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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
rlorn sncky,lle-wc.t n Dancer.

Miss Flora Sackvillsr West. who has
Just made her debut as a dancer on
the stage at Paris and who Is seeking
engagements In London and on this
side of the Atlantic In professions,
capacity, declaring that she Is reduced
To this In order to earn tho money
that she and her brother Henry have
spent in the latter's futile attempts to
establish his Legitimacy and his right 3.
to the peerage and rich estates or ms ms
divorced wife Of NJ Salanson formerly
OF the French DIPLOMATIC service, but
now a Journalist in Paris,
Salanson was attached to.the t'rench
embassy at Washington when he be-
came engaged to Miss Flora West, for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
'rhc Population OF Rlcnmond md At

l. When will the results OF the CEN
srs-taking be made public? and is II
expected that Richmond will have a
larger population than Atlanta?
@ what Is the recipe for the best
very good mint iuIep? n P.
T. The preliminary results of the
census will be given out during June.
The chances are very strong that Rich
mond VIII show n larger population
than Atlanta.
2 We dare not recommend one kind
OF julep above another. Besides
man from your post-ofice hardly needs
am Information on this suhtect
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
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After that seventeenth century

After that seventeenth century ba-
rouche and the four mules of Porto
Mauri2io, how can the Colonel get
anything that will enable him to travel
incognito when he enters Berlin? The
only thing we can suggest would be
the Oyster Bay brass band and the
BROWNSVILLE NEGROES.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
is worth noting that when they

+ II is worth noting that when they
wanted to turn loose the heavy Demo-
cratic artillery on the railroad bill
in the Senate that they chose Raynep
OF MARYLAND. They would not let a
Southern man open fire, but they had
to come very close to II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

Debate on the Annexation of Cubr.
Please send me some OF the argu-
ments written for and against the an
neXat'on of Cuba to the United Stntes
by return mail. Y
We advanced some the arguments
for the annexation Of Cuba to The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

l have clipped every coupon from,
January to April IS. and this leaves
only twenty-five in last set. What
shall | do to complete the set?
~ SUBSCRIBER.
At 2 cents copy you can secure pa
pers with coupons to fill out tho in
complete set. Sets may overlap each
other and yet be accepted as premiums.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

Miss Elizabeth Lewis has started a
movement through tho Civic Club of
Philadelphia against class Of plays
that have been appearing for weeks
in the Philadelphia theatres. She has
said that these plays are the very
acme of ndecency.' Things which
New York absolutely refused to per-
nit she is reported to have said, have
been staged in Philadelphia. The
movement is n good one; but as the
people who arc playing these plays
must live, how would 1T do to send
them to Houston, Texas?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
P.AuI'ER COTTON For SOUTHERN
MILLS.

The story is that some entorprising
cotton manufacturers in the South
have imported IL, 900 bales of East
Indian cotton to take the place OF the
Southern staple. which they could not
afford to buy at prevailing prices. The
East Indian staple, according to the
New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, cost on the average
about - cents pound. while Arr
lean cotton was ranging from Is to
16 cents a pound" L is also said that
some of the Northern manufacturers,
moved and instigated by this adven-
ture of their Southern brethren, "are
now considering whether it may not
be expedient TO import East Indian
cotton"
we d4 not know how much truth
there MAJ he in the story; but 1t is
very hsrfesting. Of course, the cot
ton manufacturers who have insisted
upon a good, stiff duty on cotton
goods manufactured by foreign mills,
because Of the great difference in the
wages raid the operatives in the Amer
lean and the foreign mills, will i'm
mediateR recognize the Justice OF
placing . good stin duty on East
Indian cotton brought into this coun-
try in competition with the cotton
grown in the United States. 1t would
seem to man UP a tree that here Is
one Of the times when the rule should
work both ways, and that what is
sauce for the manufacturing
gander should also be sauce for the
cotton-raistns goose At any rate
this Is a question which ought to have
the attention Of the Junior Senator
tssM south Carolina. Ills gorge vii
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

rise. of course. at tho very thought of
East Indian cotton in competition with
the Southern staple.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
Premium ON ola Books.

