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In teres to of the Negroes of Indiana. DAY, JULY 27, 1907

Price 2 cts

450-/rheodoslus the Younger, Roman emperor,

died.

1£23 — Manaraeh Cutler, projector of the colony at Marietta. O., died In Hamilton,

Mass.

1838—Commodore William

Bainbrldge, an American naval officer, distinguished In the war of 1812, died; born at Princeton, N. J., 1774.

1844—Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I. and ex-king of Naples, died at

Florence; born 1768.

1875—Hans Christian Andersen, Danish 'poet and novelist, died; born 1906. 1894—Cardinal Ledochowskl, an old and I determined enemy of Bismarck, died * at Lucerne; born 1823. 1902—Jehan Georges Vlbert, noted French

artist, died; born 1840.

1904—Japanese land forces attacked the Russian works at Port Arthur.

Balnbridge.

5uly 29 In filetor?. 1833-William Wilberforce. English philanthropist, died; bom 1769. 1867—Dr. Thomas Dick, Scotch philosopher. died; born 1774. 1862—The Confederate cruiser Alabama slipped out of the river Mersey under pretext of making a trial trlp^and set out on her career as a commerce destroyer. Uflt-a-Charles Anthon, an American classical scholar, died In New York; bom there 1797. 1894—John A. McDougal, a once famous artist and friend of Poe, Willis and Irving, died at Newark, N. J.; born 1807. 1898— Dr. William Pepper, noted educator at the head of the University of Pennsylvania, died at Pleasanton, Cal. 1899— Guzman Blanco, ex-president of Venezuela, died In Paris.

'July 30 In Frtstoty.

1718—William Penn died at Ruscombe, In Berkshire, England; buried at Jordans, in Buckinghamshire ; born

Oct. 14, 1644.

1760—The last three gates of old London city— Dow gate, Billings gate and St. JohnV gate—were torn away and all distinctions of trade, etc., abolished.

1768 — Captain James Cook sailed from Deptford on the first of his three fa-

mous voyages.

1894—Walter Pater, an eminent English author and essayist, died at Oxford;

bom 1839.

1896—Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland, noted educator, died In Chicago.

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THE PURE FOOD LAW

Beneficient Results Have Attended the Forward Movement of Indiana State Legislature.

HOW THE PEOPLE PROFIT BY IT

The Consumer Relieved of the Fear of Unwittingly Buying Unwholesome and Deleterious Foodstuffs^-Reform Due Almost Entirely to Republican Legislators. [Special Correspondence.! Indianapolis, Ind., July 31. — The first report of the State Board of Health on the enforcement of the new Indiana pure food law shows that wonderful progress Is being made. Such a great reform Is already apparent as to warrant the prediction that within a very short time no housewife need have fear as to the purity of any article she may buy, even In an obscure store. This reform, which is due almost entirely to Republican legislators, national as well as state, is so far-reach-ing that every family in the great Hoosier commonwealth will be affected. Up to this time Indiana has been a dumping ground for impure foods

made at Chicago and other large centers. There was no weapon with which the health officers could meet the situation, and it is estimated that impure food and drugs cost thousands of lives. In fact, it will never be known what the loss of life amount-

ed to.

People Slow to Move. Notwithstanding the notorious evils j of the old system, the public was slow

+ .1* + + + + + + + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ GREAT RECEPTION AC- ♦ ♦ CORDED VICE PRESIDENT * + FAIRBANKS ON HIS RE- ♦ ♦ CENT WESTERN TRIP. ♦ ♦ NOTABLE UTTERANCES OF + ♦ INDIANA'S DISTINGUISHED ♦ ♦ STATESMAN. + [Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Ind., July 24.—VicePresident Fairbanks has just returned from a long western trip during which he was enthusiastically received. He will be at home for several days, but the first week in August will go to Put-in-Bay, O., to deliver the principal address at the unveiling of the monument erected in honor of Commander Perry. The first week in September he is scheduled for an address before the National Irrigation congress at

Sacramento, Cal.

The vice-president’s speech at Fergus Falls, Minn., during his western trip is being widely quoted. At that

place he said in part:

“In the final analysis, the laws and courts of Justice are but expressive of the best thought and conscience of the people. If laws are to founded in justice and administered with firmness and impartiality, it will be due to the existence of a state of public opinion which sanctions their Inauguration and enforcement. Those who make laws and those who execute them qan not long run counter to the current of public opinion. Sooner or later they will run with the tide.

* Respect for the Law.

