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CUMING TIRE REPAIR 1901 Cuming Street Douglas 8944 Expert Tire and Tube Repairing Tires retreaded: .‘1,000 miles guaranteed. | Satisfaction with all work. a a a a a a a awn a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a it % 1888 1918 g 5 St. Paul Normal & \ \ Industrial School \ LAWREN'CEVII.LE, VA. a it Thirty-first Session Opens September 24. 1918 COURSES " Primary, Grammar School, ” a Normal, Industrial a 5t . a Graduates receive State High « x School Certificate, which will x ” admit to Standard Normal J a Schools and Colleges. a it a Summer School for Teachers a Extensive Trade Courses Enrollment 1917-1918. 49(1. 2 Mhletic Training, Football. a Baseball, Tennis, etc. a Full Course in Military Training £ a . a X For Catalogue and Further In- a “ formation address— ” « REV. JAS, S. RUSSELL, D. I)„ « a Principal, * a Lawrenceville, Va. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aaan Smell Sweet Anything in the line of Toilet I Articles. Perfumes, Soaps, Face 1 Powder; also Household Ar tVlos, Olive Oil, Extract:, etc. Mrs. E. Britton AGENT 2111 Erskine St. W ebster 2927 The Kashmir Beauty Shop FOR LADIES SVe Also Make a Specialty of I KEATING MEN'S SCALPS 220 S. 13th St., Upstairs 13th and Fa main. _ Ji SSE HALE. MOSS, Manager Douglas 7150. :. .. i I | Invest In Michigan Orchards Fortunes in It. Easy Terms. $10 Down; $7.50 a Month SEE JESSE II \LE MOSS. 13th and Farnam. Douglas 7150 H0LSUM AND KLEEN MAID j Why Buy Inferior When The Best j COSTS NO ”"”ET JAY BURNS BAKING CO. i ... A Colored American Event In Struggle For World Democracy July 21st to 29th, 1918, are now his- j toric dates in Colored American his tory. They mark the approach of i Colored Americans to ther federal government in behalf of justice and liberty for their racial ’group. These eight days with a Sunday in between, witnessed the gathering to gether in the nation’s capital of dele gates from all sections of the country' in the midst of a world’s war to for mulate and present to the federal congress a statement of the grievious wrongs visited upon their race and a demand for redress. Two days were spent in mapping out the plans and a ranging for the sessions of this National Colored Liberty Congress, which ,asted six days and five nights. At its height one hundred and fifteen delegates had qualified from about thirty states. They had come from as far north as Massachusetts, as far south as Flor ida and as far west as Arkansas. The lynching states were well represented save Texas. The states of Tillman, Williams and Vardanian were repre sented, and Tillman was stricken with his final paralytic shock before this Liberty Congress closed. Meeting under purposeful question ings of loyalty there was no wavering among these delegates. They cams for a share for their race of the world j democracy which their country’s pres ident proclaimed as the flower of their race was sent into battle in another hemisphere, and they never faltered. Hay after day the delegates met in two executive sessions without a dis sent from the announced purpose of the call. Firm in the conviction that they were true to the real patriotism in seeking to wipe out the inconsis tency of their country at home and were race loyal in seizing this world opportunity to seek for their race , relief from senseless and undemocrat - i ic proscription, they notified the chief | executive by sending a written re quest to him to convene both houses of congress to hear them and sending a delegation to get his answer. Then they notified the heads of both houses of congress by sending delegations to the speaker of one and the presi dent of the other to ask for a joint session. And in Speaker Clark they found a responsive hearer though the extraordinary opportunity could not be secured. They further sought the advisement of the government by in viting two congressmen to address this Liberty Congress. These crusaders in war time for liberty and redress of race wiongs notified the whit*' public of the Dis trict of Columbia by these moves of their patriotic purpose. The daily press chronicled somewhat of them. Colored Washington was not left in the dark. On the first Monday night there came into the spacious John Wesley Zion A. M. E. church, Rev. W'. C. Brown, pastor, a great, intelli gent audience. They heard frank ut terances and positive demands for lib eration from Maurice Spencer, local chairman; Dr. S. H. Harrison of Okla homa; H. H. Harrison of New York the brainy chairman of the congress; Wm. Monroe Trotter, executive sec retary and the eloquent J. W. Bell of Kentucky. At first that audience sat around the big flags still and in sus ; pense. Then as speakers boldly de manded the democracy for their race i which was proclaimed for the world ! they relaxed and then waxed enthusi ; astic. Five Great Mass Meetings—Two ( on gressmen Approve. Then the “ice was broken.” Tuesday night, despite the rain, another great audience listened to manly and able addresses by Rev. M. F. Sydes, R. 1; Atty. W. A. Hawkins, Md.; C. S. Mor ris, N. Y.; and applauded. Wednes day night a mammoth audience, over flowing the church heard Rep. Mar tin B. Madden of Illinois, as he ap proved the holding of the congress as patriotic; Prof. A. W. Whaley of Bos ton; Rev. M. A. N. Shaw of Boston, whose ovation as he closed at mid night was greater than that to Cong. Madden and again, H. H. Harrison, who was applauded till 12:45 a. m. Thursday night an another mammoth ! audience heard W. H. Twine of Okla homa; Rev. C. H. Stepteau of Balti more and the greatest of all congress men, L. C. Dyer of Missouri, author , of the anti-lynching bill, who declared all true Americans at home should be bringing about democracy in the j U. S. A. while the soldiers are fight ing in Europe for world democracy. Friday night another large audience heard Rev. H. D. Martin of Georgia, brother of