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'-:;-"ji ,xi4- v m T j: f. - r ."fc t . - . - ' hs-r1?3Br?'" -.r-?' -- l J-'-w.f. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX IVoI. XXII. CHICAGO, DECEMBER 30, 1916 N. 15 Health and the New Economic Conditions to be Discussed at the Con-Held Tuskegee ference Negro to Be January 17 and 18, 1917 The foundation for the success of $e Tuskegee Xegro Conference has leen erected upon helpful everyday fiscnssions of matters of immediate jnd practical importance to the race ui to the South, the land where the njority of these people live and must ml out their future. ' The South is losing millions of dol jus every year and the Negro race is jeriously hampered in its progress be- aise of sickness among the Colored people. To equip the race to meet the conditions of the future with vigorous kalth and resisting power, it is essential that theso fundamental laws df health he impressively brought to their attention and methods adopted (.prevent the great waste from sick les brought on by ignorance and care lessness. It has therefore been decided to give nisiderahlc attention to the question df Negro Health at the next Tuskegee Conference which is to be held at Tus legee Institute, January 17 and 18, 1317. Farmers' Conference. The Agricultural Parade this year till not only include au exhibition of various activities at Tuskegee In- State, but will also by means of the nrious floats, show how the new eco lonic conditions are being met by the fanners of the South. The parade will form promptly at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, the 17th, and af ter making a circle of the principal ttoronglifarcs at the Institute, will conclude its march near the Chapel toe the various floats will then be o exhibition. After the parade, the tutors and delegates will be escorted firoogh the various industrial and cultural departments where demon kations and exhibitions of interest ttl instruction will be held. from 12:1.1 i0 1:00 lunch will be nei the vNiting farmers and friends ni after lunch the Conference proper iwn in the Chapel with a brief fcs by Dr. Uobert It. Moton, Prin- of Tuski'grc Institute. Expres Jw pon tin. life of the late Dr. er T. Washington and reports '"al Conferences will occupy im jjWant 'places 0u the program before e Beetili'' is tin-noil nvnr in .1 flic. ' ''Tlu new economic oondi- r facinjr the South." in . Editions-' Ut tioaj cotton under boll-weevil 4 Diversifying crops, ' ' SlOCk r.'l iiillfr' ' qrn Qmnnir fliA ' I'nasCS of comnlpx sit.11nt.inns in- nlrej tie 10 this new economic condition. n'Oillt nf formno lnnjlno hW ..,. .. ..',.' 7 1 - tv.icnc.Ts. mercuants anu &ttt .. ' "i-uii uieso subjects, based "r actual pxnpripnpps -wmll lpnil first-hand information which will be of immense value in reaching some con clusions as to methods. Workers' Conference. The Conference of Workers will be held in the Assembly Boom of the Aca demic Building, beginning Thursday morning, the 18th, at 9:00 o'clock and will continue till 4:00 with a one-hour intermission for lunch'. The subjects for discussion in the morning are, "Health Improvement 'for Efficiency;" "Food as a Factor in Health;" "The National Health Week movement as an aid to better health conditions." The entire afternoon session will be given over to a discussion of the control of preventable diseases. In connection with the Workers.' Conference a spe cial meeting will discuss the "Life and conduct of girls in boarding schools." Lady Deans from fifty schools have been invited to take a part in this discussion. Some Features Briefly Described. The Tuskegee Institute Choir will sing the Old Time Spiritual and Plantation Melodies. Various National Health Organiza tions, the II. S. Government, the Ala bama State Board of Health, and some of the largest insurance companies have been invited to send Health Ex hibits for the Conference. A special free clinic will be held at the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital during the two days' session and many prominent specialists will be present to assist Dr. Kenney. Charts containing valuable inform ation regarding crop, health and living conditions are being prepared by Mr. Work, editor of the Negro Year Book, to be displayed in Chapel.- A unique exhibition will show how Tuskegee Institute is solving its own health problem. An exhibition of corn and canned goods will be held in the frame build ing near the Chapel. Prizes will be awarded as follows: For the best corn there will be three premiums of $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00; for the best canned goods also three premiums of $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00. Among the persons invited to be present and speak during the Confer ence are Mrs. G. H. Mathis, Diversifi cation Agent for the Alabama Bank- sr-i'-i'; - - -. ;' :':.'... " .; : " .." s :. : . '' vvf 0; ''' - "' I-"' - - " ''s."