The Augusta Union. (Augusta, Ga.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 Page: 2 of 4
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SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1900.
It is reported that the Emperor
of China has suicided.
Thousands of lives are now be-
ing sacrificed for the relief of
Lady smith.
The Jim Crow Car bill passed
the Senate of Virginia legislature
last Thursday and only needs the
-Governor's signature to make
it a law.
Brigham H. Roberts, Congress-
man-elect from Utah, was exclu-
ded from his seat in Congress on
Thursday by a vote of 278 to 50,
on the ground that he is a poly-
gamist.
On Thursday last the President
appointed Mrs, Elizabeth L. Bam
berg to a postmaster's position at
Beaufort, S. C. Mrs. Bamberg
succeeds her lamented husband
in the office.
Our eyes have been anchored
on a certain little nest where po-
litical plots are hatched and
henchmen are in waiting to at-
tempt carrying out any kind of a
wild cat scheme.
The Republicans of the 123rd
district are notified to meet at
Aiding Soiib and Daughters of
Zion's Hall on Friday night Feb-
ruary 2, notice of which appears
in another column of this paper.
Did you hear that gentle whis-
per not long ago for a convention
in Chicago, June 27? It was the
Prohibition call, if you please, for
a national convention to nomin.
ate president and vice-president
and to transact ;other business of
minor importance.
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THE EXILED,
So the exiled has taken Mr.
Wimberly as his trump card, and
says that by not appointing him
to the assistant postmastership
he has been debarred from certain
political privileges. We shall
give the truth of the matter an
airing and the stigma will then
find the level of its owner.
—for it is no more than that—in
circlnlar movement the name
of Hon. Thomas B. Reed has also
had speculative mention.
SOWING THE SEED OF DIS-
SATISFACTION.
Quietness having for a period
prevailed, a few disgruntled and
treacherous officeholders are now
trying with all their might to
sow the seed of discord in the
party organization. Such selfish-
ness .as have actuated these fel-
lows will fail of purpose and# will
only serve to redound upon their
own heads the merited disapprov-
al that disloyalty is sooner or
later sure to bring.
When men enter into collusion
to wreck institutions they should
not forget to count up the cost,
and when it is found that the ex-
penditure will far exceed the cost
then it is about time to under-
stand that the undertaking will
be an uttter failure. But some
fellows care not for the cost, and
it would be well that it be clearly
understood that the organization
cares not for such fellows.
is compatible to a Republican.
And now that his culpable
notions have aroused adverse cri-
ticisms he is now dashing in fur-
ious haste to stem the rising tide
of dissatisfaction by inspiring into
the minds of his subordinates to
make a strong kick—a desperate
kick—at the traces of Republican-
ism or that they lose the privileged
incentive of earning their bread
and butter. But the time is nigh,
and the impulse of the people is,
may that time hasten.
GIVE
CHAIRMAN CRAIG'S READ-
ING.
Standing upon the crest of pub-
lic approval Chairman Craig has
been doing some tall party read-
ing of late. As we understand
it he has read out in no un-
certain terms. He is so loud in
talk that the «yes of the sleepy
and deceptive ones are now bright
from fright. It is best to be
and not go the rounds talking
about "high-handed" what not,
for this will by no means alter
determined things to destiny from
holding sway.
THE FIREMEN ROOM
TO WORK.
The poor firemen of this city
have a hard time. If they can't
make'their way to a burning place
on account of a jostling throng
of sight-seers in front of it some
of these same people are very
talkative concerning what they
would do were they in the fire-
men's place. They never recog-
nize that they add to the acres of
humanity that form a blokdae
against thd fire department. Give
the firemen a fair chance by al-
lowing them all available space to
do their work. Their lot is no
easy one and it should not be
made any harder than what it
really is. Not long ago an engine
stopped about two yards beside a
water plug and several minutes
elapsed and still the plug could
not be found. How would the poor
fire laddie find that plug—which
served as a grand stand to orna-
ment a chap, not to speak of the
crowd that surrounded it—had he
not asked for what he wanted is
a matter of conjecture. Probably
though a powerful X Ray will
have its advent in the fire de-
partment pretty soon.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSING RE-
PUBLICANISM.
There is a certain place in this
community that while its head
claims to adopt everv principle of
Republicanism, worshipping t© a
fault at its shrine, yet is bo opposed
to such leading pillars of the
grand and edifying Republican
structure as Hon. Judson W. Ly-
ons, Hon. H. A. Rucker, Col.
