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The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
Business High School Notes.

1t Is unOfhcially announced that a
better building has been secured for
the housing of the Business High
School next year. The building is
said to be the Phelps School on Yer
mont avenue, across from Garnet.
This building has been 50 circum-
sCribed by the colored population that
it has been decided to turn it over to
them and give the whites one in a
white neighborhood.
Monday evening Hon. R. R. Horner
addressed the Howard Park Citizens
Association on the subject of CONNER
cial training for colOred youth Mr.
Horner made a decided hit when he
pointed out that the greatest of solvents
for race prejudice is dollars and cents.
Commerce opens more avenues than
any other form of activity" said Mr..
HOTner, ''and if the colOred people ex-
peCt to amount to anything In this
country they must get into traxe." "
Following Mr.. Horner's remarks, the
Association was addressed by Mr.
George H. Murray, who is in charge
of the Business School.
The activity of DR.. Evans and Mr..
Incl HI IilC iiitSi est Ol ESTABLISHING
a trst-Class Commercial High School
here for colored children merits es-
pecial commendation from the citizens
of the District. These two gentlemen
are giving Mr.. Murray their heartiest
support and are assisting materially
in the development of the school,
which now has the largest enrolment
in its history
Philip Thomas, a graduate of last
year, has gone to work in the Bureau
of Engraving. Prior to being trans
ferred to the Bureau, Mr.. Thomas was
employed at the Government Printing
Office, where he was appointed at the
end Of the last school year.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
ReDisteTOf The Treasury
One Branch Taken Away
-WiEI h1r. Napier Acceptz
IS THIS A DEMOCRATIC
TRICK?
Both the Register and His Deputy
Put in Small Rooms-OfHce Re
duced and Clerks Transferred.

When Hon. ]. c. Napier, of Ten
nessee, went to the Treasury Depart
ment Wednesday morning he was sur
priSed to find that one of his divisions,
the largest under him, had been de-
tailed under the Secretary of the
Treasury. Of course, the Office could
not be transferred under the law
This division is the largest and most
responsible lewiston under the Regis
ter of the Treasury. Aside from this
curtailment of power and office, the
Office of the Register has been re-
moved from the spacious rooms that
were heretofore occupied by him to
the floor upstairs in a small room
The Assistant Register. Mr.. Adams,
who is also a colored employe-or
rather, he was appointed as a cOlored
man from Chicago, Ill-has also been
placed III a small room, much smaller
than the one that he previously OC-
Cupied. These changes have the
sanction of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Then, again, Mr.. Robert
Holland, of Ohio, who was one of the
committee to regulate the affairs in
the Treasury Department, will be des-
ignated in the Registers office to see
that these new changes are carried
out.
The Bee is not certain that he knew
of this change or had anything to do
with it, but, however, it is done, and
some one is responsible. Just why
one of the best divisions in the Reg
ister's Office should be detailed to an
other part of the Treasury has not
been explained 1t is quite likely that
Register Napier will carry the matter
TO the President. Mr.. Napier took
the Office with the distinct understand
ing that he was to be Register of the
Treasury. with every division intact.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
Mothers Meeting.

The regular Monday afternoon
meeting for mothers was held at the
Colored Social Settlement March I3,
at which Is very much interested
mothers as we'll as young matrons
were present Miss Ella L. Hawes,
i'll charge, gave evidence of pleasure
and qualification at so much interest
shown by the mothers of the COM
munity in which the Settlement is
striving to reach.
Talks on the betterment of home,
care and training of children, visiting
the homes, mending and preparing
garments for needy children, also min
istering to the aged poor. The
meetings are from 2 to d p. m. every
Monday The first hour is devoted
to sewing, and one hour to topics on
the uplift of the home.
On next Sunday at d p. m. Judge
De Lacy and Mrs. A NJ. Curtis will
speak at the Colored Social Settle
ment. Good music. All are invited
to come.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
Trip to Occoquan.

