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The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
Mr.. LEON DE VOUX.


The Bee begs noduceo the citizens Washington Mr.
Vou worlds greatest photographer
very extensively and has given satisfaction the profession of
which he is the Cood Americans have largely depended
upon white photographers do their work accept if
satisfy them There white photographer of any
permit the photo coored American placed up
one exhibition
Mr. Voux expert his profession He makes his pic
likeness of his patrons He has leased of
years the convenient and commodous places the
Fourteenth Street Bank, I3596I You Streets the of
Fourteenth street Mr. De Voux will upon exhibition
some evidence of his Workmanship
photos the person himself He give his
patrons if he fails your money
the United States who reputaoH
that he Mr. De Voux wants the world to know that his studio
opened public about Wednesday, October 9th and
the citizens Washington should themselves opportunity
great offers that he is making The public should inspect his
studio style pictures
MONEY REFUNDED.
If satisfied with pictures money will be
This proposition alone ought be sufficient the
public De Voux superior artist He makes you
like image. artistic is his There phoogTa-
pher in country travelled Mr. De Voux He
acquired great knowledge making His work
been pronounced superior artist his line of business will
not you anything call andnpect his studio will
YOU anything if your photos don't suit you.
are known by their work They appreciated for
they can do city been of photographer
for years may have their pictures placed where
they will be seen admired Mr.
any kind of work in this line of business
There fattery his portrays person
natural shape and the the image admired
opened October 7an1 the public wishes inspect
hclass work. Mr. De Voux isthe that the people of this
city have been looking for theseycars
tudio will opening October 7 and be continued for
thirty days. enable the public be convinced that Mr. De VOux
artist that the people of this City have been looking for these
years.
succeeded in Securing the services of Mr. William
Hoag developing and printing artist identified with the
coored assistant and manager He formerly with Sex
ton and Maxwell of St Louis, No
Artists other nationate do for cood citizens trade.
The presents who is superior any artist in the
try no matter which nationality he belongs.
Call inspect his work His studio I3596I You north
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
|. L, y. GRAND LODGE IS AD-
VANCING - WANTS MORE
SPECIAL DEPUTIES FOR
ORGANIZING WORK

ORGANIZING WORK
The |. L. u. Grand Lodge of Day
ton, Ohio, is growing very rapidly these
days new subordinate lodges and State
and District Councils being formed al
most daily. From private reports re-
ceived from the Grand Lodge Offices We
learn that the membership is growing at
rapid pace and that the entire Office
force of the Grand Lodge is being tax
ed TO its utmost to handle the ever
increasing business.
The growth of this Order has been
so great that it was necessary to Sc
cure new Grand Lodge quarters, and
on November I the new offices especial
ly fitted up on the third floor of the |.
L. u. Building were occupied. These
quarters are fitted up grandly and are
very commodious. Grand President
Critchlow and Grand Secretary Elliott
state that they will be glad at any time
to greet the friends and members of the
! I. L. u in their new quarters.
/ This order is different in principle
from the regular fraternal and benefit
| lodges, and does not aim to compete
with them nor interfere with their work
in any way whatever. In fact, a great
many of the faithful and enthusiastic
|. L. u. people are leaders in othei
| lodges, too, but as the two are founded
upon a different principle they can worl
to good advantage in both.
While the underlying principles o
the l. L. u. are to elevate, protect anC
financially assist our wage earning
brethren and sisters, and to suppor
them in sickness and bury the deceased
member. yet the ilelp of all good rae
people is needed to advance and spreaC
this order into new parts. Teachers
doctors, ministers of the gospel, and al
such can help by taking hold and work
ing up the matter in their own vicin
ity.
Grand President Critchlow states tha
he is very DESTROYS of getting reliabl
party in each locality where there
none now at work, and that he vii
pay well for such services Any of ou
readers desiring to act as his Deput
can get full information by writing Il
this address: Grand President Critch
low, Io7 I. L. u. Building, Dayton, Ohio
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
CHATEAU DE PLAISANCE.

