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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-05

shall be entitled to all pay =, that
would have become due to them from
the time Of their discharge until the
time Of, their decease
Section Q, That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to
prohibit the prosecution and punish
ment of any soldier, re-enlisting IN
der the observation-disclosures as to whom
it may at any tinlSshereaft&r appear
that he did participate In said shoot
ing ARRAY or have knowledge thereof
WHICH he has withheld.
Section g. That, all establishments
under the provisions hereof of sol
diers who at the time of their dis
charge without honor were serving
terms Of enlistment which have not
yet expired shall be held to be for on
ly the remaining portion, CT said I'M
expired term"
1t is to be anticipated that it viii
not be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wher
the committee submits it's several
disagreeing reports &on the Browns
vile affray a great deal Of speech
making will be uncorkeh in the sen
ate. Although a majority Of the re
publicans on the committee have de
cided that there was not sufficien
testimony to show that the Negro
soldiers shot up Brownsville, it i!
| uncertain whether a majorHy Of tht
republicans Of the senate will TAX
the same view. But If they do, thel
the attitude Of majority Of the com
! mittee report will have to be adopted
with the aid Of the democrats.
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by AL, and so we'll did she acauit her
self in speech and action that 1t was
remarked by many that she should
be the first president at the first
available opportunity, At Louisville,
Mrs. Washington augmented the
dWindling treasury by securing sew
eral life memberships, saving the or
ganization from serious cmharrass-
! ment, paying over considerable sum
| at that sitting. Although hailine
from western conference, Mrs
Washington has SO Impressed her-tal-
| ents upon the church at large that
she is thoroughly a national figure
and is particularly strong In the
south and west. Some Of her most ar
dent supporters are southerners, and
she was first proposed for the presi-
| dency by a prominent south arm
| church worker. Not only has Mrs
Washington rendered yeoman service
in Zion, but she is the national, sec.
-etary of the Good Samaritans, anC
the first woman to be elected to such
a position in that great order. AS
an organizer, she is experienced yapc
successful, as the prosperous condi
ton of several lodges and beneficial
societies established by her vii
show. At every turn, within the pas
few years, Mrs, Hood has leaned or
Mrs. Washington. The latter has
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sung the praises of her chieftain.
and has been so 1oyal.to her interests
that between them there has been
nothing but the purest Friendship
and sisterly love. The promotion of
Mrs. Washington to the headship Of
the woman's missionary department
of Zion would not~only give satisfac-
ton to the friends of Mrs. Hood, but
would rebound to the everlasting adj
vantage. of, the entire church, and
give the work. OF Zion expansion an
impetus that would be felt helpfully
everywhere the sons aan daughters
OF ~Vafiek have planted their flag.
r. w. THOMPSON.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-05
MISSISSIPPI COURT GIVES JUST
RIGHTS TO- NEGROES
Decides An White Jury Not Compe-
-. tent to, Condemn !Colored Man
to Death. -. -, g. .-

Jackson, Miss, Feb. r27.---Chief
Justice Whitfield handed down a de-
ctision In the case OF Arthur Payne a
Negro, today, that is OF far-reashiie
importance, especially In those states
where the Negro has been eliminated
as political factor and never placed
on juries. Ferrer killed white man
TN Tate county, and was convicted
and sentenced to be hanged: The de-
tense moved to quash the indictment
and also the venire, on the ground
that the jury/was composed entirely
Of white men and the Negroes were
phrposely excluded, The court sus-
tanned the motion to qhash. the spe-
cial venire, but oyerrulsd the one ito
quash the Indictment which the sn-
preme court avs was a fatal 'er-
ror." This Is the first, time this aues-
ton of mixed juries has:been decided
here. - q < y,
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At the Nations
Capitol
Continued from page one.


