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The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
JOHN w. EWING DEAD.

Young and Useful Mans Career-In
the Midst of Life He Died-He
Reared Large Family of Nine
One Dead
John w. Ewing was born Dec. 2,
1853, in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
He came to this city in the Fall of
1872 as a result of a desire to see the
National Capital, and see the great
men who at that time were active in
the affairs of the Nation. Here he
met the late Charles Sumner, Roscoe
Conkling, John Sherman, President
Grant, Frederick Douglass, John NJ
Langston, and many other noted men
He also met Horace Maynard, who
took a great interest in him, and who
at all times did all he could for him,
and secured for him a position IN the
United States Treasury Department,
which enabled him to enter Howard
University Preparatory Department
Here he continued until the Spring of
1875, when he went to Constantine
pie with Mr.. Horace Maynard, who
had been appointed United States
Minister to COnstantlnOple, Turkey,
las the official messenger and custodian
of the archives of the United States
Legation. He remained in this ca
pacity for about two years and six
months, when he returned to this
country to look alter his mother.
whose husband had been murdered by
the Klu-Kluks.
After returning to this city Mr..
Ewing re-entered Howard University
and later took course at the Spen-
he
was married to Miss Hettie Norman,
daughter of Capt. Isaac F. Norman,
of Marietta, Ohio, to which union
were born nine children, five sons and
| four daughters, eight of whom survive
him.
Mr.. Ewing was always interested in
anything looking to the elevation of
the race along moral and educational
lines
| He had for some wears been actively
associated with the teachers Of Fair
fax County, Virginia, who elected him
chaplain of their meetings, and who
always invited him to come to them
and address their meetings. This he
| always did when possible for him to
| leave his work.
On March 3 he was to attend their
institute, held at Ash Grove, Va, and
although he had been suffering for
some time with ia grippe" he went
to fill his engagement After making
his address he started home and be-
came chilled. On reaching home he
felt so badly that he went to bed,
pneumonia developed, and for eight
weeks he lay lowering between life
and death, until the early morning OF
April 80, when his spirit went to the
God he loved. He was a loving and
devoted father, a true, loving husband
who will be greatly missed and whose
place can never be filled
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
FURNISS RESIGNS
AS Minister to the Republic
of Haiti
STATE DEPARTMENT REGRETS
Many Candidates For His Place-Presi'
dent Taft Undecided

Mr.. FuTniss, Minister to Haiti, has
rendered his resignation to the Presi-
dent to take affect June I. Mr.. Fur
Mss had made a most excellent Off
cial, and it will take I very good man
TO fill his place The President will
not appoint as his successor a man
who is not up to the standard of
American diplomacy. Some people
say that the President will appoint a
LAWYER of ability. A lawyer should be
appointed as Mr. FurniSs's successor
because such a man is needed at the
Haitian republic. Minister Furniss,
so it Is said, has only made one mis-
take which is the real cause OF his
recall and which was no fault of hls.
Our Government IS not charitable.
Mr.. FuTniss's over ZealOuSness made
him persona non grata in the Haitian
republic. The Department of State Is
making a mistake in recalling him.
The resignation of Minister Fur
Mss to Haiti was a surprise to many,
but to a few who knew, It was no
surprise. Two years ago Minister Fur
Mss stated that he intended to retire,
after serving two years more, to take
up the practice of medicine IN South
America. At the State Department
his resignation was regretted, for he
was regarded as the best Minister
ever sent from this country to Haiti,
ane one of the best diplomats in the
diplomatic service of the United
States. He has handled the American
affairs in Haiti with consumate skill
and finest diplomacy, Had he desired,
he could have served on indefinitely,
for it is we'll known that the State
Department did not care to have him
retire, nor did the President.
THREE-BEE.
nation, he divulges it as suits his
purpose.
A mean and cowardly attack was
made on the colored people lately by
a certain weekly publication, and 1t IS
well known among the colored people
here that Manning was responsible for
this article, as no one else had the
facts which the article seemed to re
veal, but Manning 1t Is surprising
that man of this kind can go into a
city like Washington and beguile col
ored people.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
WHO HE IS IN THE SOUTH.
7. c. Manning and the Negro.
Especial to The Bee.)
birmingham, Ala