John H. Deveaux, Hon. Walter
H. Johnson, Col. W. A. Pledger
and a host of others, that a feeling
of distrust has been created among
the leaders that it would be best
not to give this opposing head un-
limited freedom lest he undermine
Logan Fouche, who was placed with dissatisfaction the harmon-
in jail by a warrant sworn out
against him, charging him with
insanity in Athens, Ga«t was
unfortunate in losing one of his
fingers by its serving as food for
rats. The man died from the ef-
fects. The chances of Athens jail
being rid of its rodents are very
good for a vim of determination
marks the procedure of extermina-
tion .
THE PRESIDENTS'S R U IN-
NING MATE.
For some time past political
forecasters have been trying hard
to decipher from the outlookout
of affairs the person who will be
the running mate of President
McKinley. There have been so
many names mentioned that it has
become puzzling to know bow they
will all be chosen at the same
time, when there is but one need-
ed. Some say that Col. Theodor
Roosevelt will be the one, while
others are as equally *confident
that it will be Hon. Eliu Root,
the Hon. Cornelius Nr Bliss has
also a slice of the honors, and as
if to keep up the cheerful guessing
ious trend of party affairs.
A Republican who Is by no
means sincere in his actions, and
who keeps up a-continual disturb-
ance by using his official aides to
carry out his bidding in opposition
to the good of the party, should
not only lose the respect of party
leaders but should be forced to a
place of harmlessness where he
can regretfully recognize that the
created can not at any time be
greater than the creator, and there-
fore the thoughts of the created
should not drift in belligerency of
its creator without the use of the
curbing gear.
We have in times past shoul-
dered a^ certain individual to a
highjpoint of success, resulting in
a disastrous failure for him to even
consider or appreciate the ardu-
ous task that we undertook to
fight him into recognition, and
sticking to it until the silver spoon
aontaimng his political pap was
graciously handed out to him.
He soon showed his political cloven
foot, and has strictly kept in this
path until he has now discarded
every vestige of that fairplay that
PROFANITY IN THE PULPIT?
A looseness of language that is
nothing short of profanity is cred-
ited to a certain man of the cloth.
He is quoted as saying: "You
didn't give me a good collection
and I don't give a d . He did
not use a d or a d with a dash as
we have used, but was as emphat-
ic as he was broad in the use of the
word, which struck his congrega-
tion like a thunderbolt. It is a
matter of impossibility for this
highly educated to remain long
elevated when such a preposterous
chain of evidences of the rivalry of
the objectionable oharacter is so
strongly shown in him. His stand-
ing should certainly have separ-
ated him from the mire of the
rough element's vocabulary by
many miles of that polished
characterization that is a part of
every devout Christian gentleman.
The above is the sentiment that
is gaining widespread circulation,
But can there not bo a good word
said for a minister, and thus
assist to keep him elevated rather
than drag his name into disrepute
by the gossiping tongues of per-
sons whose words bear no sign of
truthfulness?
A WORD FOR THE OTHER
FELLOW.
The other snake in the P. O.
bush, finding that his means for
airing the stench from the well of
his mental conception being cut
off, has now placed his tail in hia
mouth and is unmercifully biting
it as a spiteful revenge. He
will again need the warmth of our
bosoms, but the ten-foot wall that
he has built between us will re-
main a monumental menace
against any further consideration
of rescue on our part. Too well
do we know that the present im-
pels a forgetfulness of the past,
and so he has been desperate in sus-
taining his diametrical opposition
to us. This adds the "dead
weight" of his allegiance to the
cause of Pap Figurehead. We
just wish to remind the fellow that
he need not think that we were
not on to his two-faced playing.
He need not get excited when we
are pleased to dagger his heart by
showing how like the mercury
his affections rise and fall. Just
wait and watch and be convinced
of how nicely we can put a ragged
edge upon such diabolical chic-
anery as he and the other fellow
have been pleased to give us power
to do.
gersoll, the great agnostic,
who tried to have the baby
preacher suppressed by the
Gerry Society. The colonel
appealed to the society to
stop the child from preach-
ing, but the agents of the
society decided they had no
authority, as their powers are
limited to children who ap-
pear on the dramatic stage,
According to the story told
Col. Ingersoll sent an agent
to the place where Lawrence
was stopping, and later went
himself to see the little
preacher. The colonel look-
ed Lawrence over with a crit-
ic's eye, and said :
4'Well, sir, I am going to
stop you from preaching ."
"No, you won't," said the
child, who always has a ready
answer.
The giant form of the fam-
ous infidel towered above the
baby preacher as he thun-
dered :
I won't? Why won't I?"
"Because," said the boy,
when I come back you won't
be here."
Colonel Ingersoll hesitated
a moment, and asked in a
gentler voice :
"And why won't I be
here ?''
"You won't be here to
bother me whsn I come
back," was all that Law-
rence would say.
Within the year Colonel
Ingersoll passed to the Great
Bevond, and true to the
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prophecy, he will not be in
New York to bother the ba-
by preacher when Lawrence
goes there next time.
