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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
ROOMS WANTED.

WANTED, by gentleman and wife ssptem Dor
10Th two or three unfurnished ROOMS, with
private bath; Franklin Street preferred, but
not necessary condition. Address J. n. W..
z. o. Box Dali city- -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

SALESMAN-By well-established wholesale
house; strong, staple line; attractive propos-
tion to right nun, energy, business ability,
salesmanship; position permanent, W. u.
llODGMAS, Sales Mgr, Cleveland o,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, to dispense of, at private sale, do
slpable House Furnishings Wednesday morn,
Ing. July Goth, ut Mrs, MAE ,TALLEI,S
STUDIO, Address 327 Fast Franklin,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR RENT-Grocery and Liquor business, with
fixtures. and 10 independent rooms, with bath; ;
cheap rent Call at Ala North Seventh Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR sALE-An elegant Top Rubber,Tirs BUG.
GY; made by brewster and Co., New York.
A bargain. Can be seen at @. GROSS. Adams
and Broad Streets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

LosT-straight.eare Fox Terrier BITCH; white
body, black head, with tan marks over eyes:
answers to name OF Dot. Reward Il returned
to b: s. SMITH. Sixth and Marx Streets,
Manchester.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
WANTED.

WANTED, reliable party TO take part of mod
ern s.room HOUSE Apply at not West Ave.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
NOTICE..

BOARD WANTED for gentleman, wife and one
child In private family; must have two rooms
franklin. South Third or Avenues. Address
w. care this officc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR sALE-Roll-Top DESKS and Revolving
: CHAIRS below cost to close out, SOUTHERN
{. SPECIALITY SUPPLY CO.. No, s North
Twelfth Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

YOUNG LADY Of four years experience desires
position FOR coming session: qualifications,
English, Mathematics, Latin. French ana
Music; best References Address Miss hah1
EDNA PITCHER. Cluster Springs Academy
Black Walnut, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER and disoiplnerian.
lady OF RIG. experience ~ collegiate inst ,i.
tntions wishes engagement: Mathematics
English, Latin, French Music; highest testi-
. monIals u. y X. care this oflc~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

YOUNG GENTLEMAN can seoure good board.
with pleasant room, In private family: mod
crate terms. Address FIFTH AND GRACE.
care this Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR sALE-An unuusally fne bay MARE, S
years old very stylish and perfectly gentle;
good speed, can be seen at PoSToFlGE YARD,
Main Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

EVERY RICHMOND merchant should use TIL
KItson Light; Que 1000 @. =, Light, ono cent
4 per hour, BAN IIOTLADAY, Agent, care w.
A, Parsons Main-Sreet Depot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

THE ADVERTISER, who ia giving up farming,
offers at private sale lot OF stock and i'm
Elements including nine Horses and Mules.
three Cows, u number of Carts. Wagons and
Carriages, Road Machine, half dozen
Wheel Scrapcrs stump Puliers and Road-Mnk.
ing Machinery; also flock OF Wild Geese. wing
tipped, and n herd OF ffty Deer. Apply at
GLEN ALLEN STORE, Henrico county. va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, to buy Feather Bedsi highest cash
prices paid also Feathers Renovated. Phone
s7Sl. CASPER BRos,, l2o5A w, Main
Street city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

A PARTY wishes to purchase a HOUSE Of about
rooms west Of Twelfth Street, north OF
llroud Address X L., care this Office
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED. tenant for place, fve acres, good
house. Il, rooms; at station. Riehmond, Fred
crIcksburs Ruiiroad; 500 year. L, s. LEAKE,
L. n. EiGhth Street. lchmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FRANKLIN HOUSE, overlooking Capitol Square,
1900 East Franklin. Board, including small.
single room, $3.50 week; larger rooms, "a;
special rates to families and group; rooms,
rs TO 80 cents night; 81 TO 50 week; capacity,
90. Phone 2055.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED the people of Richmond to use SILL
VEREX, the great silver polish and replater.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR SLIPS PER DAY you can And nicely fur.
nshcd rooms, good board. extra service tele-
phone In house. Mira. J. G. IIASBRDuCH, ia
md 118 East Twenty-Atth Street, New York
City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED ten dollars for four ROOMS on sec
ond floor; separate gas meter, batl' ETC., az
No. 0 South Second Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, to exchange good board in private
family for dental work; dentist must be re-
liable, Miss NJ, care this office
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

FOR sALE-Handsome English Beagle HOUND
and Fox Terrier PUPPIES; beautifully Murked
and finest stock In thts country. GEO. r.,
KING, Jr,, Box l.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

BOILER WANTED, about 40 horsepower; verti.
cal preferred must be In hfst.class repair;
second handed on new; give full description,
price aud when you can deliver, Box lbl, city,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
FOR RENT.

