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The colored American., 1902-08-09
UpperviIle, Virginia.

MRs Virginia P1nkett, Uppervine. Va,
FaFquar County, desires to take number OF
nrst class summer boardeTs, Upperville Is
located in beautiful part OF Virginia and
ARRANGEMENTS have been already made TO
gi We first class service to q l1mhed numbel
of persons who desire to spend a few weeks
in the summer Rates are reasonable and
the Villa is located close to the Blue Ridge
Mountains with splendid wafer, et9., For
further information address Mrs. Virginia
Pinkett, UppsFville. Farquar County, Va.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

The National Negro Business League
which meets in Rishmond, Va, August
25th to 9th, will be attended by dele
gates from twenty-three states. The
membership of the Business League is
confined to Negro men and women who
are actively engaged in business. More
than three thousand of these are now
in direct touch with the officers or the
League. The object of the organ1za-
ton is to inform, the best it may, the
world of the progress the Negro is
making in business in every part OF the
country. and to stimulate local business
| enterprises through it's annual meet
| ing and in every other possible way.
Large numbers of Local business
leagues have been organized during the
past two years and these are to be
largely represented at Richmond.
| The Richmond Business League Is
making preparations to entertain the
delegates royalty. The tedium Of the
business meetings will be relieved by
a banquet and an excursion to the IA
nous Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Va. There will be no more interesting
features of the meeting than the dis
play of photographs Of Negro business
houses and of Negro men and women
engaged in business throughout the
country. Photographs sent to Tuskegee
up to and including Aug. 18th, will be
given place in the display. Persons in
tending to be present should notify the
president of the League, Booker T.
Washington, at Tuskegee, Ala. Re
duced rates Of one and one-third fare
have been secured from all Of the pas
senger associations of the country.
In purchasing tickets, delegates should
Insist on securing certificates granting
One-third return fare.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

Editor E. E. Cooper, of the Wash
ington District of Columbia) Colored
American, whose cut appears in this
issue of the Times Speaker, is man
that the Speaker delights to do honor.
He is one of the races most trusty
leaders, and as a newspaper man and
ali around hustler, perhaps he stands
without peer among Afro-American
journalists. He is a man whose name
The colored American., 1902-08-09
HIP, HIP, HURRAHI

We believe in giving credit to whom
credit is due, and for this reason we say
three cheers for THE CoLoRED AMERIcAN
of Washington, D. c., for its gct-up and
get in journalism. 1t deserves the pat
ronage of the people all over the coun-
try.-The Rock HW Messenger. =. =.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

agency has done half so much to upllft
the Negro in the arena of drama, song
and legitimate state craft than Mr.. Ho-
gan. His successful career indicates
that the public is willing to accept real
talent, whether it presents itself under
a black skin or a white one. Pursuing
this trend of thought among the best,
Mr.. Hogan has been busily studying
out how to check what seems to be the
decadence of Negro theatr1cals ana
why local managers are so aVerse 10
letting their houses to colored COM
panies Unjust in many cases. unIor-
tunately true in more numerous III
stances, while Negro performers nave
shown marked ability, their character
and conduct have not always peen up
+o +bn required standard and all nave
suffered thereby. The remedy lies IN
the elevation Of moral sCanudrus
among the stage-people of our race
To this work we are proud to say, MI
Hogan is deVoting his great enerSy'
Coming out of our schools are young
ladies' of beauty, talent and rennehnen y
who stand we'll in society for the
reasons lust mentioned, they are sus-
nicious of offers to adopt the stage ds
q nrofession, even when they possess
nositive adaptability for muslcal anu
dramatic roles. With this field reno
waited and purified by capable le1cei
our best young women and asPlrlns
voung men would enter 1t with en-
fhnsiasm and earn for themselVes
hoth fame and fortune. The sphere ol
Negro activity in stagedom hereIoLoi :,
has been limited to a speciallsm thaI l.
now "on it's last legs" ard Mr.. hogan
advanced ideas will prove the enCerlhs
wedge to a newer, brighter and proaoe.
theatrical dispensation. There IS III
,, reason why we may not in the tullnes
, of time develope Mary Anderson:
Julia NARROW, a Leslie Carter, an Alic
Nelson. or a Lulu Glazer. why not
. Booth. a Jefferson, an Otis skinner, al a
F n Sothern or a Sol Smith Russel
in our ranks, to say nothing OF man
> minor prototypes in the leglClhla' g1
minstrels, Operatic, comedy, 1arce an an,
burIesuue arenas? Mr.. Hogan is WorB
= ing along the right line, and II ne sue
: ceeds in infusing new and higher OF
der of blood to reinforce the worthle
, element now in the business the Nc
9 gro will soon become a welcome CUES
: in the most fastidious communities.
The colored American., 1902-08-09
KEEN COTTAGE,

