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The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
Keeps Him Hustlinq.

Heaven help US" says a Georgia
philosopher. Were getting rid of the
world. the flesh and the. devil, and it's
the devil that keeps US hustling for
high wateri"
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03

Paris Pattern No. 1888. All Seams
Allowed.-This pretty and fascinating
little breakfast jacket, and one that
will be found most simple of construc-
ton. is developed in one Of the new
Swiss materials, which show small
colored dos in square formation on
white ground The side-front and
flowing sleeve is cut in one piece, the
seam being directly under the arm.
and this, as well as the side-front and
side back seams, are left open for a
slight distance from the lower edge
The square Dutch neck, as well as the
front sleeves and lower edge, are
trimmed with narrow insartion and
edging Of Valenciennes lace, and the
garment fastens with small bows Of
ribbon. The pattern is in four sizes
-32, SO. 40 and II inches bust meas
ure. For 36 bust the dressing
requires "a yards of material 27
inches wide, 15s yard Sc inches wide.
or 13s yard AZ inches wide; 9A
yards of insertion, TX yards of edging
and two yards of ribbon 10 trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and aumber of pattern.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
Makjno the Widow Merry.

A liberal chunk of life insurance
has a good deal to do with making the
widow = merry one.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
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B FACTS ABOUT THE FIGHT.
= Place - COfROrth's Mission
D arena. San Francisco.
3 Time-TwO o'clock, Saturday
B afternoon.
PrincipaIs-JOe Cans of Bal
timOre and Battling Nelson of
Chicago.
3 Length of fght-FOrty-five
o rounds less.
Title in diSpUte-Lightweig
. championship.
= Referee-Jack WeIch.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
NATIONAL LEAGCF

Pittsburg. 0-9. Chicago, 5-4.
New York, 4: Philadelphia, 3.
ST. Louis, 4; Cincinnati. 2.
Boston Brooklyn, >.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
AnfE1iICAN ASSOCIATIC

Toledo, 5; Columbus, o.
Other games postponed on account
of rain.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
Trains VIII Bring Guests.

Trains coming from Chicago are
bringing many guests to enjoy a nice
quiet day on the beautiful shady lawns
of Crown Point with friends and rela-
tives, and for those wishing to es-
cape the noise and din of the fire.
cracker Crown Point will be an ideal
place to visit.
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03
CROWN POINT WILL
HAVE QUIET FOURTH.
Safe and Sane Day Will be
Celebrated at the
County Seat.
MANY PARTIES TO Be GIVEN
Though There Will Be No Celebra-
ton There, Many Visitors
Are Expected.
Especial to THE TIMEs) .

Crown Point. Ind, July 3.-From
present indications Crown Point peo-
pie will spend tely sane and quiet
Fourth. Not having any regular cele-
bration planned us people will go to
the various surrounding towns to at
tend the celebrations given there. with
Hammond and st. John probably get
ting the majority. Those that remain
in town will be able to witness a good
baseball game in the afternoon. It has
also become a custom among many of
the residents to give a picnic dinner to
thcir neighbors and friends and the day
Will be observed in this manner by a
great many
The Lake County times., 1908-07-03

Among those giving parties to their
friends will be Louis Breyfogle and
wife at their country home. north of
town, who will entertain the Dinwid-
dies, Winners, Gibbs, Tinkhams and
Horizons at a picnic and social affair
Mrs. Marble and Mrs. Pettibone also
will entertain at a picnic dinner. the
guests being the Salisburys. Otis.
Wheelers, Petersons and Sauermans.
Further up on Court street John Black
and family will hold a family reunion,
among them his children, Mrs. Shep-
ard and daughter from Denver, Colo. +;
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard and daughter
from Aurora. Ill; Henry Black and
family from Valparaiso, and the fam
lilies of VIII and Ed Black will be there
to enjoy the day.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

become speaker Of the Sixty-frst con-
gress, and the experience he can gain
as minority leader on the floor in the
short session next winter will be val
uable to him when he becomes speak,
er. Williams believes the Democrats
can carry the next house if the cams
paign is fought out On the issues crs-
ated in the last session.
John Sharp Williams has been Demo-
cratic leader in the house for six years
and has ably conducted the minority
through many legislative battles and
flibusters. He has been chosen by the
Mississippi legislature to succeed Sen
ator Money in the upper house Of con-
gress when the latters term expires,
March 4, 1911. He will be in the house
throughout the SiXty-frst session him
self, and in Tesigning his leadership
now, abandOns the certainty Of becom-
ing speaker of that congress if the.
Democrats have a majority in It.
David Albough De Almond Of Mis-
souri, has been regarded for the past
few years as the certain successor to
Williams in the leadership of the house
Democrats.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
OLD COLONIAL TOWN
HISTORIC GERMANTOWN TO Gel.
EBRAsE ms FOUNDING.
One Building G-rv.tay from Revolu-
ti0nafy F.ncS ..->-z Reputation
Of :jany CTS, at German
town .saS F-,-l1sg1s Such.

