VOL.XX NO. 2 RICHMOND, VntGINIA, 8AÏUKDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1902 '"«¡IN/AL^^I/fto^T-^CE.FiVE 5 CENTS

FROH AFRICA.VOICE FROM THE DARK

CONTINENT.

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m The Banner of Jesus.TheBl Natives Active.ManB& Eating Beasts.

»*rens Reptiles. Rev. Cheek's In¬teresting Letter.

Blantyre, B. C, A. Oct. 17. '02.Chiradzula.

Editor Mitchell,Richmond.

Sir and Brother:.This being18th month in British Central East

ri«*a connected with the Foreign Mis-Board at Louisville, Ky , I thought

give you a word as to our prospect,'ne mountain top vision" wm givene when in U. S. A. that the field is

world, and I can say with love tomen and faith in God that if menve to do what the Master «comma1*«!»way will be opened and they can

d^their places. -

are in a lovely land of breesses,bly due to the many mountains

>a hrtr.uk the country around us. Ourda fronts the chiefest of rhese

ntains, near us, named Chiradcalo.CAN SKS FORTY MILSS.

We can look »40 miles back of ourhouse southward and see Malanje Mt.,the biggest in B. O. A. Between usand that massive rocky height runs a.tream that is »»ailed Chila This rivu¬let bounds th<* greatest plains in ? ?.A. I was there and saw the games«some to drink under the tropical sun.

the deer and the Zebra with my·..... ·*?.\>???8ß6 mako. I «v* st

of grass as it grows elephant-saw the hippopotami in theirmoan.

MUCH OAMS THERK.

I saw the thousands of wild guineasand many other games I can't namefrom the eland gnu and antelope downto the small deer, about like our goatsthere. Then as I strolled with my kinand company-guido, I heard him say,"Sato!" I looked and escaping in thejungle of grass was a large but beauti¬ful reptile. It made good its escapewhich was my victory. It was a largeboa-censtrictor.

After a few days, we returned to themission. On the way, I killed a gnuand the men and boys had a feast.

THE KINO OF THE FORESTS.

They reminded me of a sign of thelion, by bones of a freshly killed deer,ana the fresh trodden bed of grasswhere the lions ate and rested. I aaid"the grass is high and thick, 'kivende' "

which means "lets go." My requestmet a ready response and we moved onin "double-quiek" time. Rememberthat "double-quick" in Africa by theAfrican is like full speed to the foreign¬er. We returned safely and our schoolof nearly a hmndred is in progress.

BAPTIZING THS NATIVES.

We have bapti*eed 16 and more aroin the class awaiting their date, whichis the first Sunday in nextmonth. Our work is a pioneer work.We have mede the roads, rooted up itsstumps, made th· bricks and have turn¬ed trees into doors and tables, with afew hoes, axes and two saws (one a pit-saw for lumber. ) Yes, we have got aplane.

·**" If the way is open, we want a brickschool and church some day. Thereare about 7 tribes here within 3*00 milesof us, which represent some seven mil¬lions and of course seven different Ian·guages. By the help of God and study,I can now preach in the Yao language.We have the pleasure of saying, we are¦urrounded with some of God's bestc-reation in men and things. This says,these our brethren can do greaterthings than we can do who are there,because they are not so far from theirshore.

A OX>OD WIFE

My wife is named Rachel. We be¬lieve we were born for each other, eventhough many thousands of miles apart.Tbe Union Jack (British Flag) wavesover us, but I think they who hoistedit often tremble. When they hear Africans reading the Holy Bible that*'G*otl made of one blood ail nations thatdwell upon the face of the earth andhas fixed the Ix-unds of their habita¬tion," and especially when they see theAfrican's kin of America telling thewhole truth.They call us "Black Dangers," "Eth¬

iopians," "Emancipation of the race"and even class us with "Islam," theMohamedan priest, and because we area little red, they say we are not of thisrace, and in fact, they "call us everything, but a child of God."

A POINTED QUESTION.

But I say like Nehemiah of old, "whyshould the work of my Goti cease?" Isay, "the wicked flee when no manpursueth." I have no fear of the"

st that boasts great things." Ourkis God and I pray that others mayand build a city, plant a tree,«for the gold, help the race, and^the coming of God's kingdom,

for G*od and humanity,L. N. Cheek.

S KsiKO INVENTOR CREATJsS A GI-tiAN TIC ENTERPRISE.

Joseph Lee Invents the NationalKaeadinsr and Mixing Marnine.

