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The Washington bee., 1909-02-20

&c. H. Shepard; "Our Church, the
Qualifications of the Ministry" DR..
j. E. Shepard; Our Schools, their
Mission for the Uplift of Humanity"
Professor P. w. Dawkins; What
Can Be Done to Save the Boys from
the Changing" w. F. Young: THE
Future Outlook of Durham Enter
prises," G. w. Powell.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mechanics Saw
.ings Bank, Richmond, Virginia, held
January 5, Io9, it was shown that
the total amount of deposits for the
year 1908 was $465,7I6.9o The ag-
gregate amount for the six years Of
its existence is $2,222, 1913 The
directors declared an annual dividend
of ten per cent, now payable, and
recommended an increase of capital
stock to $Ioo,oco. They also recon-
mended that a three story banking
house be erected in the near future,
and preparations of the plans for the
same will begin at once. The p1esi
dent Of the bank is John Mitchell, Jr,
editor of The Richmond Planet.
The Sunhower Agricultural Asso-
citation of Kansas held its ninth an
nual meeting in Kansas City the sec
Ond week in January. There were
over forty farmers present, represent
ing more than SIX thousand acres of
land and thousands of dollars in
stock, grain and implements. The
association is growing yearly; and
what is interesting to note is that the
young men of the state are paying
more attention to agricultural pur-
suits. There were more at this meet
ing than on any other like occasion.
The association has purchased one
hundred and sixty acres of land near
Kansas City, to be divided into ten
acre tracks for truckers and those
mho wish to live in the country. Mr..
&c. a. Groves Of Edwardsvile, is the
president of the association.
According to an announcement in
The Atlanta Constitution of January
28, the first old line life insurance
company to be financed and operated
by Negroes was granted a charter
January % by the Secretary of the
State of Georgia. Among some of
the incorporators are ]. O. Ross,
David T. Howard, H. A. Rucke-,
Collector of Internal Revenue. At
lanta; NJ. B. Morten, Of Athens, and
a number Of others. The organiza-
ton has grown out of the discrimina-
ton as operated against Negroes
taking out policies in the old line
white insurance companies. The
company must deposit 100000 Gas it
is capitalized at 100000 with the
State Treasurer for the protection of
its policy holders, as required in all
case of insurance companies charter
ed by the state. The aggregate wealth
Of the inCorporators is estimated by
The Atlanta Constitution at 100000.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
DIR. SHEPPARD

The great work that DR.. James
E. Sheppard is doing in the South
should be commended. This is
a young man who is an honor to
the race. DR.. Sheppard has trav-
eled great deal among his reo-
pie, hence he knows their wants.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
TOPEKA, KANSAS
SURPRISED LAW MAKERS
The Band and Singers Gave Concert
at State House.

Topeka, Kansas, Feb, Il, 1900
The last hour and a half of yester-
day afternoons session in the House
was given over 70 the faculty and stu
dents of the Western University at
Quindaro, Wyandotte County. This
is the only school of the kind in the
state and is really one Of the best col
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
JUST WHAT YOU MAKE IT

JUSl W Hal YOU MAKE IL.
CreGit fo~~-s such a great part
of the worlds business capital
that every person should guard
their credit rs carefully as they
would the same amount of cash.
If you open an account with a
store and agree to pay that ac-
count in thirty days, doA LET it
run for forty days. See that the
bill IS settled on time.
If you have been given the pri-
vilege OF paying small part each
week or month see that those pay
ments are made just as you have
promised.
Meet your obligations as they
become due and you will estab-
lish a credit of just the same value
to YOU as a cash balance in the
bank. 1t will give you the same
independence, and you can de
mand your credit rights with a
certainty OF their being granted
without question.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
THEY DIFFER

From the Western Star
The Dallas Express and the Wash
ington Bee don't seem to agree alto
gether concerning the course which
President Taft will pursue regarding
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20