Premium on Old Books.
Can you inform me If the following
books are or value? II not OF value on
account OF their age they may be OH
account OF the family coat Of arms In
them They are the following: Three
volumes of Dramas and Other Poems
OF the Able Pietro Metastasio," trans
lated from the Italian by John Hooke.
They are in separate volumes, old-fash-
toned leather binding and were pub
lished in London by III Baldwin g. Son.
printers. New Bridge Street, in the
year OF 1890. They have each as
bookplate the coat of arms Of "smythe
of Exeter (which is underneath the
coat of atms), and above In a scroll
is the motto, "Sempcr Fidelis,' Two
volumes OF THE Nineteenth Tragedies
and Fragments OF Euripides,' trans
lated by Michael Wodhull printed by
John Nichols and sold By Thomas
payne e. Son at the Meuse Gaia In 1852.
Each volume has a coat of arms In tho
shanc OF a shield. but with no motto
Under this is the name William Hol-
becb, Esp. Will You give me some in
formation regarding these books?
r. A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

The Hartford Courant will probably
be pleased to learn that Elder Bryan
has been to Due West, and that the
people Of that most delightful, and
generally intelligent, town wer.
pleased with him and his message.
The Elder doesn't sing Davids Psalms,
1t Is true, and the more shame to him;
but on the Westminster Standards he
is supposed to be orthodox. His In
stallation as Elder ought to make him
good for at least eight more races for
the Presidency, by which time it viii
be all over for the most of us.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

w II. Gibbes has been nominated
for Mayor of Columbia, S. c., under the
new form of commission government
adopted by that community. We do
not know who ran against him. bu,
we are glad that he was successful,
because he is fine fellow and will
make fine Mayor. The State news.
paper says that two or three people
voted against him because 1t support
cd him; but, If that was all, it was
hardly worth mentioning. Besides, II
our contemporary Will permit. We
would like to say that 1t takes itself
too seriously at times. The success
of It's work ought to be sufficient re-
ward for Its services without any at
tempt on Its part to show what It has
done. The public generally knows who
does things.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
he NInnfer HIND.

"ThC IINNter TfHHU.
Please tell me II there is such book
as Master Hand" II so. who Is tho
author, and where could 1 obtain it2
II. j. G
Written by r. Dallas. published by
G. p. Putnams Sons. New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

."Thon Art CrunblinE to Dust"
Please publish the poem written on
old Blandford Church, Thou Art
Crumbling TO Dust, Old Pile"
A READER.
We cannot reprint poems in this
column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
Mrs. Thomns Fortune nynn.

Mrs. rhon,ns Fortune nynn.
Please tell me the address OF Mrs
Thomas Fortune Ryan. Of Nelson coun-
", Va. | understand she makes her
home in several places.
AN OLD NIRGINIAN.
letter addressed 10 Mrs Thomas
Fortune Ryan. rs Nassau street New
York, will probably reach her.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

United States in The Times Dispatch
several days ago. We cannot attempt
to carry on debate through the mails.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

/. This is call which should he
paid any one who has been invited to
party or reception of any kind.
=. Within ten days after TIE party.
3. Yes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
A pnr.x Cnll.

a Party Call.
1. What is party call'?
2. When should 1t be paid?
3. Is 1t considered necessary 10 good
manners on the part OF gentleman?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02
unnl,lnnrii1n -

I1ppbIUbNIiIe, II
If you viii write to the Hon. II. r.
Mc1iwainc state Librarian Richmond.
Va, he may be able to give YOU some
estimate OF the value OF these books
mentioned by you
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

on the FOLLOWING morning he sent
to Bjornson the Grand Cross of the
highly priced Norwegian Order OF St,
OLAF with a charming and hatterins
letter, calculated to !etface the remem-
a far moro sens!bla md altogether
royal manner of granting satlsfac
ton than that originally demanetea BY
the poet OF his sovereign, IN the shape
of pistols Tor two and colfee for lour.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-02

WIFI ttIII Vsr5's III WITS % TT y 80 "
shall probably continue to have a
great deal more as long as people
think as they do and argue as they
do. We can never hope for correct
railroad regulation until we have a
fair public mind, and we can never
hope to settle the railroad problem
until we remember others interests as
Well as our own.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
JUDGE TERRELL.