Saturday at $40 p. m. Mrs. julia
Mason Layton left for OccOquan. Va
She reached that old and quaint little
town about 7 o'clock, found the stage
coach waiting, and in almost a half
hour was at the hospitable and CHEEKY
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jack
son. Mr.. Jackson runs the ice plant
at the Bureau of Engraving Plant, but
has a beautiful home at OccOquan,
where his estimable wife and five little
tots live. After a typical Virginia din
ner all went to the hall. Some three
years ago an Odd Fellows Lodge was
set apart in this town, and soon a
Household of Ruth was organized,
and the two bodies planned to have a
hall. They have a commodious and
comfortable building, two stories high.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
New Movement.

A most interesting movement has
been recently inaugurated in connec-
ton with the Washington Bible Col
lege. DR.. Sterling n Brown, head
of the Bible department, presented a
plan for Sunday school teachers
training classes that was heartily and
unanimously adopted by the large
number of Sunday school superin-
tendents and teachers present. The
plan Is to encourage every Sunday
school in the District of Columbia to
organize a teacher-training class in
connection with the local school of
each church in all the denominations
1t involves the special work of a su-
perintendent to assist in organizing and
to stimulate and keep alive the COM
mon interest in all the Sunday schools
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

Rev. w. w. Maybe, an enthusiast
for teacher-training classes, has con
secrated himself to this work, and has
already organized number of teach
er-training classes. 1t is an interde-
nominational work. Each school may
select its own textbook and conduct
the classes in its own way. The
teachers and classes will meet with
the Bible College once a month for
review and for a special address. All
teachers and Sunday school workers
Of the District are invited to meet
with the Bible College at Lincoln
Temple, Eleventh and R.streets north
west, Monday, March 20, at 7;3o p. m,
sharp, when the organization will be
perfected
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
w. c. T. U.

The regular monthly meeting OF
the young peoples branch of the w.
G. 7. y. of the Fifteenth Street Pres
byterian Church was held last Sun
day before goodly audience. The
address of the evening was made by
Miss Imogene Wormley, who urged
the members of the branch to some
sort of social service Miss Wormley
yividly pictured the scenes of vice
and depTaVity enacted in Willow Tree
Alley, where much can be done in the
line of social service. Realizing that
It IS useless to meet each month and
merely talk of intemperate conditions
without action to correct them, the
young peoples branch decided to
launch a campaign for the improve
ment of moral conditions in Willow
Thee Alley. And so, on next Sunday
at ) o'clock, the young peoples
branch of the w. c. T. U. and the
Christian Endeavor of the church
have volunteered to hold an open-air
meeting right in the heart of the
alley. 1t IS expected that much good
will be derived from this and subse-
quent meetings which will be held in
the alley Miss Orlean Lane and
Miss Virginia Williams rendered re-
spectively two beautiful instrumental
and vocal solos. The officers of the
branch are: Miss Rae NJ Cornish,
president; Miss Virginia Williams,
vice president; J. Moria Saunders.
secretary; Miss Orlean V. Lane, treas
urer.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

This hall was used for the first time
Saturday night. The hall cost about
$500, and they owe but very few
dollars on it now. 1t was packed to
greet Ms. Layton. She spoke on
Are we reaching the highest notch? ?"
The audience seemed carried away
and regretted when she closed.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock she
met the Sabbath school in the beau
tifu1 little church of that quaint viii
lage. The superintendent, Mr. White,
deserves - redit f9r the g1anner n
which he conducts this school. 1t
would be of a great benefit if some
city superintendents and teachers
could visit that school and note some
things At 3 o'clock Mrs. Layton was
present with the Young Peoples
Meeting. There she saw a boy of IL
years presiding-a miniature Tom
Reed-little boys and girls making
motions, seconding, etc.-far beyond
many adult gatherings. Papers, reci-
tatiOns, solos, duets, etc, filled the
program. Miss Layton gave them
words of encouragement and bade
them God speed.
At o clock packed house greeted
Mrs. Layton, under the supervision of
the Mothers and Sisters Meeting
Mrs. Charles Jackson is the promoter
and President of this excellent body
of women. Sunday, for the first time,
they allowed the brothers to attend
At all of these meetings liberal col
lections were taken up. Between
Sabbath school and afternoon session
the good folks took Mrs. Layton out
sightseeing. She had chance to look
the convict camp over, also a solid
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

stone wall about sixteen feet high and
several feet thick, built by the Indians
in the early history of Virginia, and
although the waters of Occoquan
Greek and the millrace have dashed
against it for about 800 years, it is
standing as solid as though built ten
years ago.
The citizens of color of Occoquan
are an intelligent, thrifty set of folks
own comfortable homes, and are keep
ing abreast with the times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Doleman en-.
tertained Mrs. Layton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Jackson at tea Saturday
eveTing at o'clock. Mrs. Layton left
at : o'clock for Washington, with
promises to return very soon and pay
visit to these good friends.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
Tuskegee's Gets Large Gift.