For a thoneaiitl years there has beenno advance in the homely art of mak¬ing bread. The primitive conditions ofthe stone age are still the methods em¬ployed by the housewife. Through allthese years it has remained for an Afro-American to invent a machine whichwill lessen the labor, increase the econ¬omy of bread making and instare abso¬lute purity.Joseph Lee. who for eleven years «steward' in the United States Coast

Survey, gave particular attention tobread making. He noticed that tbebeet bread was produced when thedough wm most evenly andcompletely kneaded. In 1894, whilethe proprietor of the Aburndale Hotel,Mr. Lee invented his machine for thepurpose of producing a uniform bread,but with no idfta of the revolutionizingthe bread making industry.While fashionable Boston came ont toAnburndale to eat and carry away thisparticularly goxl bread, too inventorfor five years carefully guarded the se¬cret that his bread was made by ma¬chine and not by hand. When the se¬cret waa discovered, the National BreadCompany, 25 Broad street, New YorkCity was organized to exploit the inven¬tion of Mr. Lee.Spain is said to produce the best

bread of Europe and there the dough iskneaded by being pounded with mal¬lets, « process similar to the one em¬ployed by th« National Kneading Ma-chin«», which employs archimedeansorewe to intimately mix every particleof the mass and turn it over underpounding mallets.

After (lie machine was developed, themiracle waa discovered of makingsomething out of nothing. Out of eachbarrel of flour, this colored man'ß inven¬tion produce« sixty pounds more of fin¬ished bread than the hand process.Thisia esrpiAin« d when it is uiiaorsto«^!that in the hand-made bread all of theflour is not turned into bread substance,bet much of it is left in its natural statethroughout the body of the bread,whereas in the case of bread made bythis machine tin» thorough kneadingand mai) i pulatiou so develops it« la¬tent qualities that more water is ab «orb-ed in the dough and every particle ofthe fleur is turn«*! into bread substance;IhM the additional sixty pounds ofbread is easily accounted for.

If this machine was put into univer¬sal operation in the United States, itwould result in a saving of $90,000,000per year*Mr. Lee's invention is now in tho

possession of the National Bread Com-pany and its subsidiary companies, hav¬ing a capitalization of $8,100,000 and,contrary to the usual fact that the in¬ventor «loes not profit by his invention,Mr. Lee is posssesed of a very comfort¬able quantity of such stock.Mr. Lee's machine is now quite gen¬erally employed by bakers throughoutthe United States and Great Britain.

In addition to his bread making ma¬chine, he has recently invented an au¬tomatic crumbing machine which, whileit will not work the great industrialrevolution that the National KneadingMachine has, yet it improves the versatility of this Negro inventor.

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Notice.There will be a call meeting of Chris¬

tian Hope Lodge, No. 43, Tuesdaynight, December 23rd at 8 p. m. Elec¬tion of officers. All are requested to bepresent.

By order,J. Thos. Moore. CO.;

H. G. Lewis, K. of R. &, S,met » «as» -

Stock-helders Reefing.The Stock-holders of the Mechanics

Savings Bank are requested to meet onTuesday, January 6, 1903, at the Bank¬ing House, 511 N. 3rd street, Richmond,Va., at ? o'clock P. M.

By order ofJohn Mitchell, Jr., Près.;

Thos. ?. Crump, Sec'y.

The Cohen Company is as usual theleader in low prices. If you wish use¬ful holiday presents, call and see them.All goods are guaranteed as represented.Do not forget that Messrs Pettit and

Co., will furnish you with the very bestfurniture at prices and terms that willbe sure to please you. See advertise¬ment, and call and see them.Messrs. Chas. G. Jürgens and Son are

too well known to need an introductionhere. They have one of the most reli¬able furniture houses in the country.Call and see them now.

Messrs. Sydnor & Hundley, the pro¬gressive furniture dealers invite the publie to visit their mammouth establish¬ment. Ltowprices and guaranteed deliveriesconstitute an attractive feature. Galland see them.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Ofnoers Elected.At the regular meeting of PlanetLodge, No. 33, held on Monday night,December 15th, 1902, the following of¬

ficers «vere elected for the term com¬mencing January 1st, 1908:Rev. M. H. Payne, chancellor com¬

mander; Philip Clarke, vice-chancellor;O. O. Williams, prelate; W. A. Kyles,keeper of records and seal; Thomas M.Crump, master of finance; James L.Burrell, master of exchequer: EdwardTurner, master-at-arms. Grand Rep¬resentatives, Edward Turner and W.Henry Walton. The latter is the retir¬ing chancellor commander and will fillthe station of master of work.The meeting was well attended and

the business of the lodge was conductedwith much dispatch.Capt. W. Henry Jones was reportedick at his residence, ¿SOS N. 13th St.

