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'|’o Ei! if rhe Athk
Tj cKus are gatheriWgH
* be’e as tire storm center for
,hi General Conference of the
/ A. M. E. church. The Finan
cial Board. of which I am a
jnen>er, met to-daj ano an-,
j(vH< its business. nftu ingl
the finest record of any l-’j- 1
mu'iai Board in the chore,n.
•’he General Conference
Mnmission. which is taking
/ clare of the conference of;
- which I am also a member.
1 will meet from time to time
q during the session.
■ | I am here it adv ince of the
’ Georgia Reg lars and am
i; gathering it ‘‘ormaition con-
jr corning the igide workings.
There w H ' e much disap-
M pointmei.r when the Confer-j
t ence adjourns, especially to
office seekers.
The .dvance guard general- 1
N v fee 1 > the pulse of the lead
’ >", Wi.ich tells which way the
y straws will blow. The Geor
gia Delegation will arrive
Bunoay morning.
I have had no time ■ yet
to see rpy old A the is f .ends,
but when I see them I will
write you arid furnfeh you the
news each week of the dornyti
of the General ConferencejU|
,is much smoke.
VW tjffna
I' ■I . trg. 'Jr *A. ~. -t wfcWi*:,
■'king here.
V You s. (
v J S. Flipper,
d 1 Wabash Ave., and 24th St.
I ' -- -■-■ I
W The Mississippi and Miss- <
oiui Rivers are m threatening
,Valley 10.000 acres of farm
Hand are "ider water, and ■
1 hundreds-of t -eople*have been
to *ced to eave their homes
and take refuge on the high
lands. The Okaw Kiver is
said to be out of its banks,
and at New Athens. Ills, con
ditions are critical. Many from
that section have left their
homes for more safe resorts.
There is a break in the levee
of the Mississippi on t ie llli
"nois side, north of St. Louis:
and Madison, Granite City
and other places are being
threatened by a flood.
We begin the publieat’on"
of a series of interesting and
important letters by Dr. J. S.
Flipper, from the General
Conference of the A. M. E.
is in session at
C The Doctor is a
foiMcnogu divine of high rank,
4 . mankind I y consented to
a Clipper witl the
General Cpnfer
sessions each week.
!./ 'C£F
A. B. Morden’s let
. CO’iuWO* appears in another
r * is sb.iiF.oJ this issue, attention
’ eneral Aiiss-
C ticWaptist Su te Con if n
yl meets on Wedr :s
--k d ChiW before the 3rd Scn
£ i Bafatrwie. at WheC St; et
■ M nur ' J h. in 'Atlmia;
* Ke^WW on " and ear
mdbQß will be made to
K
p ’ ® r;!iWKT - ’ is 1 ow
f ‘•Atlfcefcd ma. agei of he
t
ft ND THE Pt BMC
•"*♦!>’“ Ml I In
0 pp^’idi 'i„ 1
■^ ac * I * !les * 1 ,r ' 1 " 1
feTnngLjs' J y.’est impor-
race. The
! tMEppg people of New 'i or k
Massachusetts feel that
';i jflß school session
1 ht their chiid-
! lire, and a generous
1 system answers
How much less
afford to give our
The object of ..his
to force from colored
gaud mothers, from
men and women who
think, a prompt and
answer to this vital
g majority of our
depend upon the!
for ail the edu
l c.atrom they wi I! receive. Not
I an one !’ er cent of the
of school age
i wiltlWrer a private or an en-
school, and upon ih?
! jlhbiAc school rests the burden
<MiMs‘i|pati ugthe re mai 1i in g
'oMy-nine per c- .... if indeed,
tpey receive any education.
! t i« evident that our progress
i.oHKgi Castries, in business,
if) and- industrial
sqbppt *MII morality and re
b^iWlWE£’M < ’ l & e pla.T'i mu,ii t ,i»*
4rk done indue
b ■ '’J•' I -Kwlbn’.
~ ~ ... . ?. :
'TW ; gI art 'irremedM
ndSTi o speak more oen
after care-
the Negro
( »H®reb in the ex-slave states
on an average of
' * n ie - vear ’ ami that
oaMjehTOtthird of the children
ol’UjhtT&lJ age are in school;
Carolina, for
the average‘school
tP4h.mp»nly 68 days, and that
of the Negro
school at all.
