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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08
Negro Bank to be Organized
First Concern OF Its Kind North Of
Mason and Dixen Lint Will
De at Toledo, o.

A national bank for Negroes
will be organized here With To
ledo. New York. Cleveland. and
Washington capital. 1t will be
the first Negro bank north of the
Mason aud Dixon line.
There is more than enough idle
money in the bank in Chicago be-
longing to Afro Americans which
If they wouln become united,
they could put their money to-
gether and start a sound little
National bank in this city, not
tor Colored people alone. but for
anybody who had any banking
business to traesact.
Now is the time for the lead
ing Colored business men in Chi
cago to wake up and get move
on themselves Broad AK.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

The greatest of all newspapers is
the daily Globe-Democrat, of st. Lou
is. 1t has no equal or rival in all
the west ard ought to be in the hands
of every reader of any daily paper. 1t
costs by mail, postage prepaid, daily,
including Sunday, one year, $500;
months, $500; months, $1.50;
daily without Sunday, one year, $500;
6 months, $500; months, $1.00 Sun
day edition-a big newspaper and
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every Sunday, one year, $500; s
months, 81. A subscription for the
be-Democrat, at these prices, Is
the best possible newspaper invest
ment. Send your order today or write
for Free sample copy to Globe Print
ing company, St Louis, Mo. See .spe-
cial long time" campaign offer of the
Twice-a-W Week issue of the Globe
Democrat. Two years for LIS. else
where in this paper.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08
THE FORUM

there fore in the liberty where
with Christ hath made US free,
ane be not entangled again with
the yoke of Bondage" Gal. |. 1.
He urged that every man prove
his christianity liz deeds and not
in words and was very elucida-
tive throughout as we'll as poin
ted He declared that he would
not hold that baptism is esser tial
to salvation, but it is essen tial to
duty.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08


Hereafter. let us not give pic
MICS and dances on Decoration
day. Probably no one thought
of the matter in the light in which
it has since presented itself.
Think over the matter, we must
go out and pay homage to the
deeds and memory of the depart
eo and teach the young people
the significance of the same.
The Forum never thought of the
erOnious idea until our attention
was called to the fact that several
white people were DESTROYS Of
knowing where all the Colored
people were-see the mistake?
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08
Rev. Manuel breaches
Initial Serms n


Union Church was crowded
I ON altar to entrance, Text.
Paul's letter to the Galatians.
Rev Manuel, tbs new pastor
at Union Church preached an
able sermon last Sunday evening
before large audience. He ap
pears to be quite an able man.
and his enunciations and pronun-
Citations are good He is a man
of strong personality and uses
good grammar and dictIon. We
CONNIE ut on this because so few
Of the men in these positions
think this a requisite, but it is.
He took for his text: '.Stand fast
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

E. G. Pruitt. our congenial and
dutiful County Superintendent of
schools, is making very much
perceptible Improvement in the
graduation and general operation
of the schools over the county
Mr.. Pruitt is innately fitted for
this work and the people did the
proper thing when they placed
him in the chair.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

J. Emil Smith. the city clerk is
conducting the office all right.
We have no complaints to offer.
We said before the election that,
as he was an experienced news
paper man, he could do the work
we'll.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

Just because a MN does not
again intend to run for office is
no reason for him to slight his
friends. Be a man and treat
every body right because it is
right. Let US get out of such
narrow traits and stand up be.
fore and after the campaigns, on
our integrity and that alone.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08
CONSOLIDATED STREET CAB
ROUTE.

Points of Interest
Springfield's Attractions and How to
Reach Them.
Lincoln home-Corner Eighth and
Jackson streets-take South Eighth
car.
Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Gem
etery-take North Fifth street cars at
Fifth and Monroe streets.
Parks and Pleasure Resorts.
Washington Park, southwest of city
take South Second or Lawrence ave-
nue. cars. Reservoir Park, northeast
of city-take North Seventh cars.
Camp Lincoln. The permanent
camp grounds of the Illinois National
Guards. Take Rutledge or Camp
Lincoln cars. State Fair grounds.
north of city. Take North Seventh
cars. White City Park east of the
city. Take East Capitol avenue cars
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