The colored people in this vicinage
have read with a good deal OF interest
and satisfaction your estimate of one
]. c. Manning, who recently spoke IN
Washington and halls from Alabama.
Manning is we'll known among all
classes in Alabama. He is a perlpa-
tetiC traveller. He is on all sides OF
all questions. He IS at one time
Democrat and then Republican, a
PrOhibitiOnist, and then liquor man.
He Is for the Negro, and against the
Negro as occasion demands. He is a
great, big, huge joke in Alabama, and
it Is past comprehension how such a
joke can impose himself upon lntelll-
gent people anywhere IN the country
Manning at one time posed as
great friend OF the Negro. He did so
as long as he could make it pay.
When he lost his political job, he
turned a Lily White Republican, and
during the last State campaign he
went up and down the State abusing
]. O. Thompson, the regular Republi
can nominee for Governor, because
Mr.. Thompson had the courage to
employ a COlOred man as his secre-
tary. This IS the kind of white man
that some colored people deem 1t wise
to honor, but we who know him in
Alabama fight shy of him.
Manning, as is well known in Ala
bama. is the kind of white man who
sneaks around and gets close to a
certain class of cOlored people with
a view of finding out what their bust
ness is and what their plans are, and
then after he gets this kind of infor
There are many applicants for the
place, now that he has resigned, and
each day brings to the White House
more applications, but it can be dehn-
itely said that Mr. Furniss's success
sor has already been determined upon,
had had been before Mr. Furniss's 5
resignation had been given to the
public. Mr.. Furniss will take up the
practice of medicine in South Amer
lea. a field that offers him far more
remuneration than Minister to Haiti,
which pays but $4,000 per year, quite
small. considering the expense at
tached to maintaining a legation in
becoming style and dignity,
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
BOOKERWASHINGTON'AGED ENTERTAINED
1500People1Hear Rev. Brooks
DINNER IS GIVEN TO THE AGED
Of Nineteenth Street Baptist Church-A
Day Receptson
People and Pastor Doing Good Work

People and Pastor Doing Good Work
Every available space in the 10th
Street Baptist Church was occupied
last Sunday morning, and if all its
members had been present, the
church would have to be dOubly as
large as it IS now. Rev. w. H.
Brooks, the eloquent divine, selected
his sermon from Leviticus. In front
of the distinguished pastor were seated
about 200 of the old members of the
church, who were given an eloquent
discourse. 1t has been the custom of
the church the first Sunday in May,
known as May Day, to give a recep-
ton and dinner to the aged members
of the church. Last Sunday was the
day. Not only were the old folks out
in force, but their young friends and
relatives. The ladies' special COM
mittee had the affair in charge, and
there was not a hitch. DR.. James 7.
Walker and his most excellent choir
rendered some excellent music. The
choir was fuller than usual. The choir
members were so crowded for space
that they sang to a disadvantage, but
nevertheless satisfactorily. At the
SOllCIuSlOH VI lllC SCI mon hSN. DlOOhS
asked for a collection Of $3.50 to pur-
chase a chair for a member at the
Old Folks Home. The people re-
sponded literally About $37 was col
lected. The remainder was appro-
priated to the Home.
The members of the Old Folks
Home were present in charge of Mrs.
Laura Queen, one Of the most enter
prising women in connection with the
Baptist denomination.
The credit of the old folks dinner
is due to Rev. VIM Walker, who has
rendered great service to the church
and these annual dinners to the old
folks.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
SOCIAL UPLIFT OF THE
PEOPLE.
Addresses by Well Known Citizen

Addresses by Well Known Citizens.
An unusually interesting meeting
was held at the residence of Dr..
day evening when a number Of gen
.tlemen had been invited to discuss the
problem of social uplift suggested IN
an informal address by Dr. Jesse
Jones, Of the United States Census
Bureau. DR.. Jones called attention to
two distinct revelations brought to
light by the statistics of the recent
census affecting the condition and
conduct of the colored citizens; one
was the very notable increase in their
acquisition OF farm lands and home
sites. especially in the South and
Southwest; the other was the equally
notable increase in the CitywaTd DRIFT
of COlored young men and women
from the rural districts. and the con
sequent congested condition thus pro-
duced in the poorer and more ne
elected sections of our large cities.
Dealing especially with this latter
feature, Dr. Jones dwelt with cons1d-
cradle emphasis upon the condition Of
the slums in our city, stating that IN
the 267 alleys here there are over
1900 people living in condition that
IS a standing menace to the health,
morals and peace of our whole COM
munity, and that more than nine
tenths of this alley population are
Colored people. He said the situation
called for prompt and effective action
by somebody, and that the class OF
colored men represented at that meet
ing, those who were, in large sense.
economically far above the average OF
the race, could not escape a very large
share of personal responsibility for
such action. In the discussion which
followed, DR.. Wilder, DR.. Arthur
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
His Politics Claimed to be Objection
able