I 'm'FjtJut in thirteen of the
f° r states. 90 per
ce.T4jf $e Negro children of
sc A|i4d»g& did not attend any
sCas much as six
nfqtw&|nring the year 1900.
vear as an exam
ple W
J i4jM>i f es no argument.
th§| £B>rove that if these
ce -'Wq| control, we shall
i>e c ‘ asse( J as an
I 1 iterate people.
facts before us.
question then is.
"ftKj s|a) 1 be done? The
6 ! ’si»Mflwei’ * 8 that, we pa
ohrJxeW and thereby aid ti *>
8 the pubic
s< Because of thmr
[W"|y. and perhaps, in some
<|ihi*4lMir indifferences. :he
ytJkge not supporting an
wtectiW school system for
dur p®le. especially m tin
Mralleßowns and rural dis-
fhe system is but lit
tle be||- for white children
oaflfidapf the large cities.
.\fere fl -finding with public
°/fif' ,a A ' not educate our
cifedre In the present con
ditron the public schools. I
would »ge with all the ear-
can summon, that
onr miners, teachers' busi
ness na, leaders, parents,
and nfipapers, insist that
shall
c GVefure the public
sci»ol fiorities and ask for
better •<. iacUitie j
i.”TF ta - a *‘ tax l es
p« .aily> jm N t axes, a 0 .ch
*
: ...
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ATHENS, T. . < ' i9O-t
| man that
. Yffrghtr to ‘h*mra.
. ing hand ro this obie vt.ofuaii
) and help her in t is 11 olMe
j rerprise. /V'-ead orphans, are
[ bei lig sent Im 1n < ista»; states,.
This nobib fconiai has labored
1 long and hdrd, wth no fidan
; ciai Ifiitckiw- 6101 speed u
’ on. forty-two chdd
| ren in the Some, md they are
; taught Vo be nsefil. both vvith
> hands and'head.-- I’he Coving
ton Advocate.
The : I’residenr. I»’ev. W. G.
I 3ohn»oh. lx D.. o Maron. Rev.
A. Ik Murden. Corresponding
: Secretary, quid Deacon S. B.
. Davis. Treasurer, of Athens.
■ with th“ M issi<diaries of the
Genera.! Sta’te Bdptis , < oiMt’en
. tion aije working l i;,rd to Aieet
i the demands of ne Coitven
i tion. Six tho md doiJars
mu c .; be rais< Ito cover fthe
ex enses this \ jar Let every
r urcb prep ie to send liberal
□nations W’e 1 Jarnestly a|sk
, >hat each churc 1 will answer
the cill if the Conventiiln,
by ho ding up its side of tLc
Missionary banner, and see tX
. its m t trailing in the dust.
Atlanta University.
Atlanta, Gkoiigia. £‘
A|| 1 n-ectariai Christian In
stitiiliox .evoted especially to
adv|hce<|i hicaiion. College,
Noc|hal bi d Preparatory
coujfces, with industrial Train
in f- r r Superim I in
Mußic and Pr ting. Horne
lifiiffind training. A.d given to
neJly and deserdug st udents,
five large brick buddings.
NE|V practice school
building mi to be * rected.
I lERM BEGINS
JBEPT. 30, 1703.
Ij''or atalogue ”<d in : 0.-n<
I tiofi, acdzesA <
IPr'l.s H< race H*: te ip. D. L»
a JI
‘ /
| go di'wt'ly in %. -<eA
tiie -b ml fund, at n 1:0 Iwr!
■'" ,d rak TjG
3. ( f-operifee
'possihi wir^Bff' i 0
>ci)oi>! dicia Fa I 'voWttM
ley by ' /riva »•» *'u. t>r
I other"nei ’’Ods.
i i lie i'
the se'oo! terpis ap'd ex ten tpH
lo at l‘u«t "ight m| < ‘ ri ' *is. I ti
less tiie < hild i^j''' )T kept in
school il’m ar. even or
Icight mon hs ir 3 1 a 1 \\ e
cannot expeca, hi ilk bi edm
Irarcd. \ r h reb If m* 11 ' ks scoop]
I inea is pricticu moi.
i 4. hi cmiuectid' 1 with the
I'imoo rerm of proper ! engt|iJ
[erect a good. >mm fortaLae i
[school house atfd, properly
fiirnisii' it.. SOt'm of; ri|e.