“We* live in a fortunate period in our national history. We live in a day when there is keen respect for the law and its enforcement against those

IN IIS Nl

Indiana Girfs* School Has Been Given Commodious Quarters.

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the Progress of the

Distinct Step In

State Toward the Cere of Youth ful Female Offender#. . _£ft

A Wlae Reform WhlchfyHas Been Ef-

fected Through Action of Repub-

lican Legiclatpra.

[Special Correspondence.]

Indianapolis, July ij-—Within the next few days the dklrls’ Industrial Sohool Irill be moved Into its new home. Under an enstetment of the recent legislature name was changed:to the Indians Girls’ School, the idea being to get it A s far emoved as possible from association with

prison life. * I

The new institution ih located near Indianapolis and will be a model. It fs constructed on the cottage plan, with excellent sanitary arrangements and provisions for the welfare of the unfortunate inmates. There will be no opportunity whatever for them to

become contaminated by association

who Transcend it. Nevertheless, there wlth woman criminals, as there was

is heard above the voice of the multi- under the old plan by which the girls

1896—Bigmarck. ex-chancellor of the

to take up with the pure food movement. The expense was heralded as an objection to it. Some of the Republican legislators who took an ac-

tude, the note of the pessimist, the preacher of discontent, the prophet of discontent, the prophet ot social and national decay. This, however, is not unusual with us nor peculiar to our civilization. ‘Ever since I began to make observations on the state of my country,’ said Lord Macaulay, T have been seeing nothing but growth and hearing of nothing but decay. The more I contemplate our

9n3r 1 tt ve P art * n agitating it were hailed noble institutions the more convinced

born 1S14.

1906—John Lawrence Toole, noted English j comedian, died at Brighton, England;

bom 1830.

'Yuly 31 In Ristory.

1668—Martin Harpertson van Tromp, faxnqps Dutch admiral, was killed and his fleet annihilated in an engagement

Ive service In the

Cary, distinguished American

poet, sister of Alice Cary, died; born |

1834.

1875—Andrew Johnson, kenator and expresident, died in Carter county, Tenn.;

bom 1808,

1886—Abbe Franz Liszt, great pianist, died

at Balreuth, Bavaria; bom 1814.

1888—Robert Morris, poet laureate of Free-

masonry, died in Lagrange, Ky.; bom ,

1816.

1899—Kate Chase Sprague, daughter of \ Salmon P. Chase and a noted Washington belle during the war, died in

Washington; bom 1840.

1£)0—John Clark Ridpath, author and historian, died In New York city; bom

1841.

Hug. 1 In Rlstory-

1714—Queen Anne of England died; bom,

daughter of King James H.. 1664. Anne was the last sovereign or the house of

Stuart. The period in which she reigned Is called the Augustan ag)e of English literature. Addison, Pope, Bolingbroke, Arbuthnot and Swift belonged

to that period.

1798—Battle of the Nile; Nelson destroyed

the French fleet.

1801—Jonathan Edwards, America's greatest metaphysician, died at Schenectady, N. Y.; botfi In Connecticut 1746. 1818—Maria Mitchell, astronomer, bom in Nantucket, Mass.; died 1889. 1866—Kooweskoowe, or John Ross, famous Cherokee chief, died In Washington

city; born 1790.

1876—Colorado admitted as a state. 1894—Japan declared war against China. 1906—Russian fortress at Sveaborg, Finland, called “the Gibraltar of the north,” seized by mutineers In league with Russian revolutionists.

Hug. 2 In Rlstory. 1788 — Thomas Gainsborough, the noted British artist, died in London; bom in Sudbury 1727. 1811 — William Williams, “signer," soldier and statesman, died In Lebanon, Conn.; born there 1731. 1867—Eugene Sue. author william WI1of "The Wandering Hams. Jew” and other romances, died at Annecy, Savoy; bom 1801. 1869—Horace Mann, educator and abolitionist, died at Yellow Springs, O.i bom 1796. 1863—Paul Delaroche, French painter, died; bom 1804. 1897—Marie Seebach, Illustrious German actress, died at St. Moritz, in the Engadlne; bom 1834. 1896—President McKinley announced the terms upon which he offered to make peace with Spain.

Hug. 3 In filstory.

