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Open LetterWashington D Sept 6 1910

Mr A T Stuart otPublic Schools District of

Dear Sir The Act of Congress cre-

ating and defining the duties thepresent Board of Education for theDistrict of Columbia imposed uponthe superintendent vast power and responsibilities not the least amongwhich is that of naming certain subordinate officers second only to thesuperintendent in authorityIn the of M-LHugnes as chief aid for the whiteschools you displayed your usual goodjudgment for in Mr the whiteschools have a broadgauge educator-a man who is not only withthe school system but by his knowledge and thoroughness has impressedboth teachers and with the fact

that he possesses all the qualificationsfor a safe and sane guide On theother hand the legacy by yourimmediate predecessor the assistantsuperintendent for the schoolshas proven a lamentable failure

Inducted into a positionheld by such competent experi-enced educators as Cook and Mont

the present incumbent after-a few months drilling was placed bythe beforereferredto superintendent-at the head of the coloreda position next in numbers and im-portance to that held by yourself Ifit were a chair in some insteadof the head of a vast school systemhe would flounder In its vastness as itis Xrays fail to do justice to his inrinitesimalism-

Mr Superintendent the coloredpeople look to you for the betterment-of their schools not because Congresshas placed in your hands the remedylint from the fact of your personalknowledge of the great difference inthe colored school management underCook and Montgomery The former-as you are well aware were competent and practical educators whilethe present accident is a visionarytheorist and experimentor

Mr Superintendent no large bodycivic pr otherwise can be successfulunless there is confidence in the ability and integrity of those at its headThe lack of those preeminent ele-ments for success is one main reasonwhy the colored schools are trailingfar behind the white schools Theteachers confidence as to the practical knowledge and reliability of themisfit at the head of their schools isof a variable quantity Those andthey are few in number who fawnfor favors are loud in their praise ofthe youth of Tuskegee but the reliable mass who appreciate the trustthe peoples children confided tothem are compelled to witness dailyfruitless attempts to engraft on a public school system the ligaments of college life

Mr Superintendent analyze themany many things of questionablecorrectness brought to your officialnotice pertaining to the management-of the colored schools and havingdone so weigh them by your ofjustice then add a margin for thesilent suffering teacher The result-I feel sure will be to the advantageof the colored schools

In conclusion Mr SuperintendentTuskegee is a wonderfuland Dr Washingtons great insightinto personal fitness and characterhas unquestionably made it what it isas he is known to get none but thebest educators and let go only thosewho fail to make good-

I am with respect sTHE EDITOR

CULTIVATING THE FARM

Regrets of Farmers Col Rooseveltsv Address

Rural district life is engaging the attention of man and woman Cultivating the farm and living thereon willdrive poverty from many a door

President Roosevelts address to thecitizens of Utica N Y is replete withadvice to the farmers As published-in the South Carolina State he touched every phase of life on the farmThis speech ought to be circulatedamong the farmers and their wivesthroughout the country

The preachers teachers a nd otherleaders who are interested in the affairs of humanity should lay morestress upon the importance of draw-ing the sustenance of life from thebreast of the soil thereby inducing

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trict life Then there would not besuch a tendency to crowd to the cities

time indolently andaimlessly

Excuse the digression but allowthis observation in passing If a com-pulsory work law could be enacted bytir State Legislatures which would

drive the idle and thriftless youthsfrom the street corner universitiesand from the park training schools ofour large cities where they congre-gate daily and play crap when theyshould be at work and banish themfront the railroad stations and poolrooms of our towns and villages itwould be of untold value in the solution of the problems whichconfront us and be as great a bene-diction as compulsory education Ifevery county in the different States ofthe Union had its social settlementworkshop including a farm wherethis indolent goeasy class of human-ity which is a menace to mankindcould be sent and compelled to workuntil habits of thrift and usefulness arecultivated quite a revenue would bebrought into the county treasurieswhich would help to increase thechool tax This municipal cnmpttl

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wages part of which should be deducted for food and clothing and the other part should be placed in the bankto their credit during their apprenticeship When they have been trained-to respect the dignity of labor andtaught to work and can and will workrelease them and use this accumulat-ed money to start them on smallfarms or some other selfsupportingenterprise