Chicago, H., November IA
The Grand Opening of the Leland
Giants Base Ball and Amusement As
sociation's New Enterprise at 53zz-z4
State Street, last Saturday night was
all that could be expected. It was not
only we'll patronized, but had as its
patrons some of the best people in Chi
Cago. Among them were Professor
Emanuel, wife and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Seay, David Monson, S. B. Tur-
ner, Mrs. Belle Patton, Mrs. s. Bolden,
DR.. and Mrs. White, DR.. Jefferson. Jul
ius Taylor, and numerous others of
good rspute and standing. The skating
was clever and up to date, Mrs. Eman-
uel and Maj. R. R. Jackson taking the
prize for best and clever skating.
This Saturday night there win be a
! tournament. Some of the best talent
in the city has been entered. The Name
Judges will also announce the prize
winners, and an all-round good time IS
expected, as the management will give
a wine supper to the best skating cou-
pie at the French, Chinese, and Amer
ican Restaurant in connection at tho
close of the evening performance.
| Our people should not hesitate to pa
tronize this enterprise, and failure tc
do so is an evidence of race decadence
Skating every evening from J to 1890
! except Wednesday evening, when dane
J ing will be the feature.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS.
At a meeting of the Personal Liberty
League the following resolution was
adopted:
We the members of the National Col
ored Personal Liberty League, repre-
senting over SIX hundred thousand vot-
ers in the United States, and a MEM
bership of over five thousand in the
District of Columbia, who have always
had the interest of the business men at
heart, do most earnestly appeal to the
members of the Sixtieth Congress, and
ask that you give your hearty co-opera-
ton and support against any legislation
that may be attempted during the ses-
sion of the Sixtieth Congress that has a
tendency to take from the citizens of
the District of Columbia their personal
liberty.
We believe that prohibition is detri-
mental to any city, or State, as it has
been proven in the following States
Maine, Kansas Iowa, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and other
States. In the above named States,
where the so-called prohibitory laws
have been in existence, it is we'll
known fact that there has been a con-
tinuous illegal sale of beer, wine, and
other alcoholic beverages; and that, in
stead of tbs prohibition law suppress
ing intemperance, as it is supposed &c
do, it has increased the number OF
speak-easies and unlicensed bars III these
States.
We believe that 'ths saloonkeepers
and liquor dealers should have the same
protection as other business enterprises
and it is a well-Ilnown fact that they
pay hundreds of thousands of dollars
in taxes annually in taxes and licenses
for the support of our municipalities
And, n conclusion, We again appea
to you, and ask that you give this youT
most careful consideration.
Very respectfully yours,
By order of the n. c. L, L
H. c. Hawkins, president
James Edwards vice president.
L. A. Wilss, secretary.
P. c. Hall, corresponding secretary.
S. Johnson, treasurer.
w. F. EYerettS chairman Executive
Committee.
! c. s. Cushingberry, Mon. Chaplain.
! c. Vessels, Sergeant-at-arma
Charles g. Curtis.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

plished by Miss R E. Bell in her lee
lures TO her people, which are full OF
sound and wholesome advice. Her nu-
merous. engagements in this and other
cities testify to her success.
On Monday, October Is, she spoke
to an audience of FIVE hundred people,
the occasion was the dedication of St.
Scipian's new hall, which was entirely
successful. Besides the three comman-
deries of the District of Columbia, there
were present the knights from Baltimore
and Prince Georges county, Nd. The
ladies auxiliary was also present.
Some of the leading spirits of the
enterprise were:
H. Reed, manager; Henry Shorter
president; ]. F. Waters,s secretary; A.
Smallwood, treasurer; George H.Banks
sergeant-atarms; Captain Young, w. F.
Lee; 7. d. Bowman, vice president;
A. Brown, second vice president; J. F.
Lancaster, recording secretary.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

:, all coons look alike, etc, it should read
that in the case of Comrade Goodmas,
was like a certain white nina who said
that all coons looked alike to him, in
Goodnan's case all members of the G.
A. R. look alike to him as the g. A.
R. is a very important body in this
country, we make this correction in or
der that our old comrades and friends
can understand.
Temple Page, colored, Of Orange,
over one hundred years old, is dead.
The famous locomotive Texas, which
captured the Andrew Raiders during the
J Civil War, has been broken into scrap
iron and sold
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
FLOODS.

1t is a modern miracle to have floods
begin so early in the season. and yet
this IS just what is occurring III the Dis
trjct of Columbia, for the schools are
being flooded with meetings, and by
books written by the friends of Ger
tain official.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
Ben Hur
ST. LUKE'S P. E. CHURCH.

Wait for Friday December 9th the real Ben Hur pre-
sented by that marvellous impersonator; Miss Mamie
Burr lhepay cannot give half the pleasure conveyed by
the thrilling rendition this gifted tone painter All who have
heard her declare hatit is of the experiences of
their lives Come and have rich Proceeds the ben
eft Of te Social settl ment Of South Washington
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
DIR SHADD OUT.

