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FOUR _ The Palmetto Leader ^ Published Weekly By " The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET i ? COLUMBIA, S. C. Entered at the Post Oilice at Columbia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. TELEPHONE 4523 N. J. FREDERICK, Edit or ... ..A, B. LINDSEY, .^Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE ------^Miiii'iml Edliur W. FRANK WILLIAMS ... Contributing Editor ? -HENHY_D._ PEARSON Citv Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, ... Manager W. N, WILSON _ Traveling Agent - SI! BSC R1 PIT ON RATESf , , - , CASH IN ADVANCE. ' On/ trear.._jCIZn JTrr six Months 4 _ __ i.^r> Three Months _?..? ..75. Single Copy .05 , Advertising Rates given on appli-1 ?. cation. - Communications intended for the current issue mustm reach' this omce, (if out of town) notlater than Tuesday night. Cf-1 ty news jby W ednestJtty night:' Saturday, August 11, 192(5. ' . Senator. Reed ..of:. Missouri. ??ehatfman-of_t.hp' St?nni?> Committee, investigating expenditiu;e of money in the" Illinois primary,' met his match- in adroitness when he tackled Hon. EdwanT H. j r Wright, the big boss of Chicago's Second Ward,. * '- ? ; v . \ - , * U , It is sometimes even now said that colored people don't know what to do with the ballot; that ----r tney will sell uui ki the Irtgttesl bidder. But recent disclosures of money spent in primaries show that Negroes are pikers compared Avith the whites'." * * ? r ! *- The two colored candidates for the seat held by Congressman Dyer Tn^tt~l7olus7 MoT = made a very-poor run, the Congressman receiving more than twice , the number of votes received by both together:: And - - iso it ever will be as long as coloTecTpeople haven't sense'enoug h to stop scrapping among them selves, harmonize and push for ? a common obj ectiye. * ~? ? Senator Wadsuorth of New, -York- is a. candidate to ruccood himself. Bishop-Adna^W. Leonard, a Methodist Bishop, however, must confound him with the devil, for, <>says the good Bishop: "No Methodist, unless . he values lightly the vows of the Church, can remain loyal to the Church and support \\*?fdsworth at tfre:"same~hTrru.JJ?in?othpr words," the Bishop would make* the voting or not volihg < for "Senator Wads worth the test of a good Methodist in New York. . ,, ' A rude awakening however is due the good Bishop along about November. - t * * ? Florida seems hell bent tir _ "showing to'the world th^t, neith* . er justice, fair play or just common humane feeling has its abode there #"herr dealing with colored people. ' Recent ly, a colored woman. wa>-taken froni a Pullman car at Palatka, put in jail for the .night and fined the next morning $518.17 'on. thecharge . Of^vidating the Statots Jim-Crow law. This passengar ? had purchased her reservation in New York for a through trip to Orlanda, Fla. .. Surely, decent white peoplew?uld not contend^Uiat-atTeSsFa woman ought he'barred from comforts on a long trip' like that. Does it really mal^e any white person of parts feel better to know that ilia colored fellow citizen of decency and intelligence is denied. ? the comforts suitable to his station? ->s ? " O , \ . 1 WHITES OUTNMBER t' . NEOHOES.. According, to an estimate made by the U.S. Census Bureau, the the cutor^L The actual Jtgures as given 'hy this agelicy are,1 whites 910,11)0; colored 893,900. j ] According to the census of , 1920,' the population was, whites 818,- 1 538; colored 864,719. From j this it .cam be been that the increase in the-: white population during the pa5.b-t> years has been ~ 91,562, while-the colored in- < creased only- 29,181. Tn 1920, 7 the majority of colored over < whites was 46,181. But, according to the estimate now made, the whites have not only overcome a lead of 46,181 but have surpassed it by 16,200. The re"tV.icI kivi! X VI lino U|J^UX V11V ' decrease of Negroes a>s compar- sed with the whites is the migra- . tion of colored people North and the greater number of cfeaths among colored peopled Not much 1 stress is la-id on the greater number of births/'of whites as the records of births" among both whites, and h$egrods\ are very unsatisfactory; that of J deaths being more reliable and l more ami! ately kept, are given |' 1 much weight, in making the-os-p timaheT" y However much .white South Carolina may rejoice over the i apparent preponderance of white! population, the principal reason J t hereof is a record of?shame.