The Bee stated last week that a
few cOlOred men endeavored to
prevent the trustees of Howard
University from making Judge
Robert II. Terrell a member of the
law faculty. The traducers failed
absolutely, so much so that they
have become disguised with them
selves.
The white members of the trus-
tee board of Howard University
are thinking of the intelligent and
educated cOlOred men make them
selves ridiculous, what may be eX-
pected from the ignorant and un-
educated. The unkind thrust of
DR.. Grimkie at the president of
Howard University was not
manly. No man has done more
and is doing more and is saying
more in defense of colored Ameri-
cans that DR.. Thirlield. VIII the
cOlOred man act ungrateful! No!
The Bee doesn't believe that the
cOlored people and the friends of
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18

a low thing, as is pictured by The
Age, why are the leading women OF
this country striving to be recognized
in the political world? Politics IS
simply a strong weapon of defense" ="
and the preacher that does not use it,
and is not patriotic and man enough
to warn his people to do the same, IS
not worthy of his calling.
Say what you will or may, the
negroes of this country are up
against" if, from a political view
point, and their only redemption lies
in a diversified vote. The negro
should not remain in, or go in, as
whole, any one political party. He
should be identified in all political
parties. And God help him to see the
vast mistake he has made in the past
along that line of self help. And such
wise and race defenders as Bishop
Alexander Walters, Rev's. ). l..
Corrothers, Milton J. WaldrOn,
George c. Clement, and others who
dared to show their race manhood,
deserve the plaudit of all intelligent
men and women of the race. Their
work will be echoed back from ages
to come. The manhood stand that
they took in 1908 will live even when
their bones are bleached in their
graves. God grant that the day will
soon come when the negrO's pOlltl-
cal faith may not be told by the
color of his skin.
Out of more than ten millions OF
negroes in this country, we ought GER
tainly to be strong enough, and true
enough to ourselves to have a repre-
sentative of the race in the United
States Congress. The negroes at the
South acted we'll their part IN send
ing race representatives to Congress
when they could do So And the dis
franchisement of the colored voters
at the South should arouse the
colored voters at the North and West,
where their votes are counted, to
strive to elect a cOlOred representa-
tive to the United States Congress.
But if such steps be taken it will not
be done by the compromising SO
called leaders of the race. No, some
preachers, with a plenty of backbone
about them, will certainly have TO
take the initiative along that line.
The negro politicians, and 5O-calied
(self made) leaders, are always ready
to trade They invariably accept an
office 10 which they may be aP-
pointed And the negro who holds an
office, to which he IS appointed, IS
absolutely no good to the race. He IS
not in a place to help enact laws,
and he dares not to open his mouth
against the .~rOngs that may be done
his people. No, he is perfectly salts
fed to hold Office, draw a big salary.
and boast of the fact that he carries
so many thousands Of the votes of his
race in his vest pocket. Such trad-I
ing in politics by the so-called lead-I
ing negroes has been going on fOrI
many years; and it is the duty of the
preachers" to thunder these truths
from the pulpit until these scheming.
compromising, selfish politicians shall
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
The Medical Alumni Banduet.

