig teach son that they are fmdedunon triith and the personnel of the student an it is only thin th lives fnrtvr. body . , Having done his wv "well I am ., . t. . , ' . . hP Mf no anTrehens?on whn I want to.-. thank tha good people of his fpot began slipniie on th brink, ,oi imajvouu, . i.. - juuS. render an account for the deeds done 111 llie UUUJ.- ic i"' . -.'. - na racreo ; ttmorv wiiu uu ein heads, breathing a fervent prayer that Washingfon Prosecutes Ulrich The Educator's Assailant Again Pleads for Delay Case Set for No vember 6. , New York City, Oct. 17.' Harry A. Ulrich, the drunken thug who so bru tally attacked Dr. Booker T. Wash ington, the Tuskegee educator, on a public street, in this city last March, was "brought to book" in the Court cf Special Sessicns, Part V, to-day, Judges Zeller, Mayo and Ryan presid ing. .''''; . '.'" Dr. Washington was- in court to prosecute Ulrich; , present1 also were his secretary, Emmet J. Scott; Hon. Charles W. Andersen, Collector of In ternal Revenue for the Second Dis trict of New York; Fred , R. Moore, editor and publisher of The New York Age: Hon. Ralph W.' Tyler, auditor for the Navy Department, Washington D. C; George W. Harris, of the Am sterdam News and others of-Dr. Wash' ington's friends. The people of the State of New York were represented by Assistant District Attorney James E. Smith. Dr, Washington's personal attorney, Wil ford H. Smith, was present as consult ing attorney. Ulrich has continued to have this case delayed each time it has been called for trial, hoping that Dr.. Wash ington would drop the pisecution; to day, through his counsel, he again pleaded for delay, claiming that he had not been able to get his witnesses into court this despite the fact that he has had seven months to do so. District Attorney Smith opposed the motion, claiming that Ulrich had no witnesses, and that his plea for delay was simply an effort to avoid the con sequences of his brutal and umallijd- for ajssault. The judges decided they would give him one more chance, and have set the case down for trial Mon day, November 6. Dr. Washington has notified the district attorney's office that he will cancel the series of en gagements-he has for Wisconsin and the West, made long since, so as to be in court, and prosecute Ulrich. The assault occurred several months ago, and Ulrich at that time told con tradictory stories cf what led to it. To the police, he said -that he had taken Dr. Washington for a burglar, but .to the reporters he said that Dr. Wash ington had insulted Mrs. Ulrich, his wife. . Ulrich. however, ' was never married to the woman he claimed as his wife, and the real wife of Ulrich, who lives in New Jersey and was de serted by him several years ago, con fronted him in court when he was to day arraigned for trial. A.M.E. Confer- ference (By Charles Stewart.) The election of delegates to the next general conference of the church was the feature of the morning session of the A: M. E. Conference here. There were many aspirants and as only three could be elected, with three alternates, this made the election more interest ing. After the election of tellers and secretaries, the confernce balloted, the Vote resulting in Rev. G. . W. Frazier and G. F. David being elected on the first ballot. Wnen the second ballot was announced it showed D. C. Carter to be elected. The alternates are Revs. J. A. Hill, E. A. Clark, and G. W. Andrews. The lay delegates al ready elected at th eler-torial college are S. W. Broomfield. cf Danville, and W. H. Davis, of Ashland. ... Rev. G. W. Frazier is at the head cf the delegation, hence he will be a member of the Episcopal committee, which committee looks into the work of the bishops, passes on it ind as signs the bishops to their work. It is this committee that has much to do with recommending the number of bishops to be elected- and reports on the condition of the work. Dr. Frazier has been presiding elder for a num ber of years. Rev. David is presiding elder over the Lexington district, and in this con nection has made many friends. He is one of the leading preachers Jn the conference. His election expressed his standing in this conference. Rev. D. C. Carter "represents the young men in the conference. He is making his way to the front and is considered one of the most successful pastors. Dr. T. T. Wendell, one of the colored physicians of the city, made a brief address Thursday. He -was proud of his- race and its achievements. "To be a Negro is a great thing," he said, "and I would rather belong to this race than to be President of the United States. We have our history in front of us, and step by step we are making it. The world is recog nizing this one fact, and we are mak ing the world know that . we are here. I know that there are many discurag ing things said, but then -we must ex pect this hi a . world like this. No man can - discouraee a Negro. We have unIted ag nevcp Defore tQ make .BOme thing out of cur own people, and I am glad to say that are mest5n wUh . Charles Stewart. A. M. Ti T and Hror. N. P. Allen, who visited the i!rh schonh wre o,,d in their prai-S6gt Lexington," said Dr. Stewart, "for the sncuid not permit theopportunity to by. start right now and throuKh VOUr SCnOOI. it a ' : 1) PRS n? Tha -j. V young men and women Who are in the High School to-day 'represent the men HBpn If we can get our people to think, you will see a great future for the whole race. Let us think well of the race, .inn, wen oi sen, ana tne battle is; half won. - .. The conference took