The broad ax., 1908-08-15

aFc1u1s VIII % august ~ depart Tor
MsrsksIltoWn. Iowa. where she win
spend two weeks In visiting with
her cousin, Mrs. B. Philips.
Miss Aired Slaughter, who has
spent the summer IN visiting with her
sister. Miss E. B. Slaughter. and Mrs.
Robert A. Williams. 1914 Dearborn
street returned to her home in Louis
vile. KY, last Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan Allen, of Glen
coe, NJ, gave q reception last Wed
nesday from 2 to IL p. Ia, an nonor On
her sister, Mrs. C. II. johnson. and
Mrs. George Mayfield, Of Louisville.
KY; about seventy-ive guests were
present, ard they all Ind an enjoyable
time.
The Midsummer Nights" outing
given for the benefit of the Free Dis
pensary Dept, of the Chas. Summer So
ciaI Settlement, Mon. Eve. Aug. roth,
at Ackersman's Grove on the West side
was both social and financial success.
Doctors, Mercer, Pickett and Lewis
composed the committee of arrange
ments.
The Independence League took a
firm stand to keep the dissatisfied
Colored brother from voting for its
candidates. It tied John Temple
Graves to the tail-end Of its presiden-
tial Kite. Graves win be remembered
with Hoke Smith and the Atlanta
News as the principal causes Of the
Atlanta Massacre. Then, again,
Graves, among his many vagaries, Is
credited with seeing numerous and
sundry Negro spooks that threaten
the life of the country.-Ex.
! Dr.. and Mrs. George C. Hall, 3249
Wabash avenue, left Thursday even
ing on an extended trip to Baltimore,
Nd, Washington. D. c., Philadelphia,
Pa, Atlantic City, N. J., New York
City and Boston, Mass. DR.. and Mrs.
Hail wiz be absent about four or five
weeks and they expect to cut a wide
sWath In eastern society.
The young Colored mems Deneen
Republican Club, put up such strong
fight for their candidate at the Pr
maries, last Saturday, that the older
Republican politicians have become
jealous Of the success which attended
their efforts, and they want A L.
Williams and its other leaders to dis
band the organization, so that they
ctn step in and reap all the benefit
from a good organization.
Secretary of War Luke E. Wright
passed through the city last Wednes-
day en- route to Sea Grit Although
appointed to the high ONCE of Secre-
tary Of War by a Republican Presi-
dent, and assured of his continuation
in that once by this Presidents sue
cessor, should it be Candidate Taft,
Mr.. Wright, when questioned by re:
porters, showed his disdain Of the Re-
publican Party by refusing to commit
himself as to whether or not he be-
lieTes that party win be successful in
the coming election.-The Pilot, Phil
adelphia, Pa
The Democrats Of West Virginia, in
ratifying the Bryan and Kern ticket,
last week declared against Negro suf-
frage IN that State, and in favor of
separate laws respecting the Colored
race. The Democrats Of Missouri, in
their State Convention proposed prac-
tieally the same thing, tin it was
brought forcibly to their attention
that many Negroes of that State had
been voting the Democratic ticket,
Whereupon Il was agreed to recon
slider an act which would deprive the
Democratic Party of such prospective
strength. The Negroes OF Virginia
have net the intelligence Of the Ne
grces of Missouri, and wiz, therefore,
most likely pay the penalty I'm whole
sale Acknowledgement Practical pol
itics.-Ex.
Recently John Larsen, 3701 Stats
street, was taken to Provident Hos
pital in a dying condition, as q result
Of q compound commuted fracture Of
the skull DR.. W. D. Lansford. 1853
State street, was summoned After q
careful examination he decided to
take chances and try ana locate ana
remove portion Of the bone that had
been driven into the brain substance;
the brain was greatly lacerated and
protruded from the wound upon the
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