= Take this item: For 1925, the, Bureau of Vital Statistics .dis-J ^closes this sad commentary on 1 conditions bearing on death a mong the two races: Unde,r one 'year, .wjiitq males; 859, females 702, tota-1 1,561; colored males, 1 l.o82, females 1,182,-total,2,564, | or l,Q03_piore Colored- infants' I l.iaa whiles,_Whil?jLhat of the! whites is high a plenty, that of'1 1 the Negroes is appalling. That such an ihfant mortality is due to ignorance can hardly be gainIsaid? ihit whose is the respon-, sibility? If the preservation ofj_ life as apart of Christian civili-zntion. 1 hero is Work for some- _ body. I ??? UNCbE SAM, EUROPE ANlV , THE NEGRO. r > . I?Tliaf-t he United -States nrttnr^ most cyrdially hated country in j. the world today is hardly opened t(i__dispute.? Especially?is1 ' this trtle so far as European na-i ! tions are concerned and its but1 little better even among the nations ot lhis conilnem. llow dif " . ferently was it during the World War, and; particularly when A-| merica entered on the side of( the AllieiUI-owers. Then noth-j ing was too good ta say of Uncle' Sam. He was so unselfish/chivalrous,. so admirable. mrt now, the danger over and the! 'victory won, he is a Shylock. a profiteering pig, a - heartless scoundrel.,_ America however as a nation 1 is getting from the.nati(7ns of the world about what the Negro as a citizen has been getting] from his fellow citizens. When there was war and danger on. needed to help "make the workf safe 'for democracy"?a piece of ( bunk?nothing was too gdod toj : say of him. It was impressed" upon him at all times arMrin all ways that this was his ctflmtry as well as the white man'!?. Int deed,,we heard of Negroes being roughly treated for saying that t hey had nothing to .fight for as i this was the white man's coun-^ try'. Then the Negro was.praised for his patriotism, his bravery his lovnJtv [ VV^hen there"was need of truSw worthy "soldiers to guard, the White House, the Treasury and other governmental buildings in , Washington, none could be trust ,ed with that important duty but ly the Negro'entered the'wvar; | faithfully he observed the meat-T less, wheat less and heatless days! and "Ilooverjzed" as he had nevi er dreamed of. He bought lib- j l erty bonds until it hurt?s>ut of ail proportion to his Wealth. In fact, in nothing that made' for , success in the war was he remiss;?all in the hope that Re might in the end have a little j * V THE PALME' piece of that ^democracy"- that was . on every one's lips. But the war "scarcely- "arms intuterance, hatred, prejudice broke forth with more fury 'jhah he had ever witnessed, and to this day they are still goin^ strong. One would think from the treatment in general accorded "the country over, that he had welched and sulked in l)is tent, inI THE SEA1 By W. FRAh j* 1 V.<?W..V..V?'?VW?V Vm. We have all sorts of publications in our race, from the nine by Twelve church bulletin to the great Pittsburg Courier, whieb I riirmvil ?. ? !,? 7 - .. .. . IIIC IVUU* ing Negro newspaper. "I've watched i hem all prow for the past ten"years and I am thoroughly convinced that there is even a .financial .success to be attained by the Negro journalist in the near future.?And ~\vhen I sav H" journalisiJLmean not only, the editor and publisher but also those richly endowed contributor's who command the. attention and alfect the thoughts i?f the reading public. lii recent months. I have noticed new features in The Leader which are tuvttned to make our own paper one ly be, reckoned with by the leading ,'ournals of the Tace: The atftides by- Uev. Albert Long, 1). should strike tftir~mi?st jjLspotic as being an index pointing towards the right direction. Indeed it is the handwriting on the- wall as I see his articles, and the. despots had better take,heed-.' The section conducted'by Mrs. Cora Ciethers is illuminated with balmy thoughts from the -soul of a great woman. We hope she will continue lit r nrtivk'Sr- ? - -Rev. (). A. Parker contributes ajittk* gein t<> The* Leader weekly which indeed w ogles up ...one's thoughts. Tlii. poetic.