1913 Arctic Ave. Atlantic City, N. ].
This Cottage is about tive squares from either
railroad. 1t will accommodate about fifty guests.
Rooms are large and airy with beautiful piazza, it
has been thoroughly renovated and put IN hrst-
class condition, with all modern convenienceS'
No pains will be spared to make everything com
Portable for our patrons,
Mr., 8. A.. KEEN
The colored American., 1902-08-09

is bound to live in after years as a land
mark in Negro journalism--1imeS-
Speaker, DenVey, Colo.
The colored American., 1902-08-09
DESERVES CREDIT.

THE CoLoRED AMERICAN of the Dis
trict of Columbia deserves much credit
for the excellent picture of Prof. B. I.
Washington.-WeSteYH World.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

Dear readers, let us pause for little
berat-to-heart talk.
Have you received a small pink slip,
oolying YOU to remit the amount or
YOUR subscription today?
If SO. it means that you are sadIy III |
arrears and we hope by this simple |
method to arouse you to prompt ac-
tion in the direction indicated.
In other words, we wish you 10
send us the money you owe Tor Whlch
INV letter and bill we have repeatedly
ask you to pay.
These statements have been sent to
naoD1e high in church, official ana
business standing, who enjoy an am
nIa income and would not miss the
eTnau sum demanded; but the returns
have been so few and slow that we are
ar a loss to know the reason why.
We are giving the nation a splendld
naDer. AS all can see, commenuatory
letters come to us from every statlon'
and from every walk of life. There IS
something interesting and pronIdD-e
IN ALI classes and conditions of readers,
and our steadfast contention LOT Ne
gro manhood, for larger opportunities
for development, for sturdy independ-
ence. and helpful portrayal OF the pest
in Negro character and achleVemenC
combine to make the COlOred AmeTl-
can Dre-eminently the paper Tor the
Deople. In our columns you VIII Hnu
tbe scholarship of the magazine, the
sprightliness of the up-tO-date journal
the snicv variety of the progressive
newspaper, the scintllating sparkle OF
the modern feature periodical ana
the sledge-hammer blows Of the un-
compromising race champion.
Now il costs money to keep such
large institution in regular and sys-
tematic operation. With expenses
heavy, even when the strictest econo-
my is observed, your delinquency IN
creases our bill for stamps, clerk hire
and stationery, to say nothing OF the
wear and tear upon our nerves and
optimistic philosophy.
Is a further hint necessary? we
want everybody to have the Colored
American, and should regret to use the
pruning-knife on a subscription list
embracing so many who are personal
friends
Whether you get a notification sill
or not, do us the kindness to remit al
once, remembering that che pays twice
who pays quickly"
In another column Mrs. Francis
Barris Williams. the talented Chica
go writer. gives an interesting analysis
of the Afro-American Council at st
Paul, from her standpoint. The Col
Ored American wishes to be fair, ant
prints all aspects of the situation. w
hope the original plan of the Counc1
can yet be made to bear good fruit
We want a bona-fide organization tha
will do something tangible and do /
right. Methods count as much a
measures, for men who mean busines
will travel only the straight and nal
row path. The plain truth is that tn
Council is on trial for its life. If tn
Louisville convention next year is t
be potent it will be made up of regular
ly-elected delegates from active cour
ellis built up in the several states, an
the officers will be honestly chosen b.
an honest majority. The question /
both a local and a national one a
preSent-the local feature predOm+
mating, for a national structure ca
only stand by the support Of man
local pillars.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

Elsewhere in this issue is an excel
lent speech of Mr. Ernest Hogan, the
peerless Afro American comedian,
playwright and manager. No single
The colored American., 1902-08-09

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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
PETITION FOR PARDON.