The numerous friends of DR.. F. J..
Shadd will be glad to know that he has
almost fully recovered from his recent
illness and is able to be out again. The
doctor left the city for the East this
week. and will be gone several months.
The Bee wishes him a pleasant trip and
safe return.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
WOMANS DAY EXERCISES.

The Missionary Society of the First
Baptist Church, corner Twenty-seventh
street and Dumbarton avenue north
west, held its regular meeting last Sun
Gay afternoon at half-past three o'clock
Miss Sadie A. Gaskins presided and in
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

Sunday afternoon. Two-thirds Of -
fifty-fve were members of the Second
Baptist Church, and the other one-third
consisted of Bruce's personal friends,
and curiosity seekers. Rev. Johnson,
when he was told by a Bee representa-
tive that the people would not go to
hear Bruce, hooted at the remark and
declared that his own congregation
would fill the church. AS a matter of
fact his own congregation refused to
dismiss prayer meeting in the upper au-
ditorium of the church at the time the
exercises were being held in the lecture
room where Bruce was speaking. About
tie time the speaker was saying that he
could do no wrong because of his an
cestry, sister in the upper portion of
the church gave one loud thump, as if
to say, he did not know his ancestry
as we'll as The Bee.
1t was a tame address, and the fifty
FIVE people who greeted him hardly ap-
preciated the talk. The only teacher
present was Miss Madrie, who went
there particularly to distribute tickets
for the Bethel Literary.
Rev. Johnson, who presided, did all
the appiauding. He seemed to applaud
when there was no necessity for it. At
any rate it all come from the presiding
officer.
Tomorrow William Z. Chancellor, who
said the Negro schools were a bar TO
the white schools, will read. If the
Negro has any sense he will remain
away and give him similar reception.
Rev. Johnson may believe that he has
convince him otherwise. If Chancellor
magnetism in his body that will draw,
but the colored people of this city will
gets any kind of crowd it will be from
the Second Baptist. The representative
colored people will not go to hear
Chancellor
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

In order TO correct a typographical
error which occurred in last weeks issue
relating to the inspection Of Charles
Sumner Post No. 9, G. A. R, the fol-
lowing is made: First, the inspector
was Colonel Samuel R. Stratton, a great
friend of the Negro race; second, the
Post was named in honor of Charles
Sumner. one of the Negro's greatest
friends; third, in regard to the words
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

Vesper services will begin at Mrs L.
R. Clarke's Training School, 1000 Eley-
enth street northwest Sunday November
10 An interesting program will be
rendered. Visitors are all ewlcome.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
r A G. E S
AUTUMN MEETING,
WASHINGTON TOCCCKEY CLUB

November 10 too November 80.
SIX RACES DAILY
FIRST RACE, P NJ.
ADMISSION TO GRAND STAND, $500; PADDOCK 20 CT
EXTRA; LADIES, SIOo.
Season grand stand and paddock badges Walton
Lehman Building 1925 New York northwest Io3 and
Jones Ticket Agency northwest badges
sale by S. T. Walton Lehman Building 1925 New York
northwest, Room 1903; Phone, Main 1894
n. B.-Obeconable characters positively excluded
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
UNITED REPUBLICANS CLUBS

Tht first meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the United Republican Clubs
will meet next week "a 8Io Eighteenth
street northwest.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
BRUCE WAS CHILLED AND JOHN
SON APPLAUDED - EVEN TIL
SECOND BAPTIST MEMBER!
RFPUDIATED HIM.

What was looked to be large audi
ence last Sunday at the Second Baptist
Lyceum was a surprise to Rev. w. B.
Johnson. His own congregation gave
Roscoe Conkling Bruce a chilly recep-
ton. Only ffty-fve people by actual
count greeted abe over-smart assistant
superintendent of colored schools last
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16

VALUABLE WORK.
Much valuable work is being accom-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
OLD. OLD HOUSE
TO BIZ TORN DOWN.
House Built Before the War il Being
Torn Down to Make Room For
an Upte-Date Grocery.