The baby preacher con-
ducted a meeting at Fair-
haven Tabernacle, on Hum-
phries street, between Chap-
el and Peters, last Wednes-
day night.—Atlanta Journal.
ATLANTA'S "BABY
PREACHER,"
PREDICTED INGERSOLL'S DEATH
Lawrence Dennis, the "ba-
by preacher,'' who has been
on a tour of the North and
West, is at home in Atlanta
again, and in a few days will
start on a trip to Florida,
from which State he will
gradually work his way to
California. He is now six
vears old, and has been
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preaching about two years,
The "baby preacher" is a
little mulatto boy, almost
white, with dark curly hair
and very bright black eyes.
On his Northern and West-
ern tours he has preached for
the most part in the white
churches. He conducts the
entire services himself, gives
out the hymns, preaches the
sermons, prays, calls up the
mourners, and is in full
charge.
In New York, where he
spent four months last win-
ter, Lawrence had a clash
with Colonel Robert G. ln-
ing to trust your interest in their
hands for a single moment. I doubt
whether your paper will ever be
able to undo the positive injury and
hurt to the best interests of the col-
ored people done by your paper in
giving aid and comfort to these at-
tacks upon the best living friends of
our people. I have subscribed for
two copies of your paper, and paid
you four dollars in advance for the
same. I do not wish the paper sent
either to my school or myself any
longer, and hereby direct you to
cancel my subscription. I have
paid you from time to time within
the last year from eighteen to thirty
dollars for work done by your pa-
paper. I shall have no more such
work for you in tbe future. So
you see it Is apt to cost you some-
thing to thus assail the noblest
friend of our people. Yours,
Wji, H. Hart.
430 5th street, n-w., Washington,
D. C., January 14, 1900.—Colored
American.
ORDINATION OF
PROF. BLAIR.
Prof. J. F. Blair was or-
dained to the Gospel ministry
on last Thursday night at
Tabernacle Baptist church.
The ordination sermon was
delivered by Rev S. C. Walk-
er, and was one oi the ablest
sermons ever delivered on
such an occasion in this city.
The ordination prayer was
offered by Rev. 3-1. Morgan.
The Bible was presented by
Rev. J. W. Williams. The
charge to the candidate was
delivered by Rev.. J. W.
Whitehead. Among others
who participated were Revs.
S. W. H. Murray, R. W.
Marshall, E. W. Washing-
ton and Silas X.Floyd. Rev.
Blair passed a most credit-
able and satisfactory exami-
nation on Tuesday morning,
and has the best wishes of
his many friends for his fu-
ture success.
SECOND IKE MOTION.
w. h. johnson for governor.
The call for a convention in-
cludes a candidate for Governor,
and the Leader nominates for that
exalted position Walter H. John-
son, the friend of all the people,
and the possessor of every quali-
fication needed in the executive
office of our great and growing
commonwealth. — Repub 1 i c a n
Leader.
COL. A. E. BUCK.
The announcement that Repub-
lican State Chairman Col. A. E.
Buck would visit Georgia during
February, sends a thrill of satis-
faction through every Republican
heart—it is to be hoped that he
will remain until March 7, and see
Chairman pro-tem W. H. John-
son installed as chairman, for ii, is
concluded that the Hon. Walter
Henry Johnson will be elected—
probably by acclamation.—Pro-
tectionist.
HOWARD'S PRESIDENT.
prop. w. h. hart vigorously de-
vends the university and dr.
j. e. rankin attacks on
negros' greatest school
inspired by disgrunt-
led place-hunt-
ers.
Editor the Colored American, Sir.
—I have just received to-day's is-
sue of your paper ani find in it an
outrageous and wholly unjustifiabla
article against Rev. J. E. Rankin,
D.D., LL.D., president of Howard
University. 1 am not only sur-
prised but pained beyond measure
tliat a man of youi good sense
usually should see fit to join a Ne-
gro-hating sheet in this city in an
effort to destroy the institution
standing foremost in this land for
helping the colored people to a
higher level of culture and charac-
ter; and in wounding the devoted
bosom of the best and bravest and
truest friend that the colored people
have in this Republic to-day. No
one knows better than yourself
that the shameful attacks upon How-
ard University and its good and
great president proceed from un-
unworthy and ignoble motives of
envious, disgruntled place-seekers
and yet you have allowed your col-
umns 10 be used as a means of
spreading this venom, to the preju-
dice of colored youth in our whole
Republic.
If the very persons now engaged
in promulgating these unfair criti-
cisms of the administration of How-
ard University were given charge of
A SPECIAL SERMON
TO YOUNG MEN.
