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EYES EXAMINED AND TREATED.
Dr. P. J. Scott, ocular specialist.
Spectacles and eye glasses toad to
order. 2635 State street, Chicago.
ARKANSAS AUTHORITIES AGAIN
DEMAND STEVE GREEN.
Want to Burn Him, Says He Would
Make a Fine Spectacle In a Bon
i fire.
On last Saturday at Springfield, Gov
ernor Denoen was called upon the
One of the most beautiful coming
out partleE of the season was given
1r Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pettis at their
residence, 3610 Calumet Av in honor
of their daughter Miss Mamie Pettis,
Thursday evening, October 13th. Their
beautiful home was tastefully decor
ated with flowers and brilliantly illum
inated with electric lights. The crowd
of young people that gathered pre
sented a most pleaBing spectacle. Miss
Mamie has just, completed ner lga
teenth anniversary and was gracefully
presented to society by her parents.
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ranged so as to emphasize her beauty
and grace. She was the recipient of
many costly presents. The evening
was spent in social chat and dancing.
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' spread in the dining room where youth
J and beauty gathered to make merry
and partake of some of the dainties
prepared under the skillful manage
ment of Mrs. Ida Andrews, Those
present were as follows: Hazel Krafft,
Cora Spriggs, Viola Johnson, Anna
Fulton, Lois Simmons, May Evans,
Myrtle Crook, Beatrice Manning, Iza
Johnson, Mamie Davis, Hattie Holli
day, Mamie Lewis, Clarence Chappelle,
Chester Williams, Robert Brlzzelle,
Louis Boarman, Ernest Russell, Frank
and Lawrence Wooden, Charles Set
tles, Joseph Thomas, Ward McEwen,
Fred Pollard, Edward Graham, Solo
mon, Johnson, Mr. and -Mrs. E. Bowles,
Mrs. Mamie Nichols, Mrs. J. D. Bryant,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Spriggs, Mr and Mrs.
Spriggs, Jr., Mrs. Davis & Son, Mrs.
Martha Tolton and Mrs. A. Pettis and
quite a number of others. Miss Mamie
after finishing Grammar school, en
tered the Bryant & Stratton's BusI-
cause he would not wed her she
trumped up the charge against .him.
He also declared she had bewitched
Assistant States' Attorney Benedict J.
Short to send him to the penitentiary.
The "voodoo plea charmed the jury
and Moss was acquited.
home of Mrs. W. A. Seams, 5026 Ar
mour avenue, Mrs. J. C Stewart, Presi
dent, Mrs. Hatcher, Vice President,
Mrs. Clara Cooper, Tress., it will be
a very brilliant affair.
FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE EIGHTH REGIMENT IL
LINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
The eighth Infantry Illinois Na
tional Guard will celebrate their Fif
teenth Anniversary with a Grand Re
ception and Ball on Thursday, No
vember 3 at the 7th Regiment Ar-
The Enterprise Institute 3705 State
street. Celebrated its fall opening
Tuesday evening, October 11. Its
President Rev. O. H. McDanlel, at
some length reviewed the work of the
Institute of the past year; John G.
Jones; Dr.- W. A. Driver and J. H. T.
Woods, were among the other speakers.
F-ank L. Gale, dealer in pianos.
mory. Gold medals appropriately in-organa and diking machines; 3159
State street; visited Joliet I1L, the
first of the week, and In the near fut
ure he wil place a piano and organ
In the new Second Baptist church, of
scribed will be presented to those
who have been in continuous service
since the organization was first re
cruited.
An Important and spectacular part
of the program will be a full dress
Regimental Parade. From now on
the friends of the Regiment will work
to make this Anniversary Ball the big
gest entertainment ever given in Chi
cago by Colored people. Admission
will be fifty cents.
NEW MOVEMENT
BEGINS WORK
Plan and Sep if the Asso
ciation Briefly Told.
WILL PUBLISH THE CRISIS,
that city, which Is being constructed
at a cost of $5,000, and Is pastored by
Rev. Cartright. Mr. Gale was well
pleased with his trip to Joliet.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE BLACK DIAMOND DE
VELOPMENT COMPANY.
ness College and graduated from that
second time to deliver up Steve Green, school in 1908. She is 'now engaged
the Colored man who escaped from
the Arkansas' mob, who sought to mob
and burn him last March in Pritten
den Co. Arkansas, after he had killed
a white farmer in self-defense and
after being shot four times for leav
ing the farm of the white man, J. Gray
Lucas one of the Chicago attorneys
instrumental in his prior discharge be
fore Judge Tutbill on a writ of habeas
corpus, on Tuesday last appeared be
fore His Excellency Gov. Deneen at
Springfield, opposed by the Attorney
General and the Arkansas authorities
to show legal cause, satisfactory to
the Governor, why he should not issue
a second warrant for Steve Green's
removal to Arkansas. Mr. Lucas sue
cesfully prevented the issuance of
this second warrant on the day set
apart for doing so, the Governor sign
ing such a warrant in another case,
that of a white man.
