The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-11

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kar and Water D. shaughenessy,
late consulac agent at Charleroi. sue
ceeds him. The seventeen who took
the examinattoh last month for con-
snlar positions tsdtd not embrace q
, single colored applicant.
Mr.. Isaac Hatkaway, of Lexington,
Ky, who has achieved national fame
by reason OF hnexceptional talents
as q sculptor. tSto have on exhibit
ton in the Negro Building at the
jamestown Exposition plaster. bust
-color-bron96dxof the late Rev. A.
Fl. Ross, founder OF the Wayman
Seminary at Harrodesburg, Ky. 1t
will be a repltcas aiae-size, of the waltz
able bronze fgara of the deceased
educator. to be placed in the thriving
school. that beaSsshis name, and for
which subscriptipMs are being taken
in the Eastern fAmd Western Confer
ences of the A. :M..E connection. DR..
Ross is brotheaTof DR.: /, N. Ross,
Cincinnati, ana now stationed at Big
Bethel, Atlanta. Ga. The Kentucky
conferences have accepted the bust as
being a faithful likeness of the late
Dr. Ross. Mr.. Hathaway is the pos
SCISSOR Of the only; death mask taken
of the late PauE laurence Dunbar,
and it is very probable that he will be
chosen by the Dunbar Memorial
Commission, Of which Judge Charles
Dustin, of Dayton, Ohio, Is chairman,
to model the statute or bust which Is
to i, surmount thAst: pedestal OF the
memorial to be- aFected at Dayton In,
honor OF the race 8: most remarkable.
poet: Mr.. Hathaway is a capable ar
tist, and is considerations to the last
degree In the Performance of his Ia
bors,..-. goes without the saying
that ne better J, i8alection could be j
made for the Dunbar task. He has /
done work for s0t&e of the best faIni- !
lies in theBlue ,GrSss state, and of the 4
Middle West, amt border South, the
vivid and highly satisfactory. repro
duction OF the lanEiscape where the
late, Mr.. r.. G. Whayng was found
dead, and which, Al1nanced the de-
cision Of the eonrbaap an insurance
contest, involving mNhy thousands OF
dollars, being a notlsgorthy example
OF the character ofafWork that has
been entrusted to Els; hands. Mr.. |
Halfway is modest and unassumihg,
buta genius is his that cannot be hid
den beneath busheR<ev though he
seeketh not the limeMght.
The~"Jim CROW" 'lagw is not appli-
cable to Negro mail aarries, who use
the. street cars. in the cities Of Vir-
GINA In the performahce OF their du- |
dies. Judge WaddeHs Of Richmond,
last>week fined a white conductor $40
Cor -ohctpucfinp and Restraining limited
States mail, his offenBe being the
ejectment of colored mail carrier,
Wesley Jones, who bearded the car
with a sack Of mail, en- route to the
post office, and refused to Sit In the
seats reserved for colored passengers,
when ordered to do so. This episode
NAV serve as precedent for all Cit
les in the. South where such silly
regulations are in vogue. They Will
thus prove OF no avail where the en-
ployees OF Uncle SAM are concerned.
Judge Waddell's decision is taken
by the Authorities 10. indicate that
the government, in isolated cases, II
not in the supreme court, ignores
and does not uphold "Jim Crow"
laws. The decision has stirred up a
sensation IN Virginia, and bids fair
to be far-reaofing in: its effect upon
this class Of laws. ~, '-.. -,
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sylvester Russelrs. Review" Is one
OF the newest publications bidding
for public favor. 1t halls from Hazel
/ ton, Pa, and is issued by the Sylves-
ter Russell Publishing Company. Mr..
Russell is writer Of experience ana
: taste, and his dramatic criticisms
"a attention