The Board of Trustees of the Col
ored Social Settlement, Is L Street,
Southwest, did not keep its arrange
ment with w. c. Payne, an old and
respected citizen of these parts for
some 25 years past, for the reason, it
is said, he affiliates with the Demo
cratic party and now has employment
with them at the Capitol
1t IS said that some time IN April
Miss HaWs, matrOn of the Colored So
cial Settlement, got the consent OF
Mr. and Mrs. Payne to take up work
at the settlement in place of Miss
Bibbs, resigned, and upon their con-
senting, Mr. Payne was called before
the board, and agreements reached for
securing his services. In the mean
time some on who finds Congeniality
at the settlement on leisure occasions,
so the rumOr goes, reported, or rather
raised objections, to Mr.. Payne's COM
ing on account of his politics. In
some way the Board of Trustees were
reached, and the matter was gone
over, and a committee was appointed
to wait on Mr.. Payne and tell him the
board had concluded not to have him
at the Social Settlement on account
of his employment at the House of
Representatives under the Democrats,
as that might make him unpopular
with the masses of his people.
When seen by a Bee reporter, Mr..
Payne admitted the essential points of
this article, and said further, the peO-
pie of Washington who have known
me long and best know that l have
my own convictions, and that | am
honest in following them whether |
be right or wrong. | had rather be
wrong yet honest, than to appear
ripht for 4 dishonest benefit"
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
The Napier Banquet.

Editor Bee: ! think your comment
on the Napier banquet and the dis
courtesy offered you through its pro-
moters was eminently fitting and
proper. 1t has long been a common
view among the element in Washing
ton not anxious to shine that the
banquet" business has been pushed
to the limit, and then some. There is
admittedly no proper objection to
this form of publicity expressing a
public appreciation of some distinct
public service on the part of any rep
utable person, but when, as in many
cases here, recent and remote, the ban
quet was clearly nothing more than a
scheme on the part of few dissatis-
fed obscurities to thrust themselves
into the limelight once in a while.
pose before the footlights and then
recede into their abysmal obscurity.
the whole play becomes a laughable
farce. This is by no means the worst
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
DIR. Washington.

Chicago, Ill, May 3.-Booker T.
Washington, Of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute, is to deliver two important ad-
dresses here in the near future.
On May IS he will speak at the an
nual banquet Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The other
speakers at this banquet will be Mr.
Julius Rosenwald, Mr.. John 6. Shedd
and Mr.. Harry A Wheeler. Many of
the most prominent and important
people of Chicago are to be present.
On the following day DIR. Washing
ton, at the invitation of Miss 5. ?.
Breckenridge, will deliver an address
before the Child Welfare Exhibit
meeting.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
THE RIVER QUEEN.

Col. Lewis Jefferson Now in Charge
The Colored People Have Pur-
chased the Entire Interest of Mr..
Bensinger.
Col Lewis Jefferson, the old and
reliable manager of the Jane Mosely
and the steamer River Queen, has
been elected president of the Indepen-
dent Steamboat Barge Company. Mr..
Bensinger, who has had interest in
this company, has sold his entire in
terest to the coIored people, with Col.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
An Open Letter.

An open letter from the people OF
the District of Columbia to Chief Jus
tice Clabaugh and Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court.
Whereas we feel that the dual
system of schools in the District OF
Columbia has been managed with
marked success and effectiveness;
That the progress and growth of
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
Will Go to California.

President Thirkield, of Howard
University, has been invited to go to
California as the guest of Mr.. w. n:
Hartshorn, of Boston, chairman OF
the international Sunday School Com
mittee, to speak at the great Sunday
night mass meeting at the Internation-
al Sunday School Convention, on the
relation of the Sunday School move
ment to the Negro race A forward
movement in this work is being
planned.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
The Metronnle Club.

