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MASTEAL MASTERLYPLEAFORRELIGIOUS Y PLEA fOA RELIGIOUS EDUGA EDUCATION EDUCATIONt TION TIONDR
t Dft JAMES E E1 SHEPARD THRILLS AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE MIDIENGEBRILLIANT AUDIENCEBRILLIANT UIIIENCEBRILLIANT
BRILLIANT YOUNG EDUCATOR ACCORDED TREMENDOUS
OVATION BY AUDIENCE OF WASHINGTONS MOST
SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS CITIZENSHON HON JOHN C
DANCYS HAPPY INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTIONWORK INTRODUCTIONWORK INTRODUCTIONWORK
WORK OF NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL AT DUR ¬
HAM EXTOLLED EXTOLLEDPLAN PLAN SCOPE AND INFLUENCE OF
THE NEW PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDADR DR THIRKIELDS
ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSEMENT ENDORSEMENTONLY ENDORS ENDORSEMENTONLY MENT MENTONLY
ONLY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS
t THAT NOW VEX HUMANITY HUMANITYTHE THE BIBLE
NATURES FOUNDATION FOUNDATIONDR
DR SHEPARD GUEST AT ELABORATE DINNER AT TRUE RE ¬
FORMERS HALL HALLAUDITOR AUDITOR TYLER ADMIRABLE TOAST
MASTER MASTERENCONIUMS ENCONIUMS THAT OFFER ENCOUR ¬
AGEMENT AND CHEER TO PAINS
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CHOICE MUSIC TOOTHSOME MENU COMPANIONABLE
t GUESTS WHOLESOULED HOSPITALITY FEAST OF
RESAON AND IDEAL SKIES RENDER VISIT OF
RACE LEADER A DELIGHTFUL MEMORY MEMORYWritten MEMORYVritten MEMORYa MEMORYWritten
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Written expressly for The Bee
Tuesday was Dr Shepard Day
in the District of Columbia The Theireedom Thefreedom
freedom of the city was given with without
out reservation to the brilliant young youngexponent youngexponent
exponent of the new propaganda of ofreligious ofreligious
religious education Right royally
did he wield the scepter that an ap appreciative appreciative appreciative ¬
preciative people placed in his hands
k A luminous chapter has been written writteninto
into the history of the thought and andaction andaction
action of the men and women who whodo whodo
do things in this community They
have experienced a thrill and an in inspiration inspiration
spiration that have made them better betterand betterand betterand
and stronger because of their con contact contact
tact with the magnetic president of ofthe ofthe
the National Religious Training
School which has the thriving city cityof
of Durham N C C for its habitat habitatDrShepard
Dr DrShepard Shepard Impresses Bethel Liter Lif Literary r rary
ary Society SocietyEmphasizing
t tEmphasizing r
Emphasizing the fundamental and andfarreaching andfarreaching
farreaching value of religious educa education education
tion as the primary solvent of the theraces
races variegated problem Dr DrJames I
James E Shepard addressed a large largeand larg e
and thoroughly representative audi audience audience audience ¬
ence Tuesday evening evening at the Metro Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan ¬
politan A M E Church under the theauspices th e
auspices of the Bethel Literary and an anHistorical d
Historical Association His H is hearers
were made up of the bone and sinew sinewof sinewof
of the Nations Capital and the rarequality rare rarequality
quality qualit of the message delivered was wasbest wasbest
best attested by the close attention attentionthat attentionthat
that was given to it from beginning beginningto
to end and the frequent and sponta spontaneous spontaneous spontaneous ¬
neous applause that greeted the sal salient sa saient salient ¬
ient points with which it fairly bris bristled bristIed bristled ¬
tled Introducing the speaker for former former former ¬
mer Recorder John C Dancy paid aglowing a aglowing
glowing tribute to the man and his hiswork hiswork hiswork
work and told of the marvelous progress prog progress progjess ¬
ress that had been made towardbuilding toward towardbuilding towardbuilding
building up a Negro Mecca at Dur Durham Durham Durham ¬
ham on a spot that two years agowas ago agowas agowas
was an untouched field fieldnow now tense tensewith tenseith tensem
m with ith a throbbing activity that be betokens betokens betokens ¬
tokens everlasting good to the race
Dr Shepard was warmly received receivedand receivedand I Imd
and at the conclusion of his powerful powerfuladdress powerfuladdress
address he was accorded an ovationthat ovation ovationthat ovationthat I
that made the welkin ring compelling
repeated acknowledgments at the
hands of the
orator before
peace peacecould peacecoud peacecould
could be restored
The speaker was waspresented waspresented waspresented
presented with a huge bouquet of