a recess uiuuei. j. ifkjacKgunv ana wire enter .3 . x T i ... tained a nuriTuer of conference mem- "A .21 T X""uvv u'?ner ::'Ty-Z:,: 1:laT i av v;, niiw io w7AJig cuiciiauicu 11 tuts - L t: ;rTe"' vr ao OIDU Wl CDCU L (XI llltZ J cltJlkrtLJLl dinner. The afternoon session was spent In the meeting of the Mite Missionay Society. An excellent njtgramtne was rendered. . . "Missions" will be ciscussed Friday night. A good programme has been arranged. . Bishop Shaffer, who has visited West Africa, will speak. "Education" was the theme dis- cussed at the session of the Kentucky African M. . E. conference. Thursday night. A large number cf oeopie were turned away:)eir.S unable to get in- side of the church. Excellent music was rendered oy the . choir of the C Rev T A Thompson, D. D., chair- man of the educational committee, presided, and in calling the conference to order delivered a short address, ?lrI I. .n.inn .rk of the'' African Methodist church in Ken - tuckv. showing that it stood for the hiehest development of the Negro race, and for manhood and woman- hood. . - Prof. C. H. Brown, principal or way- man Institute. Harrodsburg, Ky., was the principal speaker. He is one "of an looflimr vonnir educators of his nro in thft United States and a man who has contributed liberally for the development of his people, tie is a nroduct of Wilberforce university, i ence or tne Aincan Metnoaist .Kpisco Ohio. I Pal Church, Wednesday night, by the Prof Brown said that there was no i cnhlAct that should ' interest the mem-1 bers of the conference more than that of education. He referred to the fath- ers, Abby, Burke. Turner? and others who introduced the resolution in 1888 which brought into existence Wayman Institute, which, was an advance step. Thf school ooened in 1890 at Harrods- burg in the basement of the church, I and has been on the growth since. He I considered it was a necessity because I the. Aurch and school united and I made a bright spot in the much talked I of and discussed Negro problem. He I considered them the greatest agencies me choir of the church rendered a at work, and the present condition of selection and concluded with the the Negro, his marvelous progress. Lord's Prayer which they chanted. In was due to the real work done by the ;iis opening remarks Mr. Jackson fur church and school room. lished a bit of history concerning the "The school was planted, by on' i fathers, and new it must be supported I It has been handed down to you. Will, vrm nermic it to die? I am sure that you will not, but each man will do his part. Our b'.ysa!id girls must be educated. The biggest curse to th" American people to-day is ignorance, and it must be wiped out. The masses must be lifted up through educational mediums, and I . know of no other method to do tnis but the school. Wavma.i from point ot efheiency lsimenced his ministerial career. It is second to none m the State, but then I ';.kfti rry. goTn- tsmy-ft-! nirn aro barrassing that you must take hold ofTj The pressmg debt must De lirtea anu paid off, and then you must send your boys and girls there.; We have turned out sixteen students as graduates, and they are out in the world bsing heard from." - ; The president thfn took up the needs of the institution one by -one, showing how they could be supplied. One of the first things he appealed tor was a dormitory for the boys and girls, and declared that it was neces sary m this age of proeress. He .laid a high compliment to the women and men, who had from their earnings in the wash-tub, cook kitchen, -in 1 the fields and other place had contributed to the education of their sons nj daughters: Concluding, he said: Iniese days of giant combinations in thworld of industry and commerce it has been realized that maniro'd more can be accomplished through ju dicious co-operation than individual ;f fort can hope to attain. I believe fed eration and union of churches formed in a practical way and yet involve no concession in belief or cnanse in creed can accomplish great things. What is true in the industrial and commercial world is applicab'e to the religious and educational world. It is strange' that this f valuable principle has not been adopted m conducting our schools and thus make their cam paign for betterment of humanity more sucessful. Why so many little struggling church schools? . Would it not be better to centralize our efforts, combine our money and make one -ff our emircn scnoois equai to fiowaru, Yale, Harvard or Princeton? After . considerable Investigative work it has been found that leading mother colleges cf the North do not want Neeroes and offer no induce ment to Negroe students, hence it is now un to the Negro to make his own or he will suffer. Following this came an address from Pv. J. C. .Anderson, of Louis ville. Ky.. - chairman of the Trustee Boprd of Wayman. and . rastor cf Quinn Chapel. He delivered a strong sT'ar'y oddrpss defining education. 8nd the" eominf to the practical side rf the rh'ty of the ministers to Way rn. we mad an anneal for inme rMate h!r and rtipourneed the ld pay ing about, what the Negro was going tr do after awhile if he lived and nothing happened. For fear that tbaf. pcmethine might happen the speaker f'ared that the time to do was right lpn nri thre. and thn let the after awhile take care of itself. Dr Anderson -aid that God was call-' ing nnon the Negro, to jflinn the work, of making a ra". He said that the mothers' and fathers comine out of slavery gave their best that their sons and daughters might become enlight- ened. and the Negro in order to keep up the Eopd work, would have to wear fewer O har and clothes, and put 'more in hiahead Instead of on we wjuld have and appreciate an edu- 1 ration. we must dig for it. The geld is 1 .tha tnino Cr.VI vr.il m...t 1 v.. 6 WB Tnns tiko' fri of A,ir am A collection ot UZ war HI fte4 and . REV. CLARK COMMENDED. St. Paul'A. M.