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The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Mr.. Dancv,s Eloquent Appea..

The Chambersburg (PaD Reposi-
tory, in speaking of the meeting of
colored Republicans held there,
speaks of ex-Recorder ]. c. Dancy,
of this city, as follows:
Chairman Norris then introduced
leader of his race, Hon. John {,
Dancy, former Recorder of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
''Mr. Dancy is fine looking man,
an easy. graceful and most eloquent
talker. He proved the good faith OF
the Republican party to the Negro
by telling of his four terms of office
by appointment from Republican
Presidents. He went back into the
history of his race, back into slavery
days, and graphically recited the
fight which ended in LincOln's eman-
cipation proclamation, the work of
Republicans The Democratic party
objects to everything the Republican
party does, but when it had the
chance corrected nothing. 1t prom
ises everything, but does nothing.
"Mr. Dancy is an educated gentle
man. an observer, a man who knows
political history and politics, and
next. possibly, to Gen. T. J. Stewart,
made the best political speech heard
here this campaign.
"T am for the Republican party
because il was and is for me. 1t
made it possible for us to be here,
he said amid wildly enthusiastic ap-
plause.
MIR. Dancy is a personal acquaint-
anCe of Mr. Taner and smoke hiOhlV
of him as a strong, honest man and
a friend of the colored race. He
quoted a recent interview with Gov
Stuart, who predicted to him that
Pennsylvania would, on Nov. 8, be
All right for the Republican ticket
Just before 10 p. m. he closed with
a peroration which made them yell
and cheer"
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
For New Business High School.

Tuesday, Dec. I3, will be Business
High School Night" at the Bethel
Literary Association, at which time
Hon. r. r. Horner will deliver an ad-
dress on the Necessity of a new
Business High School" Following
Mr.. Horner's paper prominent white
and colored speakers will make rapid
fire comments on the topic of the
evening.
The Business High School for our
students is still located at the old
Mott School, and has an enrolment of
100 students this year. George H.
Murray, who is a graduate of Woods
New York Business School, is in
charge, and these meetings are a part
of his plan TO arouse the interest of
the people in the commercial high
school idea. Mr.. Murray has visited
many prominent whites in his short
incumbency and has aroused their in
terest in the school to such a point
that they have promised their aid
along practical lines, providing the
cOlored people show consistent de-
sire to cooperate with them. In view
of this fact, it is hoped that the citi-
zens will spread the news of the meet
ing on Dec. I3, in order that the
church may be filed to overflowing
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
King Of The Forest
THE LAST ELECTION.
Something in # for the Negro, Says
MIR. Cunningham.

Editor The Bee: Well, last TUESDAY
Nov. 8. was a day that some OF the
American citizens will never forget. II
seems to have been some kind OF a
bousecleaning day among the boys
who have had their day and whose
political sun is fast setting. 1t IS sad
that when the African lion roars, his
terrific voice swells over hill and val
lev, filing circle six miles in diam
eter, and that every living thing with
in the circle, whether man or beast,
4rembles at the sound, Everything
gets TO its den or hiding place, for the
king of the forests has spoken.
Rut there is something more lear
ful even than this. When the people
OF this country speak the boss poll
ticians and would-be kings and po-
sentates tremble at the sound! Some
of the politicians took to their dens
early Tuesday evening, the 9th INST,
after they had heard the terrific voice
of the people, and they haven't been
seen or heard from since. Somebody
said-and, if my memory serves me
right, it was the far-seeing, dlstin-
guished editor of this paper, MIR. w.
Calvin Chase-that the Republicans
would win throughout the entire cOun-
try, and that all was over but the
shouting. But we are sorry, very
sorry, indeed, Brother Chase, that you
will have to come back before the
footlights of your great audience and
make humble confession that all IS
over How but the weeping and wall
ingi
But we shall say more about this
terrible political storm later on, when
we catch our breath. There is some
thing in the future political game for
the Negro if he only has sense enough
TO grasp it. c. Cunningham.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
WILL NOT STAND
SPLIT IN THE ELKS.
Will Not Stand by the Compact.