Queen Beatrice Roses The Na National Nationa National ¬
tional Religious Training School and
its peerless founder
have been
en enthusiastically enthusiastically enthusiastically ¬
thusiastically endorsed by the substantial sub substantial ¬
stantial Citizens of
Washington recegnized rec recognized recegnized ¬
egnized as the most critical community commu community community ¬
nity between the oceansA oceans oceansA oceansA
A Brilliant Program Presented PresentedMr PresentedMr PresentedMr
Mr A D Washington Bethel Lit Literarys Literarys Literarys
erarys energetic chief executive pre presided presided presided ¬
sided with dignity and firmness As Associated Associated Associated ¬
sociated with him on the platform platformwas platformwas platformwas
was a coterie of leaders typical ofthe of ofthe oftIe
the ministerial educational and pro ¬
fessional and business life of the Dis District District District ¬
trict A fine musical
program waspresented was waspresented waspresented
presented embracing songs by a ayoung aroung ayoung
young ladies chorus from Miss Nan Nannie N Nant an I Inie
t nie rite H Burroughs National Training
School < hoo at Lincoln Heights D C Cand c Cand I
and selections classic and popular by I
the Amsterdam Orchestra of tenpieces ten tenpieces
pieces Among the songs that particularly par particularly particularly ¬
ticularly impressed i the great audi ¬
ence was me The lne Negro ivegro Has nas Fought i rougnt ougnt
Every Battle But His Own It wascomposed was wascomposed wascomposed I
composed by Miss Iiss Burroughs andwas and andwas andwas
was rendered with telling effect led
by Miss Ophelia Porter of New Or ¬
leans La LaFollowing LaFollowing LaFollowing
Following Dr Shepards masterly masterlypresentation masterlynresentation masterlynresentation
nresentation of the plans and pur purposes purposes purposes ¬
poses of his propaganda Dr W P PThirkield PThirkied PThirkield
Thirkield president president of Howard Uni University Unirersity i iyersity ¬
versity delivered a supplementary ad address address address ¬
dress in support of the educational educationalsystem educationalf educationalsystem
f system advocated by b the th speaker ofthe of ofthe ofthe
the the evening apd a d drew dr w upon the history his history history ¬ t
tory of the ages to prove that under underlying underlying ¬
lying all permanent developmentthere development developmentthere t tthere
there must be a basis of the prirtci prirtciples pnnct pnnctpIes principies
pIes laid aid down in Hob Writ Vrit and a afervent afervent afervent
fervent recognition of the doctrine ofthe of ofthe ofthe
the Fatherhood of God and the thebrotherhood thebrotherhood thebrotherhood
brotherhood of man Dr Thirkield Thirkieldpredicted Thirkieldpredicted Thirkieldpredicted
predicted a glorious career of useful usefulness tlsefuness usefulness ¬
ness for the National Religious
1 Training School at Durham the work workof workof workof
I c of which he had viewed at close closerange closerange closeange
r range during an exceedinglv pleasantaria pleasant pleasantana
aria a ana an profitable visit to the school lastyear last lastyear lastyear
y year He was enthusiastically ap ¬
p plauded plaudedFormer paudedFormer plaudedFormer
Former District Commissioner H HF
I B F Macfarland Register J C Na Napier Napier
I p pier Archdeacon W George Avant Avantand Avantand
Iand a and Miss Nannie H Burroughs who whosat whosat whosat
s sat upon the platform also voiced a
1 hearty approval of the Shepard
i idea Upon motion of Editor W V
Calvin Chase of the Washington
I Bee a vote of thanks was tendered tenderedthe tenderedthe tenderedthe
t the distinguished speaker and the
I r musicians who had assisted in making
t the evening an enjoyable one Dr
IJ I B F Watson atson invoked the divine
J blessing b and Dr M W V Clair pro pronounced prol10unc propounced
r l10unc pounced d the benediction After ad ¬
j journment mrnment the rostrum was besieged
by the throng eager to grasp the
1 hand of Dr Shepard Sh pard and wish him
Godspeed He was overwhelmed overwhelmedwith overwhelmedwith overwhelmedwith
A with congratulations upon his forci forcible forcibe forcile ¬
1 ble b le comprehensive and convincing de
liverance liverancethe l the best that has been beenheard beenheard
heard here mere in many moons moonsif if ever
It was a Shepard Night with a al
l vengeance
DR W V P THIRKIELD THIRKIELDIndorses THIRKIELDIndorses THIRKIELDIndorses
Indorses Dr ShepardDr Shepard ShepardDr ShepardDr
Dr Shepard Dined at True Reformers Re Reformers Reformers ¬
formers Hall HallPrior HalJPrior HallPrior
Prior to the big meeting at Metro Metropolitan Metropoitan Metropolitan ¬