Oae good thing for city attor
ney. R,y SeeIey, is: he is a
young man Of ability, yet uupre
tentious. is studious, ate Tive to
business, cong snial and abso-
lutely on the square-he is also
unm Arried. He is working him
self mp.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08
PRICES FOR POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

State and National Offices. -. $1,000
County offices ................ BOO
Mayor of Springfield .......... 300
Regular write-ups, 10 cents per
line. Ten-line notice one time, with
announcement, free.
your paper in the afternoon on Sat
urdays.
farties, who do not get their pa
per Saturdays, will complain to their
carrier. You should, at least, get
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

Illinois Dry Cleaning and
Dyeing Company
{. B. ReiCheIti F.. c. kirkqesner
326 South Sixth st
FANCY DRY G GAMING AND
Dyeing In ALL Its BRANCHES
PRESSING and REPAIRING
Goods called for and delivered.
Join our $1.00 per month Club.
Old phone. 900. New; 1898.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-08

Listen, A $4,000 Proposition.
The finest ever before offered to all peo-
pie regardless Of race or color.
The National Life Annuity Go.
Of Jacksonville Illinois.
All Policies $1,000 will be glad to insure you When
permanently monthly If die
heirs assigns monthly Sick and
insured Elk Gov Yates
A. t. L. Smith Mr. Holmes, Jno
Mosby, Wilson.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28

The publication of this testimony
caused intense Indignation in Char"
lotte, where it's falsity was we'll known
and the writer's impression is that he
did not return to the tOwn-or that If
he did so he did not remain long. A
few years ago-probably three or four
"a press dispatch from Boston an
nounced the death the day previous in
some town in Massachusetts. IN ex-
IRENE poverty. of Lewis F. Bates, the
man who had entertained Jefferson
Davis in Charlotte. when the news OF
Mr.. Lincoln's assassination was heard
by Mr.. Davis.
The writer of this received a ietter
from Colonel Johnston, dated Charlotte
December 8, 1889 in which that gen
tleman said: "WOuld be pleased to
have your recollections of what oc-
Cured, Charlotte was then crowded
with refugees from Wilmington, Char
lesion, Columbia and other places,
Bates asked Major Echols the privil-
eye to entertain Mr.. Davis and it was
regarded as fortunate, as Bates had
! greater facilities to entertain than any
! other citizen. Mr.. Davis office was
in the back room of Dewey's Mecklen-
berg bank. What is your recollection
of Mr.. Davis speech? Colonel Aston,
killed in his boots in Atlanta, nearly
a year after the war, published al
most a vibatim report Of the speech.
| Aston was shot about five years since
in a personal encounter"
Mr.. Davis remained in Charlotte sew
eral days, when he started south and
was later captured ia Georgia, as is
we'll known by all students of history
Of that period. His Incarceration in
Fort Monroe, indictment for treason
appearance before the United States
court in Richmond, where he was bail
ed and never brought to trial, are al
so matters Of history
Norfolk, Va, May 1907.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
Time 10 Sion.

1t seems to us tina. that controversy
with reference to the blind institution
at Morganton should cease. II Is per-
fectly right and proper that charges
against the officials of the state In
situations should be fully investigated
but when they are investigated and
the officials exonerated it seems to
us that the matter should be dropped.
We have never hal much patience
with people who make charges n
fail to sustain them and then talk about
the evidence they could introduce af-
ter the matter has all been closed
Winston Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
CHARLOTTE BOY ApRIrT NORTH


A peculiar story has reached here
In the form of a letter TO the chief
from the New York Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Children,
stating that there IL in their charge
q l~3-year-old boy Who was picked
up In the metropolis and Is being
held by them until Information from
here is received.
The boys name Is Horace Johnson.
and he has told the society in New
York that his home Is at 1903 Cald-
we'll street. Charlotte. n. c.
A portion Of the letter Is given here
with:
Dear Sir-This society has in Gus
tody a boy named Horace Johnson.
aged Is years, who states that he to-
sided at sos Caldwell street with his
parents, and aunt, Mrs. Wilson. He
says that he left home two or three
weeks ago. and was carried away by
a man named Jackson. who went with
him to the jamestown exposition.
where he left him The boy say that
he made his way To New York
by beating the trains and he has ap-
piled for work here
The letter. which has just reached
here. asks for an early answer and the
police will look into the a and
determine If the boys story is correct.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
A STRANGE HOTEL PLACARD
A Dead and Gone InstitutiOn-The
"Iniquity'' of Strengthening the
Wind and Reaping the W~hirlwind."
HOmogeneity OF the South.
For The Messenger.