Rev. Silas X. Floyd, A.M,
pastor of Tabernacle Baptist
church, will preach a special
sermon to-morrow night at
Tabernable Baptist church.
Every young man in Augus-
ta, saint or sinner,is invited.
The sermon will be on busi-
ness and commerce. Every
young man who desires to
learn how to make money
should not fail to hear this
sermon. We urge every
young man in the city to ^at-
tend. Go early and avoid
the rush.
MRR. THOS. N CHASE
SERIOUSLY ILL
The many old students
and friends of Prof. Thomas
N. Chase sympathize with
him in his grief over the crit-
ical illness of his devoted
wife. Mrs. Chase is at the
home of her daughter, in
Bellows Fall, Vt. Professor
Chase was one of the pioneer
teachers from the North who
came among our people in
the dark d^ys just after the
"Surrender,'' and has labor-
ed almost continually forthe
upbuilding of the Negro
youth. During all these
years his faithful wife, pa-
tient and gentle, has been by
his side to aid him and hold
up his hands in all that he
has strained to do. Many of
us remember Mrs. Chase
gratefully and pray for her
recovery.
CHAIRMAN HANNA.
National Chairman Hanna does
not seem to be the sick old man
°nr Democratic friends report
him to be. He knocked them out
in Ohio in great style; he left
Nebraska alone so that the Demo-
crats couldn't do otherwise than
nominate Bryan, he stood pat on
just and fair treatment of colored
Republican in the South in the
manner of representation in Nat-
ional conventions and he li^b is-
sued a call for the National Con-
vention which will be followed
by the triumphant election of Mc-
Kinley. If a "sick old man" can
do unto the Democrats what Sen-
ator Hanna has done, for pitv
DoU /■> ~1 J
Political Notj^s
notice.
republicans op 4th
Acting in pursuance of.!'
thority of the Oountv o!
tral Committee there win?'
a meeting of all quali^
Republican voters of the aa
ward, at Friendship h!i
Augusta avenue, at 8 o'cW
p. m„ Friday, Feb. 2 S
for the purpose of elecZ,
6 delegates and 6 alternate!
to the County Convention t
be held in the city of ®
ta on the 10th day of FeS,!*
ary, 1900. ^
S; ??\LTNAKEP" Gh'rnan
W. H. McNeal, Secy.
SECOND WARD REPTia
LICAN COMMITTEE
will MEET
at 529 Lewis street, on Fri.
dav evening next, February
2nd, at eight o'clock, to elect
six delegates to Richmond
County Republican Conven-
t-ion, and such other business
as may be brought before it
Cashin Smith, Chairman'
H. B. Smith. Sec'y.
123rd DIS, REPUBLICANS
take notice :
All Republicans of the
123rd district, who register-
ed with the district secretary
and who have qualified since,
are hereby notified to meet
at Aiding Sons and Daugh-
ters of Zion Hall, nearHt.
Calvary Church, on Friday
night, February 2, 1900, to
elect six (6) delegates to the
Republican County Conven-
tion to meet in Augusta on
February 10, 1900.
S. D. Walton, Chairman.
S. A. Walker, Sec'y.
123rd District Exec. Com,
NOTICE.
The qualified Republican
voters of the 1st ward are
hereby notified to attends
meeting at McCuller's Hall,
Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p. m.,
for the purpose of selecting
six (6) delegates and six (6)
alternates to attend the Re-
publican County Conven-
tion, Feb. 10, 1900.
C, W. Davie, Sec'y,
A, S. Belcher, Chairman,
„ 8a^e don't let the Grand Old Party
that or any other great public inter- R Up & y°uug,man or the
eat, they would wreck it in a month ^s^ocratic party will disband.
You, yourself would not be will- »tandard.
NOTICE
is hereby given to the public
that New Era Lodge, No,
107, F. A. M., is in a very
prosperous condition. Per-
sons desiring any informa-
tion concerning the affairs of
this prosperous lodge can
see anv of the officers.
The meetings of this lodge
are held on the 2nd and 4th
Monday nights in ! each
month.
All members are earnestly
requested to attend the next
regular communication.
Cashin Smith, W.M.;Eu-
gene Smith, S. W. ; Frank
Whitfield, J. W. ; Frank D.
Williams, Sec'y; W. H:
Cade, Treas. ; O. C. Mollone,
Tyler.
I Wish To Announce
that after 10 o'clock p- m. I can
be found at my residence, corner
of Parks avenue and Twiggs street
(where I have a branch drug store
with a complete stock) where I
Pill Ippe&fsrip-
tioqs.
and vend drugs and medicine# to
Buffering humanity all hours «t
night. My charges at night will
be the same as in the day. ^
'Phone is free. The number of it
is 1821.
I still remain your humble ser-
vant,
N. A. MIXSON, Druggist-
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