The case will be heard and deter
mined whether the Governor shall fin
ally allow the warrant on next Mon
day, when Atty. Lucas will again ap-
,pear fortified with legal authorities.
.Meantime Steve Green has not been
apprehended by the authorities.
As was predicted, another call is
necessarily ttb1a on the people
.through the churches and elsewhere
to assist in the defence of this Col
ored mw, innocent of crime.
as a stenographer in the office of At
torney Walter M. Farmer. The host
of friends that know Miss Mamie were
unstinted in their praise of her beau
tiful disposition and her many accom
plishments. She is not only skillful at
her profession, but is a pianist of no
mean ability besides being possessed
with a sweet soprano voice which she
uses Sunday after Sunday in the ser
vices of God at St Monica's Colored
Catholic Church, 36th and Dearborn
streets.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Black Diamond Devel
opment Company will be held on
Thursday, Oct 20, 1910, 8:30 P. M. at
the Frederick Douglass Center, 3032
Wabash Avenue.
Business of vital importance will be
transacted. You are urgently re
quested to be present either in per
son or by proxy. Proxies may be
mailed to the undersigned at the of
fice of the company, 3255 State street
J. S. Madden, Secretary, A. W. Wil
liams, President
The Volunteer workers, will give
their Third annual bazaar, for the ben
eflt of the Old Folks Home, Wednes
day and Thursday evening, October
26th and 27th, at Jackson Hall, 2959
State street full meals for 25 cents,
will be served each day from 12 m.
to 12 p. m. This is for a worthy
cause and the ladles having it in
charge should be greatly assisted to
gather in the money for the Old Folks
Home.
Be Career nnd Work of Professor
W. E. B. Du Bois.
By FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON.
The problem of adjusting the differ
ences between the heterogeneous
masses in the United States so that
each man will enjoy equality before
the law and equality of opportunity
for himself and his children has agi
tated the minds of statesmen oft and
on since 1770.
The overthrow of England's sover
eignty In the United States and the
establishment of a democratic form of
government was the first The exist
ence of slavery, the agitation against
it and Its final extinction was another
step In the recognition of the brother
hood of man.
The enfranchisement of tho Negro
and the abrogation of many of the
CHATEAU RINK NOTES.
PHYLLIS WHEATLY NOTES.
DEATH OF MRS. SUSAN AH WETH-INGTON.
Mrs. Susanah Wethington, widow of
Melvln Wethington, and for eighteen
years a resident of Chicago, died at
jh'er late home, 5326 Dearborn St, at
k -o'clock. A. M, Thursday, October 6,
1910, after a long and very pain
ful iHn"', Funeral -services "were
held last Saturday, October 8, at St
.Mary's A. M. E. Church, 49th and
Dearborn Sta, Rev. Jesse Woods, pas
tor, officiating and ev. W. H. Griffin
assisting. By special request the
choir sang two favorite hymns of the
deceased, 'Saviour Pilot Me" and
"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone."
A large concourse of relatives and
friends attended, and many floral
pieces abundantly attested the warm
friendships broken by this visit of
Death.
Jmts. Wethington leaves her aged
mother, Mrs. Caroline Newhouse, her
Uiree sons, Jasper, Schuyler and Ar
thur J. Wethington; two sisters, Mrs.
Frances Bird and Mrs. Mary Arnold;
two brothers. Bandy and Wilson New
house, and many other relatives to
mourn her death.
Jtfrs. Wethington was converted at
Qulnn Chapel many years ago, and
lived a sincere Christian life; she was
& devoted member of the Methodist
church, and -died in the full convic
tion of her salvation in Christ She
was widely known, and during her
last fllnrem, many friends "visited and
.ministered to her wants and needs,
and comforted .and cheered her; her
sons and her mother desire to express
to an such, friends and relatives their
deep sense pf appreciation and obli
gation for- their kindnesses to their
xsother, and lor the many heartfelt
expressions of sympathy and consola
tioa -exetnded. them In their bereave-
mest; words eaaaot express
The regular meeting of the Phyllis
Wheatley Club, will meet at the home
3530 Forest avenue, Wednesday after
noon, Oct 19th. Mrs. Thos. Pearson,
chairman of the educational section
promises us an excellent program.