1460—James II. of Scotland was killed before Roxburg. f 1786—Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, bom In Newport. R. I.; died 1819. 1828—Thomas Francis Meagher, American general, bora In Waterford, Ireland; drowned near Fort Benton while governor of Montana. July 1, 1867. General Meagher organized and led the famous Irish brigade. Army of the Potomac. Before the civil war he was a noted Fenian and was Imprisoned by the British government. 1861 —Father Joachim Ventsra, an eloquent Jesuit known as the "Italian Bossuet,” died; bom 1802. 1868—Charles G. Halplne, American writer > and volunteer soldier, died in New York city; bom in County Meath, Ireland, 1820. Several popular war poems from the pen of Colonel Halplne appeared over the pseudonym of Private Miles O’Reilly. 1894—George Inness, noted American landscape painter, died In Scotland; bom

1826.

1900—The allied troops advanced from Tientsin on Peking. 1908—Giuseppe Sarto, the patriarch of Venice, elected to the papal throne to succeed Leo XIII. He assumed the title Plus X. 1906—Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, died at Chefu. China; bom 1846.

as cranks.

It was significant of the general make-up of the party that the pure food bills were opposed by the Democrats. They stood out against the appeal for better conditions as long as possible on the specious plea that It would be unwise and therefore unI necessary for the state to spend the | money and go to the trouble of in-

specting food and drugs.

The people could do it themselves or take the consequences, they said. Even when they were shown what the consequences were, they didn’t Join in the movement for the betterment of the cause of humanity until they saw that the fight had been won by the

Republicans.

The Inspection Begun. After the law was enacted by the recent legislature the State Board of Health set about Immediately to enforce it. One of the provisions was that inspectors should be appointed with tall authority t*> visit any placfc where food or drugs were made or sold and to take samples from which an analysis could be made. From that time the state laboratory of hygiene^at the capitol building has been a very busy place. Hundreds of samples were brought in by the vigilant inspectors and they were examined as rapidly as possible. A record of every analysis was made so that the health officers would have evidence for prosecutions if necessary. Although the whole project of enforoement of the law is in its infancy, the splendid progrAs is a tribute to the men in charge and to the party that is responsible for the enactment of

the good law.

Conditions Are Better. The following is an extract from the report of the pure food inspectors: “Following instructions to inspectors In regard to sanitary conditions, fifty-six cities and towns have already been visited, and 1,387 business places have been examined. Out of 481 grocery stores, seventeen were found to be in an excellent condition; 170 were good; 229 fair; 52 poor, and 13 bad. The places reported as being in poor or bad condition were usually unclean or poorly lighted and ventilated. Of the 302 meat markets inspected, six were in excellent condition, 90 good, 165 fair, 23 poor and 18 bad. The meat shops were usually condemned as being poor or bad because of unclean conditions and foul refrigerators. The drug stores, 220 of which we inspected, are on the whole kept in a much better condition than are the grocery stores and meat markets. Eleven were in excellemt shape, 122 good, 78 fair, nine only fair, while none were so managed that they were reported as bad. One hundred and thirty bakeries and candy shops were Inspected and four found to be in excellent condition, 50 good, 51 fair, 19 poor and six bad. The bake-shops were usually condemned because of unclean conditions, a few were poorly lighted and badly ventilated. Of t^e 189 hotels and restaurants examined, nine were in excellent condition, 67 good, 67 fait, 89 poor and seven bad; the existing conditions were usually uncleanliness and foul refrigerators. Sixty-one dairies have been inspected, of which five were excellent, 11 good, 27 fair, 13 and five bad; the existing conditions were usually uncleanliness and lack of proper ventilation and light. “Two hundred and thirty-five second inspections have been made, which have shown In most cases marked Improvement in sanitary con-

ditions.”

I am that they are sound at heart, that they have nothing of age but Its dignity, and that their strength is

still the strength of youth.’

“We have upon all hands evidence of a determination among the people that wholesome laws shall be enacted —enacted to meet changing conditions conditions which grow out of Industdlal, Social and national progress.

Must Be Progressive.

“The law has a growth as we have growth in commerce and trade. The law of a progressive people must itself be progressive, keeping step with the changing conditions and expanding needs. The underlying principles of the law, however, do not change. They are as changeless as the principles of the decalogue. Right and wrong were right and wrong yesterday, they are so today, and will continue so tomorrow. The principles of human freedom which found expression by our fathers in the immortal Declaration of Independence are fundamental in our system of free government and do not change with the

shifting seasons.

