The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06

pie Of this -country.--The- original de-
! positors Of F'reedmen's Bank 4 we're
all in the South, but they have so
scattered that either they or their
heirs. are now to be found in every
section Of the land. Thus, thous-
ands and thousands OF this money
will be distributed among the color
ed people in New YORK., Boston. Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
| Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis, At
lanta, Cleveland, Louisville, New Or
leans and all-the centers Of Negro
population between the oceans.
= Now" continued Col. Lyons,
probably many OF the .beneflciaries
cannot Dedicated at. this late day.
Some may have lost their bank books
! or other evidences that the Bank
owes them. If any money for. which
a legal claimant cannot be found. 1T
is regarded as the just and fair thing
to profitably invest the surplus, and
distribute the interest thus derived
among the existing institutions Of
learning throughout the South. on
| the basis Of their needs and the num-
Der Of Negro children benefited. To
my mind there is q bright prospect
that.-the-- hill. WILL paas.-- This Is "A
splendid opportunity for the Negro
to&shoW, the. world what can be ac-
complished for the good of the whole
race If it is only united.n
-, Dr. Henry w Furniss, United
States Minister to Haiti, whose vivid
| and comprehensive article on "tWhal-
ing In Brazil" in the June number
ef~the~BaHetin- the Bureau Of
American -Repablfes,-at ttFaeted such
marked attention at the hands of the
commercial people OF the entire
Western Hemisphere, will have an,
| othor interesting contribution In the
January number Of, the same bulletin.
| The article VIII be bcadtifntly. ilus-
I trated and viii describe in detail q
|. "trip; to- the Falls Of Paulo Alfonso,
about which little has been publish
| cd, The pictures will be particular
| ly good, and are the result Of three
trips there with special photograph
1c apparatus. Dr.. Furniss is q prac-
| tical photographer, having had valu-
| able experience while Consul at Ba-
| hla, Brazil and upon other trips OF
this kind, and the views selected as
| typical Of the picturesque region
spoken of, were developed by himself
IN the accurate and painstaking
fashion characteristic Of aIl' that our
Minister to Haiti undertakes. Cop
les Of the Bulletin can be had by
! addressing Hon. John Barrett, Di-
rector Of the Bureau Of American
Republics, Washington, D. G.
| w. r. Menard,, for many years con-
! nected with the Government Printing
office, and a Journalist Of national
Erepute, has been assigned to a COM
Portable berth in the Senate Office
! Building. w. E. Cobb, also for
! me- attache of the Government
printery, has gone to the Office Of
the Chief Engineers, War Depart
ment. Several first-class colored
| the government shop as the system
{ Of furloughs has worked hardship
upon men of family, some Of whom
have been employed scarcely half Of
the time. The unsympathetic att1>
! tude Of the trades union, Is not en-
| couragiDg to the colored printers re-
| naming in the service, as they can
mot be employed In any Of the local
offices If separated from the govern
meDt. The pay In the other depart
ments is not SO large as In the Gov
ernment Printing ONCE, but it is
steady and sure and Is preferred by
many to the uncertain wages now
offered at their old stand.
Prof. L. M. ,Hersbaw, one Of the
best-posted clerks in tho General
Land Office, Is about to issue a vol
ume called The Niagara Movement
Yearbook, dealing with pertinent
statistics Of the Negro during the
past year and touching some Of the
sociological problems confronting
the race. Prof. Hersbaw Is O. gradu-
( ate Of the Atlanta University and Of
the law deDartment Of Howard Uni
versity. He served two successful
terms as president OF the Bethel Lit
erary and Historical Association
and for seventeen years has been an
efficient clerk and section chief in
the General Land Office, He Is one
Of the founders Of the Niagara
Movement" and is the official head
Of that organization in the District
Of Columbia Prof. Hershaw is q
clear thinker, q coEcnt reasoner and
an indcfatigablc investigator. lie
has made c1oso study Of the rela-
ton Of the Negro to the American
body polite, and is a statistician Of
| more thnn q local renntatinn He