The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

social cOuTteS1eS extended HIM during
his stay were a breakfast by Mg. and
Mrs. R. w. Thompson, a luncheon
by Auditor R. w. Tyler, and an eve
ming with Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Stat
ford.
Officers of High School Cadets.
The officers who contributed so
largely to the success Of the exhibi-
ton drill of the High School Cadets
on the occasion of the visit of DR..
Booker T. Washington were, in ad-
dition to Major Arthur Brooks and
Ouartermaster w. Bruce Evans Ma
jor s. Fields and First Lieut.. R. Mid
dleton, acting adjutant; Sergt-Maj.
James Thomas; by companies:
Company A - Capt E. Gray, First
Lieut. r. Middleton, Second Lieut..
d. Dishman.
Company B - Capt F. Coleman;
First Lieut.. R. Banks, Second Lieut..
]. Shelton.
Company c - Capt Joseph H. B.
Evans; First Lieut.. Alphonso Bur
well, Second Lieut. Cato Adams.
Company D - Capt Russell Car
roll, First Lieut. Ernest Hardy, Sec
ond Lieut.. Robert Brooks.
Companies A and B represent NJ
Street High School, and Companies
c and D represent the Armstrong
Manual Training School.
Much interest is being manifested
in the competitive drill, which takes
place at the close of the regular ses-
sion of the schools.
Register w. T. Vernon goes to
Nashville tonight, where he is an
nounced to deliver the commencement
address to the students of Meharry
Medical College.
Mr.. w. / Houston, Grand Master
of thee. u. O. of O. F., is prepar-
ing to make an extended tour of in
Spection of the various branches of
the Order throughout the South. He
goes as far as Louisiana and Texas,
returning by way of Tennessee, Ken
lucky and West Virginia. Mr.Hous-
ton says the Order now comprises
$4,000 members, and was never in a
more prosperous condition. The At
! lantic City meeting of the B. NJ. C..
in September promises to be the larg
est delegate body ever held by col
ored organization.
Auditor Ralph w. Tyler has been
on business trip to West Virginia
and points in Ohio. Mr.. Tyler has
engaged a fine suite of rooms at the
Keystone Hotel in Chicago, which
will be used as a general headquar-
tiers for the colored visitors to the
Convention in June.
Miss Lillian B. Wright, of Chica-
go. who was recently appointed to a
position in the office of the Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury, IS to
be transferred to the office of the
Auditor for the Navy Department,
Club was the grandest. Those pres
retary to Auditor Tyler.
Architect Landlord Abbointed.
/ Rev. H. n. Newsome, general man
ager of the National Negro Fair, to
be held at Mobile, Ala, has appoint
ed Mr.. John A. Landlord as super
vising architect and constructing en-
| gineer. Local headquarters have
been established in this city at $40
! Sixth street northwest, and the work
of gathering exhibits and getting the
buildings. into shape will be vigor-
ously prosecuted from now on. The
twelve massive department buildings
VIII be designed by Mr.. k. K. lay
Tor, OF Tuskegee, and Mr.. Lankford
will supervise their erection. DR.
| Newsome says there is little doubt
that Congress will grant liberal ap-
preparation to assist the enterprise
Mr.. Nick Chiles, editor of the To
Ipeka (Kansas} Plaindealer; Mr.. 7
P. Mahammit, editor of the Omaha
! (Nebraska) Enterprise, and Mr.. ]
| H. Jackson,a prominent business man
OF Denyer, Col..were in the city this
week, the guests Of Register w. I
/ Vernon.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis has returned
from an important business trip to
| New Orleans. La.
The Washington office of the Ne
gro Department of the Jamestown
Exposition is preparing to wind up