-contributions by my old class-mate, J lev; .1. W. Withe rsjtoon, are symbolic of the man. and nothing done with pen and ink by tliis genProf. W.' 11. Howman may have a vocal handicap liut you will agree with me that he has no writing handicap. lie is indeed prolific in both thought and folunie. t Antl^so it .goes. There is a great iuture for 'tIui Leader. And 1 am glad to Ik- on the ship that is destined lor a great porf. ??i?n?? .' .? I LOVV LUis vs. McCRKARY. . As \on. know, Atlanta is a live city ant| all'o-rd.- one .-eiisation after ;ni?<h. er" the -year round.- Xo\y it is the l?ig light between Tiger Flowers, middl> v. via iit chanipioii of tlie world, and ii itiHng MeCreary, the Boston boxer. i 'oi e. i i k . i iie daily pa; i rs of AtlarrHr ha.vc- 1 .pen carrying long accounts of file big light which Will be pulled oil' tonight tTuesdayj at the"' mammoth City Anditoriuhi. "Flower-.-*' title will not he involved in this" tight. Perhaps it is good that it wont, because tiu'd trr he one of the best in the ring. AlcCreary is,a.heavyweight tipping Stiie scales -Uyenty i ' '' " I'i'iin stronger than our middleweighf of Atlanta.. Sinee AlcCVeary I>: .5, II gl i ro J i riauc'ci leacner, Leader; And Orator ~~ Sydney Strong, writing "in the Seat tie V'n-ion Record, a white tlaily published in the elvlof'cfty of the State of \V:. - hii.p t on. ile\ lit eel most of a two column article -recently to".his impee-:-ions of William 1'itkens, field secretary of the National ssociation for tlu- .UlvanceinenL of Colored Peo-ple, v. i:o' had come, there on his lecture tour. 1 5 - "WhikCwe were sitting in the Democratic Club, Seattle, waiting for him to speaky* writes Mr. Strong, "Dr. Lucius O. Haird told me that Pickens wa.s one of I lie hyst teachers he_gver kne^v. 'Siy-h a head. For example, he crn i it d all of Virgil^ around hi his read?together with the grammar? and, like Socrates, was literally a peripatetic philosopher. . _ "1 sat fin' until one after midnight readin{f*TwVsilng Ponds'?an autobiography "of his life, which I should place right alongside 'Up From Slavery' A ! ,.? It...4 a - - ?. .. v..<11. wmcn liiu reader from South Carolina to Arkansas on to Talladega. on to Yale", where young Pickens ran away with the prize in a noted oratorical contest, was voted into Phi lieti? Kappa, won the attention oT our American nobility; the Iioosevelts, Cleveland* and Stokeses, etc.?it's a fascinating story and should he widely read. ..... "Of course I was interested in him chiefly- because he is one of the Negro eaders df teh. land. Byt such amazingly oratory. When, he was Introduced by. the chairman of the Democratic Cluhf- he playfullydgggan by remarking thta a Negro seldom had the pleasure of meeting the mem I rr<f LEADER ' stead of playing the man, the J patriot". Uncle JSam is* wonder- J pean nations toward him, aften having done so much for them. [ It is peculiar Uncle, but the Ne- s gro is wondering too; he is won- ? dering though at the American * attitude?toward him as a citi- N zen after having done all, and , moi'e too, than was asked of him. | _ ? , r *CHLIGHT J: IK WILLIAMS ~7~ 7"... ' Tr ! t stood Harry Will's heavy blows for1 eight rounds, and even -sinoe he-has' been training in Atlanta all his spar- 1 j ring partners have been "hospitaled" ! j by his big fists, it* is reasonable to! ( predict that the Fighting Deacon will' haye no time to lopf Tuesday night.