To his Excellency, Governor A. II. Lon
gino, Governor of the State of Missis-
sippi:
We, the undersigned citizens of Perry
county, Mississippi, and vicinity, re-
spectfully petition your excellency to
pardon Isham Boothe, convicted OF
arson at the October. 1901, term of the
circuit court of the second judicial dis
trict of the county of Perry, state Of
mississippi, and sentenced tosa term OF
five years in the penitentiery, for the
causes set out below:
First. Because his conviction rests
almost entirely npon circumstantial
evidence of an indefinite, unreliable and
misleading character, UPON which we dc
not believe conviction should be 81.
lowed to stand;
Second. The principal state witness,
Will Lang, is wholly unreliable and
unworthy of belief, and but for his evil
dence, we do not believe q conviction
would have been permitted to stand;
Third. We believe, as q matter oil
fact. that the said defendant is innocent
of said charge and was enormously con-
victed, because of testimony unworthy
of belief (not criticislng conrt ur jury;
and
Fourth. We believe, that although
the defendant were guilty. the ends Of
justice have been met,-that he Is re.
formed and will make law-abidina
citizen from this time forward and we
believe his record in the penitentiary
viii corroberate this view
aug29-4wks
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
A Boys Wild Ride For Life.

With family around expecting him to
die. and son riding for life, Is miles,
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. w. IT,.
Brown, of Leesville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma, but this
wonderful medicine gave instant relief
and soon cured him. He writes: 81 now
sleep soundly every night Like mar
velous cures of Consumption, Pneum0
Mia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip
prove its matchless merit for all Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles
SOC and 81 90. Trial bottles free al
Tucker & Greer's drug store.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
white passengers ON the train fed to
the baggage car for protection. Sew
eral arrests were made"

Roosevelt is rnnning around over
the country telling the people that
there should be an amendment to
the constitution so as to give con-
gress absolute control of the trusts
This is another one of the presidents
lodges. Since the republicans are
in charge of congress and the trusts
in charge of the republicans there is
no possible chance of an amendment
TO the constitution. The republican
party does not want it for the reason
that the trusts do not want it, and as
the trusts can buy theparty and con-
troll the country matters will continue
as they have been the past several
years. The only way it can be &C.
complished is for the democratic
party to overthrow the republican
party and with it the trusts, provId
ed it is possible to get leaders of ever
the democratic party who cannot bt
bought up by the trusts. Every
thing along that line looks rathe
gloomy just now.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
Annual Session Sovereign Grand
Lodge |. Q. .. F. Des
Moines, Ia, Sept.
1920, 1902.

For the above occasion the Queen and
Crescent Route will sell round trip
tickets to Des Moines, Ia, on Sept. II,
II, Is and IA at rate o, one first class
limitel fare for the round trip. Final
limit CT tickets Sept. %, 1902. Upon
deposit of ticket with Joint Agent al
Des Moines not earlier than Sept Is nor
later than Sept. %, and payment of fee
Of so cents each, final limit of ticket
will be extended to Oct. Is, 1902.
For further information call upon o.
address nearest @. & y. ticket agent or
r. w. BONDS, T. P. A,
Meridian, Miss.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

The negroes over in Alabama Will
now go way back and take a seat.
The lilywhite republicans in that
state refused to allow them to affili-
ate with them in their convention
the other day and now there is moth
ing left the negro but to take up his
abode in a dark alley and shoot craps
and other niggers. The republican
party in nearly every state IN the
south is unloading the negro, having
made the discovery that the load was
too heavy.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

If the governor does not call an eX-
ira session of the legislature all that
is necessary hereafter to know what
the governor will do in any event is
to read the columns of the Clarion
Ledger. That paper crooks its finger
and the governor hops this way or
that according to the crook of the
finger. The governor said at first
that is when he was forced to come
out-that he would leave the matter
to the action of the majority of the
members of the legislature, provided
it met the approval of the Clarion
Ledger, but it aid not, and now he
proposes to leave it to the business
men-business men of Harrison
county, we presume, where there is
no cotton raised. If we were govern
or we would be governor, the whole
thing or we would resign. If the
governor is so afraid of making a
mistake if he calls the legislature in
extra session or because he did not
call it in extra session, let him re-
sign and there will be no mistake
about that.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
A SPECIMEN BRICK
From the Reconstruction" Build
ing in Mississippi.