In conversation with a farmer andhis wife in one of the States the otherday they said hire hands to workand these hands instead of giving anhonest days work for the pay promised work to kill time When weleave them they slip to the orchard-or to the watermelon patches or goto the spring half a mile away frequently and often leave the mule andplow in the field and lie under aspreading shade tree and sleep Afarmer in another State said I havealmost given up the hope of makingany progress on my farm with thekind of labor now available

But the industrial school where agriculture is taught in practice as wellas in theory will make a more efficientand reliable class of helpers in suchfields of endeavor and solve many intricate problems Therefore everycounty should maintain a compulsoryagricultural worksettlement for theindolent class who canwork and will not work

Every public school should have anindustrial department and teach thegirls to cook and to keep the houseclean Such training is largely neglected in the home life of the presentday generation of young people Is itany wonder that there is so muchtuberculosis fatality Work is a panacea for all disease Let there be lessbook grinding and more knowledgeabout agriculture and domestic science A return to the farm will produce a better class of boys and girlswho will develop into self reliant andreliable men and women

In his Utica address Mr Roosevelttold the farmers that they ought toavail themselves of expert advice fromtechnical men and not be content togo on without improving their methods of farming He thought that thefarm life should be made more attractive and that the farmers wivesought to have an easier time Hespoke of the country church andurged the farmer to have the rightkind of religion

Adam and Eve were the first farmers and they combined farm work andreligion and had the best preacherGod On every large farm therebe a church and a school and thepreacher and teacher should be asgodly as it is possible for human beings to be

Says Mr Roosevelt I want to beable to recognize time good Christianby the way he acts on week daysHe says further I will never go withthe type of farmer who says I amdown on the lawyers I am againstthe business man I will go with himwhen he says I am against a badtype of lawyers or bad type ofbankers In other words I will gowith him when he pronounces judgment on a man not on account of hisoccupation but in accordance withconduct

Please permit your correspondentto speak of a farm in Virginia managed and worked by a lawyer and his-wife Here farming and law are

These people are wielding amost hallowed influence in the community Because of its boundarytwo rivers and a plenty itsbeautiful situation and one man andone woman being its only human inhabitants it is named ParadiseFarm The mountains the hills theplains the valleys excellent water andpure bracing air make it an idealhealth resort A visit to ParadiseFarm will convince you that all MrRoosevelt says about farming is worthwhile

Everything the market affords isproduced on this farm Hence thehighpriced food problem here is not-a question They have manyhorses mules oxen swine chickensturkeys apple trees peach treescherry trees all kinds of berries beautiful flowers chestnut trees walnuttrees and great towering pines andoaks To see those stately oaks deepcovered with moss reminds one of

Talking Oak Theis magnificent Goldsberry

mountains clothed in verdant vinesNatLuPark with its sweetscentedshrubbery the Lucinda PicnicGrove high shady and lovely forpleasure seekers are among the attractions of Paradise Farm

Mrs L S Chase Goldsberry is amost wonderful woman having beenreared and educated in Washingtonand being principal of one of the largest schools in the city up to the timeof her marriage to Lawyer Goldsber-ry and never before living on a farmuntil now It hardly stems possiblethat she has developer into a fullfledged uptodate farmer She herself cares for about five hundretlchickens The henery yields dozensof eggs daily which she ships tomarket She mounts the machinerydrives the horses over the farm andplants the seed the same as Mr Goldsberry

Paradise Farm is located in NelsonCounty Virginia in two forks ofBuffalo and Tye Rivers It is onemile and a half from Tye River

on the Southern Railroad containing 500 five hundred acres Onthe north and west are the Goldsberrymountains southeast it has three and-a half miles river front affordingbathing fishing and boating recreations abounding with riverside parksand surrounded by the Blue Ridgemountains some of whose chains and

are seen from all points ofParadise Farm

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GENERAL JOHN A JOHNSTON COMMISSIONER

Has appointed no Negroes yet

which are sulphur lithea iron etcThis farm operated by Lawyer N TGoldsberry and his wife is a busy-work have the uptodatefarming machinery His mower andrake harvests time hay his mill grindshis corn and wheat and that of hisneighbors his thresher threshes hisgrain The wheat is safely sheddedHis wood saw feed cutter and shredder are operated by gasoline powerindee1 all his machinery is so operated and will soon again be calledinto use with his workmen for thefall season