Come early and enjoy It Rev. W. D,
Ford will deliver an address on Bar-
badoes, its customs and Peoples.
Miss B. Mae Boyd will sing and Mr.
Winston will recite a selection from
Dunbar.
The Sections have many new mem
bers, who are very earnest workers,
so we are expecting nothing but good
programs this winter.
The ladles under the leadership of
Mrs. Jessie Johnson, are preparing for
J a pleasant afternoon and evening with
weir many menus, Auursuay, wu
20th, from 4 to 11 p. m. at the Appo
mattox dub. Every friend or well
wisher is cordially invited to attend.'
If you fail to Teceive an invitation
through the mail come any way, for a
name is often overlooked. If you are
interested in the work we are doing
come and remember us with a silver
offering to help our work along. Re
freshments will be served to alL
We feel very grateful to the mana
gers of the Appomattox club for giv
ing us the use of their beautiful home
at this time. It shows their Interest
In our work. We would be pleased to
see every member of our advisory
board at the reception.
We are pleased to know that our
president has returned, and that her
Mort Shoecraft is now In charge of
the refreshment department of the
Chateau and would be pleased to meet
his many friends tonight
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Don't fail to witness the big skate
contest Sunday night at the rink. A
fine lot of skaters have been entered,
a a
Dancing school every Saturday.
Come out tonight and win a prize as
the best two stepper or waltzer. The
entire place is run for your comfort
and amusement You can dance, skate
or listen to the best music, all for ten
cents, one dime.
The Illinois Chronicle, which is al
ways chuck full of good live news,
reached its first mile on the Journal
lstic road last week, and being ably
conducted or managed In every way.
it has set the pace for all the Afro-
American newspapers published in
this section of the country. May it
live long and continue to enjoy pros
perity; so that its owners and editors
will always be able to bask In the
sunshine and live on easy street
Mrs. William English Walling, wife
of the Executive Chairman of the As
sociation for the advancement of Col
ored People addressed the Negro Fel
lowship League, Wednesday evening,
Octobr 12, at the Reading Room, 2830
State street and those attending were
greatly delighted with her Interesting
talk, and the Colored race would be
a thousand times better off If it nad
more staunch friends like Mr. and
Mrs. William English Walling.
ed thn rfoOT-cA ...... -
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by Harvard ii 1S95. He did Z
cial research work for the iS ?
of Pennsylvania, after which ?I
to Atlanta university to tak. "
of the department of econo
sociology. nua ay
Dr. Du Bois is the author Ar ,
of Black Folk," a history J
Brown. "The Suppression of Z ij"
Trade." 'The Philadelphia .nw Tl
many pamphlets on the raceXttE?
When he resigned from tteS
sorshlp to accept the positio?
rector of publicity and research
the National Association FoTS
vancement of ni..i Uie Aa-
board of trustees of Atlanta 4w
Review of Causes Which Led to the ?? ta accepting his resignation, m
Oraanteallon of th. A.Me!.!?n i i Wm & following elowlm- tHi,....41
New York and What IU Policy Will H"We ,acpt w,th nent the resW
" vj. t. x. uurgnardt Da go!
Ph. D., from the professorship 0uZ
nomlcs and history at Atlanta
"For thirteen years he has MTn
this Institution with great abMrS
devotion. He has proved hlnSy J
careful scholar, a firm disciplinary,
and a thorough and Inspiring teacw
"The charm of his personality 8m
his prevailing good cheer have adto
mucn to tee enjoyment of life In th.
school family. ue
"Under his guidance the department
of economics and history has been
greatly strengthened and has bron-ht
Atlanta university wide recognition
among scholars. TO
"We can only hope that his nPnr u
of labor will give him larger oppcr.
tunity for the exercise of his exce.
tional powers for the benefit of the
Negro race and of humanity."
The association wUl begin the pnbU
cation of a magazine, the Crisis the
1st of November. Its aim each month
will be to record every Important hap
pening and movement in the world
which bears on the great problem of
interracial relation and especially those
which affect the Neero Amerienn
The magazine will be the orpin of
no cliques or party and will avoid per
sonal rancor of all sorts.
Dr. Du Bois will be editor in chief.
His assistants will Include Professor
Kelly Miller of Howard universltv. Os.
wald Garrison Villard. Charles Edward
Russell, William Stanley Bralthwalte,
poet and writer; J. Max Barber and'
Mrs. Dunlop Maclean.