A house, built i've years before thu
great Ciyei War OF the United States
two years before u railroad train eve
showed Us pilot along the prairies OIL
Audnin county; many years before
the present Court House was built;
before there was another brick house
In the whole town; before there was
even . plank to walk on between the
business houses or the residences; when
there was q log house built OF IN
shaven logs where the Shootman
building now is; when all the rest OF
the houses were built out OF rough
hevn logs; when the town extended
only one block each way from the
square, Is being torn down for a grocery
by Mr.. J. o. Tinsley, at the corner Of
Promenade and Washington streets.
The front part of this house was
f'uilt BY Q man named KIRKLAND in the
year 1856. The house was sold TO DR..
Bourne, Of this city in 1864. In the
meantime the North Missouri R. r.
Co had built a railroad through the
town Of Mexico and the Civil War had
been fought. This North Missouri &.
Il. %. after changing hands and names
several times at last became part Of
the Wabash, which 1T still is.
This house which has changed hands
and passed along with 50 much history
is most remarkable for one thing. 1t
Ia, that 1t has no "ghost'' or other
horrible or bloody story Of Its own. IL
has lived It's own quiet peaceful life
through many storms and will nov
place TO the hurry and make IL a
modern grocery store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
WOMAN ACTS AS z
Too stingy to Buy an Incubator She
Matches Chickens BY Warmth Of
Body.

Glasgow, KY, July 2l.-Ths
meanest man has been exploited In
the newspapers until he has become
ancient, but the most misery woman
In Kentucky, according to Hardin
Allison, q travelling salesman, resides
at Bonneville, Hart County.
Allison, who has just made q trir
through that section, says that q
woman OF that locality was stricken
with rheumatism from exposure to
the weather in a desperate effort &c
horde up money.
The fowls In her hennery refused To
go to sitting, and as the market for
spring chickens was near at hand, she
was considerable worried. She had
no incubator, and as she wa belfast,
she could not have manipulated one
even II she had had it. After studying
and worrying for many days, she de-
cided to make an told hem or an
incubator out Of herself. She placed
a number OF eggs around her in the
bed between her body and the clothing
and awaited results. At the end of
three weeks she hatche6 out eighteen
strong bealthy chickens. These she
placed with an old hen which had lust
gone to sitting.
Her reputation for putting the first
spring chickens on the Bonneville
market was saved. Greed for none
leo her TO hatch out another brood,
and Mr.. Allison Is authority for the
statement that the old woman is still
Matching young chickens at the rate
OF q dozen and a half every three
weeks,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25

Whether we have var with Japan
In the next ten months or the next
ten years or not at all, the trip Of the
sbttlekhip squadron Cape Horn
viii be q good object lesson 10 tht
American puhlicon the neces sIty Of
digging the Panama Canal The feet
that Admiral Evans viii take from
the Atlantic to the Pacific probably
viii be Gs good Is could be gotten to
gether, but . 1000 mile run Isl more
severe test than q hattleship is usual
u called on 70 endure ana 1t is not
likely that the whole OF thelAmericzn
fleet viii arrive AZ San Francisco In
a good condition n was the OregU n
when she made her famous run from
the Pacific to the Atlantic Were the
Canal q reality, the tedious voyage
around U1pe Born would aOt be nscsS
szry and shiP.cO1ld be transferred
from one coast % the other in this
country without either time or trou-
bic. The water way across the 18th
nrs would reduce the essential size Of
TIE American navy By At least one
third This would be an item Of mo
nsut not only In the cost o. the fleet
but In 10 maintenance. Strategetieal
~ the Canal win be Of more use to.
this country than 20 any other In the
world, and the sooner We get il done
merely from motives Of SELF protection
the better ii win be for Us.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25

The old house being torn down on
the corner OF Washington and Pro
menade, Of which IL was said yester
day 'had lived q quiet, peaceful life
almost ended its cureer this morning
by . serious catastrope about nine.
thirty O'Clock.
The north wall was being pushed
down and the bottom bricks gave way
rrecipitating the whole wall back.
wards on the pushers. A warning
was given and the workmen jumped
for safety but could not get away.
The bricks fell about their heads and
struck them out the arms and bodies.
One man, Mr.. Gallop was struck IN
the breast by a window frame and had
the breath knocked out OF him. The
Others were boys and received many
bruises. They were Sam Dixon, Wal.
ter Willingham, Ernest GalIop, Paul
Corder and Leslie Craig.
They we're extremely lucky that
they were not seriously injured and
probably fatally by the flying bricks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
KISSING GAMES DENIED
CHILDREN N PHILADELPHIA
Bureau Ct Health Takes : Decides
Stand On the Natter.

