The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxheld.)

Mrs. Phoebe NJ. Palmeter. so years
OF age, of Brookfield, n. Y, was pen
stoned by a special act of Congress.
She IS the daughter of Jonathan
Wooley, who served in the Revolu-
tlonary War. She is the only one of the
Keyolutlonaries remaining on the list.
The Alabama Penny Savings Bank,
located in Montgomery, has during
the eight months it has been in opera
ton done a business of $46s,ooo, and
the business is said to be growing
every month.
When the high officials of the True
Retormers were called on to state
what they would sacrifice in order to
save the organization, Mr.. r. T Hill
stated he had made arrangements to
yield up his property. Grand Mas
ter Holmes said he would do the
same. Rev. Taylor stated that, while
the Order had paid him nicely. he had
rendered ample service for what he
had received. He was willing to make
sacrifice, but would not give up
everything.
Two colored men were lynched near
Montezuma, Ga, for the alleged muir
der OF a white policeman. Are the
racial relations improving, as has been
said?
According to an exchange, the 'Ne-
gro Roll of Dishonor" contains the
following names: Tillman, Vardaman,
Hoke Smith, Kitchen, Sims, Graves,
Campbell, Bohannon and Foster.
A young COlOred man-Henry Fos-
ter, of the High School in Chicago
undertook to walk to Portland, Me.
HIS object was to stop off at Boston
where he wanted to see about enter
ing Harvard to take up mechanical en-
gineering. Such sacrifice is worthy
of assistance.
Regina Crawford, the daughter of
slave parents, according to an ex-
change, IS the first colored woman TO
enter the University of California.
United States Senator Alexander
Stephen Clay, of Georgia, died last
Sunday afternoon. He was 81 wears
OF age. and for II years a member
OF the upper house of Congress. Much
of his, attention was given to the
economic questions and postal ques-
tOns. He was an able lawyer and a
hard worker, and will be greatly miss
ed from public service.
Although unusual precautions have
sen taHNl to prevent patients from
escaping from the Government Hos
pital for the Insane, 10 have eluded
the guards since Oct. 10, several of
which are still at large. Dangerous
men are said to be among the fugi-
tives.
J. Fl. Grant, colored, owns a shoe
store in Memphis, valued, it is said, at
$50, 900. He is trying to establish a
cham OF stores in various Southern
States.
In Columbus, Ohio, prisoners are
being taught. John Berry, colored, an
alleged forger, from Cleveland, has
been appointed teacher of Denmanship
IN the penitentiary night school. They
are made up of 400 prisoners out of
the I,4oo who applied. Those who at
tend are not locked in their cells until
two hours after the rest of the con-
victs.
Twice as many people are dying of
heart disease in New York, in pro-
portion to the population, compared
with 33 years ago. And it is the third
greatest cause of death, asserts a
United States doctor. This is due to
high living, it is said.
Nearly 100000 barrels of -four were
shipped from Seattle and Tacoma to
the Orient during October.
The Southern University of New
Orleans, which is for coIored students.
Will be retained, after hard fight.
The bill for its removal was defeated.
The proposition to establish sep
arate schools for colored people in
New Mexico is being bitterly fought
in the Constitutional Convention. 1t
will be decided in about two weeks.
William Thaw sd, of Pittsburg,
nephew of Harry Thaw, viii be
married to Miss Gladys Bradley Dec.
I. Thaw gave his age as 33: his occu-
patton as retired. The bride-to-be is
2I years.
Mrs. Nellie Archibald, the first wo-
man who has ever held a public office
IN Wisconsin, has been elected treas
Irer of Ashland County. She de-
feated two men.
Mr.. F. Fl. r Green, Mrs. Hetty
Green's son, came all the way from
New York to Dallas 10 vote the Dem
ocratic ticket for the first time in his
life. He has always been a'Republi-
,an, and for several years a party
eader in Texas
John Philip Sousa, the bandmaster,
who has been III at a New Haven
hospital, suffering from slight attack
Of malarial fever, IS recovering.
Hugh Mcintosh writes from Eng
and that he will give 100000 for a
light between Jack Johnson and Sam
Langford, to be decided in London or
Paris, between now and next summer.
Johnson says he is going to cross the
ocean, and will fight anybody on the
other side if there is money enough
n it for him.
Opposed to It.