Pitt baIS.- ,#E, richer in
historic ass. .-,s.s sad colonial
buildings tnl- d.. -.ae. Pace in the
United STATES. IS 10 c,.ty.aje its found
ing with exercises o1 uat.0Lal interest
next OCObas
The president Cf he United States
will lay the cornerstone OF a $4,000
monument in honor of those who set
tied this present suburb of Philadel-
phta; the battle of Germantown. which
ragged all over the neighborhOOd. will
be enacted, much of the sham conflict
taking place in the buildings which
actually saw the defeat of Washington
in the heart-breaking struggle in the
fog, and orators of national reputation
will tell the glories of a section that
has been at the forefront of every
patriotic movement in the last two
centuries.
In other parts of the United States
the possession of one or two samples
Of genuine colonial architecture is
considered a matter of cOngrstulation.
Ptttsburg, New York and Boston each
have a few; there are some scattered
all over the south; Philadelphia, in
the center of the city proper, has many
buildings surviving from the time that
tried mems souls: but Germantown
has rows and rows Of buildings dating
back to the revolution, and even ante
dating it,
The entire length o. the main street
is lined with such structures, nor is
their interest confined to the fact that
they are old. Many have been the
scenes of incidents that are part of
the treasured knowledge of every
schOOlboy who rejoices in the heroic
achievements of the days that led to
national independence.
The sham battle that is a part of
the program will reproduce the clash
OF the cOlOnists and the redcoats at
historic Cliveden, sometimes known
as the Chew mansion
This house, in the midst of its spa
cious park, was old when the battle of
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

them to lose their heads as well
as all Of their senses.
The object of the local Business
League in this city is to unite the
colored citizens upon a business ba-
sis and to instil into them the i'm
portance of united action and of
friendly business relations.
A prominent citizen is not al
ways the man who holds a big
office or any kind of office. 1t IS
the man or woman who believes
in promoting good morals, is ODE
dent to the laws; and not the man
or woman whose ambition is graft
and an attempt to deprive another
of his honest and hard-earned dol
lar. 1t is not the man or woman
whose ambition is sell, to the det-
riment of his brother or sister in
business.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

/ Germantown was fought. It's thick
J walls formed an admirable fortress for
the protection of a detachment of Brit
, ish soldiers, who, giving way to the
advance of the colonists, we're making
their retreat down the main street
/ into the town.
Entrenched behind the heavy walls
they poured a terrific fire into the
ranks of the Americans.
A dozen attempts were made to
capture the house, but the British re-
pulsed them all and the diversion was
OF invaluable advantage to the sorely
pressed Britishers, since it gave them
q chance to reform their lines and
wage new battle farther down the
street at Market square.
The Chew house. still standing. and
still in the possession Of the same fam
| ny, is battle SCARED from the con
hict, but it is still a stanch old house,
q fawless example of true colonial
architecture
Farther down the street is another
house that will figure largely in the
celebration. 1t was once the execu-
tive mansion OF the United States.
for IT was from there that George
Washington administered the affairs
OF the young republic when the yellow
fever epidemic drove himself and his
cabinet from the city.
The old house was built by David
Deshlsr in 1772 From the hands Of
Deshler the homestead passed into
the possession Of Col. Isaac Franks.
who served in the continental army
When the yellow fever forced Wash
ingtOn to seek a residence outside Of
the city he picked out the house Of
Franks as the place he wanted, and
rented IT,
For three months il was the White
House, then the Father Of His Coun-
try went back to the city proper. In
1904 the property passed into posses
sion OF the Psrots, and on the death
Of Elliston Perot, in 1884. il was sold
TO Samuel B. Morris, in whose family
II has remained without interruption
ever since. The greatest effort has
been made to maintain both interior
and exterior in their original condi-
ton.
This building is also associated with
the battle Of Germantown, for Gen.
Howe. the British leader, had his
headquarters here during part Of the
conflict.
Germantown is now 225 years old.
II has awakened to its historic impor-
tance, and the celebration Of next
October is to be made yearly affair,
the proper cOmmemOration Of deeds
and times written in glorious type on
the pages of early American history.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
QUITS DEMOCRATIC LEADzesHIP
John Sharp Williams Resigns as NJ
nority Chief of House.