For The Messenger.
A few days ago, in an editorial head
ed Jefferson Davis" the Charlotte
Evening Chronicle expressed the view
that the institution of slavery was the
real cause of the civil war, through
the fierce agitation for its abolition on
the one hand, and for it's preservation
on the other. This is a correct view
from beginning to end. 1t is useless to
discuss now which side had the rights
of the question; which fought outside
and which inside the Federal Consti-
tuition. Underlying all was the negro
Of the south. the bone Of contenti0n
for more than half a century; until
at last, with the Missouri Compromise,
the Crittenden Amendment, troubles
of Bleeding Kansas" and the John
Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry piling
on the agony ear after year, and fir
ing both the northern and southern
hearts to the bitter end over the grave
of slavery.
The Evening Chronicle pronouLces
the institution of slavery IAN iniquity,
which should have been abolished be-
fore it was" This view Of the in
stitution, done away with by revolt
ton, has been evolved after fifty years
from the crucible Of an advanced and
enlightened public sentiment. But it
was rank heresy before, during and
even after the war. There are today
old men in old homesteads all over the
| south. who will go to their graves
| firm in the conviction that no more
| unjust. unrighteous and unholy war is
| recorded in history than that WaSed
| by the north against the south for the
] abolition of slavery. The mass of the
planters justified their ownership OF
another race as a chattel by appeals &c
scripture. and by the speclous nu
manity plea that the African was in
capable of civilization and self-govern'
ment and was better off than he Woulc
be with freedom. When that freedom
was accomplished by the aroitranen
Of arms the enormity was pointed GU
OF deriving a whole section OF
great country of hundreds OF million
of dollars of its private property
This was hard But he who taketh tn
sword shall perish BIS he sword;
! athe milla or the gods grind slow, bu
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
A YEAR OF CASUALTIES
The Record for This Year TO Far Ex-
coed That OF Any Other.

The Chicago Tribune. which oas
been an authority on the number of
casualties Of all sorts in this country
for years. offers an unprecedented re-
ord for the first half OF the year 1907.
II says that the casualties for the
hve months TO June first exceeded the
whole number for the year 1906. Two
hundred and seventythree persons
have been killed and 925 injured In
t~hirty-eight railroad wrecks. and Sz
lives have been lost in t~enty-tnrce
steamer wrecks. There have oeei'
thirteen mine accidents in which $50
| persons have persisted Tidal waves
| have claimed 2.s4o victims. earth
auakes 500, hurricanes $50 and cy'
clones 70.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
A Warning 10 RalIrOads.

In warning the big railroads that
IL they do not eas their intolerable
oppression Of this state through
freight discrimination they might ex-
pect a storm of just indignation to
break upon them soon, President r.
NJ. Miller, Jr., OF the Cotton Manufact-
urers' Association OF North Carolina.
spoke we'll and truly when addressing
the association az Greensboro Thurs
day.-Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28

than three times hat OF this state. has
a population OF IS, 0 .coJ, while North
Carolina has 2,50o. 900. With one
third nearly OF the area of Japan, IL
as densely settled, IL would have TO-
100000 inhabitants; IL one-hAlt rs
densely settled 1t would have s.0oo.0N
more than three times as many as
there now are.
J. II. VI.
Fayetteville. y. c.. June 10.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28

Joseph q. Ffveash. in The Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
Haymount to Resist Extension.

1t would appear from the n OF
a notice published IN another column
that an effort Is to be made by some OF
the residents of that part OF Hay
mount which was included in the re-
cent extension. and known as the
Eighth ward, to contest the legality
of their taking in" II is said that
the first move will be refusal 10 pay
city taxes, thus throwing the matter
into the court.-Fayetteville Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
A. tn What a Democrat L..