For some time there has been
trouble brewing in both ORGANIZATIONS
of Elks III tbs city. Last summer, 1t
will be remembered. that both Grand
Bodies came together and decided to
live in peace and happiness. The love
feast didn't last any longer than aft
er the election of new Grand Officers.
One of the lodges was hoodwinked
into the consolidation. 1t soon discov-
cred that it, which was the greater
lodge, had been swallowed up by the
smaller lodge. The smaller Grand
Body had better glib takers than the
other. There seems to have been bet
ter politicians in the smaller lodge.
Attorney John w. Patterson stood
slngly and alone against the consoli-
dation, but he was outvoted, which
now results in another split Prep
aratlOnS are now being made TO di-
vide again, and the crisis may come at
any time. Hundreds of new members
have Joined the forces of the proposed
split body, and when the word IS
given, hundreds of EIks in this city
will declare themselves against the
consolidation.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK.
Thousands of Dollars Stacked Up to
Hand Out to Timid Depositors.

The Mechanics Savings Bank of
Richmond, Va, Of which Editor John
Mitchell, Jr, is president, is in the best
financial condition. When Chief Grif-
fin, of the True RefOrmers, arrived in
the city about two or three weeks ago
he stated to a representative of The
Bee that the Mechanics Savings Bank
0f Richmond, Va, had a run on 1t,
md it was unable to meet the de-
mands of the depositors. The cause
for this, said Chief Griffin, was the
criticism made by Editor John Mitch
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19

ell Jr,, in his paper, The Planet. The
Bee, on the statement of Chief Griffin,
published what is stated above InfOr-
nation has reached this office to the
effect that there has been no run on
the Mechanics Savings Bank of Rich
mOnd, Va; if there had been, the bank
had sufficient funds in its possession
TO over pay any and all depositors
who may make demand Just why
Ch'sf g. fIJ hould made such a state
ment, II, It IS false, The Bee would
like for him to explain. The bank.
The Bee IS informed, has more money
IN its possession than there is demand
for, and great deal more than it has
demand for after paying every depos-
itOr who may make a demand for his
money.
The Bee has the highest respect for
Chief Griffin and the most implicit
confidence in President John Mitchell,
who has won his way up in the fnan-
CIal world by hard labor and diligent
industry. 1t is not the intention of
The Bee to do any harm to the Me
chanic's Savings Bank. The state
ment in The Bee was made as a set
off to anything that may have been
said by President Mitchell against the
True Rcformers' Bank of Richmond,
which has recently closed its doors.
1t is to be regretted that the Reform
ers' bank was forced to close, and
The Bee is gratihed to know that the
Mechanics Bank of Richmond, Va,
is in a fourishing and healthy condi-
ton The bank guarantees to the de-
pOsitors the proper use of their
money, and concludes by making the
following
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19

dined, and left for home about
o'clock.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
OppoSed to II

The Howard Park Citizens Asso-
citation met Monday night at the
Church of Our Redeemer, 9th street
northwest, Henry w. Baker presiding,
in the absence of the president, Rev.
D. F. Wiseman.
The association went on record as
not favoring the proposed extension
of Barry Place through the Howard
University grounds, on account of the
sharp turn at Georgia avenue and its
varying widths. It favored, however,
the extension of w street west from
Georgia avenue to 9th street, thus
breaking block of about third of
mile long.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
JUDGE ]. c. PRITCHARD
VIII Appeal to the North to Help DIR.
I. c. Shepard's School.

Great interest is being manifested
throughout the North in the ap-
preaching tour of Judge J. c. Pritch-
ard in the interest of the National Re
ligious Training School, of which DR..
James z. Shepard is president Ex-
tensive arrangements are being made
to receive and entertain this distin-
guished Southerner, who will show
the needs of this school and what il
is doing for the colored people South.
Durham, N. c., in which place the
school is located, is proud of DR.. J. F.
Shepard and his great work Judge
Pritchard will start January 80, 1911,
and will tour the North for ten days
in the interest of this school. DR..
Shepard, who has been in the North
all last week, arrived in the city
Tuesday en- route for Durham, N. G.,
his home.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Guarantee.
following

Our real estate holdings are un-
incumbered by mortgages, and this IS
an additional security to our depoS-
itOrs.
During the past and present week
we have removed all restrictions as
to time deposits and have boldly in
vlted any patrons who have money in
our vault TO present their checks if
they care so to do, and they will be
honored."
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Open Letter to the President.