[sehooß to lie - <
I ral district , are fib I>f any
icliiid lo spend a in. ■
In emclnsion l|wouid rp- (
peat t it in iin- J
portani period iuy” l ' .-dtbw-th
as a pen[>ie. imme4 il te atteit- 1
tion to thek pum*‘ '
fundame-wtal,
mmunity will do full 4*fcy.
the whole race wli l>e
and strengthened and* a gen
eral quick'hing Till tAd?
dent everywhere.
Booker T. W>
Tuskegee. Ala.,
eiiflo sragpd 11 i b r efl^t. ’ *lwk;
r • <«“ * I
, SLACh SKIN REMOVER
B ( ' V
patent on, c "V. W
s " u.
Wore Z^ a . /
A Wonderful face A|3ch.
reared it u«»d» s directed. . U >l
A WONDERFUL FACE >tZ|*
,< ’ x ‘ on
uirected. Will turn t'leHkin s n< «4ck **
im’l?.Rr son four or A. ' shadAifTanfe
'® Person ju.-fect.■• wb'l** forty
’•ts? a shade cr two 'Il-Ii SmA* >*o
d<TH nJt i" n the eX7n bnk
« without cou Inna use
TTrinkles,freoklcs.< arkgpo >, p hplJ« JOOMP*
orblack heads mi king Vn. 4 f
'•>ved without han t othe.kli Wher o,l^?c •
-a oolor you wish, <, >pusfi 1 <jpn»p|**l r •
THE HAIR EIRAIQ4 ENER
Ont g'.ss in every on. dollar 1 „ ..nA«h *°
? ■/P? 1 • • hairgruw Jong .nd stkatfC «»<}
■ k'-eps it fion falling out. Urhly nStwiiitd
end makes the hair soft anl Tw ?,«»»’>
| Mi ‘? y t our . 0 lßtoa >*rs s*y or of o,i *Sh't
fuXr£bS‘. tßndoll * r «<?>*«
«r A p n Z,. P n«°“ 8 '<*U«to ow dollar cjww*
*'yost-Offioe mo. ey or- er, axpreM n <uf>T w ~
“oK! ir.x?i VAWI.’a.’S a“*
L‘4?sxac!fi
"»e of aharye. dso at a»\is
know eoatento exeep .♦ sceiv
CRAi’k C .
11 IM. .'*CMtN nt *
K jHMQNoj V *
. -nm
t OR HENLEY’S
Jt >
’jmT* Eraa *s™ JhLKji traE.v*
• ■■l Bd’WSdF
A Most tiibffJve
•VM» well known Tonic and Kwrvii.eflffV jjfil
threat reputation n’ ‘-ore for Debili.y. WJ T
«ia, and NKKV. <;S dleordero. It fepjA t
lanicitld and dobllttiitml coni’’tion* OR“F
tern satrenirtlK in the intellect, an' tiodlly H?/* w •
buna* up worn nut Norvea : al .a fl d
atorea impair.d or lost Vitality, and bril? >* ff! ’
youthful atrenrlh at>” vijror. It la ileasal™ fl a
tame, and used r-.-iiljny bracea tbe
bedeprewl- g inJi mine of Maluriia W” I b
Pr’ce- 4 ' .OO Itottle of «< _!■ j
*«R r VLB. f\v A.LL nBUGGWBf*
es mil
A' ¥ A a
for Th.:
, ;If you want work ut ia plcuaunt and jk . .I'
>1 tend ua your addreaa . 'lediately. WcyjW i
and women how to ci t from KS.OO MV "T' I
•3,000 per year witno it liariac hud 1,?.%
experience, and furuiab li* eiapieymaiw'"®’|
they ean make that amou Noihiag ®r "JW” |
I learn or that requirea nine, tiioa. Tltft i rL*A
l eaay, healthy, and hanorable, dwabw’’?*"
" I iujr daytime or evening!, right >■» ' ou r|J l y"Y . I
. I itv, wherever von live. The r. «ult vI“jSPC 1
I houra’ work often equate a
. |We have taught thonandaof boti. eMr“’j '. ;
agri, and many have laid fouaOatl*. ,
, Mirelv bring them rlchea Some o' I
men in thia country owe • heir «m tea*l
} the atari given them while In ear •nj|’ , Wz
i ago. You, reader, ntay do a> well; ti* J,’IT
eanuot fail. No capital i.jaffTi
1 | witii aomethint that ie new, a.
