The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

town of Wytheville, Va, and Mr.. J.
H. Sherrell, of Norfolk, are compet-
ing for the electrical wiring of the
Negro building at the Jamestown Ex-
position. Both are first class con-
tractors, and whichever secures the
job the work can be depended upon.
In the course of his recent address
before Bethel Literary Society on
Religion, the Friend of Longevity, +"
Prof. William Jennifer referred to the
fact that almost without exception ev-
cry man who had won distinction
along any line of useful endeavor was
of strongly religious turn of mind,
and paid a magnificent tribute to
President Theodore Roosevelt, whom
he described as a faithful devotee to
Christianity, and who is today the
worlds most notable example of mas
terful and constructive craftsmanship.
Mr. NJ N. Corbett is a versiher-
a poet-of no mean ability, as evinced
by his splendid original production at
recent meeting of the Bethel Lit
erary Society.
Mr.. John H. Paynter is contribu-
ting some able Washington letters to
the Colorado Statesman, published at
his old home, Denver, Colorado.
Editor w. Calvin Chase, of The
Bee, will discuss the Administration
at the Second Baptist Lyceum Sunday
afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Mrs A. NJ. Curtis, one of the races
most loyal women, has written a let
ter protesting against the apparent
anti-Negro policy shown by Captain
James F. Oyster during the Cardozo
trial, and intimates that she may ask
in the name of her protective organ
ization that his seat in the Board
be declared vacant. The letter does
not mince words, and has been pub
ished in several national papers of
wide circulation.
In defiance of United States Mar
shall Palmer's order that discrimina-
ton on account of color cease in the
restaurant, the proprietress of that
establishment refused to serve colored
members of the bar in the room re-
served for the profession. She was
forthwith handed a notice to quit, to
take effeet on April 7. The gentle
men who were refused service and
who are responsible for this whole
some enforcement of the law are At
torneys E. NJ. Hewlett and L. G.
Gregory,two of the c1eaneSt and ablest
members of the bar in the District of
Columbia.
Mrs. John H. Paynter, of w street,
continues quite i'll.
There is absolutely 40 truth in the
rumor that colored people will be re-
stricted to the Negro building and the
siX-acre reservation at the Jamestown
Exposition, nor is it true that the
building is located in an obscure, out
of-the-way portion of the grounds.
Colored people will have free access
to every building and every exhibit
in the entire show, and the Negro
building is exceptionally well situated,
being near the main entrance to the
gfrounds. Let us tell the truth as
we go along.
Prof. r. T. Greener, late consul at
Vladivostock, Russia, will lecture on
he Russo Japanese conflict nextMon-
day evening at the Berean Baptist
Church.
Mr.. Ira T. Bryant, perhaps the
most prminent laymen of his denom-
ination in this section of the country,
IS receiving substantial encourage
ment in his candidacy for the secre-
taryship of the A NJ E. Sunday
School Union. Hearty assurance of
support is coming from nearly every
Conference in the Church, including
ministers as we'll as the laity, who
are a unit in their insistence upon a
business administration of the secular
affairs of the Church.
DR.. w. T. Vernon, Register of the
Treasury, has accepted an invitation
to address the Y. NJ. c. A, and has
named Easter Sunday as the date.
The association and its friends may
rest assured that treat is in store
for them.