The New York Worlds standing:
What is a Democrat" has drawn the
fire of no less a person than the Hon.
w. J. Bryan. The New York paper
is obviously disappointed, however.
and is still unable to distinguish the
line of demarkation between the two
great political parties.-Asheville Ga
Zette-News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
MR. PATTERSON RELEASED
Judge Moore Decides That SIR. Pat
terson il the Victim OF Mistaken
Identity and Orders Him Released.

AS was stated in the last issue OF
The Enterprise Mr.. Gordon NJ. Pattsr
with his attorneys and friends vent
to Asheville last Friday to appear be-
fore Judge Fred Moore in the haoeas
corpus proceedings which was made
returnable before Judge Moore on the
14th. The case was called before the
judge and Mr.. PStternson produced
his witnesses and afidavits and upon
examination Of the same by the JUICE
he decided that Mr.. Patterson was not
the man wanted in Chester county. s.
c., for murder and that his detainment
was due to mistaken identity-Moores-
Vile Enterprise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
MANY TO HEAR HIM.

Immediately in front of the side
walk, were citizens and refugees, and
in the street. beyond the sidewalk.
were a number of cavall ymen, sitting
on their horses, they being members
of the commands of Generals Duke
and Voughan, and possibly some from
Ferguson's command. The time was
late in the afternoon, as darkness had
almost fallen when the crowd dispers-
ed. Mr.. Davis, upon taking his posi-
ton in the door, was just about TO
commence to speak when he was in
terrupted by Mr.. J.. c. Courtney, man
ager OF the telegraph office, who hand
ed him a telegram, which he opened
and read, and handed to Colonel VIII
liam Johnston, who was standing ty
his side. There were cries from the
crowd 'Read!" Read" wEereupon
Colonel Johnston read the telegram,
which was from Secretary OF war
John c. Breckenridge. announcing
that he had learned through Sherman S
Headquarters that Mr. Lincoln nao
been as~sassinated on the night OF
Good Friday, the 14th, and that SecIe-
tary Seward had been wounded. Mr..
! Davis then without making any MEN
ton of the dispatch that had just been
read, proceeded to address the assem-
blage, and outlined his views as the
j policy to be pursued. He stated that
there were armies still in existence
Johnston had not then surrendered)
| and that the conflict could be contin-
ued beyond the Mississippi river until
such time Is satisfactory terms OF
peace could be secured. The entire
burden of his speech was that The war
was not necessarily ended; that mucf
could be accomplished by armies still
in the field.
After the end had come. Bates WI
entertained Mr.. Davis. was summonef
before a committee at Washington tina
was endeavoring to connect the coz
fedarate president with the assassina
ton of Mr.. Lincoln, and testified tina
Mr.. Davis, when he received the news
made a quotation from Macbeth
showing his sympathy with the deee
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28

before given to The Messenger. but
IL is so strange that IL will bear re-
petition. Many ears before the war
the ST. Charles Hotel stood on Penn
s~yiyania Avenue, Washington City,
near the capitol-not a hotel OF FIRST
grade, but still a good house. IL was
popular with southern people. and es-
pecially with the slave dealing ele-
ment: and In order to retain this
patronage. the owners of the hotel
had cells for the confinement Of slaves
accompanying their masters. con-
structed in the basement Of the house,
and actually dug out under the pave
ment of a side street. Up To 1861 the
following printed placard hung in the
lobby of the ONCE: The proprietors
Of the 81. Charles Hotel have provided
a series OF cells for the safe keeping
of slaves accompanying the guests OF
the house. and guarantee their security
while under the charge of the house ="
Years z Mr.. John Y. Bryant. OF
Washington, transcribed this from the
original placard. and gave me a copy
Of 1t.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28