-'0; ' - " HON. THOMAS CASEY. President of the Carey Brick Company extensive real estate owner, popular citizen, who is being prominently mentioned for Mayor of Chicago, two years hence. FEED POLLAED, THE FOOT BALL CHAMPION WINNER, WAS WARMLY GREETED ON "HIS ARRIVAL IN CHICAGO TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS. ers' Association; Mr. Bruce Kennedy, Secretary of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Dowling, the famous Health Specialist of Louisiana; Dr. J. E. McCulloch, Secretary of the Suth ern Sociological Congress; Dr. A. M. Moore, who is doing splendid work among the Negro rural schools of North Carolina, and Editor B. J. Davis of the Atlanta Independent. to BOTirr. ,.,. .r. uaq SEvt.vttt -p-RanvrRNT. j&Ming :imi far famed Seventh j, '. Col. Daniel Moriarty Com tek" r'ght now on its way home j1 Antonio, Texas, where it has .tV - serving its country on v oorcter for the past six Qt Hi '1 val at Fort Sheridan, Vu . k been mustered out of i1 Office a reception and a Hi v eommK "will be extended and his gallant men by the citizens of Chicago, both White and Colored. The following committee will have charge of the affair: Rev. Father Ed ward A. Kelly, former Chaplain of the Regiment; Major Edward H. White, Major Thomas J. Sullivan, Hon. John P. Hopkins, ex-mayor of Chicago; Robert E. Burke and Edward J. Kelly. Col. Moriarty 'and his men were the best and the truest friends that the Eighth Regiment had while it was in Texas and Col. F. A. Denison and his men will assist to extend a warm' home coming. to the famous fighting Seventh Regiment. Fred Pollard, who defeated the Yale and Harvard football teams, and snatched the much coveted prize away for the Browns, who is a student at the Brown University and who is a native of this city arrived home the latter part of last week to spend the Holiday season with his parents and friends and to his everlasting credit, he wears his new and great honors with becoming modesty. The Chicago Herald, in a recent is sue spoke of him as follows: "A Negro yquth, the son of a bar ber, is Chicago's most honored football player of the season of 1916. Pollard of Brown, a student earning his own livelihood while seeking education, has been accorded the highest recognition open to the college athlete. "Chosen by most of the sporting writers as a member of their group of stars, the Xegro player has finallj' been named by Walter Camp as a member of his Ail-American eleven. The vet eran Yale coach, of course, did no more than sanction a success already regist ered. As the leading member of a team which triumphed over Yale and Harvard Pollard had hitherto been ac claimed as one of the great players of the year. But this final selection as sured the barber's son his place in the annals of amateur sport. "The Chicago Negro is not the first Negro to reach this reward. A genera tion ago William H. Lewis of Boston, later an assistant attorney general of the United States, was a Harvard con tribution to the All-American football team. Lewis first and now Pollard are inspiring examples to their fellows. They have proved that color is not an insuperable handicap to honor on the field of sport. "The demonstration is altogether en couraging. Incidentally, too, the larg er public may take a wholesome satis faction in the fact that a clean foot ball player, an intelligent amateur, has succeeded an unsavory pugilist as the foremost athlete of his race." SCHOOL NAMED AFTER DUNBAR. New High School in Washington Named After the Late Poet. Structure to Cost $500,000 Will b the Finest Colored School in U. S. The Slaughter - Douglas Nuptial. Rev. Father John Sheridan Morris Pastor of St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church Performed the Marriage Ceremony at Its Parson age 3623 S. Wabash Avenue MR. AND MRS. EDWARD H. MORRIS ATTENDED THE BRIDE AND GROOM AT THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY AND DURING THE RE CEPTION AT THE HOME OF MRS. ROBERT A. WILLIAMS, 3541 S., DEARBORN STREET. BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY WHITE CITIZENS. ATTENDED THE HOME-LIKE WEDDING AND RECEPTION. ' THE HAPPY BREOE AND GROOM LEFT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RECEPTION FOR BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN. WHERE THEY WILL SPEND THEIR SHORT HONEYMOON AT THE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER HOME OF MR. AND MRS. MORRIS. THEY WILL BE AT HOME AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1917, AT 4428 LANGLEY AVENUE. THEY WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF A BIG WAGON LOAD OF USEFUL AND VERY BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS. Dayton, O., Special. X letter re ceived last week by Mrs. Matilda Dun bar, mother of the late Paul Laurence Dunbar, Colored poet, who died a num ber of years ago, tells her of honors which have been paid her son by the Commissioners of the District of Co lumbia in naming the new high school for Colored children for the poet. The new school cost $550,000, and, accord ing to Principal G. C. Wilkerson, au thor of the letter, is one of the finest in the national capital, and the finest and best-equipped high school for Col ored children in the United States. The structure will be dedicated Jan uary 15, while appropriate exercises will be held during the entire week. Mrs. Dunbar has been given an invita tion to attend the dedication exercises as the guest of honor. She is also told in the letter that the alumni associa tion has voted to present the school, during dedication week, with a four foot square bronze tablet of Mr. Dunbar. AN ELABORATE CHRISTMAS DINNER. Mrs. B. F. Moseley, assisted by her daughter, Miss Bertha Moseley, 6248 S. Sangamon street, will receive her friends on New Year's Day. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson W. Miller, 3155 South Wabash avenue on Christmas evening gave a dinner in honor of their son Master Allen Patterson who is home for the holidays from Mil waukee, Wisconsin where he is at tending school. The house was beauti fully decorated with mistletoe, plants and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Miller sus tained their reputation as host and hostess. The menu was as follows: Oyster Patte', Celery, Olives, Radish, Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Peas, Succo tash, Sweet Potatoes, En Sherry, Champagne, Xmas Salad, Cheese Wafers, Mince Pie, Candy, Nuts and Fruits, Demi Tasso. All present enjoyed themselves in real Christmas Spirit. Those present were: Miss Jane Lee, Mrs. Alice Bryce, Highland Park; Mrs. Viola Lo max, Mrs. Hattie Baker and Niece, Mrs. Julia Hall, Mr. R, L. Ferguson, Mr." Willis Smith, Mr. Geo. Stokes, Mr. Berry Stokes, Mr. Wm. Bell. Mr. A. L. Harris who is very popn- Wednesday evening, at 6:30 o'clock, Miss Elizabeth Slaughter was united in marriage to Mr Terrevous La Fayette Douglass, the plain and very simple wedding ceremony was per formed by Rev. Father John Sheridan Morris, the faithful and hard working Pastor of St. Monica's Roman Catho lic Church, at his parsonage, 3623 South Wabash Ave. Only a few of the chosen friends of the contract ing parties witnessed that part of the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Morris attended them at the wedding and stood up with them later on at the reception which was held from seven o'clock until 11 o'clock at the lovely little home of her aunt, Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3544 South Dearborn street. The bride looked ever so charming and very beautiful as she has always been blessed with a great abundance of grace and beauty and with much love and sympathy for all those whom she comes in contact with. Her wed ding gown consisted of imported white crape cloth, trimmed in real heavy Duchess lace, pearl banding draped at the bottom in silk net, pearl edging. The bridal veil, real rich lace touched with pearls. Jewels, pearl necklace; she carried a bouquet of roses and lillies of the valley. Mrs. Edward H. Morris, Matron of Honor, was gowned in gray imported chiffon cloth, trimmed in rich real silver cloth lace. Ornaments, diamonds and carried a large bouquet of roses. Both gowns were designed by Mrs. Dejunius Ogburn, 4346 Forestvillo ave nue. Well onto five hundred people in cluding many prominent white citi zen friends of both the bride and the groom attended the more than home like wedding reception. Mrs. Towels Mitchell, Mrs. James Fielding, Mrs. Thomas M. Grant, Mrs. Edward Hill, Mrs. Benjamin Johnson, Mrs. Delie Young, Mrs. Maggie Jeffer son, Mrs. Mamie Marshall, Mrs. Robert Miller, Mrs. Maud Eaves, Mrs. Flo rence Brent and Mrs. Dejunius Ogburn and several other ladies actively as sisted Mrs. Williams to administer to comforts of the many friends who were in evidence on that more than happy occasion and the choice refreshments were served during the reception in a most lavish manner. At tho conclu sion of the reception tho happy bride and groom left for Benton Harbor, Mich., where they will spend a short honeymoon at the beautiful summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward II. Mor ris. Mrs. Carter Slaughter, the mother of the bride being confined to her home at Louisville, Kentucky, with illness was unable to be present at the wed ding and the reception. Both tho contracting parties' being well known, popular and highly re spected, they received a big wagon load of useful and extremely costly and beautiful presents. They will be at homo to their many friends after Feb. 1, 1917, at 4428 Langley Ave. lar with the ladies and who is very prominent in secret society circles was also present and delivered a short pleasing address of welcome to those assembled around the festive board. PLANTS IN THE HOUSE. (From the Columbus (Ohio) Journal.) If you have not some growing plants in your living-rooms put them in. They tone np a home, give it a kindly temper, inspire a love of nature and cultivate a taste for the beautiful. But more than this they have a prac-. tical value. They create conditions of health. If they flourish, then you have sweeter and purer air to breathe. They take in bad air and give out good. So the family flourishes if the plants flourish. Each plays into tho other's hands. But the great thing is in keep ing company with nature, which is the finest association that comes into one's life. It is the stimulus of peace, joy, kindness and justice. The angels love a home with growing plants and flowers in it. Mrs. Sidney of St. Louis, Mo., and her daughter Miss Betty Ray, are spending the holiday season with her daughter Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 S. Dearborn street.