Eutaula, Ala.-In a letter to Con-
gresham H. d. Clayton, who lives
here. John Sharp Williams of Yazoo
City, Miss, leader of the Democratic
minority in the lower house Of con-
gress, resigns his position as leaderf to
take effect December l next. Just be
fore congress meets for the second
session OF the SiXtieth congress.
Williams says he resigns at this
time to give his fellow Democrats IN
the house plenty of time to pick his
successor. Also. if the Democrats
carry the next house, their leader will
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
A CHANGE WANTED?

1t is claimed that a change in
the present form of government is
an absolute necessity. The greatest
virtue in all governments is hon
esty. So far as honesty is con-
cerned, there is no government in
this country that has produced a
more honest set of officials than
the local District government.
The present board of District
Commissioners consists of hon
est men. The District has not lost
a cent, so far as these officials are
concerned. If there is to be a
change of government The Bee
would favor an elective form.
More satisfaction would result to
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
OFFICEHOLDERS VS.. BUS
MESS PEOPLE.

1t is a mistaken LEA rha: the
oficeholder has when he arrogates
10 himself superiority over the
man or woman who is doing busi-
Dcss for himself or herself. Tie
man who is seeking notoriety has an
idea that the oficehOlder, that is,
among the colored people, is the
superior individual; hence he must
be placed in a superior position ov-
er the man or woman in business
who does not live by virtue of
holding an office.
The colored ofhceholder, to the
most extent, lives beyond his in
come. He seldom has any of his
salary left one day after he has
been paid off. OF course, there are
a few exceptional cases. The man
in business is, to great extent,
his own boss. He is obligated to
no one but the people or those pa
irons he has succeeded in gaining
by fair and honest treatment. The
oficeholder is subjected to the of
fCials over him. His time, his
body, and everything that he pos
sesses belong to his superior off
cial. The oficeholder dares not
have but one opinion. If he has
contrary opinion to that of his
superior he must express it in ST
lence.
The colored Americans are learn
ing some sense. They are COM
planning less and doing more to
advance the business world. Ex-
iSting conditions are forcing col
Ored Americans to unite. The
man in Office must presume that
he is leader because he has been
appointed to Office. The present
campaign will demonstrate the con-
tention of The Bee. The less the
ofhceholder has to do with it, the
better it will be to political aspir-
ants. Some colored men placed
in official positions often cause
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

civil war soldier was killed in &C
ton earlier than June I, 1881, let
those who know tell Of &. The
founders Of this monument believe
that they are right in saying that
Capt. Mari was the first soldier killed
in action.
The monument stands in the north
front Of the courtyard facing the pike
that leads from the heights Of Airing
ton through Fairfax, Centerville, Bull
Run, Groveton, Gainesville. Warren
ton, Waterloo bridge over the Rap
pahannOck and through the war-worn
plain Of northern Virginia. road
travelled by nearly all the soldiers or
the Army OF Virginia, the Army Of the
Potomac and the Army OF Northern
Virginia during the FIRST three yszgs
Of the civil war. The spot where
Capt. Mari fell was at the south side
Of the courtyard.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