ANT1-LYNCHING SOCIETY
ORGANIZED IN BOSTON.
Mr. W. M. Elliott is on the sick list
5236 Goves Ave.
Mr. J. O. Parker, is planning for a
trip abroad. He may take with him a
help meet
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Hale Thomp
son, have removed from 2000 Indiana
avenue to 2631 Michigan avenue.
The Y. M. C. A, is meeting with
Mrs. Mary A. Tibbs, mother of Mrs.
A. Wllberforce Williams, 3408 Vernon
avenue died very suddenly at her
home In Danville, Ky., Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Williams left for that
city Thursday evening and Dr. Wil-
IlamB and Miss Garnett Tibbs, will
leave this evening. Mrs. Tibbs re
cently visited her daughter in this
city, and made many friends among
its best people; she will be laid to
rest in the family lot In Danville,
Sunday afternoon.
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Last Friday evening the insurgents
in the second ward, held a banquet
Mr. Henry Thomas who Is the chair
man of the Board of Directors of the
Col. Y. M. C..A, Is giving much of his
time in the interest of the work. He
is a worthy gentleman.
much success. Dr. A. Wllberforce to Fred Slaughter's Club rooms, 2971
Williams, addressed the young men on State Btreet: plates were la,d for one
last Sunday. nunurea invitea guests; t,awara a.
Wright served as toastmaster, ana
orations were delivered by Frank
Hamilton late candidate for the legis
lature against Edward D. Green, Hugh
Richardson, late candidates for the
State Senate, in the first senatorial
district
Col. James Hale Porter, the
great lightning change politician of
Dr. Edward S. Miller, spent Monday
and TueBdav of thfa wt- In finnr.
in Twn, w. w t fl.f "e West Captain Fred Ball, W. S
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' roast chicken was reserved for Col. A.
N. Fields, but owing to having an lm-
building which he recently had con
structed in that city.
M. C. Donnell, who is the assistant
pharmacist for the Kingston pharmacy
20 W. 51st St, has resumed his stud
ies at the North Western College of
Pharmacy. We wish him much suc-
mother Is Improving in health. c." cess
LELANDS LOSE IN CUBA.
Havana, Cuba, Oct 11., Special
The Leland Giants had their great
winning steak of nineteen straight
games broken today when the Almen
dares, the strongest club In Cuba, .de
feated them 5 to 2 here today. The
day was a Cuban holiday and 8,000
fans turned out for the game.
Batteries Pedrosa and Garcia;'
Wlckware and Petway.
SORCERY PLEA FREES NEGRO.
Mr. J. C. Stewart, 5434 Normal ave
nue, who has been employed by the
Northwestern Railroad for many
years; met with a painful accident
the first of the week in getting his
arm and hand severely crushed while
in the discharge of his duties.
portant engagement on that evening
with his best girl, so they say, he was
unable to attend to connect with the
chicken and the banquet all the speak
ers both white and Colored, for It
was a mixed affair, decared that "they
would fight the powers that be in
the second ward until snow flies, and
some of them made good Democratic
speeches.
A WISE JUDGE.
A few years ago, at Decatur, EL, a
cook was charged with assault When
Hon. Oscar Hebel. th m.d! .) iae case came to tnai, tne juoge saiQ:
payers friend and an up-right German-! "tW8 woman ? sone a little
William Moss Tells Jury He Was Be
witched and Is Acquitted.
A pathetic recital of how lie was
the victim of a "voodoo charm" In the
hands of Mrs. ChOds Smith, a Negro
woman, won freedom for William
Moss, a Negro, when he was placed
on trial before Jadge Scanlan in the
Criminal Court Monday. Moss was
charged frith, attacking JeabeHa Smith,
the woman's 11-year-old granddaugh
ter. He said jMrs. Childs Smith
American citizen, who has -warm
friends and supporters In all parts of
Cook County, will be re-elected as)
one of the members of the Board
of Assessors, w tihboth hands down,
Tuesday, November 8th.
William Thomas, 2902 Calumet Ave.
the hustling manager of the Kentucky
Club Cafe, 2260 State street has for
the past week been confined to his
home with sickness and his .many
friends hope to see him out and look
ing after buslnes within the next few
days.
The Town of Lake Woman's Club,
will give a 'Gentlemen's Reception"!
too far in this instance, but good
cooks are too scarce to warrant us
In locking up, even one of them. "The
defendant is dlschaged.,
Call at Institute Annex, 3705 State
street and enroll as a student A full
course, or special lessons.