Katie P. Hood has her successors by
reason Of her tire1eGs efforts in blaz-
ing the way. Owing to the continued
lll-health Of her husband, the true
and tried veteran, Bishop Hood, it is
understood that shsa will not be q
candidate for reelection as president
of the w. II. and F.. M Society. She
retires with the, best wishes Of the
entire church, and has the sincere
thanks of every lover Of suffering
humanity, to whoIn she has been
more than a sister. It is the feeling
that in selecting a new. chief execu~
tive, the church must put forward
its very ablest, most energetic and
resourceful woman, II the new plans
for charging the sphere Of the or
ganization are to be made a success.
All things considered, the woman Of
Zion best equipped for this important
trust is Mrs. Mary r.. Washington, OF
New Albany, Ind, who has been vice
president for number OF years, and
practically the head OF the society,
ACKNOWLEDGING Ten.
owing to the enforced absence Of
Mrs. Hood. Mrs. Washington pre-
sided at the first general meeting Of
the body after the close of the gen.
eral conference, which assembled at
Washington, D. c., III 1900, and held
the first Quadrennium for Mrs. Hood
at Louisville, Ky, last August. Her
ready grasp Of the fine point of par
liamentary law, wonderful tact In
dealing with conflicting issues and
uniting rival factions, coupled with
a happy faculty offsaying the right
thing at the right timss was observed
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GUILTY
Continued from page one.

any Of said companies who did parti-
clDate in the same, and that he has
not at any time heretofore and does
not now withhold any knowledge
with respect to the occurrence that
might lead to the identification of
any participation in said shooting
ARRAY or accessory thereto, either be-
fore or after the fact, and that he has
answered fully to the best of his
knowledge and ability all questions
that have been lawfully put to him
by his officers or others in connection
Herewith, shall be, and hereby is,
made eligible to re-enlist in the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States on bis application therefor at
any time within three months from
and after the passage of this act, any
statute or provision Of law or order
or regulation to the contrary not
outstanding, and that upon such re-
enlistment, he shall be allowed full
pay, according to the rank he held
and the pay he was receiving at the
date Of discharge until his re-enlist-
ment:
provided, that all the rights and
privileges to which the soldiers re-en-
listing under the provisions. Of this
act were entitled, respectively, at the
time Of their discharge shall be, and
hereby are, fully restored to them,
and the record showing their dis
charge without honor shall be, AMI
hereby is, annulled, Set aside, and
held for naught land time elapsing
since their discharge without honor
until the date of such re-enlistment
shall be computed in determining
all rights to which they may be re-
spective!y entitled on account Of con-
tinuous service as. though they had
been in the service without Interrupt
ton, and they shall not suffer any
forfeiture Of any right or privilege
by reason Of such discharge:
"Provided further, that in any case
where the regular term Of enlistment
which the soldier was serving at the
time when discharged without honor
has in the meanwhile expired his re-
cord shall be, and hereby is corrected
SO as to show an honorable discharge
at tn etime Of the expiration Of such
enlistment, and he shall be allowed
full pay and all rights and privileges
until that time; and in the event Of
the rc-ehlistment Of such soldier un-
der the provisions of this act his
term Of re-enlistment shall be deem
ed to have commenced as Of the time
when his previous enlistment expired
and his service under such re-cnlist-
ment shall be without prejudice of
Iany kind by reason Of his former dis
charge without honor:%
And provided further, that in case
any Of the n0n-Commissioned officers
or enlisted men belonging to said
companies and discharged without
honor shall have died since they were
80 discharged and before the pass
age Of this act, but who shall have
testified under oath or made AFFIDAVIT
before their death that they did not
participate in said shooting ARRAY or
have any knowledge with reference
thereto their respeCtivA records shall
be, and hereby are, corrected in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
act and their legal representatives
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..LYNCHED NEGRO.
Texas People Mete Summary Justice
to Colored Man Charged With .-
AffounnfofF.