Carolina, would be appointed to
the office OF recorder of deeds tc
succeed Mr.. John c. Dancy.
The Bee, as we'll as the people,
would certainly file a protest to
the importation of an outsider to
fill any local office in this city.
The protest should have the same
force and effect as that had in the
Crum case in South Carolina. Ii
it be true that Mr.. Dancy IS to
be succeeded by some one else,
there are hundreds of patriotic
and deserving citizens in Wash
ington who would not object to
being appointed to the office.
Mr.. Taft has not said as yet
that he is going to make a change
in this particular office. The Bee
is confident that there are hun
dreds Of white people who object
to colored men holding any local
office and equally as many color
ed citizens who are anxious to
see competent colored citizens
fill the office. The Bee, for one.
would like to see a few bona hde
colored citizens appointed to a
few representative positions.
There is not a representative col
Iored citizen filling a representa-
tive place under our local
government, although taxes are
paid on many millions of dollars
worth of real and personal prop
erty by colored citizens.
ms. TAFT AND THE SOUTH
The colored man is the South
had better wake up. He must
get a move on himself. Under
the next administration, if the
Icolored man is unable to fill the
bill he might as we'll take back
seat. Mr.. Taft says that he pro-
poses to leave the Negro question
with the Southern white people
ito settle. The Bee agrees with
him. The Bee is of the opinion
that the better element Of white
people in the South will protect
the colored man against the at
taCks Of the poor white trash.
Mr.. Taft knows what he is doing
and saying. The colored man IS
doing harm to himself. He is
doing himself more harm than the
white people. He is discriminate
ing against himself He wants
to be Jim Crowed' and every
day he lives he does some act
to convince the white people that
he is an inferior Individual. The
only way certain colored men can
succeed is to have a white over
seer. He succeeds better under
a white boss than he does under
a colored boss.
Mr.. Taft told the colored peo-
pie of Mississippi what he told
the coIored people in Atlanta,
Georgia. He may have said
little more. He said that the
Northern white people didn't un-
derstand the colored people South
and the best thing for them to do
is to keep their hands off. The
Bee agrees with the President
elect. The colored people South
need not fear the better element
of white people. All he must
guard against is the poor white
trash.
JUST WHAT YOU MAKE IT
CreGlt To- such 2 great mart
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
HOTEL MACEO-
Thirty Years.
orn No. 27.

When visiting New York City,
stop at the Hotel Maceo, 2I3 West
53rd. Street, corner Broadway.
Steam heated. Telephone, 8o3
Columbus.
B. ?. Thomas, Prop.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20

Register w. T. Vernon, who
has been travelling through Ok
lahoma is a chartered car return
ed to the city Tuesday highly
pleased with his trip.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20


SECRETARY TAKES POWERS
FROM THE TREASURY PER
SONNEL BOARD
Had Passed on All Examinations for
Promotions During More Than
Thirty Years.
The committee on the personnel of
the Treasury Department, which, for
more than thirty years has passed on
the examinations and recommended
tons of all clerks of the department
who have been considered for pro-
motion, was abolished by an order
issued Monday by Secretary Cortel-
you.
The committee, which was organ
lied in the early seventies, was COM
posed of Assistant Secretary Cool
idge, chairman; Theo. L. De Land,
secretary; w. w Ludlow, chief clerk,
and Charles Lyman, appointment
clerk.
In future there will be no depart
mental examinations for promotion
in the Treasury force, but the heads
of the bureaus and offices and chiefs
of division of the Secretary's Office
will make recommendations in writ
ing to the Secretary of the Treasury
for promotions or other changes Of
personnel in their respective Offices
and divisions. They will forward
such recommendations to the chief of
the division of appointments, by whom
they will be submitted, with any fur
ther information or comment to the
Assistant Secretary having super
vision of the bureau, who will submit
them to the Secretary for action.
FOR AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Two mass meetings in the interest
of the National Industrial School for
Colored Children, to be established in
the District, viii be held in Conven-
ton Hall tomorrow at $3.50 and 8
o'clock. The primary effort to es-
tablish the school was initiated at q
meeting in Convention Hall, June 90,
1907. In connection with the school
it is planned to have an agricultural
school nearby in Maryland.
Rev. s. G. Lamkins, promoter of the
has succeeded in having
three acres Of ground in the district
donated for the site of the trades
building. and he has also bought
twenty-seven and one-half acres at
Tuxedo. Maryland, for the agricultu-
raj department. This ground cost
$4,000. of which amount $4,000 has
already been donated. The meetings
next Sunday are for the purpose Of
raising the balance.
The school will be nou-seCtarian.
All trades will be taught to the Negro
boys and domestic science to the girls.
The school was incorporated under
the District law in 1903.
HE IS FULL OF EFFICIENCY
From the Kentucky Standard
The Honorable Ralph w. Tyler, Of
D. c, sends a splendid
ly writeH letter to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, in which he pays a respectful
difference to the correspondent Of
said paper who has been writing
some ghost story or pipe dreams
about the various offices in the Navy
under the supervision of
Mr.. Tyler.
Mr. Tyler has certainly set him
self right in the matter before the
people, but it IS the only plea that a
white man can make against a som
petent Negro who holds a big office,
(he is BLACKD and ne should not
be allowed to hold it. Mr.. Tyler's
letter will be largely read throughout
the country.
Orm No. II.
HOTEL MACF0
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20

