The colored American., 1903-01-24

from much of his eXacting work at
the Normal, Ala, Institute.
! MIR. James F. Needham has resign
| ed his clerkship in the tax office at
PHILADELPHIA to assume the secretary
! ship of the G. u. o. of o. F. He was
elected by the B. NJ. c. at New Haven,
Conn, in October.
Edward Beckham, A. B., of Phila-
deInhia. a graduate of Howard Uni
versity, '9S, has evolved what he terms
s'the fundamental theOrem of chem
istry.'' and the formula is attracting
the attention of many noted scientists
The December Farmers Leafet, ;"
sent out! by the agricultural extern
sion bureau of the Tuskegee Institute,
treats interestingly of ''Butter-Maklng
on the Farm" by Byrd T. Crawford
Write to Clinton j. Galloway, Iuske-
| gee, Ala, for a copy.
A number of Negroes are preparing
to leave Arkansas, Alabama and other
southern states to develop Cotton IN
Liberia, selling their farms at sacr1-
| fee to complete the amount necessary
| for expenses. The trip is under the
direction of agents for a British syn
| dicate.
Ernest Syphax, youngest son of Mrs
Abbie Mckee Syphax, Of Philadelphia
and grandson of the late Col. John
Mckee, the multi-milliOnaire, is pur-
suing a course of study at Exeter,
with a view of entering Harvard.
For some time he was an assistant in
MintOn's Pharmacy, in the Quaker
| City.
The report of the condition of the
Colored Cooperative Publishing Com
pany, of Boston, which publishes as It's
principal output "The Colored Amerl-
can Magazine" shows a total OF ST.
$50 .SS assets The institution is about
two years old and is practically self
sustaining. Walter w. Wallace is the
managerial spirit in charge
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has accepted
an invitation from Booker T. WASH
ington to visit the Tuskegee Institute
some time during the latter part or
February or the 1st of March Some
months ago Mr. Carnegie gave the
money for the new library building
at Tuskegee and is becoming more and
more interested in the work of the
school.
Rev. l.. G. Jordan, D. D., secretary
of @Baptist Foreign Missions, in cCm-
pany with Dr.. H. G. Faulkner, who
goes to Africa on the 29th, is in Bos-
ton holding missionary meetings
They will continue in the East up 10
the time of sailing. The need of mis-
sion work, and especially that of a
skilled physician in Africa, has long
been felt.
Emmett ]. Scott, private secretary
to DIR. Booker T. Washington accom-
panied the Wizard" to Houston.
Texas. Mr. Scott's old home. The
ovation accorded the party by Hous-
toms solid citizens was scarcely less
a tribute to their beloved young fellow
townsman than to the genius CT the
great educctor.
1t is said to be the demonstration
that Newton's law Of gravitation is
the general. organic law of chemistry.
and effects the reaction The discov-
cry, says Mr.. Beckham, elevates and
organizes chemistry on a level with
plysics and mathematics, and equ1ps
science with the means for conducting
investigations transcendent to the
present resources of chemistry.
1t is now announced from Mississip-
ri that the true inwardnesS of the
viii itecap movement is opposition on
part of a certain element of whites
to the Negroes owning or controlling
lands. This includes those who are
renting and those who are purchasing.
They also object TO a black mans
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