of slaves accompanying the guests OF
the house. and guarantee their security
while under the charge of the house "
Years ago Mr.. John Y. Bryant. Of
Washington, transcribed this from the
original placard, and gave me a copy
Of 1t.
From the census of 1900 the New
Orleans Picayenne recently completed
statistics of foreigners in the southern
states. from which it is seen tina the
percentage is very small. highest in
Louisiana with .051. and smallest in
North Carolina with .OO2. Reduced TO
numbers ouly ? of every 1000 are for
eigners, or $500 of the whole popula-
ton. The rural North Carolinian will
live and die without ever knowing how
homogeneous and clannish is mis-
native state, unless he makes a visit
to some populous community OF the
city of the middle states or New Eng
land, where he will see on all sides
men strange Of feature, facial contour,
hair and eyes, while his ears will be
assailed by unknown tongues-Ger-
man, French, Italian, Hungarian and
Morse. A foreigner is a rare bird" in
a small southern community and his
lingo will draw a crowd at any
time.
North Carolina being the seat CT
homogeneity in the south, | believe
people are Scotch, Highland and Low
land, with some Scotch-Irish. They
are conservative and averse to inno-
walton, living through generations in
the same way, building their houses
the same way, c%ultivating the soil the
same way going to the same church.
The son looks the father, dresses ike
him, talks like him. thinks like him.
1t is astonishing 10Y many are akin,
but they have not intermarried with
in the prescribed degree Of consan
g%uinity, and the men are stalwart, the
women fair in face and form. chaSte
and modest, a type of true womanhool.
When my brother and 7 were publish
ing a paper in Fayetteville nearly
!, thirty-fve years ago., We had in the
composing room a large cigar o full
of capital Ms, to handle the names OF
the Macs in their personal doings and
:, movements, and especially in the pub
LEGATION of the annual premium list
of the Cumberland county fair.
How long will these people be able
to preserve their homogencity il the
, face of the demands and inroads o.
an inevitable immigration? Tbs
, masses of them do not favor foreign
immigration, for they are sons OF the
soil, jealous to their own disadvantage
" of rivals in their dominion. They dep
recate the entrance into their orthodox
orderly communities of religious unbe'
\ great European centres are hot bed:
of atheism and %infdelity. In som
respects theirs is an almost UtopiaI
+ mode of life, free Of the catclysmi
which convulse more densely settled
|, communities, disaffection. conflicts 0
labor and capital, socialism. etc.
But can the new south afor1 Il
circumscribe it's needs and curb its am
bition in Difference to sentiment? |
G needs labor even more b 1t doe
G caDital-not only skilled labor In it
mills and foundries but that iabo
which will produce from the soil tn
greatest results with the least expendi
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-28
LAST SPEECH OF MIR. DAVIS

R~ecolIections OF Address in Charlotte
Apri! 1s, 1S65-News Of Dir. LIN
coins Death-Telegram AnnOunc-
ing the Assassination of the Presi-
den Was Received Just as Mr..
Davis Began to Spcak-Spot is Now
Marked by Iron Tablet Near South
ern Express Offce-Was then Two
Story Frame Structure.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-05
oIs !. SALON.

The mprnful information reached
this city at noon yesterday. OF tho
death, at the Capital city. OF Alec.
Molr, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Moir.
Of tuberculosis. Young Mr.. Mpir was
thoroughly wcll known in this city
and the news of hJ demise will come
as d shock to many here. who. thought
appraised that the malady from which
he died was Of long standing. yet
knew Of his brave and successful
iight against Il for years and who.
wished him the Joy Of final VIC
tory, He was about 90 years OF age
AMI despite his dreadful burden, was
~ the happicSt and most sanguIne
nature, never allowed the fate that
aarrassed him, to shadow his COM
munion With his friends.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-05
At The Astoria


Tonight will see the last perform
ance of the rip-roaring farce comedy,
Charles Aunt" by the Howard
Dorset stock Company at the Astoria,
the bill changes with Monday nights
performance to the Young Mrs. Win
throp" one of the highest types of
society comedy drama. The story deals
with a young couple who gradually
drift apart, the man immersed in his
business and the young wife thinking
herself neglected, seeks solace In the
depths of society. The breach Wild
ends and expands until the last act
when-well, to tell, would be to spoil
the enjoyment of those who contem-
plate witnessing the performance
The play is by that subtle clever writ
er, George Bronson Howard, author,
playwright, newspaperman, war COR
respondent and the king of short story
writer's, His articles are published In
all of the magazines and his plays
nave been introduced from the Eng
lish-speaklng stage the world over. It
Is needless to say that the Howard
Dorset Company will present 1t In
their usual finished style, the stage
direction being under the charge Of
Mr.. Guy Hitner whose work in this
line has given the Astorians so much
real enjoyment.