The Washington bee., 1907-03-02
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Flora Wolf, colored, known as Lstv
Flo. common-in-law wife of Lord Bs-s,,
ford, deceased, has set up a new claim
viz: that she was his business partner
Many OF the cattle on the ranch IN
Mexico bear her mark.
There Is a movement on foot i'm Wash
.ington to organize an aid association for
the blind.
VIM. T. Smith, white, of Prtsburg.
Pa, was arrested and sent to the work
house for thirty days in default Of $50
fine for forming bogus Masonic lodges.
The white brethren got behind him
Mrs. DR.. Marris IS a great help to her
husband, ILL., L. H. Harris Pilgrim
and NJ. D.
The town Of Casey, ILLINOIS, pop1a-
tion 2,OOo won't permit a negro to stay
in town over night. Southern Pines,
North Carolina, settled and owned by
northern people, follows SUIT
Henry o. Turner was awarded the
n. w. Harris prize Of $500 at Philadel-
phia, Pa, for painting.
Alison S. Clark of Chicago, Ill., re-
ceived SIoo for the same. Both are col
ored. There were 900 specimens.
The colored citizens of New Rochelle,
New York, have organized a corpora
tive business league with a capital OF
$4,000. incorporated under the Saus
of New York.
Chicago, ILL.,, has three colored thea
tres.
There are three drug stores in Brook
lyn, N. Y, operated by the race. There
are none in New York City.
The association for the protection Of
.colored women will organize a National
Organization with headquarters at Phil
adlehia, Pa. Branches will be estab
lished in the leading cities of the South
Ex-GovP. B. s. Pinchback is now
residing with his family at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Negro cooks attended a masquerade
ball given by society bellies Of Hyannis
Neb. When the time for unmasNng
came the chefs stood the crowd off with
razors and escaped.
The white people are continually kick
ing about the wrong doings Of the Ne
gro. In the Thaw case shocking revela-
tons are made to the public, showing
how the Lords anointed, or in other
words, Creme-Ah-La-Creme, conduct
their social affairs in the upper world,
and it is claimed by the enemies Of the
race that the Negroes have no morals
Congress will adjourn about March
+ Pitchfork Tillman is slated to tour
the United States, we presume TO assah
the Negro, as usual.
The Bible contains 3,566,48o letters
8Io,607 ords, 3I,I73 verses, I,I89 chap
ters, and 90 books.
Our SaviOur's father, Joseph, was
both operative and speculative IN craft
work or Masonry.
Alexander King, colored, clerk at the
Senator Foraker the NegrO's friend
IS threatened with an attack Of the grip
The Masonic problem, like the Negro
problem good many of US will DE-
scend six foot horizontal, six foot due
east and west before it will ever *
settled in the United States. This beng
the case and there being so many La'
tions of Masons among our people s-
claiming to be the real thing and tn'
others clandestine, bogus, etc, etc WHY
not form, like in Germany, a conieosl
alton of grand lodges, or unite anu
cease firing There viii be a III"
coming that the Negro Mason OF Ln'
United States will regret no. following
this advice before it IS too late.
Representative Slemr Of F.rgia'
called last week with W. H. c. Bro"a
colored, candidate for consllship d.
Guadaloupe, upon the President 10 A-'
behalf If the State Department has ~
objection the President has none so l'
may be appointed.
III William c. Dennis. SGD degree o.
the P. R. R. Dept, has taken aa'-..'
wife. Bro. Dennis IS a prominent 1r-i''
man and Odd Fellow of the D. /.
MIXED Races" at True Retorn'''
Hall.