- Attcmpted Assault.
Houston, Texas, Feb. 28.-The
body of. Charles Scott, Negro, aged
Il years, was found hanging to a. tree
at Conroe today. The Negroes feet
had a placard attached to them bear
Ing the words: Warning to Ne
groes prowling in whit folks hous-
es." .-
: Scott had been arrested and plac-
ed under bond on a charge>of at
tempting an assault upon a Miss AL
lev. .~,,
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Singular that, men of wisdom and
women Of common sense both get
silly as soon as they ef1togetheF.' :
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
OF RECTOR'S SERVICE

In St Andrews Parish han, a. the
corner Of Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets northwest, the anniversary Of the
Rev. George Calvert Carriers rectorship
OF four years was celebrated by large
parish dinner.
Many people were In the hall between
$50 and 7:3, and were accommodated at
the tables as fast as places could be
found. An excellent dinner was prcvid-
ed by the ladies Of the parish, with Mrs.
SOule in charge. and was served by
them in a most delightful manner
When all had dined every one was
invited to the main floor Of the building
TO witness the burning Of the $1,000
worth Of 800 bonds Of the second
mortgage, which the congregation has
been able to clear of.
At s o'clock the curtain before the
little stage at the end Of the hall was
raised disclosing the Rev. DR.. Garter
and the members of his yestry gathered
80 semi-cIrcle around q large brass
bowl. and after a few appropriate words
from the rector the bonds were burned
amid the applause Of the OnlOOkers
Following this at $50 O'Clock a Well-at.
tended meeting Ct the Ivy Club to0h
place. when over seyenty-hve young
people enjoyed dancing.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
WILEY CAMP SAD
OVER LOST POWER
Board M e m Der Belittles
Value of Professors From
California and Virginia.

VIII the BOARD Of Food arI Drug In
spection pine away in tnnocuous desue-
tude. now that the President has de
termined to appoint d commission %
i've university scientists to thresh ont
the mOoJed questions that may arise2
This IS the question which scientists
OF the Department Of Agriculture were
auxIously pTopOmding today, after an
nounCemeHt from the White House that
DR.. II. w. Wiley's final court on appeal
would no longer nave deciding opinion
on questions OF adulterauou of foods.
Whom DIT. Wiley was asked for some
expression. he sadly declined 70 make
any comment, beyond suggesting lugu-
briOusIy that maybe the change would
be a good idea. one OF the other mem
bers Of the board. however. was in
clined 10 be wrothy- Particular excep-
ton is taken by this expert to the uni
versities from which the President says
he will make selection Of the commits
sion. These were Yale. Johns Hopkins,
California. Chicago and Virginia
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
NO LUXURIOUS STATUE
FOR CLEVELAND WOMEN

CLEVELAND. Jan. 1S.-The women OF
Cleveland are protesting against the
county building commissions announced
intention TO make a figure Of Lycurgus
one Of a group Of law-givers before the
new court mouse.
ITS prepo steTous," exclaimed Mrs. A.
Z. Mckee. Of the council for women.
why, he made IL lawful for men to
borrow each others wives He CAV,
children 20 the state and the weak TO
be destroyed"
Mrs. Stella A. jacob. secretary Of the
WOmen's Republican League. said,
sAny statue on our public buildings
should be suitable for our children to
study. His would not be- What's the
use CT going back to the sunrise ages
anyway"
Our whole tendency is to debauchery
anyway" said Mrs s. K. Waterman.
head Of the Purity League. There Is
enough impurity TO swamp the aI-com>
ing generation without any more
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
Dynamitrd
In Fertile Mind
Of Joker at Sea