To the President:
| want to say to you, Mr.. President,
that it IS time for you TO drop your
Southern policy, and all other policies
that do not tend to recognize all
Ameri cans alike. The recent election
ought to convince you that the Dem
ocratic party will continue to be the
Democratic party, no matter what you
do for Il.
Believe me, Mr.. President, when l
say that you have not a friend in
your party that agrees with you. You
cannot expect anything from your
Democratic Office holders. Many of
them don't believe in the colOred
Americans, and have so declared
themselves.
Now, if it was the object of many
of your Republican managers to drive
the Colored Americans out of the Re-
publican party, they succeeded, as the
last election demonstrated. I regret
to say that the colored voters in States
where the colored vote is strong voted
the Democratic ticket.
| want TO know, Mr.. President, If
you intend to change your policy? The
colored voter wants to know. | have
nothing to hide | am telling you that
the dissatisfaction among the colored
voters is strong. Many of them have
left the Republican party for good.
] am a constant supporter of the prin-
ciples of the Republican party and
your administration, and l am of the
opinion that your legal advisers are
deceiving you.
Let us reason together, Mr.. Presi-
dent, and see what has been gained
by your Southern policy. Every col
ored officer in the South, with but one
or two exceptions, has been removed.
The colored voter has been eliminated
from politics. The Democratic and
the Lily-white Republicans have con-
troll of the offices iii the South. The
only Southern State that elected a
Governor was Tennessee on a fusion
ticket | don't regard it as a Repub-
lican victory.
Now, what have you gained by your
appointment of Southern Democrats
to office and the removal of cOlored
Republicans? | am confident, Mr..
President, that you are inclined to
treat Colored Americans fairly, but
your advisors will not permit you.
You must act yourself and see that
the other members of your Cabinet
.act. ] ha>l no ia;th IL your SCcre-
tary of War. He has but little use
for colored Americans, and colored
Americans have less for him.
The colored voter has been faith
full, true and just, Mr. President. You
are aware there are times when ones
patience ceases to be a virtue. Now
is the time with the cOlored American.
He has become dissatisfied, and he
will remain so until there is a change.
Never in the history of the Repub-
lican party has it ever received such
a crushing defeat.
The country, it is true, Mr.. PTesi-
dent, has progressed under Republi-
can rule The Republican party has
made a history for itself, and I sin
cerely hope that you will be able to
restore it back to its place in the his
tory where it is recorded as the great
lest party upon the globe. | know
that you can do it Will you? Let
the country see, Mr.. President, that
you intend to redeem the pledges Of
the party, and until then believe me
to be Sincerely yours,
THE EDITOR.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
Veteran Odd Fellows to Eulogise
Their Deceased Members of
the Past Year.

Memorial services will be held Sun
day, November 20, at 3 P. NJ, at the
Walker Memorial Church, 18th street,
between y and Y streets northwest,
under the auspices of the Veterans
Association. Fourteen members have
died the present year, including ex-
Grand Master VIM NJ T. Forester,
who was an honorary member. There
will be large wreath of flowers
placed on a pedestal arranged with
fourteen candles. each of which will
be eXtinguished as the deceased mem
bers are named by the eulogist upon
the occasion.
c. H. T. OVER. Chairman.
JAS. L. TURNER, Secretary.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19
DR.. Walter H. Brooks Remembered.

Miss Mamie H. Burroughs deliv-
cred a most touching and eloquent
speech at the Nineteenth Street Bap-
fist Church last Sunday morning,
when, on behalf of that old historic
church, she presented the distinguish
ed pastor an anniversary purse. DIR.
Brooks was too overcome to make A
response. He has served the church
eS years, and is dearly loved by the
large membership. Long may he live.
The Washington bee., 1910-11-19

There has never been a run on the
bank, and if there ever should be the
bonded officers have enough mony to
meet all demands.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18

Incidentally, while the radical
candidate is charging that trusts
and combinations are working
against his election, why don't he
call attention to the fact that Pres
ident G. R. Hightower, of the
Farmers Union, head of the most
powerful combination in the state,
has Been almost constantly in Jack
aonsInce the beginning Of the CON
test?: Mr.. Hightower is one Of Var
damsn's most active supporters.
Positive proofsof his work in behalf
Of Vardaman cam Be furnished 70
any member Of the Fsrmera Union
Whp desires il.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
COUGHS AND COLDS.
Catarrh, Group and Sore Throat Curet
BY hy0mel.