Goldsberry mountain is ringingwith the axes and saws of his woodchoppers cording wood to fill a contract which he has for fifty car loadsof chestnut wood On either side ofthis farm are large quarries manufacturing soapstone and this farm itselfhas an extensive vein of the soapstone the vein of which runs acrossParadise Farm

The owner whose law office is inthe city of Lynchburg and his smartand excellent wife spend their winters in their beautiful home in Lynch-burg

Paradise Farm is an Edenic spotfor quiet rest and recuperation andthe Pilgrim V shall be enticed-to return next summer

PILGRIM-

C T WALKER FOR PRESIDENT

Eminent Divine From Georgia WillPossibly be Elected President ofNational Baptist Convention inNew OrleansAugusta Ga When the announce-

ment was made several months agothat Dr Charles T Valker of thiscity was a candidate for the presi-dency of the National Baptist Con-vention a commotion was created andit was at once whispered around theentire United among the leaders that his election would be a certainty This argument is more fullysubstantiated by several facts whichwhen looked at properly mean hisunanimous election He is one of themost eloquent speakers and forcefuldebaters in the United States andhails from a State that is overwhelmingly Baptist He is the peoplesideal and has the ability to organize He knows what the people wantneed and must have

The strongest thing in favor of hisunanimous election is the fact thatDr Morris who has served for morethan 16 years as president of theConvention has said emphatically-that under no condition would he accept the presidency if there were another candidate for the position thatit would have to be acclamation ornot at all It is understood that DrWalker has notified Dr Morris thathe is a candidate for the presidencyand has asked him for his support

The delegates from Georgia are en-thusiastic for Dr Walker It is saidthat when the name of Dr C TValker is presented at New Orleansthat Dr Morris will decline to standfor reelection and that when DrWalker is put in nomination by hishome State it will be seconded bynearly every State in the Union

VIRGINIA ARCH MASONS

They Take Exception to the Action ofRev Lucus A

It would seem from the Action ofsome people of this world like Banquos Ghost that they will not bedown or stayed buried it makes nodifference what decision may be rendered against them This event iscalled to my mind by an article inthe issue of this paper of Aug 27wherein certain parties are trying torfend legality of the socalled Most

Worshipful Grand Lodge of F A AY M Masons In this article theparties assert that African Lodge

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was not legal and yet the men thatconstituted the Lodge were regularlyinitiated past and raised in a regularmilitary lodge working under theGrand Lodge of England and thisLodge was chartered by the GrandMaster of England and was known asAfrican Lodge 459 and was carried-on the rolls of the Grand Lodge ofEngland until 1813 at which timeAfrican and all white lodgesworking under the Grand Lodge ofEngland stricken from the roll

The question has arisen whether ornot they paid dowage fee This doesnot enter the question suffice to saythat the Grand Lodge reorganizedtheir legality therefore all of the legitimate descendants of the AfricanLodge must be legal and all GrandLodges duly constituted and organized-by three of more legal Blue Lodgesmust be legal and no Grand Lodgeorganized without three or more subordinate lodges is not or cannot belegal and as the socalled Most Wor-shipful Grand Lodge F A A Y MMasons was organibed in 1896 without-a single subordinate lodge in theUnited States we cannot see how theycan claim legality They claim tohave charters or warrants from acrossthe waters constituting them a Grandbody For anybody that is familiarwith Masonic law knows that noGrand Body in foreign countrieswould attempt to imrade the jurisdiction of the United States to set uplodges as it is directly against theMasonic laws because this has notbeen virgin soil for over 50 ormore and aside from the MysticShrine no auxiliary of Masonry hasbeen into this country forever 50

I hope that this short sketch willbe satisfactory to all parties concerned WM H SEVORSON

The SmartThe greatest combination upon the

boards today is the Smart Setat the Howard Theater The

Washington people as The Bee predicted some time ago will support afirstclass theater as well as a firstclass show Every evening duringthis week the capacity of this theaterhas been taxed to its fullest extent

Mr S H Dudley is a comedian ofthe first water His acting is naturaland at no time does he fail to win theadmiration of his audience

Mrs Ada Overton Walker is themost refined genius on the stage today Her singing acting dancing andeverything about her perfect She isno doubt the greatest actress uponthe American stage today