Some Joker on the high seas at the
active end of a wireless telegraph a1-
paratus is held responsible for the flood
Of inquiries that have been coming TO
the Navy Department over repeated re-
ports OF the destruction Of Admiral
Evans batUeships
According to these reports. three ships
Of the fleet have already been blown up
the Connecticut, the Rhode Island,
and the Louisiana. The telephone bells
in Secretary Metcalf's office ana the
Bureau of Navigation have been kept
juggling by the anxious ones who have
relatives with the fleet
One dispatch as near as can be ascer-
tanned, came from Boston, another from
Norfolk. A third was picked up in
some fashion at Panama Reports have
come 10 he so common in the corridors
OF the Navy Department that if a real
live one came in naval officers would
stand of and smile at it, and the mes
sengers would turn their backs on IT,
Up in the further end of the building
the State Department. end where Japa-
nese apprehension is alleged to origi-
nate, there is only slumbrous quiet also
War talk has become so eriaciated it
could lose itself in the shadows of the
corridor. The financial difficulties Of
the Mikad0's realm let the bottom out
of the POI of rumOrs that have been
providing space for the foreign CORE
spondents. There is such a stringency
in the supply Of war talk that Haitys
revolution, which doesn't lend itself to
enlargement very readily, has suddenly
become a center Of interest
If bv any chance any war vessel
shoald run down the source of the wire
less rumors. it is likely that the first
bOna-1de cas- Ialty that has bObbe5 up
for many days would he chronicled by
the press.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
Tips the Porter
But Uncle Samuel
Don't Foot Bills

Does it pay to be strictly honest in
rendering expense accounts? is a ques-
ton that at least one Government en-
pIoye is prepared to answer IN the mega
tive at the present time.
Travelling i'm one Of the Western
States where chair cars are commonly
used, he made the fatal mistake Of tip
ping the porter some Is cents, and
charging it to Uncle sam, as per his
expense account
When the statement reached the de
partnent yesterday the hard-hearted
chief clerk spied the innocent-IOoking
item. gave a grunt that signified that a
big discovery had been made, and
promptly drew a heavy blue pencil
through the line.
Now. that shows" said the chief
clerk 10 a reporter for The Times. that
it does not always pay 10 be honest
The clerk was honestly trying to travel
economically and simply took a chair
car. which, by a peculiar construction
of the law, does not come under the
provision that permits tips to be given
10 porters. as is the case with sleeping
cars.
Had the clerk walked back into the
Pullman car and taken his seat he could
have tipped the porter and the de-
partment would have stood for the
charge. but he put himself without the
pale OF official recognition when he did
business with the chair-car people
There is no provision of law or de
parment usage that officially recOg-
nizes the chair car
The employee will be allowed his ex-
9 ..lr- alE
cents. The officials realize that the
department is losing money by not al
lowing the charge in the present in
stance as the employe viii be wise
enough not TO get caught the same
wav a second time, vet there is no
other way out of the difficulty.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
LET JUGS TRAVEL,
IS BARIHOLDT'S PLEA

Representative Bartholdt OF Mir10urI
appeared before a eubc ,mmittee %. the
Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday
TO oppose the TiIlm<n bill. the Deliver
bill, and other bills which seek TO give
the States the control OF liquor shipped
into their borders.
Mr.. BarthoIdt appeared for the Ger
man American Alliance and ne protested
that such legislation was an interior
ence with PERSONAL liberty. He pro-
tested against he bills on other grounds
also. -
Other reprS--ltatives Of the same or
ganlzation ~ be heard later by the
subcommittee. Senator TIlman and
Senator Deliver spoke En- he-aIf OF the
proposed legislation
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

Chief Executive, He, too. is afable and
talkative and free from ice.
But It is the warming up Of Loeb that
is now the talk OF the town. OF all the
refrigerating secretaries he is the great
high commander. He can make refrig-
orator cars look like a flaming house He
can put a bIghting frost on the sUnnies'
hopes that ever presented their helpless
souls on the doormat of the Executive
offices. Rcucence Is his realm and the
mysterious smile his handTnaiden-
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

mussed up watching the stock ticker
RE could have "a fist night about the
value Of the preferred stock q the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany-
William Loeb. jr- stands before the
world today in much the same position
as that Of the Polar bear who. in spite
Of a lifetime in frigidity, is able 10 live
in hot climates.
he is remade.
And he owes 1t ali TO the business
men OF Washington.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
ICiCles and Frigidity Vanish
AS Snow in a Warm
Sunshine.
Presidents Secretary Now 2
Member of Two Boards
of Directors.