At the annual banquet of the medi-
cal alumni, held at Martins Cafe
Eleventh and You streets NV, the fol
lowing responded to toasts: DR.. D. S.
Lamb, John Z. Bracket, DR.. How
land, Dr.. John r. Francis, DR.. Chas.
II. Marshall, DIR. John w. Mitchell.
Letters were read from DR.. Thirkield,
president of the university; DR.. E. A.
Balloch, dean of the medical faculty;
DR.. !. H. Purdy, and others. DR.,
w. c. Mcneil acted as toastmaster.
sAt a subsequent meeting the follow
ing officers were elected: DR.. Chas.
II. Marshall, president; Dr. A. J.
GWathney, vice-president; DR.. H. c.
Scurlock, second vice-president; Dr.
d. II. Smith, third vice-president;
Recording Secretary, DR.. John Nit
Chell; Corresponding Secretary, DR.
{. A. Tignor; Treasurer, Dr. George
w. Cabaniss. The following resolu-
ton was adopted by the alumni:
Whereas we learn with satisfaction
that a fellow alumnus, in the person
of DR.. Marcus F. Wheatland, of New
port, r. l., has been elected a mem
Der of the Board of Trustees of How
ard University.
Be it resolved, That the medical
alumni iii regular session assembled
do express their appreciation of this
recognition of the alumni,
And be it further resolved, That a
copy of these resolutions be for
warded to the trustees of Howard
University, and the same be spread
upon the minutes of this meeting.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
BURIED BENEATH CLODs.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Washington Bee, with last weeks
issue, entered upon its thirty-hrst year
of existence. 1t rejoices in the fact
that it lives to see those who started
at the same time and since, and who
predicted its early death-buried be-
meath the clods of the valley of news
paperdom, while it moves along in
the even tenor of its way, striking
wrong on the left and on the right.
The Bee is indeed a wide-awake jour
nal that has done, and is still doing,
whole lot of good for the race.
May it live many years yet to tell the
news and sound the alarm of impend-
ing dangers and conflicts
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
CAN'T TEACH ASSES.

The Washington Bee is thirty-one
years old. 1t looks it. We COngratu-
late it-upon its age. The Bee is an
American citizen" it says jOyously.
But we cannot find that the Federal
Constitution specifies the Bee tribe as
eligible to American citizenship. The
Bee must be mistaken as to its status
as citizen.-Philadelphia Tribune
The Bee doesn't expect to teach
jackasses, but it did think that a
man who has been editing a news
paper for forty or sixty years,
like the editor of the Philadelphia
Tribune, would have sense enough
to know when the editor of The
Bee stated editorially that The
Bee was an American citizen, that
he was referring to himself and
figuratively speaking, of the Bee.
as an American citizen. The edi-
tor of The Tribune should prac-
tice how to be funny.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18

Howard University indOrse the
attack of DIR. Grimkie on the
president of Howard University.
The Bee has always admired DIR.
Grimkie for his Christian charac-
ter. but it cannot agree with HIM
when he makes such an attack on
a man who is and has done so
much for cOlored Americans.
What has DR.. Washington done
that his friends should be at
tackled!
DR.. Washington, like DIR. Thlr-
kield, is, and has done great work
for the masses of the cOlOred
people. Neither need any defense
bv The Bee. Both are able to take
care of themselves. 1t is an aphO-
rism too true the more you do for
some people the more you are
damned. DR.. John R. Francis.
who led the Terrell forces to vic
tory, is a native WashingtOnlan:
who is honored by all who know
him. He has been successful over
his fugitive enemies and to-day
he stands so far ahead of his
.traducers that he doesn't know
that they exist. The so-called
educated negro is becoming just
as detestable as the ignorant. The
white people and the friends of
the cOlOred Americans, are becOm-
ING tired.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18

is that of Judge Robert H. Ter
rell, who is being belittled, abus-
ed and criticised by his jealous
rival and when he could not sub
staniate the charges against him
he had to confess that the judge
had been wrongfully treated and
unjustly abused. The picture
these jealous individuals placed
before the friends of the race was
a scene that the white man look
ed upon in disgust.
Will the colored man ever learn
any sense? The more education
some of them receive the more
ridiculous they appear in the
eyes of intelligent people. How
must the more reserved and lib
eral white man feel when he sees
the colored man attempting tc
degrade the more fortunate IN
the race. The Bee has made ev-
erv effort to defend the rights
and liberties of its people. But
what is the consequence? Let
the more liberal minded answer
the question. The colored Amerl-
can is against himself, and until
he does better he will forever be
the 'hewers Of wood and drawers
of water"
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
W. S. MONTGOMERY.