FOR PENTHOUSE, 7o5 Cumberland Street
containing > rooms. $40 per month, Apply 215
North First Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, @ HOUSE by September LIST Of about
S rooms, centrally located for family of FIVE;
no children. Address aousE, care z. o.
y BOX a07.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

LosT--Black SPANIEL; bob.tail, ono white
spot between fore legs: license tag No. 42s:
answers name :Jack;" liz sick. Reward II
returned to West Grace Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
AGENTS WANTED,

AGENTS-Pope Leo XIII. Memorial souyenier
Buttons, $3.50 per hundreds photos, trays,
rosettes, portraits; sample line, Doc. w. T..
MlLlER l34 Park Row, n. y.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

LOST OR sTRAYED-Large size female black
and Tan TERRIER, answering to name Bar
by" Five dollars reward. MARY PFEIF-
FER, 100 East Cary Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

OFFICIAL LIFE of Pope Leo XIII. Big book,
with large photograph Ms premium; liberal
terms; outtt free. lLiFF AND CO., $50
wabash, Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, to buy Feather Beds highest cash
prices paid; also Feathers Renovated. Phone
a7s,, CASPER Bros l2o53a W. Maln
Street. city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

,AGENTS-Own key check, OUTFIT and never
so broke; splendid side line; particulars free
THE HART MFG, CO., 72T Manhattan Ave-,
Brooklyn, N, Y.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

WANTED, BoARDERs tgentlemon) for hand.
somey furnished second floor room: pleasant
and convenient 10 bath; tirstclass table board;
private family. home comforts; ia \. Eighth
Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

LosT-Noar Capitol Square, one pair Eoldrlun
SPECTACLES Return TO KELLAM IiOSP1.
TAI and receive suitable reward.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

THIS ADV, has fifteen words, aad costs
run Sunday only, for one month. COO,
The colored American., 1903-01-24
THE CAREER OF Mr.. j VEL
FRED HOLMES
Who Was 6be First Co1ored Attorney
at Lew to Hens out his Shingle in
Ste Smoky City, and Awoit 6be
Course Of Events-H First Efforts
Were Crowned With Success.

In 1890, there was graduated from
the Law Department of the Howard
University, a young man whose every
advance was attained only by the hard
est personal effort His early life spent
on farm in Virginia, had developed
in him a sturdy physique and strong
heart So, when the desire to be
lawyer seized him there was nothing
on earth that was going to prevent
him from reaching that goal. Is it
any wonder then that such an one
would seek an altogether new field for
vent for his real energies?
With neither friend nor relative and
without a single letter of Introduction
he landed in Pittsburg, Pa, which
prior to this time had no lawyer with
Negro blood in his veins. Here
another difficulty presented itself. The
Allegheny County Bar Association
zealous1y guarding the high calling of
the law made it obligatory upon all
those who would practice before its
courts, that they first demonstrate
their fitness by two examinations. The
first to show that there was sufficient
general erudition to intelligently con-
duct a case at court-this included all
the English branches, together with
Latin. ETC., the second, thoroughly and
exhaustively sounded the applicants
knowledge of every question or law
and its application. On Oct 1st, 1891,
th Young man landed in the City OF
Smoke" and undaunted by the new con-
ditions that confronted him, he settled
down to work, and in December 1881,
after successfully passing the Bar AS
sociation Examinations he was admit
ted to the practice of law.
Thus began in Pittsburg the career
of 7 Welfred Holmes, Esq, ralr
likeness of whom is published here
with. Mr. Holmes having mind with
a natural legal bent, has ever since ne
was admitted to practice, been a close
student of abstruse questions or law
making it an imperative duty to ac-
quaint himself with every phase or
question involved. So, to-day, his repu-
tation as a jurist is more than iocai
one. His is a general practice extend-
ing into every court Eminent success
in criminal court, being equalied only
nv like success in the courts or COM
mon Pleas. Several corporations nave
been successfully projected through ms
counsel: for two of which, the Hefuge
and improvement Company OF Home
stead and the Dougless Loan ana IN
vestment Company. OF PlttsDurg' ne
/ continues to act as solicitor ana All
| vocate Notwithstanding, however, MS
| studious habits and large and lucrative
| .roctica Mr.. Holmes has devoted mucn
II Rr1d
The colored American., 1903-01-24

when his confidence mas
been tampered with once, and he waIcn-
es with both eyes those or MS Oioou
and bone, who in a business way are
more inclined to be more WnlIe man man
Negro. The Negro can neither escape
himself nor history-and If he had
hundred banks the white man wouio
help him break every one of them, ana
then call him niger
Rev. Matthew Anderson in his speech
before the Negro Academy at lts recent
meeting. said some things in his re
markable address before that nooy'
which every Negro will do well 10
ponder over carefully. There are
humber of enlightened Negroes, AFRO
Americans. and Colored people VINO
are overcome with the conviction tnat
they can toss their pennies into tne
white mans collection basket ana ge'
strength-they're wrong. as Dr.. amer
son shows in his address. In tossing
our pennies into the white mans cor,
fers we weaken ourselves anu
The colored American., 1903-01-24
BRUCE GRIT DESCANTS ON
A RECENT BANK FAILURE.
Educated young Afro Americans nctap
ataoouirins . praotic al knowledge CT
finsnces-A good word for the True
Reformers- IN North Carroll
masonic comments.