Philadelphia, July 2-By = deere.
Of the Bureau OF Health kissing
games, have been banished from ID:
etyk playground programmes
Science, cold and absolutely devoid
Of sentiment appeared in Supsrir.
tendent Brunbsaghs once in tbS
penson Of Doctor J. Beatty, Assistant
Chief Of the Bureau OF Health. Hs
had come 70 arrange for the inkpec.
ti0n Of each CT the sixty playground
each day By themsdical inspectors
The 5000 children who have eager.
" sought the Fairgrounds will be As
carefully guarded against contagious
diseases as are The pupils in the
schools during the school term, be
promised Reports from the dfty
assistant medical inspectors he said,
showed that many children with skin
diseases had been found ID the play
grounds and had been sent home
Doctor Brumbaugh welcomed the
cooperation Of the Health Bureau
9nea discussion Of ways and means
10 combat the spread Of disease
among ehilnern followed.
Someone mentioned kissing games
and Doctor Beatty declared them to
be an abomination- Nothing the tots
could do would be 50 u2hygienic be
said, for medical science hzs dem0n-
strated that OSCILLATION Is sure to
transmit disease germs Microbes
can be overcome BY rigid inspection,
be claimed, but bis bureau would de-
spafr IL the teachers in charge Of THE
Fairgrounds allowed the bogs to
the usual ''foffeit'' Of : kiss
ing game.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
Mexico Rlks vs. Macon Elk,.

The local lodge OF B. p. o. e. Elks
will tie up with the Macon lodge in a
game Of baseball here on August the
second. The local lodge has Some pref
~ good talent in the way of both old
Mexico players and young 70 be's. By
the arrangements both teams may.
have a. outside battery. II il pro
bahls that Walker Hughes OF the
Mexico Browns will pitch and help
hold up the reputation that all Mex
leo teams have for playing the great
game Of baseball I'd Keath is captain
manager, etc. of the local team. The
game viii be played at o~authorn's
Hill
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
NON, What Do
YOU THINK OF THAR
SALISBURY BEATS KExIco BY
THE SCORE OF EIGHT TO SIX
UMPIRE EAs sEEz USED
TO TOWN BALL GAMES
RelIings Gets Two Three Ease HitI
and Then the Umpire Decides
He Shall Not HIT if Any More
-wihnghEn Pitches a
Good Cams Bat Was
up Against II.

Salisbury won from Mexico, Sunday,
in Salisbury By = score Of eight 20 six
The game was not any too good on
either side though MEXICO deserved
70 win The umpire, whose name
could not be learned. seemed TO have
an idea that the game was town ball
or sroundsterxr One Of his rules,
that the batter cannot change from
one side to the other, seemed strange
in the ears Of the Mexico players who
know the game 50 thoroughly. But
We hope, and probably II IS 50, that
the Salisbury people were u ashamed
OF his ignorance, In the cited instance
and some others As Mexico was sore at
the time. But we are partly over II
and don't intend 70 makes big 'hollerr
over . little split milk Bat the
Athletes seem to think that they
would Ike 70 play them again when
Salisbury had not been told by MO
berry that they had e, n-mustrwin
from Mexico before they could get an
other game from Moberiy. Let Us hope
that this ultin2tion OF Moberlyis was
not al the bottom OF umpire whats
hiSnameis" ignorance Of the great
game Of base ball. That would be
terrible but it surely cannot be 50.
The feature Of the game was the
hitting Of Rollings. He wa up i've
times and drove out two corking three
bszgerS Ed Willingham OF course got
his usual tso base hit o. Willing
ham famed eight OF his opponents in
the nine innings.
The game was SLOW, taking two
hours and I've minutes 10 play It.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25
is TO COST TEN CENTS
Price Of Cotton Soon to DO Boosted
Again by the Combine
Five Cents it Shoots skyward
In Price.

New York, July 1s.-Cotton thread,
until short time ago the most stable
infprice Of all the staples, selling the
country over for 8 cents a spool, Is to
be advanced again, so that the retail,
price will be 10 cents. On May %
there was an advance which brought
the market price to 0 and I cents. Cot
ton thread for domestic use Is manu-.
featured almost exclusively by the
combine. Increased cost OF raw mater
ial and an advance 10 wages is the
reason given for the contemplated in.
crease In price. Independent manu-
facturers declare that neither Of the
reasons is good, for when cotton was
selling much higher than il is now
thread retailed for 5 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-07-25

There are eight new suits fled fol
the September term of court. o.
these, three are for divorce. They
are as follows
Myrtle McOord vs. r. A. McCord,
Divorce.
Mary B. Petty vs. Albert r. Petty,
Divorce.
RUBY l. Ledford vs. Oscar r. Led
fore, Divorce.
W. A. EdmOnston vs. VIM. Walker,
Appeal J. P. Court.
State ex Re-. Joe Naylor ct al vs. S.
J. Bovine.
Chicago Portrait %. vs. G. S. RAIDER,
On Contract & Acct.
S. B. Hardine vs. ]. W. Fritz, Dam
ages.
State Of Mo. vsGrAnt Wyatt & WIN.
Buck.