by 1yOmel.
The germs Of catarrh cannot exist in
the, same atmosphere with ~antiseptic
Hyomei pronounce it High-o-mel.
Breathe Hyomei and relief from ca
tarrh, coughs, sore throat or cold will
come in two minutes.
Breathe Hyomei and that stomach
MISUNDERSTANDING will quickly
disappear.
Breathe Hyomei and kill the catarrh
germs; heal the inf1amed membrane,
stop the discharge of mucus and pre-
vent crusts from forming in the nose.
Breathe Hyomei for q few minutes
esch day and forever rid yourself OF
contemplate catarrh.
Breathe Hyomei-give it q faithful
trial and then, If you are not satisfied,
you a have your money back.
Hyomei is sold by druggists every
where and by S. Z. Raines. A com
plete outfit costs but 81 and consists OF
q hard rubber inhaler that will last for
years, q bottle Of Hpomei and full in
structi0ns for use. II q second bottle
OF liquid is needed You can get an extra
bottle Of Hyomei inhalant for 80 cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
ABOUT AN '"AD."

An advertisement should have
the power to create a desire to see
and possess the goods advertised.
A few well-chosen words; an idea
clearly stated, concise, speci6c-and
the short advertising tale is told.
Use plenty of cuts to illustrate your
goods. Use good cuts, for poor
ones are worse than none. If you
cannot secure them in your own
town, send for them and see that
they are seasonable cuts.
Remember also, that you must
advertise regularly if you want to
get returns from your advertising.
S~pasmodic, irregular advertising
will have no more beneficial effect
upon the rundown business consti-
tuition than one or two doses of med
icine will have upon a rundown
or diseased body.
When a physician prescribes for
a certain ailment he almost invaria-
bly, prescribes medicine in such
quantities as to last the patient for
quite a time. He knows that one
dose or two doses will not produce
the desired effect. It is the con-
slant application to the rundown
constitution that builds it gradually
and surely and brings it back to its
former state and makes it better
than it aver was.
Just so it is with advertising.
One week or one month is not suf-
fcient to demonstrate its virtue and
the business that requires its help
land where is the business that does
not?) will have to stand for a steady
and continued application of its
principles IS exempli6ed by those
who thoroughly understand the pro-
cess of reaching and impressing the
human mind with suitable and
long-continued advertising.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
Valentine Day is a day of romance

Valentine Day is a day of romance,
honored by tradition for centuries.
st. Valentine was a bishop and a
martyr of the church, who was put
to death at Rome for his faith dur
ing the persecution of the Christians
under Claudius II, on Feb. Ia, 27O.
The custom of sending valentines is
an old one. Some tell is that on
that day birds select their names;
others trace the custom to the Rom
an Lupercalla, when similar practi.
ces were observed. It is not alto
gethar probable that the Tradition
ascribing to its origint to com1nemo-
ration OF the loving and charitable
and faithful disposition of ST. Val
entine Is the true origin Of the OBJ
servation, but we like to believe il
l.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
NOTICE.

By securing the services of
a u S. Postoffice detective,
have obtained evidence suffi-
Gent to convict the purioiner
of my MehlbaCk's. don't
want to Cause an arrest, but
unless, between now and
March 5th, the books are re-
turned. or | receive Fifteen
Dollars for them, the name Of
the ps1i0iner will appear in
this paper with a statement.
It receive the books or. the
money, no one who does not
now knew WI meyer know.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
GREENWOOD GETS PUBLICITY.

The following is the result of the
good advertising we are getting from
the leading southern dailies. Alert
local correspondents are sending in
the dope that attracts the attention
of the States and gains effective pub
licity for Greenwood and the Delta:
GA dispatch from Greenwood, Mis-.
sissippi, gives an account of how six
hundred bushels of turnips were
grown on a half-acre of dirt by a Mr..
Marshall of French Bend Plantation.
This serves to call attention to the
productiveness of the soil of our
southern states. Mississippi has al
ways figured as a cotton state; yet as
a matter of fact it is a great produc-
er of vegetables. The boil weevil is
on the stage, the question of crops
diyersifiication becomes a matter of
first importance. Our lands are suit
ed to many other crops besides cot
ton. The experience of the Green.
wood, Miss. farmer may therefore be
accepted as lesson to those in the
boil Weevil section, as it teaches them
that even il cotton has been render
ed Improbable for the time being
the soil is perfectly capable of grow
ing other and equally profitable
crops.-New Orleans Picayune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18
SENATOR 3EN THINGS.

