The Washington bee., 1910-06-04
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By Miss G. B. Maxfeld


Revolution, decorated the statutes of
thirteen of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence, on Decora-
ton Day.
About eight thousand witnessed
competitive drill between NJ Street
High School and Armstrong Man
ual Training School, Company A of
the M Street School carried off the
laurel. All the companies did well.
One hundred and seventy-four
years ago, on May 20, in Hanover
county, Va, was born Patrick Henry.
His ringing words, Give me Liber-
ty or give me death, will ever be in
the hearts of all true Americans"
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrated
her ninety-frst birthday anniversary
in Boston, Mass. She is loved by
all true Americans.
Miss Melva B. Wilson of New
York, has been commissioned to do
the sculptured frieze for the new
Catholic cathedral in St. Louis. The
frieze will represent fourteen scenes
in the life of Christ.
1t is asserted that the funeral of
King Edward cost $I,5oo,ooo. This
must be paid out of the public fund.
Fred w. Carpenter, Secretary to
President Taft, has resigned, and
has been appointed minister to Mo
rocco.
The Durham Textile Mills, the
only Negro hosiery mills in North
Carolina, has met with such success
that it has doubled its capital and
working quarters, and within a
month, will have in operation
number of new machines.
J. NJ. Johnson of Fountain City,
who died at the of 9I, is said to
have assisted Mrs. Hariett Bucher
Stone of Uncle Toms Cabin fame
by means of the underground rail
road.
The Clansmen by ThoS. Dixon, was
again barred from playing in Phil
adlephia. Pa, it was asserted that
the play raised race prejudices.
A monument to Grover Cleveland
has been unveiled at Princeton, N. ].
1t is hoped that the Republican
President will keep faith with the
colored Americans as Ex-President
Cleveland did.
William R. Green of Cleveland,
Ohio, son of John P. Green, we'll
known in this city, has been nominat-
ed for the legislature by the Repub-
licans of that State. II is hoped that
he will be victorious.
According to one of our exchanges
Mr.. A. N. Bryant, the editor and
publisher Of colored weekly in
Brookhaven, Miss, was ordered to
leave the city on the first train and
his printing plant was burned to
ashes. Oh, the sins. the white men
will answer for.
Isaac c, Wyman, who graduated
from Princeton University in I848,
by his will, made that institution the
beneficiary of three to thirty million
dollars.
We have received a copy of the
National Medical Association Journal
published at Tuskegee, Ala, which is
a credit not only to the management,
but to the entire race.
Don't fail to get copy of Nc
Calls Magazine for June.
For the first time in the history Of
the Brown University, colored
student, Cough McDaniels won the
CASTOR Medal. This medal is award
ed annually to the member OF the
graduating class, who delivers the
best original Grafton in English.
Rev. Howard johnson, the vener-
able race champion and pastor Of
Baltimore, Md. was surprised with
the gift of a gold heaeei umbrella, as
an appreciation for having the Mary
land bar opened to csiored lawyers
in March, 1885.
A monument has been started for
an appropriate celebration through
out the country on June ii, 1911, at
the tooth anniversary of the birthday
of Harriet Bucher Stowe.
Popularity, popularity, popularity
wonder who the popular teachers