THE «BEATEST YET.

The Prima Donna Star Concert.By Madam Anna Lee Slade of Wash¬ington, D. 0 , at the True Reformers'Hall Monday night. December 22, 1902,given for the benefit of Charity. Inthis entertainment Madam Slade willbe accompanied by Miss Bessie Hamil¬ton, who has made a four years success¬ful tour of the Western States as"Black May Irwin." Admission, 15cents. Reserved seats, 25 cents.

The New Hospital.The opening of the new hospital onBaker street, between 4th and 5th Sts.

was grand success. The building,which was formerly the residence ofMr. A. Rick is in excellent repair.The reoms are so arranged as to bo ad¬mirably adapted for the purposes forwhich they are to be utilized.The Richmond Hospital Association

or rather the women's department of itis under the skillful management ofMrs. Rosa D. Bowser scored a signalsuccess and cleared much money forthis benevolent object,

-The annual reception of the mar¬riage of Mr. and Mrs. JohnT. Brown,No. 19 East Duval street, from 9 to 11p. m., December 25th, 1902. Friendsare «x»rdially invited, no cards.

-We return thanks for an invita¬tion to attend the Emancipation exer¬cises at St. Johns A. M. E. Church,Thursday, January 1st, 1903. Mr. Jas.E. Fuller, chairman.

-Mr. W.Henry Jones of 503 ?13th St., is mdiepc*eed.-Miss Octavia Patterson has beensick during the past two weeks.

-Captain Willis Wyatt has been onthe sick list.-Miss N. Beransenia Norrall is oatagain.

BANK STOCK SHAKE.**.

Judge Welford (jives am Opiaion.In the suit of Willis B. Martin Vs.TheSavings Bank, G. F. U. ?. ? R.Judge Welford holds that an owner ofthe True Reformer Bank Stock cannot

sue and recover ics face value, but maysell, assign or transfer it to anyone, andthe bank will be compelled to transferit on their books.The result of this decision is a com¬plete overthrown of the position takenby the True Reformers, that their stockreturned to tbe order when the holderdied.The Code of Virginia, Section 1125eaj's:."Shares of stock shall bo deem¬ed personal estate, and as such shall

pass to the personal representative orassignee of a stockholder. A bookshall be kept by th« company, in whichshares may be assigned."J. Thos. Hewin, Esq., representedWillis B. Martin and J. C. Robertson,Esq., represented the Bank. Personsare no longer compelled to return theirstock to the Bank when they die.

Notice.There will be a called meeting ofRoyal Lodge, No. 2ß, K. of P., Mondaynight, December 22d, 1902, at 8 p. m.sharp. Election of officers.

J. J. Carter, 0. C;Er. J. j0HJf3OaT. K. of R. «ft S.

National Baptist Sunday SshoolUnion.

Quite a large and enthusiastic gather¬ing witnessed the regular monthlymeeting of the National Baptist Sun¬day School Union at the Fifth BaptistChnrch (Sydney) on last Sunday even¬ing at 3 p. m.The recitations, solos, duetts andsongs were indeed melodious. Thequintette from the Fifth Street carriedoff the palms, while the sextette fromthe Fifth Church could not have beenfar surpassed.Mr. Paul Pollard delivered a very fine address, full of good and wholesome ad- Jvice. It was well delivered and placeshim among the coming orators. The at-1tendance was large and collection very.good. \The next Union will be held at Mt.Olivet Baptist Church the second Sun- jday in January.

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PÏTHIANSENTER ROÂNOKE.

A NEW LODGE THERE.Realistic Initiation.The (iras«

Chancellor is Happy.The Stat*»Organizer Opens np a N'enField.Fine Material

Roaboke, Va., Dec , 16th, 1902.Pythianism found its way into thia

city last night through the effort·« ofState Orgauizer Jesse Scruggs, who has

'. been laboring hereabout oue week. Ab? result Grand Chancellor John Mitchell,! Jr., arrived here last night at 8 o'clockacromponied by Col. E. R Jefferson ofRichmond and Deputy Grand Chan-cellor W. J. Wells of the LynchburgI District, also Sir C. H. Wells of the

, same cityROAXOKBS divins.