-E. Church, on North jjper street, endorsed the administra- m of its pastor, Rev. E. A. Clark, is e following resolution, Sunday it:- hereas, this public service of to- day closes the work 'of our nastor. S. A. Clark, for this conference I yarj find Whereas, the termination of his em- inent service to our church as nastor. rPTTinvpfl frnm O m rn cr no r a vmAv.WM.. 7, 6 "L "1' . tingui:8hed services of a trae ChristTan gentleman, a splendid scholar, and a forceful character in this community ror tho wtOT.moll , exemn1iofiP.i in hi Ufa c;r, the appointment to our congregation Be it rcsolved hv thA m bers and friends of St. Paul A.' M. E. church that we tender our beloved pastor our sincere thanks for his f aith- ,to eer-v duty as our leader; fr. Ms loyalty to the cause of Meth- "-""" , V iuiieiii ot our Zn'' 1 bKMlt7 t0 th ferv'ce of the Master by his pure and 'oftv character as a minister and citi- . Be " further resolved that we unan- ""ously commend him to the annual conference as the embodiment of an Idea minister and pray that our gra- cious Heavenly Father will direct the 11 and heart of our good Bishop bo Rev. E. A. Clark, pastor, scholar. "ri.an genneman win return to St. Paul A. M. E. church next conference year. THE OFFICIAL BOARD. I The reception and banquet given to I Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., M. D., and i tne memoers or tne Kentucky conier- pastor and members and friends of St. Paul Church will be long remembered in the minds of the colored people of the city. The speeches delivered . and the music rendered were all of the highest type, and the presiding officer, J. C. Tackson, performed the duties of Master of Ceremonies in a manner that reflected credit on his people, The formal meeting that prtfceded the banquet to the visitors was called to order by his wife, who, after a few words of welcome, introduced her hus- band to preside. -naming of- the African Methodist ,hurchiin Kentucky, showing that St. Paul was the first church of .its kind ;n the State organized by "Father" Smith in 1865, and it was but fitting 'hat this meeting should be held in the city. Iii this connection he said that another great reason was that ome years ago the present presiding Mshop worked as a journeyman plas- erer in Lexington, and was a member of St. Paul Church before he com- but fitting that he should close up ?:.;'-jyj,'i; snv.-wvmOTi of elg.t yesrs bishop over this district right in the church where he commenced his use ful life. . . . - "This is the mother extending wel come to her children," he said, "be cause Lexington and St. Paul Church is the mother of Methodism in Ken tucky. We are to do big things here to-night. We are going to have the greatest mayor of the greatest city in Kentucky to welcome you; then we are going to have Dean Capers, one of the best pastors of one of the best: churches in Lexington; Dr. Jones f or the Bantists, and others." . - Concluding his remarks, the speaker introduced Mayor John Skain, who extended a welcome to the city of Lexington. The mayor said in part: Mayor Skain's Happy Welcome. "When I walked into this church o-night, I said to my friend. Jordan Tackson. why did you not 11 me that T would be expected to speak to so many people? He replied, 'as you have already spoken to' ten thousand reople to-day, this will not disturb vou.' If I had known that t would have to speak to so many intelligent colored people to-night I assure ycu I would have given careful considera tion to the preparation of an address. I am here, and what I will say to you to-night will be absolutely extempo raneous. "I am Mayor of the City of Lexing ton, and not only mayor of the white, people, but I am mayor of the colored people as well. Ever since I have been in office, every man who came to see me. whether rich or - noor, white or black, took his turn in getting an audience, and each alike had a . hear ing. There is no ill feeling in mv heart against any race of people. My advice to all mankind, is to dwell in peace and harmony. "You have problems to work' out, problems which mean much to you and your race. The solution will' not' come - through the fear of the law. Thousands of laws and enactments are on the statute book, but these will not do the work, but it must be reached through love for justice- and rip-ht. I see daily a band of criminal lawyers who are living off of the crime and sin of your fellow citizens. I wish that this crowd of men who ae furnishing this lucrative employ ment to that class of lawyers' were here to-night to hear these speeches. i and eret inspiration from you. If they ould be taught to obey the laws of God, and have a love for right and honor, every criminal , lawyer would have to go to work and earn his living bv the sweat of his brow, as God has decreed. . ' . .MT . ' . ''.-' - ' 1 am g,ad that you have come to ur Clty and 1 welcome 3 from my heart- In the nam? of rorty thousand peo,,,e' 1 welcome ..you to Lexington, and Jn ther name 1 extend to the Ilanu OI renowsmp. 1 mist that Dean W. T. Capers was the next speaker. ' He was given an ovation irlion VI. J ula Swu work for humanity was commended by the Master of r r