- * |i Flowers is the idol of Atlanta. His '"e picture can be seen in many of the [ e downtown windows and even in the -1 newspapers his photo has appeared re- ^ icently. ' I ~ ~ 1 AMERICA VERSUS EUROPE. t First we" took the Yachting laurels t from Sir Thomas ^ipton. Then Papyprus came over here to bTT'outsped by Zev. Then Bobby Jones, of'AtJ lanta, went across the pond an(j won ! the- world's golf_ championship. from--( 1 the British. And now Gertrude Ederle has startled the world by being the first woman to swim the English channel. ! What will we1 win next? It is hard f to say. ' But if we could win France's will to pay that war lqan debt it would be the greatest triumph of all our contests and debates with the sentimental Europeans. _ f *~ Sp:IpsJifooKii/.l/ V.. PX I o ?- - - !" Sears, Roebuck & Co., the great (t Chicago mail order house", opened its > t ] southern branch in "Atlanta last Sat-' i; unlay, and according to the newspa- j f pers, :10,000 people passed through the F ; doors on that day. That was pretty o J good for a rainy day. I should think. ;|Many people of our rac??have good positions with the new store. People c in the sjouth who formerly sent their e orders to Chicago or the Philadelphia 1 v branch will now get quick service' a from the Atlanta branch. [o A PREPARED MINISTRY. |a Many people write from this sub- ( " jeci and too much "writing cannoT bje ~~ done about itj^ But there-are so many a Negro churches and they are springing up so fast on the corners anj in v , -the?alleys -of our " cTtic~o,~~ that^trhe- ? schools cannot^tur.n out men fast enough to supply them. And what if: r _ they could? Thp litt.ln missions _ean-Ln not" begin to take care of the prepared I - ininioU-'i1; Uj It takes nlentv of limt.prial 'I'rtl ti?io i T to write on this subject, and neither J v is at our command today. But this i v is just to say that we are coming our*v soon with an argument under the above caption. ^ But as a closing word.we will say _ that half of our churches are a white I elephant on the hands'of society, and a their "shepherds"^hre the elephants._ = ?r- i ^ r"J"T S ;" ; hers of the Democratic party?unless , C I it might be at a lynching party. The 1 v ?Reporters who. heard him became so t absorbed that they nearly forgot to v i take down his wrods. This was S i 'Pickens the Yale man* who had1 a swept his way . through until he became dean of Morg^ir. College and now field secretary^pf the National a Association. Tie took tFat after-dim" r ner crowd, of men and women and C moved them at will . 7, . .- r ... . <?l * /\s e unrolled the Jfaets as to the F colored race sineef: emancipation, J a standing before us a living proof of j J his declarations; the peer of anyone p in the room, it was very plain that j r the American Negro had not only j.S arrived, but that he._jvas destined to I play an important role in the buil- I a duig oT the republic, that It~would be r best, as he so tloquently urged, for all citterns if he, the Negro, were encouraged to play his pffrt freely and e naturally." ? > r *+. ? .r . r RELIGIOUS EDUCATION' b OF 'THE A. M. E. Z. CHURCH |p j, By Rev. A. E. Lomax > [o The quadrennial hieeting of the ^ g :.general church school convention of ^.d _the A. M. E. Z. Church, embracing a Sunday School Convention, Endeavor <> and other Educational agencies of the n church, under the auspices of the religious educational boar^ _cf which n Profs. J. W. Eichelberger; Aaron I Brown, T? J. Pollard, Revs. J. P. Lee v and J. W. Powell are the promoters, F convened in John Wesley A. M. E. Z. c Church, Washington, D. C., August S -tfpr' '' ' , ?It was my good pleasure, and too, n at the expense of my members of ti " ' > N lories Chapel A. M. E. Z. Church, this rity, to witness the deliberation of he high class prnfrr?tnmi> during my. tay in the capital. Enthusiasm ran high dnd everyjody seemed to haveu caught new in;piration and a determination to <h!o nore. to spread?the?spirit?of* relifious education in the future than vhat has been done in the past.