Now here comes Andrew TribbleWhere can you find such anothergenius His makeup as well as acting is

James Lightfoot who is a veryyoung man plays the part of an oldman Well he is good and he playshis part to perfection

Miss Grady is a very sweetsinger and dancer and plays to perfection her character She is very sweetand refined in her stunts

Mr William Ramsey who playsMoses Lewis the sport will no doubtbe one of the best comedians uponthe stage in the near future

Mrs Ella Anderson who playsCarolina Brown a widow is entitled-to commendation She

dignified and sweet in her singingand perfect in her acting

The choruses are good and theladies show off to an advan

tageToomuch cannot be said of

Smart Set Company and those whohave tailed to see it have missed agreat treat All of the participants-are entitled to great credit The hardestworked participants in the showare the chorus girls whose singingdancing and the many changes oftheir costumes are some of prin-cipal features in the

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POLITICALMOVEMENT

Taft and Rooseveltored Voters Advised to SupportMen and Not Corrothers Waldron and Neal MakePointed Addresses Rev RossWild FlightThere was a large meeting of the

Independent Political Movement heldat True Reformers Hall Tuesdayevening Rev S L Corrothers presided and stated the object of themeeting He made a most eloquentplea for Negro independence in politics andto cease being serfs and cowards topolitical parties He declared his dislike for President Taft and exPresident Roosevelt

Mr James L Neal in a wellpointedaddress explained the object of theorganization He said that the members of the organization were notDemocrats or Republicans and thatthey did not urge colored men to support either party but what he didadvise was for the colored voters tosupport men irrespective of theirparties as long as they believed in-equality of citizenship His addresswas applauded throughout

Rev Valdron delivered a mostvehement address He denounced thePresident for his failure to protectthe colored people and his white mansSouthern policy That he was noDemocrat but an American citizenAny man said Rev Waldron whowould say that he would not appoint-a man to office who had a majority ofthe white people against him was notthe kind of man to ask for the support of the colored people

The most unwise speech was delivered by Rev Ross His oratoricalflights were without sense or reasonHe denounced the men who erectedthe Howard Theater andsaid that thecolored people could not be fooledetc That he wanted to see a theaterbuilt by the colored people with acolored manager in in factThis reference to the theater wasirrelevant Rev Ross speech did nothelp the cause of the movement

Over the B O R RAt a meeting of the delegateselect-

to the B M C held the 31stinst at Odd Fellows Hall it wasagreed that the B O Railroad shallbe the official route over which thedelegates shall travel from this city toBaltimore the convention city Thedelegates from the Households ofRuth meeting the same night alsoagreed to travel over the same roadTBoth delegations will leave Washing-ton at noon n Sunday Sept 10

Mr Isaac W Scott chairman ofthe Transportation Committee hasmade arrangements with the B Ocompany to furnish a special car forthe occasion

I O of St Luke of Washington atHome

An oldtime housewarming andlawn fete will be conducted by themembers of the I O of St Luke ofWashington at the recentlypurchased-

St Luke Home 1924 13th streetnorthwest corner i th an U streetsFriday Sept 16 1910 from 12 m untilIJ3O p m Freewill offering Refreshments served at moderate pricesAdmission B AndersonDeputy A C Games AssociateMattie E Bowen Vice PresidentSarah A Barton Secretary M MPeace Treasurer

The National Religious TrainingSchool Durham N C offers the followng special courses-

I Religious Training This courseis especially adapted to those who desire training as Settlement WorkersDeaconesses Y M C A and Y WC A Secretaries Evangelists andHome Visitors-

II Training for the Christian Ministry This Department will trainyoung men especially in practicalTheology the art of reaching and saving men This course will be verythorough The teachers have been selected with great care

III Department of Music vocaland instrumental

IV Literary Branches Academicand Collegiate-

V Commercial Department-VI Department of IndustryYoung men and women to a lim

ited number who are worthy will behelped All applications for admission must be made by September 151910Regular school term begins October 12 1910

For further addressPresident Training School Durham N C

Mr HennessyAmong the most progressive men

in is Mr M Hennessy Heis well versed in and has one

largest libraries of any citizen-in Washington Mr Hennessy is aliberal man and one in whom the people have confidence He is a friendto the poor and his abilities call forgreater things