Rooscrvelt’s High Example. “We rejoice in the fact that there Is no present toleration of a lax and aimless enforcement of the laws of the land. The dominant purpose of the people is to see that laws are inspired by a wholesome sense of Justice and that they are enforced with firmness and certainty. We gladly acknowledge the inflexible purpose of President Roosevelt to enforce the nation’s laws according to their written intendment. He has set a high example, which those of lesser responsibility may well emulate in municipal and state administrations. This is not the time for men to shirk responsibilities which the law lays upon them, or to make .the law ‘a hissing and by-word,’ by permitting it to remain upon the statute books unexecuted. A law duly enacted and uninforced contaminates the statutes. It sooner or later debauches the public conscience and in time corrupts the very fountains of our national and

civic life.

Not to be Reproached. “Those who execute the law are not to be reproached for its prompt and proper execution. They are sworn to execute it, and they must execute it as they find it written in the statutes by the lawmakers of the land, until modified or repealed. President Grant uttered a well recognized truth when he said that the surest way to repeal a bad law was to enforce it. It Is not the province of the courts or of the administrators of the law, In effect, to modify or repeal it by their own whim or caprice, for that would be arrogating to themselves functions of government which are reposed exclusively, under our system, in the law-making body. It is for the courts to give effect to the laws of the people, enacted by the law-making body in the exercise of Its constitutional power. “We have progressed as a people because we have adhered to sound and wholesome principles in politics and business. We have advanced through the co-operation of capital and labor, without which there can be neither social nor fsommericial advancement. Each of these great agencies In our national upbuilding has rights which have been recognized by the laws of the land, and if we would attain to our highest development, we must continue to regard and respect them in the future. Neither can be struck down without inviting Injury to both.’’

school and the woman’e prison were under the same roof jand the same

management.

The new institution, will mark a distinct step in the progress of the state toward better care of $ie women and girls who violate its laws. Not only will the girls’ school bp'a reformatory that is expected to accomplish great reforms eventually, but the old buildings occupied by the gills’ school will be used as a house ot^ correction for women under a law flpacted at the recent session of the legislature. This building will f1 be used for

women prisoners in

are behind the bai^jj fi

offense. It will en ever, to segregate era from the me and do away with!?

been * a-alwjrtc

state for many years

correction will be made ready for occupancy within a short time. These reforms in the care and treatpaent of the girl and women prisoners was made possible by the policy of the last two Republican state administrations, which has consistently advocated separate institutions for them. There was strong opposition for a long time to the plan on the ground that it would cost the state too much, but the wisdom of it finally prevailed and the Republican member^ of the legislature were enabled to obtain the appropriations with which the improvements were made. It Is said that the new institution will be one *>f the finest of the kind in

the country.

Children Are Helped.

MISSIONARY MEETING ^ GREAT MEETING THE PHILLIPINES

Session Full of Interest Officers For the Ensuing Year

ty jails who some trifling e state, howomen prison-

county Jails ns that have ce to- the

The house of

Among a number of important laws concerning charities passed by the last Indiana legislature were several relating to children. The most notable of these perhaps is one providing a uniform method by which children shall become public wards so as to be dependent upon the county for support. Heretofore this has been in the hands of different public officers, but in future no child can be made a public dependent in any county except by the judge of the Juvenile court. Only on the order of that court can any child hereafter be legally supported by a county unless it is now a public ward. This law defines dependent and neglected children. It provides that the board of children’s guardians of any person may without personal expense bring the case of such a child to the attention of the juvenile court. In every county but Marion, containing the city of Indianapolis, the circuit court acts In that capacity. Investigation will be made and a record kept. To Insure promptness the case may be heard either in term time or in vacation. Punishment for Neglect. The same act provides that ih case of willful neglect of duty on the part of parents or other persons having control of a child decreed a public ward, the penalty shall be a fine in any sum not exceeding 2500, to which may be added a Jail or workhouse sentence. The sentence may be suspended and the offender released upon probation. Another law makes desertion of wife and children a felony and in the case of the desertion or non-support of children, authorizes the Judge suspend sentence and Impose conditions. Under another law each child in an orphans’ home or other custodial institution Is to be educated at the expense of the community where it has a legal settlement. These laws do not unfavorably affect the statutes heretofore in force relating to the state supervision of dependent children, boards of children’s guardians, juvenile court and truancy, but rather several of them are strengthened by them. The Board of State Charities with the assistance of the attorney general has prepared uniform blanks and uniform court records to aid in carrying out the provisions of ittis ohlldren’s laws.