politan A M E Church Dr Shepard Shepardwas Shepardwas Shepardwas
was taken on an extended sight sightseeing sightseeing sightseeing ¬
seeing tour of this City of AJagnifi AJagnificent lt agnifi agnificent agniftcent
cent Distances by Attorney A W V j
Scott and was then > the guest of
honor at a complimentary dinner inthe in inthe inthe
the main auditorium of True Reform Reformers Reformers Reformers ¬
ers Hall tendered by fifty of ofVash Wash ¬
ingtons progressive men of affairs
It began promptly at 530 oclock
Mr Ralph W V Tyler made an admirable admi admirable admirahe ¬
rable toastmaster his introductions
being unusually felicitous and tinc ¬
tured with characteristic humor The Thespeeches Thespeeches Thespeeches
speeches all of a high order and andabounding andabounding andabounding
abounding in commendation of Dr
Shepards unselfish painstaking painsta ing and andproductive anJproductivc andproductive
productive labors for the
race rice were w re reas
as 9 tnc rii 10110s lmnwc
Toasts ToastsToastmaster ToastsToastmaster ToastsToastniasterMr
Toastmaster ToastniasterMr Mr Ir Ralph W V Tyler
WelcomeMr Welcome Ve com eMr Mr Jas A Cobb CobbWho CobbVho CobbWho
Who is to Shepherd all nations
The life of Jesus is to lead and guide guideall guideaU guideall
all nations into green pasturesFreedom pastures pasturesFreedom pasturesFreedom
Freedom of the City CitAtty Atty A W WL WHe
Scott ScottHe ScottHe L
He is a stranger in our midst give
him the freedom of the city
Religion ReligionRev Rev I N Ross RossThy RossTh
Thy Th duty is love to your fellow fellowman fellowman fellowman
man manEducation Education EducationProf Prof Kelly Miller MillerEducation MiUSr MiUSrEducation MillgrEducation
Education is not that which whichsmothers whichsmothers whichsmothers
smothers a woman with accomplish accomplishments accompJishments accomplishments ¬
ments but that which tends to con consolidate consolidate consolidate ¬ i
solidate a firm and regular character characterto
to form a friend a companion a aContinued aContinued aContinued
Continued to page page 5 j
DR JAMES E SHEPARD
THE GREAT EXPOUNDER EXPOI NDER OF 0 F A NEW NE PROPAGANDA THE
GREATEST OVATION EVER ACCORDER AC CORDER AN AMERICAN BY
THE BETHEL LITERARY ONE HUNDRED QUEEN BEATRICE
ROSES PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY
PARAGRAPHIC PARA6RAPHICNE5 PARA6RAPHICNE5Important NEWS NEWSImportant
Important News Happening Happeningof
of the Week WeekJohn WeekDEVOTED
DEVOTED DEVOTEDTOCENEAAUN1ERES DEVOTEDTOCENEAAUN1ERESJohn TO GENERAllNTERESl GENERAllNTERESlJohn 1
John Patrick a chief gunners mate matein matein matein
in the U S Navy N vy reenlisted on onboard onboard onboard
board the U S S Franklin at amonthly a amonthly amonthly
monthly rate of 10031 Patrick Patn Ck k is a aNegro aNegro aNegro
Negro and has had over twentyseven twentysevenyears twentyevenyears twentysevenyears
years service He will soon tie e eli eligible eligibe eligible ¬
gible to retire on a handsome an annuity annuity annuity ¬
nuityThe nuity nuityThe nuityThe
The Rev Francis Grimke will be bethe bethe
the principal speaker at the meet meeting meeting meeting ¬ I
ing of the New York Historical andLiterary and andLiterary I
Literary Society at St James Presby Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian ¬
terian church March arch 27 His subject subjectwill subjectwill
I will be The Measure of a Man ManRobert ManRobert
I Robert Marshall the only colored coloredmember coloredmember coloredmember
member of the Saratoga County Re Republican Republican Republican ¬
publican Committee has been ap appointed appointed appointed ¬
pointed by the Republicans to the theoffice theoffice theoffice
office of fire clerk in the State Sen Senate SenI SenIate Senate ¬
ate at Albany AlbanyMr
Mr C S A Baker a colored man manof manof manof
of Detroit Mich has sold his patent patentof patentof
of a friction heater for street cars to toa toa toa I
a Canadian company for 160600 i6ooo0Baker 160600Baker 160 oo ooBaker
Baker conducted his experiments experiments ona on ona ona
a street car in Detroit MichBy Mich MichBy MichBv
By Bv the will of Mrs Alice A Hicks Hicksnearly Hicksneay Hicksnearly
nearly neay 360000 was was left to charitable charitableand charitableand charitableand
and educational institutions The TheNew TheNew Th ThNew e
New York Y rk Orphan Asylum is lef left t
10000The 10000 10000The 10000The
The Reverend Father Planterigne Planterignethe
the colored Catholic priest in an ad address address address ¬
dress before the Catholic University
in this city city said Never Never imagine imaginethat imagine imaginethat imaginethat