1 book brimful of atviea i» free t» all.
■ aelt bv writing for it to-dvy - .ot
' Delava are eo»tl». " ,
r E. C. ALLEN &
Box 420, «> W
AUGUSTA. 1
to
C
A New anjNff?’’’.®* B Wn, wfiii’?
rUPioSIT<>BAP , j cauanltw of
i boxes of Aaevei-fanby
! cf every Itatun. It
- I with tbe knife or i^tV> u ‘“"' (,t A
c.-c pninlu! uod aeldoiAf perman' .'MilMkl or
)'resulting in death, ...
this torribio C.oeaeollC. * y^>
boxes to cure anrcnX, c W*.
' ber.efite received. $1 n box, or -y WTw*
free. OnarriEteeg fraued t r
CONST! PAT lOfl
IbegT'at I.IVI Ttnnd STOMACH ft.
UI OODPbKIA'TEM. Smeli, wM ■> ■RMK/’
1 tak.,, a pednUy adapted for
i *'«w iaarw ‘Rued om.-»» (
I —.—.. r—— —,.
• Let ever\one : - <‘<tt,
• goveriii jkCcordii' fi'
L whole-".ne y n
in ;.Lc letter from
■ by Prof. Booker 'I
I ton, on the
,Pu Mie Schools It>
foi ml i i ,‘i t ithe ' >• • I
th s issie,
I AWfr’
< •
IA p i
SOU "> NC. 4J-
THE ) .’RLNE R. K
*1 HR S .i i>< j ; ' ' i ",e js
fastest roai. mid mrnisl
best iiiToinniiidatii n ( 4 V-lyf
Toail in tiie slate,
.{•ials are polite and
pdating; nil’s bw> been <k
tyijrtnld bcnelir to riielAeop/l
Athens. Pa "ties dcsirmg
mfni ma' i<».’ us to
s iiiniii com ui lheir
ujeiit. or write v o A. I‘X
’ hiistiaii. Assistant Genend
I 'a-m'i!Li'* I '■ Atlu u, Ga.
k ! e 's a coin T'Hius gentiemHii,
«Und \'ill clicc* fa 11 v gi'® tti’.v
'it iform it ion desired.
Rij.ans yal'ilep. .!■*
Rip; ns TabuJp ■ uro nay.sea.
tllipans Tabai >s at druggists. -
Ripr.ns Tabules > '.re dizziness.
Rip; ts Tabules <■< ■ headache l
11 Ripa sT 'l’uies cure flatulence
■»i n.pai l i!i>''.<- cure dyspepsia
1 41 Riran " i.' 1 - iss.st digcstiot j
’jlipans . ’ us cure bad breuiJfj
T iusai; Ta< •» c’U-c bi' aiusneS?
»R , ins Tabui»s one gi ' s r"IW J.
'TUpur. Tubules cure ihr..g UW*‘
I.p*n« ’l'M.bu’cß 'e'tpF] .dnlw ’ y
. Rin.ii « TtiH.des: geatfle oaths, x” *
p m ti.Ub 'ot ale* cure cont •oatt J >.°* 'T.
i I .ipai's 1 a. ules: ten vnir »'oir
Ripai i Tabc’es: pl»a* nt lax t ;
Ripan Tabui s cure liver trow
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' NEW GRGCHrt 7
Jtn? ‘dik ft- ™ ©
Fuu.. T
1 ‘ ** ■ i
■there win Ve< ■ > «m
■oceriev pr’vi*hh'S
« )C e an.l e.'eryi’.ung
a ( 'i ot the
goods fire fiist cln*s and U W Wg
ad price* to '"it ’he y
Quartern for I)KY a ITiE ,
M All orders for wood
trompt atenttion *
■eliverv
BvitTON Bigion.
•*» ! , .
J GO --|H
w Amy’s BmK'MII
1 y EAST BHO.• •* 1
K Wheie he is able ’<•
fiice and in’ell get” peo|^HA aVVt
Ender is kept Ha Cl,! rWb can
fftoc: shampoo 3oe
Lt the shop Ot notify
■ call at v>ur h'-tTp
jfirst cla-s bhT ’ e ’ t ‘T a *J . W
| Piease give r ' ' . .Ig
J|bo sure to W. ..| O y,
j i K IL- -
I Sootew-^S 0 *" 1 '
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f.T md bur it -o,- wHy
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