The Bee takes this occasion to
commend the good work In the
schools of Prof. W. S. Mont
gomery, supervising principal of
the 10th school division. He is.
indeed, popular with his teachers:
in fact, with the entire corps OF
teachers. He loves his teachers
and his teachers love him. His
name is a household word. The
Bee hopes to see him promoted.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
Death of Miss Ida Countee.


The sad death Of Miss Ida s.
Countee, one of the teachers in the
public schools, whose residence was
2I6 D St. S. w, and which occurred
Friday, June 3, robs the southwest
section Of the city of one of its popu-
lar feminine citizens. She had been
IN bad health for several years, dur
ing which time she was a sufferer,
and had recently gotten so much
worse that she was forced to remain
home and was afterward compelled to
retire to her bed which she never left
alive.
Miss COuntee was one of those
young ladies who possessed that
amount of sunshine that compelled
every one with whom she came in
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
Divide His Vote
COLORED PREACHERS IN
POLITICS.
Takes Issue With the Age-J. c.
Cunningham's Manly Defense.

Takes Issue With the Age-J. c
Cunningham's Manly Defense.
Editor The Bee:
We have heard many expressions
through some of the negro news
papers that a minister of the gospel
should take no part in politics; that
he should conhne himself to preach
ing and looking after church affairs
etc.
Says The New York Age: The
political preacher IS usually as weak
in politics as he is in morals and III
money matters" And among other
things The Age says: He degrades
his calling and destroys his high
name" etc
And, as a parting shot, The Age
boots the following at its numerous
readers; "The political preacher
should go once and for ali"
Now, be it known to all OF the
readers of this paper, that the writer
is not a preacher, but why it IS that
so many of the negro papers (and
jack leg politicians are opposed to
preachers taking an active part in
politics is mystery that we cannot
for the life of us, understand. What
is there, pray tell us, in politics that
is so dirty and filthy, that would de
grade a minister of the gospel (any
more than anybody else) should he
condescend so low % as to take
part in it, If politics be too dirty
and filthy for a minister of the gospel
is it not equally too dirty and filthy
for the members of his church to be
found taking part therein? We should
think So That which IS too low and
degrading for a preacher to do, IS
certainly too low and degrading fOf
his congregation to do also. Listen
to what our Savious says along that
line:
''When the righteous rule, the
people rejoice; but when the wicked
rule the people mourn"
Are We told in Holy Writ that
there be any righteous outside the
ministers and those who attend the
house of God? The preacher who
always talks to his church members
about how to get to heaven and never
tell them what to do to better their
condition here on earth, is not worthy
of the cloth. The trouble is, these
negro politicians are afraid the
preachers will lead the people right
They have been going around for
years assuring the white political
bosses that they (the negroes), carry
the votes of their race around in their
vest pockets, and only the highest
bidder NAV have them. All they want
is a fat office and the race may go
to hades so far as they (the selfish
negro politicians are concerned). But
the former negro pOliticians-those
who once have boasted of the fact
that they carry the entire colored vote
in their vest pockets must go. Their
doom is sealed
As to being weak in politics as he
is in morals and in money matters"
we beg to say to The New York
Ages learned editor that we fear he
is going a little bit too far. There are
numbers OF preachers-both white and
morals" are above
reproach and who are fully able to
take care of themselves from a fnan-
cial standpoint. If politics be such
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
OUR NORMAL SCHOOL

The Board of Education would be
fully justified in making a change in
the head of the Normal School No. 2.
The Board of Education will con-
tinually be bothered with complaints.
If the board desires to be rid of so
many complaints and bother it would
do a wise act to make a few
changes.
The Washington bee., 1910-06-18
HIS OWN ENEMY

The colored American com
plains of his condition. He de-
cIares that the white man is
against him. Before and subse-
quent to his emancipation the
white man has been his friend.
The white man has educated him
and for what purpose? The more
successful colored American is
being nagged by his more jea,-
Gus rival. The case in question