The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27


lanta, Ga. r ~.
Mr.. Grant F. Davis has been granted
divorce from his wife, Jennie Patter-
son Davis. III s'.
Mr.. Carl Brown, 1908 Wabash ave
nue., expects to visit his relatives in
OMAHA Neb., shortly. sa.
Miss Maude Thompson Jones of
Elmira, N. Y, will hereafter reside
permanently in this city.
DR.. ]. w. Corbin, dentist, northwest
corner of Twenty-ninth and State
streets. Phone S. 1876. Chicago. - i
Mrs. T. e. Stumm, heretofore con-
nected with THE APPEAL, leaves to-
day on visit to friends in the East
The Triangle Club will give a May
party next Wednesday evening at Ar
Ington Hall. A pleasant time is ex-
pected. . ...-.-. +
THE APPEAL is without question
the best advertising medium through
which to reach the Afro-Americans of
Chicago.
1t is rumored that the Rev. Jordon
Chavis will soon be given the place
in the grain office now filled by James
Waggoner. 1884, =
Subscribers for THE APPEAL who
wish to discontinue the paper must
send written notice to the office, prop
erly dated and signed. &i4
Assistant County Attorney Ander-
son and his wife, sister of the late
DIR. E. E. Barr, attended the funeral
or. the latter at Mattoon, ILL.,, Mon
day.
Miss Ogeal Wilson, 1922 Calumet
avenue, who has been studying violin
lessons at the Conservatory of Music.
left this week for her home in Topeka
Kan.
Mrs. Georgia Howard, formerly of
Chicago, has just returned to the city
after an absence of several months in
Texas, to the delight of her numerous
friends.
Mr.. Louis N. Johnson, formerly
prominent Afro-American politician
on the North Side, is now residing at
Aurora, ILL.,, and is doing we'll in his
new home.
Miss. Maude Thompson Jones, of Ell
mira, N. Y, who made such a success
IN her singing in the play of Ozark
ness to Dawn" is open for engage
ments In concert work. >''
DO you want to preach? Learn at
nome. Send two-cent stamp to Prof.
r. B. Hewitt for catalogue of Core
spondence Bible School, 1908 Maya
zine street. New Orleans. La.
Mrs. Hester Morrison, daughter of
the late ]. w. E. Thomas, who has been
IN this city for several weeks contend
ing for her interest in her fathers
estate, will soon return to her home
in New York.
Mr.. Lewis W. Washington has been
given a $1,000 place in the Office of the
city attorney. This is one of a dozen
Of positions to be given to Afro
Americans by the city Democratic adj
ministration, so it is said.
~tnted-To know the whereabouts
81 Mr.. Lee Nance, who published "A
Republic or a Despotism, Which ?"
during the Worlds Fair, also got out
some stirring patriotic music. Ad-
dress THE APPEAL, 323-3 1926 Dearborn
E2eet, Chicago, Ill.
letter received from Capt w. B.
Akers, late of Chicago and the Eighth
Regiment, but. now living in Cuba,
conveys the pleasing information of
his splendid success in his new home.
At present he is filing an important
government position.
The Brotherhood, the new fraternal
Insurance order, recently established
in this city, by number of prominent
Atro-Americans, is said to be in very
prosperous condition. The first death
benefit of $500 was lately paid to a
widow of a deceased member,
The Monarch Insect and Contagious
Disease Exterminator kills, Insects,
bugs, reaches, moths, mosquitoes, ants
and silver bugs instantly. BY mail. t.
cents in stamps. Northern Eel Skin
and Oil Co., Geo. Jas. Washington.
Mgr., 1913 Washington street. Chicago,
Either Bishop Grant or Presiding Ell
der Gaines should promptly end that
dlsgraceful controversy concerning the
pastor of Bethel church. If the
charges are true as made by a CORE
spondent of local paper the pastor
should be swiftly deprived of his
charge.
The Afro-American business men of
the city met at Provident Hospital this
week to discuss the advisability of
organizing a business mems league
TOR Chicago. Ex-County Commission
er Theodore w. Jones, S. B. Turner,
Lloyd G. Wheeler and others were the
prime movers in the proposed club.
THE APPEAL does not give space
to the publication of anonymous COM
municatiOns. The young man who
wrote a reply to who are the Society
Young Men," and who signs himself
The man who received the marble
heart" should have sent his true name
with his article, not for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith. This
accounts for the non-appearance of his
article. ..-. ~ .,5
The annual reception. of the Hospital
Corps OF the Eighth Battalion, Illinois
National Guard, was held Monday
evening at the Armory on Thirty-sev-
enth street. A most enjoyable time
was had. Arment's orchestra furnish
ed the music. The management com
mittee, Messrs H. Furnley, C. M. Fox,
W. F. Hayes, A. Johnson, G.. Patterson
and H. Brown, deserve much credit for
the success of the affair.
Miss Willie ingalls,, granddaughter
OF Mrs. Francis Bynum, 2734 LaSalle i
avenue, has attracted much attention
lately by her proficient and splendid
performance upon the piano. Though
but sixteen years old she has re-
ceived several very fattering offers
to go upon the vaudeville stage. It is
the purpose of her grandmother to