Auditor KaIph W. IyIer has
returned from New York where
he received such an ovation on
Lincoln's birthday anniversary.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-20
A REMINDER

Did you receive a letter from
this office calling your attention
to your indebtedness?
If so, please answer at once
before your paper is discontinued.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
WANTS A HOUSE

Secretary.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
Application No. 1217
Application No. 1247
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION TO APPROPRIATE
THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE
STATE or NEVADA.

Notice is hereby given that on the
! It'll day of January, 1909, in accord
ancc with Section %, Chapter XVIII,
Of the Statutes of 1907, one Henry
lieldenrcich OF Carson CITY. County
OF Ormsby and State ol Nevada,
made application to the State Engi-
nacr of Nevada for permission to APP
propriate the public waters of the
State of Nevada. Such appropriation
Is to be made from Kings Canyon
Creek, at points N. Il. a, Sec. 81, r.
Is N. X. 10 e., by means of dams.
and 8 cubic feet per second is to
he conveyed to points n Part Sec.
20, 7. Is N. X. 10 f.. by means OF
bitches. pipes, fumes, etc. and there
used for power. Water is to be re
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
ANNUAL STATEMENT

Of Standard Realty and Development
Company, a Corporation organized
and Existing Under the Laws of
the State of California, of it's Bus
mess in the State of Nevada for
the Period From January I, 1908,
to December 81, 1908, Both incuIs-
i've.
Amount expended in pur-
chase of property in
State of Nevada 1880. .$3,20G AZ
Amount of revenue collect
ed for business in the
State of Nevada Nothing
STANDARD REALTY AND DEVEL-
OPMENT COMPANY
BY CHARLES ELSEY,
Secretary.
FS-13
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
RELIEF CORPS PARTY

The Custer Relief Corps Of Carson
will give a Valentine Party on the
fifteenth of February at the ArmOry
Hall. There Will be a good enter
tainment and Il dance.
Tickets for admission are for sale
at $100.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15

turned to stream Immediately from
the power plant.
Datn OF first publication Jan. 10, 1899
Dat; Of last publication Feb. 13, 1909.
(Signed) FRANK r. NICHOLAS.
j13td State Engineer.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
Job work done at The Appeal

job work done at The Appeal.
First class service at the Airing
ton Barber Shop. adv
Dons forget the Valentine party to
be wen by custer Relief Corps on
the night of the fourteenth.
Get a ticket for the Valentine party
to given by the Reli corps
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15

WANTED-Salesman to carry up
to-date souvenir post cards as side
line. Money making proposition.
Some of our men make 5000 month
ly State references. Gartner and
Bender. Chicago.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15
BUILDING FOR SALE

The two-stOry brick building now
occupied by the Truckee River Cen
eral Electric Company as sub-sta-
ton is offered for sale. Possession
will be given to purchaser in about 80
days. Apply to H. A. LENNON.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15

Wanted at once for rent. Five
room cottage. unfinished, or that
will be vacant soon. c. II. PETERS
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-15