which IS not troubled with cries OF
Negro domination, nor harrassed
with the complexities, the confu-
sion,and the irritations Of the caste
system of our Southern States. Al
though the blacks largely outnum-
Der the whites, there is no cry oi
Negro domination in Jamaica.
The English government has
shown itself disposed to give its
black subjects every opportunity tc
take their share in the government
which, on their merits, they are
entitled to take. On the other
hand, one cannot but feel that the
black people of Jamaica are fOrtu,
nate in having the opportunity "a
learn their first lessons in self-gov-
ernment from the greatest of all
political teachers, the English. We
in America, both white and black,
can learn from Jamaica.
If we still prefer the United
States, it is not merely because it
is the land of our birth. 1t is also
due to the fact that we recognize
certain other advantages which the
members OF our race have in this
country over those in Jamaica, ad-
vantages which are due to closer
competition with the white man,
and more vital contact with the civ
ilizatiOn which he represents.
For, in the last analysis, we are
bound to admit that if the Anglo
Saxon often makes life hard for us
in this country, he always makes
it interesting. Besides, we know,
as a matter of fact, that most of
what has been done either through
selhshness, ,ill-will, or ignorance, to
injure and hurt us has turned out,
nine times out of ten, more to our
benefit than our injury.
The wrongs we have suffered
have given us a cause. The ostra-
cism enforced upon us has brought
us closer together, and made us
and believe in one an
other.
We direct especial attention of
our readers to the letter Of "A
Parent" found in another column
of The Bee. The Bee can hard
ly believe that a school officer
could be guilty of such unjust dis
elimination; for, if "A Parents"
statements be true, our streets will
surely be filled with petty thieves
and mendicants, and the courts
with juvenile cuIprits. If the
school officer is incompetent, get
rid of him. If the schoo officials
cannot secure a just person to con
duct the work, then let Judge De
Lacey have sole charge.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18

The Kansas City Court of Appeals
has decided that Eve was a common
law wife. When Adam submitted the
proposition she acquiesced. There
were no witnesses.
Vice President Fairbanks. in his
remarks at the cornerstone laying of
the 100000 Masonic Temple at In
dianapolis, Ind, in part synopsis, said
that Masonry takes thought of the
welfare of the individual and the
honor and glory of the home; it is
against vice and for virtue. 1t is
essentially patriotic. (We have some
Masons here in Washington, D. c.,
who will take the bread and butter
from you and put you in prison, and
then have the impudence to say 4
am a Mason.")
Among the prominent educators
who attended the National Educa-
tional Association at Cleveland was
Booker T. Washington.
The G. A. R., Department Of the
Potomac, and the Confederate Vets
held a campfire at the hall to cele-
brate the victory over the Spanish
fleet. (Last week.
ColOred people with proper ere
dentials will be admitted to German
seminaries in this country.
Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford is the
first woman delegate to attend the
Democratic Convention.
The Rev. Father J. C. Monahan,
a priest, Of Chicago, Ill, celebrated
the one hundredth anniversary of his
birth recently.
Mr.. James F. Johnson has been
given raise by the Postofice.
Thomas Johnson, colored, of the
New Amsterdam Theatre, New York
City, has invented an automatic win
dow washer.
Some people can always see the
mote in their brothers eye, but not
in theirs.
F. S. Sebring, financial clerk of the
Police Court, has been appointed to.
succeed Mr.. Potts temporarily.
A good many who handle liquors,
especially on the speak-easy system,
are the main ones that try to give
you the wrong turn. We know Ger
tain parties who drink like fishes. and
yet they can always see other peo-
pies faults, and not theirs. That is
the great trouble with the Church of
today; hypocrisy predominates.
There is a lot of rascality going on
in the city. A great many, if they
had their just deserts, would be be-
hind the bars.
Joe Cans got the wrong end of
the stick. He got big money, how
ever.
We see and hear funny things as
we travel through the city each day.
1t. Col. A. A. Augur, u. S. A.,
who led the Twenty-fourth at San
Juan Hill, died last week. Requies-
cat in pace.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
THE TWO PARTIES" |
IAMAICA.