Granville Martin; Rev. C, M. Tanner, pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, and Dr. P. A. Steph. I ens of Chattanooga, Tenn. Approves Race’s Petition. Then W. Munroe Trotter read thq petition which had been unanimous ly approved by the delegates and put into the hands of Sen. Penrose for presentation to congress. It was so satisfactory that the Boston editor was given a rising vote of thanks, as had Rev. Shaw and Rev. Madden been given and after an eulogy by Prof. Bell was by rising vote declared the radical race leader. Reception. After midnight on Thursday night Red Cross units gave the delegates a reception lasting till 2 a. m., a de lightful affair in the lecture hall and dining room where meals we re served daily. A delightful feature of the night sessions was the remarkable singing of Miss Virginia Williams prima donna soprano. Invocations were pronounced by the Rev. C. W. Brown, Bishop I. N. Ross, Rev. C. M. Tanner, Rev. W. C. Weston, Ala; Rev. M. J. Adams, Ala. Prof. Braxton ren deerd organ solos Tuesday night and Prof. Percival Parkham of Boston on Thursday night. The collections laid on the table averaged $35.00 per night and the Liberty Congress captured Colored Washington. Petition Presented. This incomplete report but half de scribes this earnest gathering. Satur- j day at 1 o’clock it closed. All debts j were paid. Votes of thanks were j passed to Harrison, Bell, Trottei Rev. Brown, local committee, the church and to the delegates. Adjourn ment till another Liberty Congres. next year, this annual meeting being the only sense in which there is to be any permanent organization, was has tened to go to the capitol where the petition of the Colored race for de mocracy’s rights was presented by Rep. P. H. Gillette of Massachusetts. To War Department. On Monday, Robt. N. Owens ap plied for audience at war department and was put off till Tuesday, when he and Kditor Trotter saw the Judge Advocate General, Col. Mayes, and were told the war department woula insist on same transportation for white and Colored soldiers and had turned case of Dr. Jones of St. Louis over to the department of justice. They also saw the Adjutant General. Gen. Kane, who said the Ballou order was not approved and that he would covect any injustice within his juris diction Sen Penrose plans to read the peti tion to the U. S. Senate at the best opportunity. So the congress of the United States now knows well the stand of Colored America for a share in world democracy. Send for Congressional Record. The petition is published in full in the Congressional Record of June 29. Write and ask your representative or senator to send you a copy. COMMON CROW tCorvu* brachyrhynchot) Length, nineteen Inches Range: Breeds throughout the United States and most of Canada: winters generally in the United States. Habits and economic status: The general habits of the crow are uni versally known. Its ability to coni mit such misdeeds as pulling corn and stealing eggs and fruit and to get away unscathed is little short of mar velous. Much of the crow's success in life is due to co-operation, and the social instinct of the species has its highest expression in the winter roosts, which are sometimes frequent «d by hundreds of thousands of crows From these roosts daily flights ot many miles are made in search ot food Injury to sprouting corn is the most frequent complaint against this species, but by coating the seed grain with coal tar most of thls-damage may be prevented. Losses of poultry and eggs may be averted by proper housing i and the judicious use of wire netting The insect food of the crow includes wireworms, cutworms, white grulm, and grasshoppers, and during out breaks of these insects the crow ren ders good service. The bird is also an efficient scavenger. But chiefly because of Its destruction of beneficial wild birds and their eggs the crow must be classed an a criminal, and a reduction In its numbers in localities where it is seriously destructive Is justifiable. OUR GREATEST LEADER Still Speak* for Ua Though Dead These Many Years. (From a Magazine Article Published in 1886.) The ouestion is whether the white man can ever be elevated to that plane of justice, humanity and Christian civilization which will permit Ne groes, Indians and Chinamen, and other corker colored races to enjoy an equal chance in the race of life. It is not so much whether these races can be rnede Christians as whether white people can be made Christians. The Negro is few, the white man is many. The Negro is weak, the white man is strong. In the problem of the Ne gro’s future, the white man is there for- the chief factor. He is the pot ter; the Negro the clay. It is for him to say whether the Negro shall be come a well rounded, symmetrical man, or be cramped, deformed and dwarfed. A plant deprived of warmth, moisture and sunlight cannot live, and grow. And a people deprived of the means of an honest livelihood must wither and die. All I ask for the Ne gro is fair play. Give him this, and I have no fear for his future. The great mass of the Colored people in this country are now, and must con tinue to be in the south; and there, if anywhere, they must survive or perish. It is idle to suppose these people can make any larger degree of prog ress in morals, religion and material conditions, while their persons are unprotected, their rights unsecured, their labor defrauded, and they are kept only a little beyond the starving point.—Frederick Douglass. PREJUDICE “Any prejudice whatever will be in surmountable if those who do not share in it themselves truckle to it and flatter it and accept it as a law of nature.”—John Stuart Mill. Many are giving their lives; you rre asked only to loan your money. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Big gest and Best.—Adv. The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. 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