The Washington bee., 1908-04-11
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
BY Miss BeGtTiz L. Chase.

joining hands with the Democratic
party when some of the Congress
men of that party not only offer in
suits, but make efforts to deprive the
dark-skinned citizen of his life.
There are some good people in the
fold of Democracy, but they are sell
dom found in the representative
places of that party.
Mrs. Fannie Douglass, the wife of
the violinist, Mr. Joseph Douglass,
assists him in his concerts.
Mr.. George DeYoung, of the 1908
class, astrological department of How
ard University, was given a appoint
ment at North Point, Md, at the
Methodist Episcopal Conference re-
Gently held in Baltimore.
Rev. Alfred Young, presiding elder
of the Washington District, is now
stationed at Whatcoat Memorial Ch.,
Baltimore, Md.
The Rose Bud Circles of the True
RefOrmers held literary and musical
exercises last Sunday afternoon at
Walker Memorial Baptist Church.
Much credit is due to the efforts of
the ladies who have the oversight of
the little ones.
The annual Conference of the A.
NJ. E. Church convened last Wednes-
day at the Metropolitan Church.
Mr.. Charles H. Phillips, Jr., the
eldest son of Bishop and Mrs. c. H.
Phillips, whose education was be-
gun in the Lincoln Building, this city,
graduated from the medical depart
ment of Walden University the lat
ter part of last month.
The Fifth Street Baptist Church,
Richmond, Va, took a unanimous
vote in calling Rev. DR.. w. F. Gra-
ham, a former pastor.
1t is openly asserted that Bishop
Walters, Prof. Du Bois and Mr.. 7.
Max Barber are for the Democratic
party if Mr. Foraker is not nominted
! by the Republican party.
! Mr.. S. Laing Williams, who has
just been appointed as United States
Assistant District Attorney in the
city of Chicago, was the first colored
man to matriculate in the famous Co
lumbian Law School of this city.
| A colored editor is not color pref
udiced who will have in one issue of
his paper on the first page the cuts
of ten Caucasian men, all of whom
are Republicans.
The Echo, of Long Branch, N. J.,
is mixed in the shooting affair of ].
| T. Heain. Hefin was not with his
wife, and his rage which eliminated
in his shooting two men began with
his election as representative to the
national Congress, and not at the ac-
ton of the two colored men.
The Colored Alabamian says we'll
when it says "The man who starts
out as a leader of the Negro people
in the South must gather about him
as many of the Southern white men
as his friends, for the day will come
when he will need them"
John D. Rockefeller is quoted as
saying he never touched whiskey,"
and we wonder why some religious
folks are afraid to accept John D.
Rockefeller's money for the promo
ton of Christianity.
! The same fault may not be attach
! ed to every man, yet every man has
his own fault.
Mr.. w. T. Vernon delivered the
commencement address at Meharry
College. While in Cincinnati he was
the recipient of much social distinc-
ton by the prominent men of the
city.
i According to the Nashville Globe,
the reception given to DR.. B. T.
| Washington and Register w. T.Ver-
non by the Nashville hospitality"
was by far the grandest ever given
to any public men. The visitors had
/ at their DISPOSAL the "white steamer"
automobile of DR.. r. F. Boyd.
Mr.. J. L. Waller, of the War De-
partment, has been transferred to a
branch of that department in the city
of New York.
: Mr.. Samue! w. Starks, whose
. death was sudden last week inCharles
ton. ". Va, was one Of Charleston's
/ most respected citizens, regardless Of
his color. For the past ten years he