A recent letter from a distin-
guished representative of the Ne
gro race in Jamaica makes an in
teresting comment upon the arti-
Gle Of Ray Stannard Baker in a
recent number of the American
Magazine, in. which he describes
the two parties which divide the
AfrO-Americans in this country.
"The attitude of Booker T.
Washington, says the writer, lis
the one which is today winning in
this island positions for our race
OF great trust, responsibility and
social distinction. The acting at
torney general, fifty percent of the
resident magistrates, and justices
OF the peace; most Of the clergy,
lawyers and doctors, as well as the
heads OF many large business cor
porationS. are men in whose veins
Negro blood may be traced. And
they have won these positions not
by over-aSsertiveness, but by real
merit, They have proved their
services - l may say, themselves
indispensable to the well-being
Of the community. A few weeks
ago Justice was administered in the
courts Of Kingston - the metrop-
oils Of the island - by a man of
the race, DR.. L. Robert Love,
MD, editor of The Jamaican; )"
member Of the Legislative Council
for St. Andrews, the aristocratic
parish of the island, and he was
elected to this position after de
feating two white men of consid-
cradle influence ~
We are still, as the world esti-
mates those things, a weak race.
We are still, to a very large de
gree, an experiment, so to speak.
A good many of us have cherish
ed at some time or other the idea
that we were going to succeed by
initiating the manner and the style
of the white man, repeating the
catch words and the phrases of the
stronger races with whom we have
been thrown in contact. We have
tried that, but it has failed. 1t is
encouraging to know that, more
and more, not only in the United
States, but elsewhere, members of
our race are putting faith in pa
tienCe, and persistence; are learn
ing to believe that they can sue
coed, unaided, and on their merits.
1t is interesting to note that in
Jamaica, as elsewhere, the party
of faith and of works is gaining
ground among us over that party
which merely doubts and threatens.
For some years past the idea
has been gradually gaining ground
among the members of our race,
not only in this country, but in
other parts of the world, that if
the Negro IS ever to compete
successfully with the white man
if the weaker is finally to conquer
the stronger, it must do so not so
much BY agitation as by deeds, and
not by opposition, but by service.
The change of sentiment in this di
rection has been slow, but its re-
suits have been important; almost
as important to the people Of our
race as President Lincoln's Proc
lamation of Emancipation.
TTr COZ DnDn ANEEnT
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
NEGROES NOT WANTED.

Cincinnati, Ohio, July II, 'oS.
SPECIAL to The Bee.
The Taft headquarters in this city
has repudiated the colored Ameri-
cans. Colored men who visit the
headquarters here must take the
frigeht elevator. Taft could not be
elected mayor of this town.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
COLORED CHILDREN IGNOR
ANT.

Re ports are received in this office
that colored children are being dis
criminated against IN the issuing #
permits for work. The Bee advises
all parents Of children to appeal 10
Judge De Lacey. Do so at once.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
FIRST SOLDIER KILLED IN 'e4.
Fairfax, Va, Claims the Distinction
for Capt. John @. Mari.

Richmond, Va.-Within the court
yards of the county seat of Fairfax,
in Virginia, deeply shaded with old
oaks and cedars stands a small block
of rough-hewed granite on which is
this inscription:
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
f. E. COOPER DEAD.

1t is with sad and painful re-
gret that The Bee chronicles the
death of E. E. Cooper, formerly
manager and publisher of the Col
ored American, of this city, which
occurred last week at his home,
1906 Sixth street northwest.
Mr.. Cooper arrived in this city
from indianapolis, Ind, several
years ago. He was the manager
of the Freeman prior to his COM
ing to this city. The Freeman had
national reputation under his
management, as did the Colored
American at the time Mr.. Copper
managed it.
The Bee will speak OF him as a
journalist, in which capacity he
was we'll known throughout the
country. He was no doubt the
greatest newspaper hustler in the
country. In this capacity he was
without a rival, to some extent.
He was liberal to a fault, and
genial companion In his jour
nalistic career Mr.. Cooper found
many of his patrons ungrareful.
Notwithstanding his ups and
downs and knockouts, he would
always come up smiling.
He was an untiring worker, and
up to the day Of his death Edward
z. Cooper was a man of undaunt-
ed will power.
His sudden death was a shock
to his many friends in this city,
and no doubt it will be a shock to
his journalistic friends. In the
death of Mr.. Cooper the colored
Americans lose one of their bright
est and most brilliant journalists.
The Washington bee., 1908-07-18
THE COLORED VOTE

There IS a division of the col
Ored vote which cannot be denied.
The question is, What power can
be exercised to have that vote re-
turned to the Republican party
The action and conduct of Mr..
Hitchcock at Chicago forced the
colored Americans to seek quarters
elsewhere.
There are a few toadies in the
Republican party that will attempt
to convince the administration that
the coIored vote can be controlled.
If such representation is made to
Mr.. Taft The Bee predicts the de-
feat of the party in States that are
necessary to be carried for Mr..
Taft. The Bee warns Mr.. Taft
to be careful an consult men who
are near the COlOTed voters and
men who have the confidence and
respect of colored Americans. The
colOred voter declares that he can
not be treated any worse at this
time. There are some men in the
Republican party who would like
to shelve the colored voter, and
in doing so it will be fatal to the
party.
Mr.. Hitchcock may be a great
political manager, but to hold the
colored vote he must come down
from his high perch.