Subscribe for the APPEAL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17

civilized country. 1t seems that i1a-
prison7nsut for debt has never beer
wholly abolished IN illinois, the eonsti-
tuition % the Sucke- state. - well a.
tie revised statutes providing that the
creditor may seize the body Of q debtor
under certain circumstances TIE case
Or MrS- Kershaw came under the law.
she vzs found guilty q asSaUlting an
Other woman. and damages were a.
sessed. which she refused 10 pay The
aggrieved party mad her arrested and
locked up. - provided by law and IN
less she pays she VIII have 20 remain
ga jail for SIS months. which ) The
limit 90 such cases
One interesting feature o. the whole
matter + the fact that in order 10 keep
3frs. Kershaw under lock and key the
other woman IS compelled 20 pay her
board which amounts u s5-5o a Wees-
50 long - her enemy can rustic the
money the chances Of Mrs Kershsw
obtaining her freedom are not psrt-cU-
larry bright. az least until the fun six
months have expired
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17

ds-1zna Il margin dealings uere
st0pped II Vsould not p-1ren. The az
quisit-on Of the ~heat surplus b. au in
divlduaI OF q syndicate under the con-
ditions existing TO-DAY though IL might
limit such undertakings 10 the capi-
taIistz vho could Command enough
wealth 10 finance cash ua5estsk kings
on an enormous scale
Eventually. under any system. the
bulls and bears al bow to TIE actual
supply and demand. and win OF lose IS
they have guessed right or wrong. Joe
Letter PAID millions 70 discover that
economic laws are no respeCta-s Of
money Harper. the Cincinnati banker
lost millions and went % prison be-
cause he guessed wrong Patteu g yet
% learn whether he is a prophet or a
fool in his estimates.
Meanwhile the folks Who buy bread.
suffering already from the burdens Of
f-protecte5 rabbery. may a. wen
make up their minds o endure ~ best
they may the additional cost OF = 'gheT
bread. No iar can help them lower
the price of wheat and -four. and con-
gress won't help them lower the price
oC anything else
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
81 sTUees o. kANsAs.


Kansas views the activities Of the
new governor with feelings u almost
unmixed Joy. But the railways. whom
he disciplined with an anti-pass law
and several other forms Of drastic leEis-
iatiOn besides the public commission
bill. have another idea about him.
What do you think Of Stubbs2" q
visitor asked one Of the ex-railv-ay
lobbyists
Well he replied. he reminds ne
OF the sIOTy of d North Carolina we'd
ding They as the Lord have jined.
let 10 man put asunder.' says the par
son.
-Parson.- says the bridegroom. /
rises 20 question your grammar in that
sentence. We wants this wedding done
right
When the smoke had cleared away
the bride looked around on dead min
lister. a dead brother. a dead bridegroom
and several other dead men lying near.
and sighed:
Them new tangled. self-cOckin' re-
vOlvers.' she said. sure has played hell
with my prospects
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
cAvALRYMAN cHAeRINEo.

A member Of Troop Of this city al
tended banquet iG Chicago not long ago
and sal next ~ an elderly man " no
seemed 70 show mild interest when be
learned that the Ciereiander was peEP-
Der 81 q cavalry organization
Yes. we've got q great tr0Os. re-
marked the Clevelander. promptly "Oi
course. you've heard about US being the
presidents personal escort ia the inaG-
-fIral parade
He made several other remarks c. leu
'ated TO make an impression Or the older
man The latter said he had had some
experience in cavalry work himself and
the Clerelandsr then made e special e.
fort 20 make him st up.
How much 0f q march has your tro0I
ever MADE in a day. asked the older
man
The Troop 4 member recalled a pTsc-
tice march that the troop made several
years ago, 81 which they covered some
thing Ike lle miles III two days. he told
L proudly Have you ever gone on q
long march OF that sort2'' he asked
Well replied the other man. with q
yaWB- II think the longest march 7 was
ever on was when We went 81 miles IN
four days TO relieve General Custer
TIE man was major general. stationed
a. an army post in the west
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
NO USE FOR sKINFLINTs.

Nobody loves a skina.nt. That may
be accepted as gospel truth But it has
remained for Rev. P. :. Henson. at the
weekly meeting OF the Baptist minis
tiers in Chicago. 10 advocate bouncing
the stony hearted individual from the
temples OF worship Dr.. Henson re-
lated his experience with a man Of
wealth who. ne declared. would only
give $40 To the a'd OF q church which
was sl0a.O5o tn debt. The church. he
said. got rid OF him by trying him FOR
coveteousness. and as soon az he was
out Of the church the debt was raised
Il stand for a man drinking eX-
claimed the minister. II can stand for
a man telling a lie when he is hard
pressed. but 7 detest this leprosy that
gnaws at the very vitaIs Of the church.
the skinfiint
II that declaration doesn't shake the
dollars out Of the rest OF the skinhints
il ought 10. Watch and fight and pay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
WHY TIE DELAY?