William Loeb, jr-, is a changed man.
No sunIt, smiling vale of anabIity Is
so remote that he has not bIazed the
trail to it with gurgling laughter No
field of warm and inviting cordiaIity
is so hidden away that he has not been
its Christopher Columbus.
William Loeb, jr.. treads the paths
that are bordered by the lilies of sweet
comPaniOnship. He seeks the gardens
where the roses of competitive endeavor
haunt their harlng colors.
He is remade.
Within the last week he has been
elected u director OF the Chamber Of
Commerce and also a director OF the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. All praise to tie excitement. the
hot glow ana the heated tumult that
come from the strenuous life of the
business and commercial world This
lie has melted the eternal iciness that
once surrounded William Loeb. jr.. Sec
rotary TO the President The SHOWS of
yesterday have vanished like the morn
ing mist before the summer sun.
He Melts; He Warns.
Ye sIanderers, who have said that
Loeb was frozen for all time. retire in
silence TO where the TALL and uncut
limbers gag ever the voice Of rolling
echo. He melts, he warns, he en-
thuses.
Blood, warm as that of human be-
iIgs, pulses through the veins he has
so long kept m cold storage. The
frozen smile is dead. Loeb has ambi-
tons, he has plans, he is in the thick
of the life that calls for enthusiasm
and the rousing hustle Of competition.
No more does he take pleasure in
creating about himself a frigid zone
that shall freeze up the Iouuacity of
White House callers and put to naugbt
the questionings of newspaper CORE
spondents. He is no more a buffer he
tween the President and the public. He
is in the thick OF the action. He IS a
worker.
GOod-by to the Icicle.
He has discarded the icicle as the
greatest thing on earth He no longer
gazes with adOrdJiCu upon the boar
frost. Snow is not now his choice eli
NAUTICAL condition. a falling mercury
is not kept forever on the job, nor Is
ice water the only thing i'm the Official
pitcher.
Loeb smiles with warmth. Suddenly,
Ike a lightning flash in winter, the
radiance of his laugh has illuminated
the channels OF commerce. He is done
with the clammy clasp. IL is the warm
handshake for him hereafter. To the
business men OF Washington he has
come transformed, reyivified endowed
with all the lEnsUorous graces of the
torrid zones. where heat is a daily af-
fair. They have unveiled him TO the
world He is not Loeb. the private sec
rotary, with a thousand secrets on his
brain He is Loeb. the business man,
with business TO do.
Mr.. Loeb is net the only man who,
with a White House training. has en-
tered in the last week the realm of
business in this city. Benjamin r.
Barnes. now CITY Postmaster, but for
lnerly assistant secretary 10 the Presi-
dent was elected director Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce on the same evening
that cav Mr.. Loeb warmed into life.
Ne Too Has Tha u-ed
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

But all that is changed now. Loeb,
who astonished the world by getting
mad with "a rabbit and shooting 81 20
a bloody and frosty death. could at this
moment pursue elephants and, by the
strength of his flashing and Eore-dUe1
eye. track them 10 their farthest re-
treats. He could get all excited and
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
He, Too, Has Thawed.

From that gentleman likewise has
dropped the mantle OF secreuveness and
resentfuI silence He, too, is free from
the dominating sign Of Silence" THAI
is the law I'm the offices Of the Chief
The Washington herald., 1908-07-05
Swarm Of Bees

Baal Hawkins had hive Of bees to
swarm on him last Thursday. The bees
left the bee butt and swarned on the
top lin OF plum tree in Baars orchid
Baal he took the hatchet and clum the
tree and tried to chop of the swarm
lin and all so as he could carry Il back
to the hiye, but IN doing so he aggra-
waited the bees to sech a extent that he
was stung on several occashions and SO
surprised that he lost his balenoe and
fell down outen the tree with the swarm
OF bees right on top Of him. 1t didn't
take Baal long to get on his feet being
as the bees were proding him all over,
and when he got HIS barinPs he 1T out
for the house with the bees in pursuit
Baal was stung too numerous to menshion
on his retreat from the orchard 20 the
house. And It made him SO mad that he
sed the bees could go to grass for all Of
him. Since then the bees haYs .Aisap-
ReeEsd Gil tQEsthsf -