- ? Delegates and telegrams from all mrts of the country were there. The welcome exercises on Tuesday light were of a Thigh class nature. Our uwn guverntrr, us Well as the Governor of North Carolina, sent teletrams of appreciation which were cad to the delegation. I wish to qyTdttT as fnllnws the teleCram greeting sent by our governor kf?Sooth Carolina, in the person of he Hon. Thomas G. McLeod:? Columbia, S.-C.,-August 3, 1U2C, teligious Education, A. M. E. Z. , umes W. Eichelberger, Director ^ Church School Convention, "For myself and other South Caroinians interested in nnhlie wnofi T xtend to your convention best wishs for a successful session. Christian Cducation-through the church schools, arnestly and loyally. carried on, will urely result in immeasurable benefit o those receiving it, and like ^leaven, spread its power to all whom it ouches. - . Thomas G ^IcLeod, 1 Governor of South Carolina. ? ? ? ' * < ? ; . .. RT. S. Gilmore's Great Work. Strong Pastors Jhruout York and By'- Rev. J. C, White I was called tfl jmy home church, the Mt. Prospect Baptist* Churchy lock Hillf_L&st.-wct?k', where 30 years go, I found Christ and Him or^ly by inptism; Rfcv. T.-S. Gilmore,' D. D.( he very ""best pastor in this country, * the-shepherj of that great people, lev. Gilmore is and has been the lastor at Mt. Prospect for some forty dd years. A Great Revival From Monday night, wehn I?took harge, to Friday night," Rock Hill mptied their home's, the pol rooms i'ere deserted, the swimming places nd parks went begging. Thousands if people packed in, crowded around ibout the church to hear the worj of iod. . . Each flight, I simply took my time uid laid bare the Word. We had 20 for baptism and 2 for ?itch-care. _ As* I pot about over Rock Hill, in uy Bip Si^. Studebaker, old scenes of t is there-1 was converted; it was was license^ to preach and there 1 fas ordained. There I married, and rhere my wife died, one of the best ramen who ever walked the -earth. I visited relatives and friends at )pden, Edpemoor, and at Catawba. 1 saw the-Mt. Hebron Church where started to preachJat 27 years appj" t a salary of $23, per year. _ I visited Charlotte, N. C. and viewed fiddle University where-U attended chool 22 years apo; Ml. Zioh at Juthriesville, where I met old friends, iheie once Dr. M. P. Hall thundered, here I-stood with bared head and lowed the crraxrn i\t Pi,. If T"\ - v.i ui. u. u. >> IlllU, louth Carolina's most "noble preacher nd leader. Ministers of York and Chester Co. The ministers of these two counties re among the best informed all aound preachers in all South Carolina. )n an average they are all fairly good ireachers. The reasoti is obvious, tew Dr. M. P. Hall planted t}ie_stulT nd its there -without etny gainsaymglost of these preachers teach and ireach. Among thofce who stand forenost are: Revs. J. P. Reeder, F. I). >imst,YVm. Honolv R. M. Pitts, 1). C. iarl)er, L. R. Barber, Giles, Stewart nd many others whose names I can lot recall. Tragic Death of Rev, R. F, Lee_ The Rev.-Robert F. Lee was regfvrdd as the Reading young preacher of lot only York;an,) Chesetr counties, iut South Carfolina had not a- supeiof. "* Last Saturday afternoon, he was instantly killed by having a ilow-otit in hi? *:? uwwiaiWUiC: lilt', uy ;oing at a rapid rate. This caused he car to turn over on him and four ther companions. Rev. Lee was a raduate of both Friendship and BeneTrf ToTTegesl He was level-headed nd a safe leader. He was pastor of 1(1 'Gothsemane Baptist Church, four niles north of Chester, the church for hich the Gethsemane Association is amodr+AIso he pastored the Boyd I ill Baptist Churclr, Rock Hill, and .as a teacher in Friendship College, 'or years he was a member of the xecutive board of the State Sunday Ichool and B. Y. P. U. Convention.. At the time of hie death he was a lember of the Finance Committe of he State S. S. and B. Y. P. U. Con Saturday, August 14, 1926. j vent ion of S. C. He was baptised by the Rev. T. S. Gilmore, like myself, 1 i many year*; ago- ' J Pence to his ashes and rgst to his | weary soul. THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF .ALLEN UNIVERSITY MET TUESDAY, AUG. 10. I ' The Judiciary Committee of Allen ' Universitys,appointed at Commence' ment by Bishop John Hurst met in , the, Chappelle Administration-'building Tui.nlay, Augunt 10th nnd trail-" | sactej thy business for which it was appointed. Great interest was shown in the meeting by the different dele. cations present.