G. H. McDanlel,
Pres. Enterprise Inst
3705 State street
w. e. b. no bois, va. z.
laws preventing the Negro from fol
lowing vnr.i.u nlIs of uctivlty were
steps in re.-wulrion of the principles of
aemocrao
The d"'- ivbistuiieut laws, jho-
crow measures. reiii ud school facil
ities for the rate. ar . forts to undo
the start made for tht- -s:;i.siou to all
of what uutuy are j.!iaed to term
"Jeffersonlan principle.-. "
With the curtailment of the rights
of the Negro ami a suaJIIy growing
race consciousness as wHl as knowl
edge of public affairs and the growing
economic Independence of the raea
has come the conviction that the spir
it of democratic principles is no less
for the colored man than for the
white.
A number of white and colored men,
all firm believers In the principles of
democracy and strong opposers to
all temporizing with social prejudices
and Its manifestation in discriminat
ing laws, have organized the National
Association For the Advancement of
Colored reople, with offices in the
Evening Post building. 20 Vesey
street New York.
Tho need of such an association can
be best gleaned from an address which
one of its leading promoters, Oswald
Garrison Villard. editor of the New
York Evening Post delivered at the
recent meeting In New York of the
National Negro Business league. Said
Mr. Villard:
"My friends of the Business league,
do not let the historian of the future
say that In this money making age the
colored American became so engross
ed in the accumulation of means nfl
the establishment of business as to
forget those higher things without
which he cannot hope to succeed and
nse to great usefulness, to be really
worthy of his heritage of American
citizenship.
Afro-American Women Unite For Ac
tive Campaign Against Injustice.
An anti-lynching society composed of
Afro-American women has been organ
ized In Boston. The purpose of the
new association is to call the attention
of the legal authorities to the too fre
quent lynching of innocent citizens.
It will also make Investigations as to
the cause of such crimes with a view
of apprehending and having the guilty
punished according to law instead of
mob rule.
The promoters of the movement met
at the residence of Mrs. L. C. Parrish,
In Camden street, Boston, recently and
perfected a permanent organization,
electing the following officers:
President Mrs. M. Cravath Simp
son; vice president, A. H. Jewell; re-
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THE WOMAN'S AID.
The Woman's Aid will present Mme.
E. AraUa Hackley assisted by the
blind musician, Miss Mary Fitzhugh,
in a recital for the benefit of the Old
Fonts' Home, Monday November 7.
8 P M 1910, at Institutional church.
25 and 35 cents,
"Do not forget that while every ef
fort must be spent In fortifying our
selves in every community by busi
ness and material success, equal effort
must bo devoted to that of far greater
movement the insistence upon the
Negro's equal and political rights in
every place and at all times.
"Anything short of absolute eaualitv
before tho law is slavery.
"Sly mends, this republic cannot ex
ist Jialf slave, half free, any more to
day than It could in the time of Abra
ham Lincoln."
f Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, the eminent
authority on racial questions, has been
engaged as secretary of the associa
tion. Professor Du Bois Is a native of
Massachusetts. After graduating from
Flak university In 1888 he entered
Harvard university, receiving the de
gree of bachelor of arts In 1890 and
the degree of master of arts the fol
lowing year.
He 'was awarded a fellowship and.
ifter stadylnjr in Berlin, was awazd-
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cording secretary, Mrs. V. C. Clark;
treasurer, Mrs. L. C Parrish, and
chaplain, Mrs. M. a HalL
Among others who took part in the
organization are Mrs. Carrie 0. Reed,
Mrs. A. Blsbee, Mrs. A. Russell, Mrs.
E. F. Sport, Mrs. B Anderson and Miss
E. Jewell.
The harmony of thought, the true
principle for vindication of their wom
anhood and the race, exhibited in the
efforts for tho public meeting and Its
success, with the triumph gained over
the press, cemented a tie between
them which has caused them to press
forward with greater energy to rem
edy, if not lessen, the continued evils
perpetrated against the race. f
Already thev have nlans formulated
for a big anti-lynchlng meeting In the.
near future and are assured suppon
by some of the best leading white.
women And men of the country.
Why Claflin University Succeeds.
One of tha things that contributes
so largely to the growth and success
of dafiln university Is the loyalty of
her constituents, says the Columbia
(S. C) Ploughman.-
Every student who goes out froo
Claflin feels' that he or she owes tie
Institution a lasting debt of gratitude.
They" talk for Claflin and they wort
for Claflin.
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