NEW YORK, March I4-Tuske-
gee Institute, of Tuskegee, Ala, will
eventually benefit to the extent of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars by the
will d Emmet Densmore, a million
alre manufacturer of this city, filed
today in the surrogate's Office. To
the institute is directed to be given,
after various life estates created by
the will shall have lapsed, all the tes-
tator's property, or as much as the
law will allow to be given for such
purposes. The estate is very large.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
GOV. PINCHBACk
Assured of His Position by Reason of
Supreme Courts Decision on the
Corporation FAX Measure.

The decision handed down Tuesday
by the Supreme Court, affirming the
constitutionality of the corporation
tax, assures the coGtinaatioif Oh ex-
Gov. Pinchback in the position he now
holds. Pending the decision of the Su-
preme Court, Gov. Pinchback has been
holding his office, which has to do
with the collection of corporation tax,
under ninety-day appointment. Now
that the Supreme Court has declared
the act valid, the Governors appoint
ment can be made permanent. This
is pleasing to the many friends of the
last of the old guard" throughout the
country. AS is we'll known, the Gov
ernor IS assigned to duty in New York
City, under the internal revenue
branch of the government service.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

in the Southern United States.
The Weekly Budget prints an an
nouncement from the War Office that
no Negro troops from Africa or the
West Indies will participate in the
state ceremonies this year. This will
he in contrast to King Edwards cor
omation, when Negro troops from
British Guina, Barbados and Egypt
participated.
Authorities in the Colonial Office
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
Negro Pythians Knocked Out in Ala.
bama.
Special to The Bee.

Special to The Bee.
Montgomery, Ala, March Io.-Ne-
gro Pythlans of Alabama, numbering
about $1,000 or 10000, must discon-
tinue the use of the Pythian name.
emblems, banners and rituals, accord
ing to a decree from the Chancery
Court of Montgomery, upholding a
bill filed last May by the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Ala
bama (white) against the Knights of
Pythias of Europe, Asia, Africa and
North and South America (Negro).
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

have also intimated that at the com
ing festival of the empire no side
shows depicting native African vii
lagos or other exhibitions requiring
the presence of Negroes will be per
mitted.
Owing to the serious conditions ex-
isting in the Rhodesia Cape Colony
where mass meetings have been held
threats are made by citizens to take
the law into their own hands.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
New Register in Town.

Mr. J. c. Napier, the new Register
of the Treasury, arrived in the city
Monday evening from Tennessee. He
went Immediately to the home of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. J. NJ. Langston,
where he will remain during his stay
IT the city. Mr. Napier took charge
of his Office Wednesday morning.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

A recent dispatch from London has
the following to say in connection
with the Negro and the coronation
festivities:
Attacks by colored men upon white
women in the British African colo
nies has resulted in the introduction
into England of race situation sug-
gestive of the conditions prevailing
The Washington bee., 1911-03-18

&ead The Bee
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

\ Throughout the state there
~ill be thousands of young men
rho will cast their first ballot on
s.ugust first. By this act they
ssume the duties of citizenship
md place themselves under obli-
Zation to their fellow citizens to
lid in maintaining good govern
nent, support the laws, and rem
Ter to the state the best possible
Iervice as citizens. Before as
|uming SO responsible a duty the
Eoung voter should be careful to
Inform himself as to men. and
Measures, and should feel a just
bride in casting his ballot fort the
best interest Of the whole people
5 the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
Rules for Dealing With the Fly
Nuisance.