that the colored people an and satisfied satisfiedas
as long as there is a Jim Crow sign signon signon signon
on the confessional or on the pews pewsor pewsor pewsor
or on a side door for them to go inThe in inThe inThe
The great leakage in the Catholic CatholicChurch CatholicChurch CatholicChurch
Church is due to this very fact factAirs fact1Irs factMrs
Airs Robert E Barry the firstnurse first firstnurse firstnnrse
nurse to go to the front from New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York when President Lincoln issued issuedthe issuedthe issuedthe
the call for volunteers in 1861 died diedlast diedlast diedlast
last week in Pasadena Cal She waseightysix was waseightysix waseightysix
eightysix years Qld ojdThe QldThe QldThe
The National Negro Business BusinessLeague BusinessLeague BusinessLeague
League reports that a colored busi business business business ¬
ness directory of Savannah Ga pub published pnbished published ¬
lished by Whittier H Wright con contains contains contains ¬
tains the names of 332 colored men mendoing mendoing mendoing
doing business in that city cityThe cityThe
The corner stone of Bunker Hill HillMonument HillMonument HillMonument
Monument in Charlestown Mass Masswas 1fasswas Masswas
was laid by bv General LaFayette June
17 1825 who ho was then the nations nationsguest natiorsguest nations nationsguest
guest Daniel Webster delivered the theoration theoration theoration
oration on the occasion occasionThe occasionThe occasionThe
The convicts in New Jersey re rebejjed rebelled rebelled
belled against drinking water from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the Delaware River which resembles resembleslemonade resembleslemonade resembleslemonade
lemonade on account of mud and anddirt anddirt anddirt
dirt Sheriff Madden decided that thatthe tbatthe thatthe
the protest was justified and ordered orderedbottled orderedbotUed orderedbottled
bottled spring water waterMiss waterIiss waterMiss
Miss Iiss Eliza Tyler Stowe the last lastof lastof lastof
of the daughters of Harriet Beecher BeecherStowe BeecherStowe BeecherStowe
Stowe died last a5t week at her home inSimsbury in inSimsbury inSimsbury
Simsbury She was born at Walnut
Hill near Cincinnati Her twin sis sister sister sister ¬
ter died several severa years ago
The first section of the General
Grant testimonial statue which willccupy will willoccupy willOCCUP
occupy OCCUP o a site in the Botanic Garden
the foot of the Capitol grounds
arrived arriyed in the city cit and active acthepreparatlohs
for the erection of the
will begin very soon
President P esient Tafts order for a syste sstem
m b inspection m pec lOn of all government governme t
to improve 1mprove sanitary condi condItIons ¬
tIons has revealed the interest Mrs
who is taking an interest in inmen
and women who serve the nu numerous ¬
government departments departmentsM
M
f 1 According to Commissioner Ru R u ¬
dolph there is no need in m the Distrf District
for the establishment of a municipal al
I bureau to care for fatherless families familiesas famili familias es
as that class cl ss of work is now being
performed effectively by the Asso Associated Associated ¬
i ciated Charities the Judge of they theyju theyjuvenile th uvenile u
venile v nile Court and his probation officers offi officers officers ¬
I cers
r rA
cersA A cowred c dicedSalvation 1redSalvation Salvation Army Arm is to be beseg bese
seg S se on the he streets pf of Knoxville
I T fA fT fa 7t ft rt is is said they are are attracting
a great great rellt deal of attention attentionJt
I Jt is the edict of the Navy Depart Department Department Department ¬
ment that wireless messages shall
hereafter be known as radiograms
Andrew Carnegie has given a atrophy atrophv atrophy
trophy valued at 750 to be beawarded beawardedto awarded awardedto
to the th best cotton grower in the
United States Mr Carnegie makes makesa
a special consideration of his award awardthat awardthat awardthat
that colored people be permitted to tocontest toI tocontest
contest for the prize prizeTwentythree prizeTwentythree prizeTwentythree
I Twentythree industrial schools
have been be directly or indirectly
founded by graduates and former formerstudents iormerstudents formerstudents
students of Tuskegee Institute Theseschools These Theseschools Theseschools
schools are employing about 150 150teachers 150I 15 o
I teachers nearly onehalf of whomare whom whomare I Iare
are graduates or former students of
Tuskegee TuskegeeI TuskegeeMrs
I Mrs Alice M Dismukes colored coloredwho coloredwho
who has charge of the laundry at Fisk
University has recently given 1000 1000of 1000of ioooof
of her wages toward the erection of ofa ofa o oa f