Correspondence to the Daily Progress.)
Probably about 20 or IS years ago
there lived in Covington county, Miss
two or three young men whom we will
call DIS. In the same neighborhood
lived a man whom we will call B. By
some means a feud arose between B
and the DIS, who became satisfied that,
as B. was a dangerous man, and that
unless something was done they would
either have to kill B. or he would kill
them. Not wishing to kill or be killed
they, by some means, caught B. and
overpowering him put his eyes OUT SO
he was blind till his death, many years
afterward. l saw him several times
before the war came on in 1861. When
the war closed an agent of the infamous
Freedman's Bureau was sent to the
county seat of Covington county by the
name of A. d. Rhonimus, who was as
unscrupulous a liar as that infamous
bureau ever sent anywhere. By some
means this Rhonimus heard the story OF
the binding of B. and published big
story about it asserting that it was 6
recent occurrence, and that BIS eyes
were put ont because he was a unior
man and em5ellishing the story witt
many features of cruelty of his own in
vention. He published his lies in I
paper published in Ohio and took care t.
place his cowardly carcass in that hot
bed of hate before his ISLANDERS could bt
known in Mississippi.
The above is fair specimen of thu
grist sent out by the Freedmen's Bureau
outrage mill to ''fre the northern heart,
aud just such lies have their infuenc
there yet. N. ROBERTSON
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

They do things differently up in
Delaware from what they do down
here in the south. In the first place
white people down here do not rid ?
on negro excursions and in the see
ond place if they did and the negroes
began row they would not run into
the baggage car for protection. They
would simply kill the negroes and
signal the engineer to 60 ahead. But
up in Delaware it seems TO be differ
ent. the negroes taking charge of ev-
erything aud the white people taking
to the woods, as the following will
show: IA free-for-all fight among
thirty or more negroes on the excur-
sion train of the Queen Anne rail
road from Rebotha. Del, to Queens
town, Nd, occurred as the train was
leaving Rebotha. One colored man
was shot and he died when the train
reached Denton, Md. At Hickman
Del. terror reigned to such an extent
that Fred Clifton, the conductor, had
no control over the crowd, who
threatened his life if he interferred
Windows were smashed and several
persons were seriously injured. The
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. l..
OF INTEREST TO
s. TOOK II OIL ID ES.
Free Transportation to Attend the
Special and Annual Meet
ings at Chicago.

Public notice is hereby given that q
special meeting of the stockholders of
the Illinois Central Railroad Company
will be held at the company's Office in
Chicago, illinois. on Friday, August 30,
1909, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon !;
also that the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders OF the company will be
held at its offices in Chicago, Illinois, on
"wednesday, October Is. 1902, at noon.
To permit personal attendance at
these meetings there will be issued to
each holder of one or more shares of the
Railroad Company rs registered on the
books of the Company at the close of
business on Friday, August l., 1902, and
to etockholders of record on Friday,
September 10, 1902, ticket enabling
him, or her. to travel free over the
Company's lines from the station on the
illinois Central Railroad nea. eat to his
or her registered address to Chicago and
return, snch ticket to be good for the
journey to Chicago only during the four
days immediately preceding. and the day
of the meeting. and for the ieturn jour-
ney from Chicago only on the day of the
meeting, and the four Gays Immediately
following. when properly countersigned
and stamped during business hours--
that is to sar, between 8 a. N and 5
d. Min the Office of the assistant sec
iefary, Mr.. w. Ct. BRUEN. in Chicago.
Such ticket may be obtain by any holder
of stock registered as above. on applica-
ton, in writing, to the President OF the
Company In Chicago. Each application
must state the full name and address Of
the stockh0lder exactly IA given In his
o. her certificate of stock, together with
the number aud date of such certificate.
No more than one person will be carried
free in respect to any one holding of
stock as registered in the books Of the
Company. A. @. HAcKsTAFF,
aug 5-to oct IA Secretary.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