The State Missionary Convention of the ▲ M. E. cbnrch closed an interest ing session st Washington, Ind., July 5, 6, 7, The two societies in this city were represented by two delegates each, also several of the State officers. The following officers were elected: President. Emma Duffey, Terre Haute; first vice president, Gertrude B. Hill, Indianapolis; second vice president. Mrs. Pettiford, Marion; cor responding secretary, Anna C, Clay born Indianapolis; recording secretary Eliza McDaniel, Logansport; treasurer M. E. Teister, Crawtordsville; chairman executive board, Mary L. Hunter Indianapolis, Mrs. Anna Clayborn of this city was elected delegate to the “Parent” Society, which meets at Baltimore in November

Business Men of Indiana to Organize State League

Interesting News Letter From Ou r Indiana Soldier Boys

Attendance Wifi Be Large—Interesting Program to be Presented

Roberts—Winburn Reunion. The Roberts and Winburn Family

Reunion will be held in the Beals and Clark Grove on Federal Hill, Nobles ville, Ind., at 10 o'clock Sunday Aug. 18ch, 1907. There is p enty of shelter on the grounds in the event of incle ment weather. The following pro gram has been arranged for the re union: Prayer Aarou Mitchell A short sermon at 10 o’clock Rev Crossley Collection Election of Officers Adjournment for dinner/ Afternoon Song . ... Reunion Address, “Roberts and W inburn Fami lies by Grand Master Caine. of Seymour Solo 'Abel Rice Talk Richard Brown of Sey mour. Short Talk by R. A. Roberts, Mrs. Letha Winburn Hedgepath of Kalamazoo, Mich. Music Mrs. Daisy Coker, South Bend, lod. Informal exercises by Roberts and Winburn Families. Let every one come and have a gooc time and bring well filled baskets S. R. Roberts, president; Emma Roberts secretary.

Pythians Los^g In Georgia

All arrangements for the state meet ing of Colored Business Men and Women to be held at Jones Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Tuesday and Wednesday July 30th and 31st have been completed by the various committies and the attandance will exceed the expectations of the local league. The meeting will be Cj.lled to order Tuesday at 10 a. m and a temporary organization perfected. In the afternoon a street care ride about the city will be tendered the visitors under the auspices of the entertainment committee. Attorney J H. Braham, ehair man. Plenty of homes have been pro vided by this committee for all who come. The program proper will beTuesday night with an address of welcome by Mayor Bookwalter. After each paper is read it will be open for

discussion.

The program is as follows: Invocation, Rev. Geo. H. Shaffer; Address of Welcome. Behalf of City, Chas. A. Bookwalter, M?yor of Indianapolis; Address Behalf of Clergy, Rev. J. W. Wood, Indianapolis; Address, Behalf of Citizens, G. L. Kncx. Indianapolis; Responses; The Negro Pnysician, Dr. A. L Cabell, Terre Haute, Ind.; Bar bering as a business, Leon Davidson, Indianapolis, John D. Kersey, Frank fort, Ind.; Conducting a Building Association, Allen Simms, Indianapo lis; Fraternal Organizations, W. F. Anderson, Lafayette; Industrial Train ing, H. V. Egleson. Bloomington; Ad dress, J. Smith. Greencastle; Market Gardening, Chas Nunn, Indianapolis The Value of a Bank Account, J. M. Porter, Indianapolis; Address, Joseph L. Beard, Connersville; Condtictiag a Confectionery Store. J. H. Brooks, Monrovia; Drug Business, Wirt Smith Indianapolis; General Merchandising, John H. Weaver, Jonesboro; Whole e’Hay Dealer, A. Carter, Westfield

Atlanta, Ga,, July 20.—The State Supreme Court in a decision banded down late today held that the Negro

Knights of Pythias should not be al- Housemoving, Dan Jones, Indianapo

lowed to secure a cnarter from the 1 state. The decision- was rendered in • the case of the Grand Lodge, Knights

of Pythias, of Georgia against < . C. Cieswill and others. While it affirmed the decision of the

lis; BUckemithing, J. K. Donnell, Contracting. S. Dilliard Artis, Marion Tailoring Business, Edward Gaiilard. Indianapolis; Hairdressing, Sallie Brown, Indianapolis; Business of Ex

Fulton Superior Court, refusing to perience, John W. Burden, Marion; grant the junction as to all points! Negro Land, Owners, D. W. Came set forth in the case was sent back | Seymour; Slate Rooting, Major W. with the special direction “that injunc j Turner, Indianapolis; Race Opportuni

tion be granted against the further prosecution of the defendants’ application for charter under the laws of the state until the final bearing.” The Georgia Knights f f Pythias alleged that the efforts of the Negroes to secure a charter was an infring

ment upon their name.

ties, Chas A. Bailey, Connersville; Establishing and running a Piano Store, J. A. Braboy, Kokomo; The Teacher as a Factor in the Communi ty, J.M Benson, Mt. Vernon; address Zack Williams, Crawfordsville; Mann factoring Goods, H. L. Sanders, Itidi

napolis. Ind.

DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON President of the National Negrd Business League, who has been invited to be present at the Indiana State League, July 3 0 ”3 I8 ^• Mayor Bookwalter will deliver the address of welcome at Jones Tabernacle where the sessions will be held. The official quarters will be at Y. M. C. A. All persons who will attend wiil notify E. S, Gaiilard, secretary at once so that accomodations mav be reserved. The attendance will be large and representative. It is hoped that each and every community in the State will be reoresentated 0t this meeting, the call for which appears in this paper. All professions, trades and businesses will be represented on the program. A ' ia \

CAUP BUMPUS Leyte P. I. Jane 7 I zhall again write to you to aay that you bring much pleasure to us Hoosier lads each time you arrive. Indeed, your coming is like a veritable letter from home, with the difference that you tive much more news. Sunday May 26. at 3:30 p. m., memor ial services were held under the directions of Chaplain W. W. E. Gladden, 24th Infantry, Addresses were made in behalf of the non-commission officers Staff and Band of the 2*tth Infantry, by Post Quartermaster Sergeant Jacob C. Smith, First Sergeant Henry S. Lespinasse, Company E; Private Ln Paur, Company F; Private Charles Clarke, Company G; the latter three spoke their respective companies. The services were held m a vacate barracks building. Since the terrible bagio which visited this place January 10th, the Post Chapel has been occupied as a barracks by Company F, whose barracks were totally destroyed and was not available. Un May 30, Decoration Day, the entire command marched to the Post Cemetary where, after an address by Dieut, E. B. Mitchell, 24th Infantry, the regimental band, 24th Infantry, rendered several patriotic selections while the graves of dead were being profusely decorated. A few evenings ago Military Lodge No. 5 , K. of P., gave a smoker which was largely attended and greatly enjoyed. This lodge is, indeed, a great benefit to this garrison, as it is beleived its influence tends to keep the young soldiers straight many of whom are members of it, and many are knocking at its doors. We are contempating the organization of a Uniform Rank in the very near future. We read with great pleasure the bright outlook for the unification decided upon at New York city and prayerful hope for its success; our order is too good a thing to be segregated. Our friend Sergeant C. Cooper, of to the hospital corps, is now stationed at La Paz, a sub-post to Camp Bumpus when last seen was enjoying good health* Sergeant Major W. B. Williams, 24th Infantry, represented the the not commissioned staff ot his regiment at the recent division rifle competition held at Fort William Mckinley, near Manila, and won a medal. The Bay View Club a soldier organization gave a delightful dance and luncheon on the evening of June 6 which was greatly enjoyed by the Philipino ladies, who are fast learning to dance the “Americano,” they themselves express it. Companies E. and H., 24th Infantry, were sent hurriedly into the third and fifth of this month to be on hand to assit in the capture of a large band of Pulajanes reported to be located in the mountains south of this station and about 20 miles distance from it. T. CLAY SMITH, Post Quartermaster Sergeant U. S. Army. To The Recorder

Citizen Is Highly Respected

Laportb, Ind., July 20.—Ben Buford Huston, the only Negro citizen of Westville, died Friday and was buried tuday. He was a slave and was reared by a wealthy family named Buford living in Kentuckv. He came North as a refugee and for years enjoyed the distinction of being the only inhabitant of color in Westville. Huston was so highly respected that the children today literally covered his casket with flowers. The ^services were conducted in the open air and a white clergyman paid tribute to the closed life.

Colored Elks Tabooed The Associated Press sent out the following from Philadelphia Thursday from the Grand Lodge of white Elks: “Authority was given to the Memphis Lodge, B. P. O. E., to prosecute Negro Elks of tnat city. “A resolution providing that in lodges having a membership of three hundred or more, five instead of three blackballs shall be necessary to bar a candidate, will be voted down overwhelmingly. The discussion of the Negro problem was most interesting, and at times it was quite heated. “At the suggestion of Grand Exalt, ed Ruler Melvin a resolution reprimanduxg the Newark, N. J., lodge for electing a man said to be a Negro tojnembership was adopted wichout serious objection. A resolution was also adopted instructing the grand exulted ruler to order Newark Lodge to investigate the member and if it was found that he was of Negro to expunge his came from its records.”

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