a single building in which music may
be taught Miss Iiss Dismukes is greatly
interested in music Oh for more moresacrificing moresacrificing moresacrificing
sacrificing colored women womenMatt womenIIatt womenMatt
Matt Henson who accompanied d
Peary on his expedition to the North dm m
Pole has written a book descriptive descriptiveof
of the journey and his hardship and andexperiences andcxperiences an anexperiences d
experiences
A BIG DAY ON THE HILL
On Sun Sunday day I March March Iar h 31st at 3 oclock
Pioneer Hall vthe the beautiful new
building on the campus of the National Na National Nationa ¬
tional Training School Miss Nannie
H Burroughs president Lincoln
I Heights D C will be dedicated
1Ian Many great events making for the theuplift theuplift theuplift
uplift of the entire race have trans transpired transpired transpired ¬
pired at the National Capital but butthis buttl1is butthis
this is the first and only institution
in the world founded and operated
by b the women of the race for the thetraining thetraining thetraining
training of women of the race The Theinstitution Theinstitution Theinstitution
institution has not only a claim upon uponthe uponthe uponthe
the women for what it is doing for forthem forthem fortheta
them but upon the men because it itlives itlhes itlives
lives to develop ideal housekeepers housekeepersand
and homemakers
Those Who Will Attend Dedication DedicationFirst DedicationFirst DedicationFirst
First All women and womens or organizations organizations organizations ¬
ganizations are invited invitedSecond invitedSe
Second Se ond Mrs Maggie L Walker Walkersecretary Walkersecretary
secretary secretary of the Independent Order Orderof Orderof Orderof
I of St Lukes and all members of the theSt theSt
St Lukes Organization in this city
Third Pastors of the city
Fourth The choir of the Nine Nineteenth Nineteenth Nineteenth ¬
teenth Street Baptist Church Clm > rch will willI willfurnish willfurnish
I furnish the music musicFifth musicFiith
Fifth All men who are interest interested interested interested ¬
ed in the development of the highest highesttype highesttype highesttype
type of Christian womanhood womanhoodSixth womanhoodSixth womanhoodSixth
Sixth The Hon W V O Bradley of ofKentucky ofKentucky ofKentucky
Kentucky will ill deliver the principal principaladdress principaladdress principaladdress
address addressSeventh addressSeventh addressSeventh
Seventh The Washington Colony Colonyof Colonyof
of Kentuckians KenttickiansDECLARED KentuckiansDECLARED KentuckiansDECLARED
DECLARED OFF I
The testimonial by b Miss Jean JeanKelly JeanKen JeanKelly
Kelly Ken announced for April 4 at the theetropoitan
Metropolitan etropoitan A M E Church has
been declared off on account of MissKellys Miss
Kellys departure for a years tour tourabroad tourabroad tourabroad
abroad
Big Stick Club
Attorney Attorne John W V Moss of Hills HiUsdale
dale has organized a Taft Big Stick StickRepublican StickRepubJican StickRepublican
Republican Club It will make its itsappearance itsppearance itsappearance
appearance soon
j
I PRESIDENT TAf TAFFSOFFICIAL S OffiCiAL RECORD RECORDII
II IH THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATION FOB THECOLOBEO THE COLORED RA RACE fl IP
Because a few colored postmasterswhose postmasters postmasterswhose postmasterswhose
whose salaries all together tog ther did not nottotal nottotal nottotal
total 5000 were were displaced in the
Soutn StJut Suutli the
impression has
gone goneabroad goneaDroad goneabroad
abroad that President Taft has ac accorded aclorded accorded ¬
corded less representation to the therace therace therace
race than any previous Republican
I President Pre ident The Bee has carefully
looked into the matter and as a re result result result ¬
sult finds that the representation in inthe inthe inthe
the way of official patronage now en
joye1 joye i by the race under v President
Taft in quantity and quality is isgreater isgreaser
greater grea < er than under previous Presi ¬
dent It appears that the the great greatrunpus greatrutpus
runpus raised over the dropping of
four of of five little inconsequential inconsequentialpostmasters inconsequentialpostmasters inconsequentialpostmasters
postmasters by Postmaster General
Hitchcock without the knowledge of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the President has permitted the
larger and finer appointments made
by the President to be overshadowed
For instance more attention has
been given to the dropping of Post Postmaster Postmtster Postmaster ¬
master Wilson at the little town of o
Florence S C who had held the theoffice theoffice theoffice