These rules published by the
Merchants Association of New
York, are 80 good that they are
here appended, and we can sug-
gest no better work for woman's
clubs than to reproduce them on
cards and distribute them broad
cast:
Keep the flies away from the
sick, especially those ill with
contagious diseases. Kill every
fly that strays into the sick-room.
His body is covered with disease
germs.
Do not allow decaying mater
ial of any sort to accumulate near
or on your premises.
All refuse which tends i'm any
way to fermentation, such as
bedding straw, paper waste and
vece.abe matter should be dis
posed of or covered with lime or
kerosene.
Screen all food. :
Keep all receptacles for gar
bage carefully. covered and the
cans cleaned or sprinkled with
Oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in pit
or vault screened or %sprinkled
with lime, oil or other cheap.
preparation.
!. See that your sewerage sys-
tenn is in good order; that it
does not leak, is up-to-date and
notexposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains.
Cover food after a meal, burn
or bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for
sale.
Screen all windows and doors,
especially the kitchen and din
Burn pyrethrum powder in the
to kill the flies.
Don't forget, if you see flies,
that their breeding-place is in
nearby filth. 1t may be behind
the door, under the table or in
the cuspidor.
If there is no dirt of filth, there
will be no flies.
If there is a nuisance in the
neighborhood, it would be advis-
able to write at once to the
department. Woman's
Home Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
Harrisburg Memorial Day.

The Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Veterans
appeal to the citizens of Tupelo and vicinity to enlist with
them to make the Harrisburg Memorial Day. exercises a sue
that is an impossibility; but we must be ready to entertain with
becoming hospitality all who come. The visitors will consist
largely of the veterans of the battle of Harrisburg, men who
have grown gray and feeble in most instances since that bloody
conflict, and many vehicles will be needed to carry them to
the battle field. Everybody who can should send a vehicle.
Nothing is too good for these old veterans and a sumptuous
dinner must be spread. Fill a big basket with the best you can
prepare and send it if you cannot 60. The business men of
Tupelo are requested to close their stores from 10 o'clock in
the morning until 4 in the afternoon as a mark of respect and
so out and make the visitors feel welcome.
While the Sons and Daughters are taking the lead on this
occasion it should be regarded as e~verybodys affair, and all
should take a n active part in ar effort to fully sustain TupeIo's
name for lavish hospitality.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

A tip from Pontotoc gives it
out that ''Bill' Stegall has been
left off the Vardaman slate in
that county. This is too bad on
"Bill" after years of valiant SER
vice, but it is the only thing the
Vardaman people have done in
this campaign that we can COM
mend. If Bilbo should turn his
bace on Poor Bill his mortifica-
ton would doubtless be comdlete.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

Secretary of the Interior Fish
has turned down the Cunning
Inn coal lands claims in Alaska.
Secretary Ballinger fav-
ed granting the patents and
ings were made so warm for
he had to quit. By the de-
sion of the present secretary
government retains title to
of the most valuable coal
Ids in the great northwest ter
tory.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
Senator Percy at Poatotoc.

Senator Leroy Percy will adj
dress the citizens Of Pontotoc
and adjoining counties in the
town Of Pontotoc on Monday,
the 10th inst, at 10 o'clock in
the morning, and at Endville, at
$50 IN the afternoon. Every
body invited to hear him.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
twenty-five Thousand Dollar Y. NJ. c.
A. For Tupelo.

After a six thousand dollar subscription raised in one day
by the boys, the business men Of Tupelo will see that the re-
mainder of Twenty-Five thousand dollars is raised for a Y. M.
C. A. building. The question has already been fully gone over
and thoroughly discussed and the wide awake and energetic
young men behind the project will see to it that the city has
an up to date building, supplied with all the necessary equip
ment to make it one of the most attractive places of the kind
in the state. That every town the size of Tupelo needs such
an adjunct to the religious and social side goes without saying.
If it is ever set on foot it will be here to stay, as it has been the
history of the work that wherever one has been established it
has never failed to accomplish the desired end. If you do not
know anything about Y. M. C. A. work investigate before TAX
knOcker.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

The largest volume of money
Ter carried on deposit in the
inks of Mississippi is now found
the banks vaults. The
st report made to the auditor
! the 242 state banks show that
.ere are SIG, 489, 517.45 in these
There are a number of
stional banks with heavy de-
,sits which would go to increase
e sum to the $500, 900, 900 mark
over.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