- ?j . __ The Committee-consists of,Mrs.-D. E. McGhee, of Aiken; Miss Florence Lykes, [ Greenville; Dr. A. B. Johnson, Aiken; Prof. I. M, A. Myers, ^vsty^tary, Columbia; Prof. G. W. ; Howard, chairman, Georgetown. The ^appointment of this committee by the A I Bishop is pleasing to the laymen and 4| , general satisfaction was |xpressed ' ? as to its attitude by all present. * South Carolinians Enoy j Boston Society. t . j Seymour Carroll and Robert ' Shaw Wilkinson, Jr*>. Among Those to Att'end 400 Dance. Boston, Mass.', Aug. ll.-^The ,Bos- -v ton Citizens1, Committee' tendered 4 Lieut, Col. West Hamilton and his .staff officers-a' reception at the fash*i ionable Butler Hotel here laatr inight 'on Trenront Street. Tine National | I . Guards from Massachusetts, Illinois, -r-Gonnooticut, Maine; -New- Hahipshire7~? ; and from the Ditsrict of Columbia v ' made up the unit that has been trainling here almost ten weeks. -.r ' , Lieut. Col. Hamilton is. a prominent -eiliypn nf Washington and was a personal friend: of the late John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, who died?'"r*"! three weeks ago. Major Hewett I. Heniit, is in e6)n-" Imam! of the Massachusetts Batallion aof National Guards, made of race men. -j At the Butler Hotel reception ten- .. f ' dered to the 52 colored commissioned ! officers, their wives," friends and "sweethearts were a number of prominent persons of South Carolina. Among the South Carolina guests to attend the "Boston 400" reception ? A ^vere: Mr. Seymour Carroll, Columbia; ^ A T %. T> . l * mi-. Auuurx ftnaw Wilkinson, Jr., OrangeburgT IVlrTT). C. Brock, formerly i of l^k>ciety-H-HtT~Sr-C.; now TTT'Srrrrfnrd. FLa^;_Liuut. J.. AV-Robertson, of Wash- - ~ | injjfton, 1). C., a teacher at Brewer ?? < Normal Institute, Greenwood, S.. C.; . j WfJ, it, Mnyinl^-of Washington^ for- J j merly of Charleston, am] the follow(.inji ladies: Mrs. Viola, l'urcell Brock, ft of Society Ilill; Miss Evelyn O'Dell, J yttf?fcairrcns and Miss wttis I.. Me- _ Lean of Camden. fl ??Mi'i iL?Bi'ntton -Wright,?Huston's?-?5 leading undertaker whose business is m located at lOil Treniont Street, was a member of the Citizens' Committee ! undef Cnpt. Noiman N." Rayner that ^ sponsored the movement. Deacons7 Christian ? Union Association Of Georgia to Meet ~ %* Brunswick. Ga., Aug. 13?The Quarterly meeting of the Deacons' Christian Union Association fthe Brunswick District wiH be held with Bethel !"Baptist Church, Rev. J. H. F. Martih, j pststor, August 2<>th through'the 29th. This meeting promises tn ho best the Asociation has ever?hath I Many outstanding- features are on ^ ] the program which foJTows:{ Thursday, 8 p. m.?Devotional? Deacon Priuc?_ Williams. Remarks Music?Bethel'*-A. B. Choir.. Wel'ctmic?Mrs. Maggie Dennison. Responses-Deacon . George* Smith. Introductory Sermon?Rev. A. W. Walker. Announcements. Friday 8 p. m.---Devotional=D6acon j Tony Cuyler Music?Emanuel A. B. I Choir. ,Remarks?Deacon C. Murphy. 'Music?Choir. Sermoji?Rev.*- T. W. Rakestraw. Announcements. ' N Sunday 11 a. m.?Devotional-?Dea con Prince Floy J. Music?Bethel A. B. Choir. Sermon?Rev. J. L. Beatty. Announcements. Sunday 3 p. m.?Sunday School Meetjng-. Conducted by.-Supt., ' W. P. Peterson and Deacon Gabe Smith. Sunday 8 p. m.?Devotional?Deacon W. P. Peterson, Music?Bethel A. ? | B Choir.. Pa nor?^Miao u ?! i _ uuuioc AJCXUKZy. | Sermon?Rev. J? H. F Martin, Pastor, j Closing remarks?Deacon . d. W. Wheeler. Announcements. Master pi Ceremonies, Deacon C. ^ Y. Younprfjlood. The public ts cordirflly invited to attend the services. Committee?C^Smith, W.;,P. Peterson, S. C. Youllfljl John Murray, J. W. Wilson, L, Kerry, O AY. Wheeler. T. J. Howard, President; O. W. Wheeler, Secretary,