office for nearly a quarter of a cen century century century ¬
tury than was given to the unusual unusualappointment unusualappointment unusualappointment
appointment of Whitfield McKinlay
as Collector of Customs in this city citywhich
which position has a maximum sal salary sa saary salary ¬
ary attached five times the salary of ofthe ofthe
the Florence S C postoffice Post Postmaster Postmaster Postmaster ¬
master Wilsons office for rank and andprominence andprominence andprominence
prominence was tvas not comparable t tthe to tothe tothe o
the position now held by Mr McKin ¬
lay who by the way is also a = Na Native na native native ¬
tive South Carolinian In the classi classiged classiged ciassiged
ged service in round numbers there thereare thereare ther therarc e
are one thousand more colored em employees empoyees employees ¬
ployees poyees in the government service servicethan serviceth servictliami e
than th n at a the beginning of President t
Tails term In the matter of promo promotions promotions promotions ¬
tions there are more colored clerks clerksenjoying clerksenjoying clerkenjoying s
enjoying higher grade of salaries salariesthan salariesthan salariethan s
than at the beginning of President t
Tafts term As to patrons directly directlyor directl y
or indirectly conferred by the Presi ¬
dent or which is considered and andare andare au d
are Presidential appointments The TheBee TheBee
Bee has prepared the following list of ofcolored ofcoore o ocolored f
colored coore officials < serving under Presi ¬
dent lait Taft each each and and every everyone one or orwhich of ofwhich ofwhich
which are Presidential appointments appointmentswith appointmentswith appointmentswith
with the exception of Mr Vernon and andMr
Mr W V D Johnsons appointments appointmentsand
and these two places were were given the therace therace therace
race by die suggestion of Pr sid < t
TaftS Taft TaftS TaftS
S Laing Williams of Chicago who whoholding
holding over from the last administration adminis administration administration ¬
tration as Special Sp cia Assistant U S SDistrict
District Attorney Attorne in charge of Natu Naturalization Naturaization Naturalizatiou ¬
ralization was appointed a regular regularAssistant regularAssistant regularAssistant
Assistant U S District Attorney Attorne AttorneCongress
Congress failing to appropriate fo fothe for forthe forthe c
the continuation of special assistants assistantsin assistantin s
in charge of Naturalization Mr Wil Williams Wilhams ViI ViIIiams ¬
hams would have been dropped ha hanot had hadnot hadnot d
not the President desiring that the therace therace timerace e
race have as nearly equitable repre representation representation representation ¬
sentation as possible promptly had hadMr hadMr ha haMr d
Mr William appointed a regular As Assistant Assitant Assistant ¬
sistant U S District Attorney at a t
2000 per annum annumMr annumMr annumMr
Mr William H Lewis of Boston BostonMass BostonMass BostonMass
Mass also Special Assistant in incharge incharge ii iicharge
charge of Naturalization because of ofthe ofthe o otime f
the failure of Congress to appropriate appropriatefor appropriatfor e
for such positions was likewise ap appointed appointed appointed ¬
pointed at the Presidents direction directionregular directionregular
regular Assistant U S District Distri District t At Attorney At Attorney Attorney ¬
torney at 2500 Later as all are areaware areaware ar araware
aware President Taft appointed Mr MrLewis MrLewis fr frLewis
Lewis Assistant Attorney General at a t
5000 per annum the highest place placein placeI plac placin
I in the Judiciary to which a Negro Negrohas Negrohas Negr o
has attained in this or any othe othecountry other othercountry othercountry r
country whose population is not ex exclusively exclusively exelusively ¬
clusively a Negro population populationUoon populationUpon
Upon the resignation of John C
uancy Dancy wno who na naDeeds had < been Rccorderof RccorderofDeeds ecorder o oDeeds f
Deeds for eight years previous H LJolmnsoim L LJohnson LJohnson
Johnson of Georgia was appointed appointedto appointeto d
to succeed him at 4000 per annumUpon annumUpon annum anntunUpon
Upon the resignation of WVernon W V T TVernon TVernon
Vernon as Register of the Treasury Treasurythe Treasurythe Treasurythe
the President appointed J C Napieof Napier Napierof r
of Tennessee Tenness to the place his salar salarho salary
bein ho GAnro ner
Mr Emmett Scott of Tuskegee Tuskegeewas
was appointed one of tire three Com Commissioners Commissioners Commissioners ¬
missioners of Liberia to report upon uponthe uponthe upontime
the internal conditions and needs of ofthat ofthat ofS