Meridian has population, accord
ing to the average Northumberland,
it can't be estimated-and of course
claims to be the largest and wealth
lest city in the state. Then it claims
great wealth for the county. The
city is an old one, dating back to the
time when Sherman made his raid
through this section. Hattiesburg
on the other hand, is comparative
ly new city, built up within the last
five years, and Perry county has
always been considered COW coun-
ty, which implies that it was a poor
county. But Meridian and Lauder
dale county, with all their boasted
wealth and population, have q little
over seven millions dollars of taxa
BILE property while Hattiesburg and
Perry have nearly six. Meridian
can put this IN its hat and four years
hence we Will give it something else
to put in its hat.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

The young man White, who COM
mitted suicide at Jackson yesterday
made two mistakes. He made the
first one by stating that he desired to
be buried in black coat and black
vest. They should have been white
and made of cotton goods as it was
through dealing in cotton futures
that caused him to commit the deed,
as it is reported from Jackson to the
Vicksburg American. Then he
made the second mistake by COM
uniting suicide as ne was short in his
accounts only $500. However, there
is nothing that is much strange in
the latter, as there is case on record
where man distracted 100000 from
the state treasury and is today en-
joying good health with no probable
ity of his ever being prosecuted.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

The Columbus Commercial says
in speaking of the new paper propos-
ed to be started in Jackson that L.
NJ. Garrett will be at the head of it,
"and all that is necessary is to Sc
cure the fifty thousand dollars. .
That may be true these days, but II
used to require brains, even after
the money was secured, to make a
daily newspaper successful.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
National Encampment q. A.
Washington, D. c., Octo-
Der OH, 1902.

For the above occasion the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad will sell tickets to Wash
ington and return at about one cent per
mile, which makes the rate exceedingly
low. Limit allows nearly month in
Washington. Ask NJ. s. O.. agents for
exact particulars.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
sTRAYED.

Taken up by W. E Eure in the city of
Hattiesburg one sorrel horse. Medium
size, about 10 or IL years old. with white
spot IN his face, and appraised at $50, 90.
This 30th day OF August 1902
T. j. WALL, J.. r.
aug30-3wks and Acting Ranger.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

St. Louis Fair, October Gil, 1902.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad will
sell tickets for this occasion at rate of
one fare for the round trip. allowing one
week in st. Louis. Apply to M. a. O.
agents for tickets and information.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
Some one wants to know if Candi-

Some one wants to know if Candi-
date So-and-So is a fit man for the
place. Everything depends upon
the dimension of the candIdate's
barrel. The man who has no barrel
these days cannot be considered
to be fit to hold any office.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

Tne Cne Day Cold SuFo.
For colds and sore throat use Kerm0ti's
Chocolates Laxative Qufniue. Easily .Hken as
candy and quickly care
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17
The Progress is authorized to

as candipate for treasurer of the city OF
Hattigsbufg. subject to the action of the
Democratic party at the approaching city
election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

as candidate for reelection to the office OF
maj shall of the city OF HattiesbuIg. subject
to the action of the Democratic party at the
approaching city election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

The Progress is authorized to announce
G. w. RICH,
as a candidate for reelection for mayor OF
the city of Hattiesburg, subject TO the action
OF the Democratic party az the approaching
city election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

Tie Progress is authorized to announce
J. A. BEAUMONT.
as candidate for the office of-marshal of
the city OF b attiesburg, subject to the action
of the Democratic party at the approaching
city election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

as candidate for alderman from the First
Ward of the city of Hattiesbnrg, subject to
the action of the Democratic party at the
approaching city election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-17

as a candidate for the Office of treasurer
the city of attiesburg. 81 ject to the acti<
OF the Democratic party at the approachiI
city election.