The Metropole Billiard and Pool
Parlor will celebrate its third ami
versary Friday night, May 10, 1911,
with a French pool tournament, open
to all the patrons of the room. The
tournament will begin al nine O'Clock
sharp, and the prize will be tickets tc
the American League Ball Park. Re-
freshments will be served
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13

the schools have been greatly en-
HANGED through the united efforts of
this body, with Capt. James Oyster as
its president;
That peace and harmony exist in
our schools once more;
Therefore, The Bee is pleased to ex-
press the wishes of the numerous citi-
zens for the reappointment of Capt.
James F. Oyster as member of the
Board of Education.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13

Lewis Jefferson as president and man
ager. All contracts made with Mr.
Bensinger will be carried out by Col
Jefferson. All persons who desire to
charter the boat for excursions are re-
quested to do so at once.
Call at the wharf, 9TH and y Streets
Lewis Jefferson, president
of the Independent Steamboat and
Barge Company.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-13
AT WORK AGAIN.

DR.. Milton Francis Returned to the
Hospital.
Dr. Milton Francis, OF the Freed
mems Hospital. who was so seriously
Ill some few months ago, has re-
turned to the hospital and IS now
actively engaged with his practice:
DR.. Francis is looking like himself
again.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
both HAD KNOWN HAPPINESS
But the Circumstances Were Not Ex-
actly Alike, That Was All
the Difference.

They were riding into town in a
subway train, these two married men,
says the New York Times. One
seemed occupied with his own
thoughts, the other was engrossed in
his copy of the Evening Piffle, from
which he eventually glanced with a
superior smile. II always read what
Betsy Bustuff has to say in her Twi-
light Twaddle' column" he said. "She
generally hits us off pretty we'll, but
she isn't always right. Now, this eve
ming, she gets on the subject of elope-
ments. She says Opponents never
turn out happily | don't agree with
her." Neither do l." said the man
who had been occupied with his own
thoughts. Il am glad to hear you say
IT, exclaimed the Evening Piffeite. II
sloped with nay wife, and I've been
Happy ever since" $50 have / ever
,ince some fellow eloped with mine"
remarked the other Betsy Bumstuff
S away off"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
WHEN 1T REALLY WAS WARM
Incident Related by Mr.. 5ings Put
an End to the Hot Weather.
Stories.

Hot in BRAZIL" said the young
man who had just returned from a
trip to South America, according to
the Chicago Daily News. well, l
should say so. Do you know, for days
at time we couldn't take our after
dinner siesta on account of the Pc
culiar noises" What noises?" asked
the blonde photographer, innocently.
why, the coffee popping on the trees.
You see, the sun was SO hot the grains
just roasted before they were picked"
The old traveller yawned Rather
warm down there, bub," he rejoined,
laconically, "but when | was down
there you couldn't sleep at night.
Every Cnce in a while there would
sound the most extraordinary crack
ling noise that ever fell upon the hui
man ear" What wereS the sounds,
Mr.. Bings?" And Mr.. Bings yawned
again and replied: The rubber trees
stretching themselven.'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
> zrLZALsH1e

doing. mo mans love is To be lightly
thrown away-least of all the love of a
man like Tom"
He waited for a moment. She had
turned away and was drawing on her
gloves, her ketch book under her arm.
Having nothing else to do, he watched
the trembling gold that the sun thread
ed into her hair. Manifestly the proper
thing to do was to go, but he could not
so without looking into her face again.
Il hope you won't be angry with me-"
he murmered contritely. Il knew
should do 1t badly don't suppose
there is any man living who could be
ais awkward about it as I naturally
would-but you shouldn't make me feel
quite so wretched as this" He walked
round until he was facing her. You
surely are not going 10 be so unforgiv-
ing-Grace!"
She had raised. her eyes, and he saw
the tears in them. In an instant he
was holding both her hands, and the
sketch. book was on. the ground.
For fa.long moment he stood there
holding her hands and looking into her
face, while his own face grew white.
Then he fet' the hands fail. 4"
Good bye" he said. Il must go and
tell Tom that can't plead his cause
for / love you myself. And then / sup
pose / shall make a failure of my own
hopes"
He had not surprised her secret
he had only discovered his own. The
young artist made a sudden grasp after
her scattered pictures, the color be-
ginning TO flame back into her face
again, but he was ever before her; and
there the topmost one had i.othing to
do with a bending tree and a glimpse
Of water under. 1t was a very good
likeness; Of the Rev. Richard Moore,
though even he could see that it fiat
tered him.
II was painting that for my aunt"
said the young lady, blushing furiously.
mo will not-at least--Richard!"
Mrs. Lynn was sitting in the half
dusk of the vince porch that even
ing when he came lin and went up. to
her falteringly.
Il am afraid you will never forgive
me, Aunt Helen" he said. II know you
were not thinking of my marrying for
years yet-perhaps never-but Grace
and love one another-and have told
TomAand hope you won't be unwill-
ing, auntie."
Mrs. Lynn was obliged to press both
hands to her heart
why, Dick Moore!" she cried, much
scandalized. ~ thought you went to
win a wife. for Tom! Well, I suppose
never shall understand any man
alive! But no doubt 1t is all for the
best. Go and bring Grace-and I'll
have to forgive you, I suppose" And
she stood on tiptoe to kiss the boy she
had brought up.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
From "The Blue Bird"