that black republic This was wassition wassition apo aposition S ¬
sition though while tempor r of ofgreat
great honor an < l requiring menfora menforavery me merry lof oia oiavery a acry
very cry high order of intelligence and andadaptability andadaptability andadaptability
adaptability and the selection of ofMr ofllr ofMr
Mr Scott evidenced evidenc d the Presidents Presidentsconfidence Presidentsconfidence Presidentsconfidence
confidence in colored men to fill any anynnsitinn
nnsitinn
The President upon executive or order or order order ¬
der appointed James M Alexander Alexandercashier Alexandercashier Alexandercashier
cashier to the Collector of Internal InternalRevenue InternaRevenue InternalRevenue
Revenue at Los Angeles Cal Thisposition Thisposition This Thisposition
position is under Civil Service but butthe butthe butthe
the President who has refrained refrainedmore refrainedmore refrainedmore
more than any previous previous executfr executfrfrom executp executpr executprfrom
from making appointments to toCivil tSf
Civil Service branch upon executive executive
order made mad this appointment appointmentcause appointmentcause tie tiecause >
cause of the special qualifications qualificationsMr
Mr Alexander possessed for the po position position position ¬
sition and because as he stated stated in inthe inthe in inthe
the order making the appointment appointmentthe
the colored people of California CaJi ornia had hadnot hadnot hadnot
not adequate representation in timegovernment the thegovernment thegovernment
government service serviceAt serviceAt serviceAt
At his direction Captain W T TAnderson TAnderson TAnderson
Anderson Chaplain for the loth Cavalry Cav Cavalry Cavalry ¬
alry was > as promoted to the rank of ofMajor ofI ofMajor
MajorCharles Major MajorCharles J JCharles
Charles A Cottrill of Ohio Ohi was wasappointed was wasappointed wasappointed
appointed Collector of Customs for forHonolulu rorHonoluiu forHonolulu
Honolulu at a maximum salary saary of
4000 per annumVhitfield annum annumWhitfield annumVbitfieJd
Whitfield McKinlay was appointed appointediur appointedCollector appointedCollector
Collector Or ot Customs iur for this kuia uistiiui uistiiuiat district I
at a maximum salagf salaaY sal of 5ooo ooo per perannum perannum I Iannum
annum annumThese > s I
These two posifpn positpnSt together with withthe witbthe withthe
the position to which Mr Lewis was wasappointed wasappointed
appointed are new positions openep openedto I
to the race rac no colored man havingpreviously having havingpreviously havingpreiously
previously held either eit 1er of these offices
t
The President appointed Dr Crum
of South Carolina Minister to Libe ¬
ria ria at 5000 and Mr William Bundy
of Ohio Secretary of the Legation
there at 2000 2000ExGov 2000ExGov ooo oooExGov
ExGov P B S Pinchback Pinch back was
appointed at the Presidents Presid nts direction
to a position in in the Internal Revenue
Service at New York at 1000
per
diem and later ater covered in under the
Civil Service making his position
permanent permanentW permanentY
W Y T Vernon of Kansas was
ap ¬
pointed at the Presidents direction
Supervisor of Indian and Negro Negro
Schools in in Oklahoma
W V D Johnson of Kentucky Kentuck was
appointed at the Presidents direc ¬
tion to a position in the Agricultural
Department DepartmentAmong DepartmentI DepartmentAmong
I Among the Colored officials in the
service s rvice at the time of his inaugura ¬
tion President Taft has retained R
H Terrell Judge of the Municipal
Court in this city c y at at 2500 James
A Cobb Special Speci 1 Assistant District
Attorney for this
city at 2ooo 2 ooo
Ralph W V Tyler of Ohio Auditor for
the Navy at 4000 1000 Cyrus Field
Adams of Chicago Assistant Regis ¬
ter of the Treasury at 2500 Charles
W V Anderson Internal Revenue Col
1 lector i at N New VT IT ITnum York
w at 4300 500 per an annum annum
num Nathan Alexander Register of
the Land Office at Montgomery Ala Alaat Alaat
at 1500 Robert Smalls Collector of
Customs at Beaufort Beauf rt S C C at 1200 1200oseph
Joseph oseph E Lee Internal Revenue
Collector at Jacksonville Fla at dt 1t
4 4500 5oo Dr Henry Furniss Minister
to Haiti at 10000 per annum Also
the eight colored men who are in the
Consular Service have been retained
by the President PresidentThe
The above enumerated positions positionsrepresent positionsrepresent
represent an n aggregate of twenty
nine Negro officials
appointed
or re r ¬
tained by President Taft whose sala saa saaries ¬
ries total 90000 per annum
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EDUCATIONBy
By Jno no T C Newsom N cwsom
4 4There There are educations and educa edut ¬