Mr.. Vardaman's claims some
ne back that he would get 95,-
D votes are being revised by
me of his most ardent support
). They have abandoned the
Id estimate that he would win
the first primary and now
i'm that he will he AN easy
nner" in the second.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

/ The Vardaman contingent on
heir down hill slide find that the
|eople have creased everything
pr the occasion. The White
leathered Chief has utterly fail
q to hold his followers together
I'D reports of slumps from him
Re coming from every direction.
lis most sanguine followers real
se that TIE fight in his behalf
as been a losing one from the
ay it began. They are unable
J stem the tide against their
avorite and the wise ones are
themselves for the in
Vitable.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

We attended a convention once
here a young lawyer in deliv-
his address of welcome ran
1T of soap" and in order to
ill out" his time quoted in dra-
attic style every line of Long
"'Hlawatha. He was
cheered by his admiring
who will doubtless run
for the senate as soon as he
aches the age prescribed by
w to enter such a contest.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

[f we are to Judge by the dis
~ made at his coronation King
", should be an except
| to the old saying Unhappy
the head that wears a crown.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
OF ADVERTISING

display advertisements at rate of
10 per running il oh per month OF
i weeks. Liberia, discounts made on
lSrlv contracts.
aotice of meetings of strictly chart
e organizations will be inserted one
D free; all ether notices must be paid
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

The enthuaiasm manifested at
ery point where Mr.. Percy
eaks is grating on the nerves
the opposition.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30
MISS JUNE 80, 1911

Remember the Journal is now
all home print paper, the only
! in the county.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-30

Hon. Leroy Percy has made
good in the senate, and the good
people Of Mississippi are going
to reflect him. --Poplarville News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-03
Some New NeckWear.

At Paris showing Of neckwear ex-
quisite novelties appeared to ensnare the
feminine heart. There were combinations
of Irish crochet with embroideries soft
and delicate, jabots of thin laces, at
tached to stocks Of the same, finished at
the throat with filmy bows or twisted
knots of ribbon.
An enticing new note was struck in in
Producing colored embroidery in sets of
collars and cuffs. These were not Of one
tone, but delicate shadings of oriental
hues. which would blend with and yet
brighten ones tailored suit or give dis
tinction to a blouse. Some were straight
tabs, trimmed with tiny buttons with
frills of valenciennes lace down one side
Others showed an irregularfty in design
according to the outline of the embroid-
cry.
4 bit of real lace gives touch of rich
ness to a costume that can not be gained
in any other way and many OF these held
first rank Duchess point. rosaline and
the fascinating carrick ma cross glad
dened the eye. But the girl who Is handy
with the needle can do wonders in the
way of initiating these imported novelties
with small lengths OF iaces picked up at
odd times In her shopping expeditions
These can be deity pleated or draped. or
whipped around a strip of hand embroid-
cry to form a dainty bit Of neckwear. Al
most any sort of lace Is used this season
from fine mesh to the heavy Irish, SO that
old pieces of lace that have been laid
away can once more be brought forth
with the knowledge that they are again
in vogue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-03
Mending Lace.

While most women seem to think lace
mending beyond them. it is really nc
more Of an art than the fine embroidery
work they do. and requires only pa
thence and care. Cluny lace Is strong.
but threads will break occasionally, and
when small places are found needing re-
pairs the work should be done befors
the laundering, for should they break
in the water or catch i'm the iron the
rent would probably be beyond repair
4 simple darning to and fro with a fine
needle and ordinary sewing cotton will
be a good reinforcement for the thin
places.
When there is much of a hole dampen
the lace and haste the worn part on a
foundation. With the thumb and the
first finger the frayed edges are drawn
out and then the needle should be drawn
through loops Of thread i'm the good part
and the hole gradually filled in with
a darning stitch that will not show when
the lace is washed and pressed
No 60 cotton thread will repair Irish
lace but for fine laces 100 or 100 is not
too fine. The lace is basted on founda-
ton several thicknesses of paper will
dol and the torn portion caught firmly
Then the hanging thread is caught and
the crochet stitch is worked to and fro
until the fine piece of Irish is once more
whole.