In 'Maeterlinck's ."Blae Bird" little
Tyltyl goes to some far-off heavenly
place to learn that love abides with
him at home. There he meets Mother
Love. He: says he; wishes to stay with
her always, where she looks so beau
tiful to him. She answers: But it's
just the same thing; Il am down be-
low, we are all down below. .
You have come UP here only to; real
lie and to learn, once for ALL how to
see me when you see me down be-
low. Do you understand, Tyl-
tyl,: dear? -. :, You; believe your,
self in heaven but heaven is wher-
ever you and kiss each other.
There are not two mothers, aud you
have no other. Every child
has only one and it Is always the
same one and always the most beau.
tiful; but you have to know her and
to know how to look
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
FREE SAMPLE OF LAXATIVE
CURED THEIR CONSTIPATION

When person has become discoura ged
through years of failure to find cure,
and finally. perhaps. gives up trying, 1t
Is small wonder that he becomes skep-
teal. And yet. to all who have con-
stipatlon, We would say, Try just one
thing more"
We wish you would try nr. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsip. a laxative tonic that has
been used for a generation. Thousands
are using It, surely some OF your friends
among the number. You can buy 1t Of
any druggist at fifty cents and one dol
lar bottle, but better still. send your
name and address to DIR. Caldwell for a.
free sample bottle. He will send you
enough to convince you of its merits, and
then If you like 1t you can buy II OF your
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
3ISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA

Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
Did. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his ears. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The sores began as pimples, his lit
lie face was disfgured very much.
We hardly knew what he looked like.
The face looked like raw meat. We
lied little bags Of cloth over his
lands to prevent him from scratching.
He was very restless at night, his
little face itched
I'VE consulted two doctors at Chi
tago, where we resided at that time.
Two doctors without any result, we
read of the Cuticura Remedies, and at
once bought the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the re.
suit, and after four weeks the dear
any little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head of hair which is pride for any
boy Of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Rene
dies to everybody" (Signed) Mrs. H..
Albrecht, Box $50, West Point, Neb.,
Oct. 26, 1910.
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole props, Boston, Mass, for free 80.
page book. q guide to skin and hair
health.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
SIOUX CITY PIG. CO., NO. 1s-1s11,

druggist. Mr.. J. J. Petty Of Unionville,
Mo-, Mr.. George w. Zimmerman of Har-
rsburg. Pa, and many others of both
sexes and in all parts OF the country first
used sample bottle and now have IL
regularly In the house.
You will learn to do away with salts,
waters and cathartics for these are bur
temporary reliefs while DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin is guaranteed to cure per
manently. 1t will train your stomach and
bowel muscles 80 that they will do their
work again naturally without outside aid.
Cast aside your skepticism and try Syrup
Pepsin.
For the free sample address DR.. w. e.
Caldwell, POI Caldwell building. Monti-
cello. Ill.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
School Eoys' Garden.

An admirable scheme w have a
school boys garden next year has
been planned by the authorities OF
Filming, N. Y. Last summer a hun
dred boys made good as farmers OF
vacant lots, and it is now proposed to
place practically all such unused
property in the city: under cultivation;
the pupils Of the public schools to be
the gardeners and to reap the profits
from their products.