I The city was in the lap of winter.: The ground was covered with snow andsleet, but a delegation met the visitors.Grand Chancellor Mitchell, Col. Jeffer-

* son and Col. Scruggs were |taken in acarriage to the comfortable home ofRev. James H. Burks, who has won! popular favor since his brief stay in thiscity. His Madame hastily preparedsupper for the visitors.

¡.j, THE INITIATION AT THB HALL.

Shortly afterwards, the entire partywas carried to True Reformer's Hall,.where the candidates had gathered forthe initiation. Soon the work oom-| menced It was 10 o'clock and th«j laut rank was completed by 12:15 A.M.I The candidates wer» delighted with theritualistic work. Afu»- a-iv-ine· theJ necessary instructions and installing thej officer· it was past train time, but tbe

? train was one noni and forty-five min-utes late.

OKFICERS ?G TUB NEW LODGE.

The following are the officers of the! new body which will be known as Roa-! noke Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pyth¬ias:.C. C. J. M. Lipectinib. V. C. J.H. Page, P., Rev. W. D. Woods, M. of! W.. W. L. Randolph, K. of R. and S-,Dr. I. D. Burrell, M. of F., C. A Robin-son. M. of Exchequer, J. E Brown, Mat ?., W. J. Johnson. I. Q . W. ?Brooks, O. G., James R. Kinley, Trus-¡tees:.R. A. Ynunger, Frank Pinkard,C. R. Parker. Attendants:.1st, JosephStokes; 2nd, John L. White, 3rd, T. E.Smith. 4th, W. C. Jones.The lodge will meet on the 2nd and 4th

Fridays, 8 P. M. at True Reformers'Hall.¦ ill! COMPUalENTBD.

The Grand Chancellor complimentedthe lodge highly before leaving. He re¬turned to Richmond at 1 ;30 A. M.Rev. James H. Burks, who is a mem¬ber of Manchester Lodge No. 11, Knightaof Pythias. ?. ?., S. ?., E., A , A. A ?.,was aa interested participant in theinitiation. The lodge numbers 33 strong

The Old Rt. Tabor is Fors-eing Ahead.Woods-ville, Va., Dec , 15th, 190Í.

The Mt. Tabor Baptist Church hastaken on new life, in the last 4 or 5month· since Rev. R. J. Bass has beenpastor. The church has raised moremoney than in any one year to ourknowledge, for the purp« se of erectinga new building, it has raised $378.95 andhas over one hundred ($100,00) to it»former pastor and has kept up the liici-dential expenses,On the first, in Dec., 1902, we had our

rally. The pastorwas assisted by sucheminent divines as Reverende; S. O.Burrell, who preached at 11:30, D. W.Davis at 3:30 and D. L. Cosby at 8 P.M.Quite a large sum was reported the

clubs known by the names of the Will¬ing Workers..Club, No. 1, Sister LucyTaliaferro, captain, $27.25, No 2, Re-beeca Brooks, captain, $13.85, PastorDeacons Club, M. J. Jenkins, captain,$30.55, Club, 4, G. F. Gateswood, $8.30.No. 5, Elizabeth Henderson, captain,$7.62, No. 6, Martha Brooks, captain,$17.00, No. 7, Boys and Girls, J, T. John-sop, enptain, $3.47, No. «s, Alex Frank¬lin, captain, $8 77, No. 9, ElizabethEvens,captain, $26.00, No. 10, ElijahRansom, captain, $3.57, Table collection$11.80.

-Mr. J. W. Lawrence of Suffolk,Va., has sent us another list of sub¬scribers as follows:.Messrs. N. Will¬iams, J. P. Lawrence, Ned Edwards.B. Turner, Nancy Hndgengs, H. But1er, Rev. J. A. Garrís and Mrs. AnnaRoss. This is good work.-We return thanks for an invita¬tion to the silver wedding of Mr. andMrs. Morton Doane, Dec. 13th, 1902.-Mrs. Mary Brown, the wife6fMr. Philip S. Brown of 1210 W. Leighstreet is improving under the skillfultreatment of Dr. Miles B. Jones.-Mrs. E. C. Farrar and daughterare now at Peagan. Falls county, Texaswith her aunt.-Lieut. B. R. Boulding of Norfolk,Va., called on us.

Wanted.A single colored female togo to Butler, Pa., as house-keeper.Address,1 Georob Oapbrs,Butler, Pa,