If anybody should have the temerity
to say that the Washington Negro
hasn't got business sense enough to
conduct a bank successfully there'd
probably be a howl. 1 am going to say
that very thing, howl or no howl, be-
cause il seems to be justified.
The colored American., 1903-01-24

was always something in the atmos-
phere of the bank which did not at
tract the simon pure Negro. 1t wasn't
theirs, and they felt it; they knew
it, The books that have been written
about the progress of the Negro and
his achievements in the professions,
of course always saddled this bank on
the race, and there was no way to eS-
cape. The nearest approach to bank,
that deserves to be called a Negro bank,
and is what its name implies, is the
True Reformers' Bank, at Richmond,
which, in the beginning, got down
among the people and gradually lifted
them up to their present strong finan-
cial and commercial position. Its pro-
moters are endeavoring to convince
the Negro and the white man that,
with a fair field and no favor, the
Negro can make progress in any busl-
ness venture properly conducted which
aDneals pride and common
sense O. his
These a cI corporations, and
social e. combinations, last
The colored American., 1903-01-24

corporations, and
combinations, last
the Negro becomes
The colored American., 1903-01-24

The National Freedman's Savings
and Trust Co, which was really one
among the first big Trusts organized
in this country, and which failed after
having received in deposits something
like 100000 or more, of the small
earnings of Negroes, was an expert
ment in which a great many Negroes,
some of whom are now living, partici-
pated-after the white brother had
ObHgingly gathered in all the loose
shekels and said Farewell Brother
Sambo. When Mr.. Frederick Douglass
took the presidency of the Freedmans'
Bank, there was scarcely blood enough
in its veins to inspire the hope that
it would survive thirty days.
The bright young men of color, who
were clerks and cashiers in this great
enterprise were none of them Napo-
Icons of finance-they were not versed
in the art of saving a sinking ship,
and when the old hulk went down they
stepped out on terra firma with more
knowledge of the banking business
than their fathers ever dreamed of.
But they have not made that know
ledge useful nor practical, other wise
there would now be a bank conducted
by Negroes for Negroes in the District
of Columbia, second to none in this
country. The Italian comes to these
shores ignorant of our laws. languages,
and customs, but it doesn't take him
long to catch the drift. When he does
he can lose the most enlightened Ne
gro, as hustler in business and In the
requirement of real estate. The Italian
Bankers of New York are prosperous,
and they are content to do business
with their own people exclusively.
The Capital Savings Bank appears
to have over-reached itself. and to have
been too anxious to get into the white
fellowship. 1t courted white patron
age, and it boasted of its prestige be
cause some white people kept small
sums on deposit there, and sometimes
overdrew their accounts. 1t was
Negro Bank, so-called, and yet there
The colored American., 1903-01-24

These tt ~
social
only a s
The colored American., 1903-01-24

ptrnued On fourth page.
The colored American., 1903-01-24

Continued on second psse' q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
THE PAssrNa or PEoNAar.