AutomobileThis corporation strog

er daily Mr W R Griffin is the manager and will this evening TrueReformers Hall show ypu hehas done for the young men in thisline of work

The 1910 Texas cotton crop is es-timated to be 3500000 bales At 15cents a pound this will bring thelanters about 262500000The population of New Haven

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By Miss G B Maxfield

Osawatomie battlefield where morethan a half century ago the notedabolitionist John Brown fired hisfirst gun in defense of liberty wasdedicated as John Browns Park Aug31 Col Roosevelt was the oratorof the day

A bronze statue of the late Thomas-B Reed for many years Speaker ofthe House of Representatives wasunveiled Aug 31 at his home inPortland Me The cost was about35000Miss Lucy Johnson sister of Jack

Johnson the worms champion pugilist was married to a Mr Otto Bowlden of Oklahoma Among her presents were a check for 3000 a giftfrom her brother

It is said that the Negroes in Philadelphia in a single bank opened 2045new accounts and their deposits inall the banks amount to at least3500000

More than 200 letters have been received by the Commissioners protesting against the order extinguishing thelights in the

According to a statement given outby Supt Stewart instead of devoting-so much time to the lines ofstudy more attention should be paidto the trade or vocational lines

Henry Chapman a numismatist paid340 for a onecent piece The coin

was made in 1793 and is of the Liberty Cap variety It was formerlyowned by Peter Mougly

It is said Rev D Webster Davis islikely to be chosen pastor of the

Avenue Baptist Church RevDavis will preach there the third Sunday in September

The sent atelegram to President Taft requesting a full membership of the Interstate

Commission to conducttheir hearing instead of special examiners

The population of Philadelphia for1910 is 1549008 in 1900 it was 1293

gain of 19 per centIt is said Mr James F Needham

John C Dancy and Henry P Slaughter are in the race to succeed MrAsbury as editor of the Odd FellowsJournal

Two thousand and ninety dollarswas collected during the monthJuly by W C Haskell Superintend-ent of Weights and Measures

The Washington Laurel and Berwyn Railroad has been purchased bythe Washington Baltimore and

Railway for 75000The total coinage at the United

States mints during August consists-of 17593500 pieces valued at 11428460 according to the statementissued from the Treasury Department

Mr B H Warner will make a greatfight in the Sixth Maryland district-

J L Brown son and brother ofBrown of Georgia is dangerous-

ly illExGov Odell of New York is back

to New York and things will be livelyfor a time

Gen Ellsworth D S Goodyear ofNew Haven Conn who developed therubber industry is dead-

ExJudge Parker of New Yorkwants the delegates for the Demo-cratic State convention to work hard

There is a great fight on handagainst Assistant Superintendent ofSchools Bruce

Smart Set has been the drawingcard at the Howard Theater this week

The crew of the British freightsteamer West Point suffered greathardship in midocean last Sunday

It is claimed that Europe has plentyof money

The Washington baseball team isa puzzle one day up and the next daydown

Students have begun to regisUr atHoward University

The bandits who killed the paymaster and his colored driver droppedtheir boodle and will no doubt becaught

President Taft and exPresidentRoosevelt will unite the party beforeNovember

The Negro Business League will bea factor in this country

Dr James B Shepard is today thegreatest educator in line in the UnitedStates He is the pride of the Southand North Carolina especially He isnow in the North

The Howard Theater should notwant for patrons

Dr Thirkield is endeavoring topick successors to Professors Cookand Joiner

An Italian woman and a deputysheriff are dead and an innocent by-stander is critically wounded and fourmore persons are more or less injuredas the result of a family row in NewYork

The colored voters in the SixthMaryland district are greatly divided

Judge De Lacy urges night schooleducation

Rev W P Hines the notedis in the city

Rev S L Corrothers wants rooomembers for his independent organiza-tion

A Polish Catholic priest broke aUmarriage records Labor Day at UticaN Y He married II couples in oaehour

In spite the Negro ratethe Negro insurance companies havemade wonderful progress In 1909

11413758 was paid to beneficiariesby one insurance company in NorthCarolina

Pennsylvania holds the record forliquor in all the States of the UnionIts annual liquor bill amounts to

It has 12000 saloonsmalt dealers and 1020 wholesale

Dealers

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