tions dons in this country but of all the theseveral thesevera
several severa species speciesliterary literary industrial in ustrial or orwhat 01 01what orwhat
what not notI I know of none more vi i ¬
tally important to material success successnone successnone successnone
none more promotive of peace and
brotherhood among men of f real man ¬
hood and good citizenship citizenshipthan than re ¬
ligious education educationthe the kind of education educa education ¬
tion of which Dr Shepard is the dis distinguished ¬
tinguished exponent exponents
If you take care of the heart and andthe andthe andthe
the head you will not have much muchtrouble much uch uchtrouble
trouble with the hand handKnowledge handKnowedge
Knowledge is power we are told tolda tolda
a great good power or a great bad badpower badpower
power according to the state of the
heart o the conscience directing it
hence the importance of religious and andmoral andmoral andmoral
moral education educationIf
If a man is to be a bad man it is iseminently iseminent iseminently
eminently eminent better that he be ignorant
for then he will be less capable of
doing harm harmI
I would not detract anything from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the education ducation of the hand but stand ¬
ing out clear and strong like a Mat Matterhorn Matterhorn Matterhorn
terhorn as chief and paramount of ofall ofall ofall
all is that of religious education educationReligious educationReli
Religious Reli ious education or heart edu education education education ¬
cation if you please is what the Ne Negro Negro ¬
gro needs It is what the white man manneeds mllnneeds
needs It is emphatically what the thepoor thepoor timepoor
poor white people of the South need
I speak of them especially because becausethey becausethey
they are ar preeminently the Negro
hating class classWith classVith classWith
With religious education the trou ¬
ble making white man and the thetroublemaking thetroublemaking thetroublemaking
troublemaking Negro would entirely er tirely
disappear from the community commmityand commmityandpeace and andpeace andpeace
peace in her glory and supremacy supremacyonce supramacyonce
once more and forever would be es established established ¬
tablished
Bethel Literary Announcement AnnouncementThe AJU1ouncementThe
The annual debate between Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong ¬
strong Manual Training and Alt AltStreet M MStreet MStreet
Street High schools will be held un under under under ¬
der the auspices auspic s of Bethel Literary Literaryand Literaryand Literaryand
and Historical Association next nextTuesday
Tuesday night April 2 The subject subjectResolved subjectResoved subjectResolved
Resolved That capital punishment
inthe int a United States should be abol
ishefl willbe will be discussed in the affirmativc affirm affirmative affirmat ¬
ative at v by a picked team of three young youngmen youngtJen youngmen
men from M Street High School Schoolwhile Schoowhile Schoolwhile
while the negative side of the ques question question question ¬
tion will wi be defended by a similar similarteam similarteam similarteam
team from Armstrong Music for forthe forthe forthe
the occasion will be furnished by stu ¬
dents from both schools schoolsChange schoolsChange schoolsChange
Change of Front
Baltimore March 36 3 3Jobn 2John
John H Murphy editor or oi the th thAfroAmerican
AfroAmerican Ledger will direct the
Roosevelt fight in this th s city He will
be assisted by a number of prominent prominentcitizens promincntcitizens prominentcitizens
citizens Hugh Hu h E Macbeth editor e itor of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Baltimore TinflSf Tj Tirf is one of the theenthusiastic theenthusiastic theenthusiastic
enthusiastic supporters of the
Colonel ColonelThe ColonelThe ColonelThe
The Republican Republic n organization of the thei
i Seventeenth ward met at the home of ofI
I Councilman Council an Harry S Cummings a afew afew afew
few eveffings ere rigs ago and endorsed Pres Pr6 ¬
ident Taft for a renomination renominationiEvery renominationEvery renomjnatioEvery
Every available space in Jt J Jhn JhnWesley hn JhnI hni
i Wesley M E Church was taken last
Sunday when Rev Ernest Lyon Lyonpreached Lyonpreached
preached to local oca Knights of P Pthiu Pthiuon hias
on Charity CharityAttorney CharityAttorney
I Attorney Thomas L Jones of ofwas
Washington was here this week w ek
looking after the interests of a client Uent
Mr E Davidson Washington son sonof sonof son sonof
of Dr Booker
T Washington was wasn
in n the city itv Monday M oncftv
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