According to Col. Gordon, the
United States Senate is much like q
mule. 1t doesn't do to antagonize
either. The Senator has been max
ing some short focus observations,
and within his perspective have
come many revelations.
mo Southern man can do any
thing for his people by needlessly
antagonizing the party in power
declares the Senator with all the
vigor at his command. And as a
result of the Senator's docility, it is
pointed out that his portion Of gar
den seeds was not skimped in the
least.
Perspicacity has been added to
the Senators mental operations. The
proof is found in this assertion, the
intelligence thereof being gained,
no doubt, after many weary hours
on a sleepless couch: "The wider
they (the Senators) make the Sec
tional lines here the less they &C
complish."
The Senator, in a recent state
ment, makes the following observa-
ton:
II myself never realized before,
so fully, the folly Of attempting, by
sectional agitation, interference with
Constitutional Amendments. If it
could be done, it would not change
the condition of the negro. He
does not vote now and he would not
vote then, but he would still be a
citizen of the United States, and
that is all there is in it. That prob
lem would remain the same"
Between observing, editing his
poetry n d distributing garden
seed, the Senator finds his time
well taken; although it is admitted
that he occasionally takes a few
spare moments each day to read the
Jackson legislative kilograms. -
Natchez News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18

We would appreciate very much
if those to whom we have mailed
statements will remit to cover same
promptly. Since the fire we have
gone to quite a large expense in
equipping parts of our office and
making necessary additions, and are
compelled to ask that you kindly
give these statements your prompt
attention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18

l. MISUNDERSTANDING M 1.-The price OF
many ~necessaries of life in recent
years is no doubt something of q
complex problem, there is a reason
able certainty that to a very large
extent it is due to lack of thrift,
says The Plcayune. While the ma
chinations of the trusts have No
doubt -artifciaily advanced prices by
curtailing production or controlling
the distribution of the leading ar.
ticles of consumption, this cause
does not tigure nearly so extensive
ly in increasing the cost of living as
is generally supposed. The Amer.
leans as a nation are lacking in
thrift and waste nearly as much as
they consume.
The unusual prosperity and plen.
ty which this country has enjoyed
for sqlong atime-are no doubt re-
sponsible for the national extrav,
agance which has become the lead
ing trait of all classes of our people,
in strong contrast to the careful
economy and thrift which most OF
the European nations exercise. The
French or German farmer, for in
stance, produces practically every
thing he consumes, and not a thing
is permitted to go to waste that can
be either consumed. or sold. The
average French or German house
hold, whether in city or country,
permits nothing to go to waste, and
to this careful thrift is mainly due
the very low cost of living in those
countries compared with the United
States.
Although this {country possesses
the+most fertile and productive land
in the world, our farmers get less
from it per acre than do the farm
ers of other countries. Right here
in Mississippi, where the soil is
adapted to every sort of crop, and
where chickens, eggs, vegetables
and all forms of garden truck can be
raised in abundance all the year
round, we are to a great extent de-
pendent upon the West and North
for%oursvegetables and poultry and
other farm products. 1t is certainly
an anomalous state of things to see
chickens, eggs and vegetables ship.
ped out from our cities to the sur.
rounding country towns when with
a little energy all this could be pro
duced in the neighborhood of such
towns in such abundance as to pro.
vide not merely for the local con.
,sumptiop, but far< shipment to the
large Clues as W61.
>st With such "a lack of thrift sc
prevalentit~is 10 wonder that sup.
plies of become scarce and prices fol
all the n%ecessaries of life advance;
The fact should be recognized thai
the American people as a whole are
deficient in the art of domestic econ.
omy, even. in the home]y accomplish
,ofgood eepphng, withIthe result that
wespoil Or waste quite as much as
We consdme. We should cut this
habil. ~.S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-18

Deans Caucussians are making
quite a stay in the Legislative arena.
Signor Street has tossed the speak
ership for a chance at the toga. It
is now gracefully adjoining Senator
Dean from Lafayette county.