Some explanation j. due from the
city auditor and the administration
generally az 10 the failure 70 produce
the annual statement OF the city's
Hnsnca1 condition. which was due on
January 1st- nearly four months ago
Repeated inquiries 1t the auditors Of
fee evoke no satisfaction on the sub
feet there Is apparently 10 hope OF
getting a statement within the next
few weeks ard meanwhile thu admins
tratou IS blundering along as usual
spending money without any certain
knowledge a. 10 whether there is any
money Oh hand To spend or not
When the city paid nearly $4,000 for
fancy system Of auditing devised By
foreign experts. the chief excuse for
the expenditure was the promise that
the new system would enable the audi
tor To tell any day what the condition
OF the treasury was the night before
Judging By results the new system s.
worse than the old ono. since now il is
impossible to even guess what the stu
alton was nearly four months ago,
much less approximate conditions az
they are today.
There can be no excuse for that sort
Of thing. II would not be tolerated in
any private or corporate business IL
is a plain violation Of the law requiring
specific statements from the auditor on
certain dates. and ii is an injustice TO
the taxpayers 10 keep them in isnor-
auce Of most vital facts relating 10 the
management Of Their business.
Mayor BransfOrd has shown 2 dispo-
sition TO compel the performance Of
their duty by public officials under his
administration ne could do the public
no better service than 70 insist on an
immediate accounting from the audi
;or.
Possibly the administration may not
want the public To know exactly what
the city's financial status IS. In thar
event there is al the more reason for
. demanding and securing the facts al
. once
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
pICKINsoN,s RRAvERY
Detroit News Trbuns- }


How J. II Dickinson. President Taft's
secretary Of var vent 20 the rescue Of
James F. JOY father Of Richard P Joy
and q well known citizen OF Detroit
whose death occurred some years ago
Is q story recalled By many people oi
this city since Judge Dickinson : ap-
p0iltment
The incident happened twelve or four
teen years ago. when the American
Bar association met in Detroit A mum
Der Of the members. including Judge
Dickinson and Judge William 4. Taft,
made trip 10 the Flats on the yacht
Iruant- IL was long after dark before
the Truant returned and made the land
ing a. the Michigan Central docks
While the others were engaged iu
leaving NJ JOY started 10 cross the
ga1gpiauk iu the darkness Of a moon
less summer night The bIsckness q
the dock. the plank and the water sp-
peared one 20 him. and inadvertently he
stepped OF the side o. the plank and
fell between the boat and the dock
Although - years old M Joy was an
expert swimmer. and kept afiOat Hith-
cBt difficulty. Hearing the splash and
realizing that some one had fallen over
board, Judge Dickinson IeaPed in and
came 70 the surface 20 ind himself
within an arm 8 length Of Mr.. JOY.
What you here. too exclaimed the
latter. a. De splashed about He vas
under the impression that Dickinson
also had missed his footing.
In imminent danger Of being crushed
between the boat and the dock the two
swimmers kept afoat until ropes were
lowered M Joy was hauled up. then
Judge Dickinson. A. the latter. drip
ping and be6ra geled. entered the cabin
Judge Taft rushed up. threw his arms
about him. and shouted. That was a
splendid thing to CO. old man
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17
SELF-BETRAYAL.

Mayor Guthrie. az q dinner in Pittsburg-
said Of The grafteTs whom he had ex-
posed.
1T was not such q difficult work TO
catch them Is some people think. Guilty
men, you see. always hetray themselves
through their continued efforts to appear
innocent
Thus q Philadelphia professor from the
University OF oxford AZ a banquet here
one night drank several glasses Of port
The professor did not know this wine :
extraordinary strength. and in ali in
IOCsnCe ne took too much When he
rose 90 leave the table. his legs. % his
dismay. ttottered and the room seemed 70
sway slightly.
The Mortified professor got TO the par
Tor in safety. He sat down In the most
distant corner But soon his young host
ess. leading a maid who carried her two
beautiful twin babies. came to him for
his appreciation
The professor sat up very erect He
gazed al the twins CLASSIFY. Then ne
articulated carefully. in q hoarse. thick
voice
90 What q bounE little child