 With the verdict of guilty returned by the jury yesterday morning in the Frank lin case. and the plea of guilty interposed by Kennedy yesterday evening, we have. witnessed the passing of peonage in Ala tbama. The remaining offenders represent miIder types of offenses against the law, and the most of them will take the first opportunity to plead guilty.
 The acts of few men, for time, cast a blot on our fair name. The evil, how ever, has been redressed by Southern men. most of them Democrats. and thoroughly stamped out The facts now that the excitement Is dying out, will be clearly. understood abroad. A few individuals have been involved, and these have been punished. No civilization. however high. can prevent individuals from committing crimes. All that government can do, is to punish offences when committed.
 The statements made by Judge Jones to the jury yesterday, before discharsing them. will be a revelation to many, who could see nothing in the effort to enforce the law. but sectional hate, or personal or political schemes. President Roosevelt, it appears, has been cooperating with Judge Jones to see that the honor of the whole people should not suffer in public estimation for the acts of a few. and which at the outset were unfair, and provoked bitterness. However much we differ from the President, no one will deny that he Is a chivalrous and brave gentleman. No fault can be found with his action in this matter. Judge Jones, who was so violently assailed by few, was all the while working to do his duty, and at the same time bringing to bear every influence to prevent the good name of the people and the honor of our State and section from being dragged in the dust, as well as to, execute the law.
 Aside from the sensational press of the country, the great mass of the influential newspapers in the North. East and West, were temperate and conservative in dis cussing the questions, urging that 1t could be safely left to the people of Alabama aided by the power of the Federal Courts to do complete justice. 1t was only after the disagreement of the jury in the Turn CT case, and the vicious attacks of a few politicians upon Judge Jones for sternly calling the tury's attention to their duties, that influential and thoughtful people and newspapers elsewhere, began to despair of the ability of the South to do justice in cases of the plainest injustice to the most helpless and defenceless class Of our citizens. and began to forecast the tre- mendous possibilities for i'll. which lurked under such a condition.
 They could not for the moment under stand from whence came the tempest of passion invoked to defeat the effort of the Court to break up the evil. The press of the State. Ivoicing the opinions of the people brought public opinion to bear. The wiles of the politicians came to naught. The next jury did it's duty. The people sustained the Court. Distrust and suspicion ended. Alabama stands today without a stain upon her escutcheon in this matter. Her people may now turn their thoughts to other things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
CONFUSING STATISTICS.

When people set out to establish theory and to fortify it by example, they often run up against a stone wall in the shape of other examples. For instance. we are often assured that both liquor and tobacco are detrimental to health. and that the only way to attain long and healthy lives Is to abstain rigidly from bothS Then they bring up statistics showing how people who used neither tobacco nor strong drink of any kind lived to be very old.
 That Is all we'll enough. All of us do or should both preach and practice temperance. All of us can admit that strictly temperance people have lived to extreme old age, for some of them un- doubtedly do. But here comes along collector of vital statistics who tells us of an Irishman named Brown who was habitual drunkard and died at the age of 120. Then they bring up a French man who lived to be 112. and who had daily jag for ninety years" as the writer expresses it. Then we hear of a woman who drank immense quantities of strong coffee all her days and lived to be 124, and a man who lived entirely on fruit died at IA.
 Is not all this bit confusing? If the drunkards who lived far beyond the cen- tury mark had been strictly temperate, would they have kept on living? How do we know that liquor shortened their lives? Temperance is right and com mendable, but 1t will not do to advocate it strictly as a life and health preserver, because the argument doesn't always make connection. Temperance advocates can well base their aguments on the sure and tenable ground that intemperance is hurtful to the purse, to the family and to society; that it often leads to, if 1t Is not the direct cause of, various crimes and violations of both human and divine laws. In short, they can safely take the position that intemperance is great evil. but it isn't safe to claim, as a general proposition. that it shortens life for in many cases the facts are against the theory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
A co1oRED OPINION.

The New York Age, one of the principal organs of the colored people in this coun- try, thus speaks of the failure of this country to send protest to Russia about the Jewish massacre:
 This is the first instance In American history since the abolition of salvery when the Government of the United States has been estopped in it's humane desire to nme,iorate the condition of the oppressed peoples of other powers, because 1t was universally infamous in expressing cfti- zens of it's own, and without any effort if. in deed, it possesses the constitutional power-to punish the legal and irresponsi- bic agencies guilty, by connivance or actual criminaIity, of such heinous and inhunIan crimes. The attitude in which our government Is, therefore, placed in the eyes of the world, is one deeply humiliating to the national pride and vanity, and should move us at once to purge ourselves of the crimson stain by the adoption of policy which shall shoot the mob spirit to death as. often as it shall defy the law and refuses to listen to reason.
 Though the language of the above is somewhat involved, it is plain that The Age is an advocate of a federal law to punish lynching. The idea that the general government is. or ought to be. supreme is common one with certain people who appear to think that there Is nothing which the President and Congress may not do. or which they ought not to do, It is not surprising, perhaps, that a colored man should hold such an opinion, but they are not alone in it. People who have informed themselves as to the powers and limitations of our gov- ernment will wonder what would be the result, If it should assume the right to usurp the powers and duties of the State courts and attempt to try and punish all who violate State laws. We suspect that the rebellion" of 1881 would sink into insignificance. if the federal government should start out to shoot the mob spirit to death" as The Age so glibly puts it. The mob spirit is a dangerous one, wher- ever it obtains a foothold, but President and Congress cannot suppress it.
 But while this is true, there Is at least a shadow of justification. from a negro's point of view. in holding the opinion that our government is estopped from protests ing against Russian atrocities because of conditions at home. True, We are not among those who believe that the condi- tion of the unfortunate Jews can be bet tered by anything the President could say, but it is pretty certain that his pro- tests would have more force, if there ty in the United States.