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VOIL. XVI, NO. 35, HICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY,AUGUST 12,1899, PRICE5CE>TS,

A LYNCHINGIN ALEXANDRIA.

Brutalizing Scenes Almost at tbe Nation's CapitalWHITE MEN BECOME FIENDS.

They Revel in the Blood oftheir Victim- ColoredMen Organize and Are Dispersed.

layor Simpson's Duplicity-Tiie Guarantees of the Lai Cast Aside.a**"****

Ai*BX-xsaUa\, Va.. Aug. 8..Draggedfor a tnird of s mile through the streetsof this city, with a rope around hts¦eek, a howling mob of 2.0C0 people,hooting and jeering and dischargingfirearms about him, Ban Thomas, a

oolored youth ot twenty years, washanged to-night at midnight to a lamppost on Leadbeater corner. Indignantcitizens in this tragic manner metedout punishment for an indecent assault.ommitted yesterday on Lillie, theeight-year old daughter of Mr. EdwardClarke. The affair was acoompsniedwith many revolting incidents, and forthe second time within two years thisancient metropolis of the Old Domin¬ion, almost within the shadow of theNational Capitol, has contributed a

genuine lynching sensation for thecountry.

Certainly but once before daringmany years, and that when the eoloredman McCoy was lynched for a similarcrime, haa excitement run high inAlexandria. The assurance of a lynch¬ing during the night was enforced byrumors that eolored men were prepar¬ing to offer armed resistance if an at¬tempt waa made to take Thomaa fromthe jail. The assault was the absorb¬ing topic of conversation. Early in theday citizens began to arm themselves.The stock of firearms and ammunitionin this eity was exhausted, aad expe¬ditions wera made to Washington toincrease the supply.

C3KOBKOATKD ON BTRBXT CORNXRS.

The enraged citizens began to con¬gregate in small groups about thestreet corner*-, almost as soon aa itgrew dark. These groups graduallymade their way about ll o'clock to¬wards the jail. The talk was openlymade tbat the colored man was to betaken from his cell by the mob. Atthe same time there were excited re¬

ports that colored men were gather¬ing on the outskirts of the city to makean invasion. However, by 11:30 o'clockfully 2 OOO determined men had gath¬ered about the jail. Their presencewas marked by a notable calm, andthere was comparatively little demon¬stration, save for the occasional firingof a shot or an exclamation to "givehim up."As the mob grew and its determina¬

tion was apparent, some of the promi¬nent citizens of the place appearedand tried to persuade the gathering todisperse. Finally, when it was plainthat a demand would soon be madefor the opening of the jail, Mayorrjimpeoi addressed the excited men*,counseling delay until to-morrow,when he promised to immediately callthe Grand Jury, and secure a trial incourt. "If they do not to-morrow findan indictment and deolare Thomasguilty, I will myself lead you to lynchthis man," declared the Mayor.This did not appease the men who

were determined on Thomas' life. Themob surged up to the door of the jail.Mayor timpson being whisked awayfrom his place as though he was noth¬ing more than a feather. The oftiserson guard in the jail refused to deliverthe prisoner. A long, heavy plank wasJammed against the door, whioh quick-y gave away. In the melee that fel¬lowed the entrance into the jail, whichia the corner of Princess and St Asaphsneers, Chief of Police James Websterwas kuu. k<*d over and considerably,though not aeriously, hurt.

BROUGHT OUT WRONG MA**.

The search for ThomasbeganatonceThe first man taken out into the corri¬dor waa John Dogan, eolored. He wasfound to Wa the wrong man, and a mo¬ment later, Thomaa was rushed beforetha howling throng. Several policemendeclared.* Thia is not the man," al¬though the rope was at that momentaround Thomaa' neck. He had beenthrown to the floor of the corridor.The protests of .the policemen were sovehement that Thomaa was givenopportunity to get tap, remove tha ropeIron* bil neck, and walk away, He

proceeded down St. Asaph street for athird of a blook and hid in the vesti¬bule of the residence of a Mr. Sineox.

It was not long before lynchers con¬vinced themselves that the escapingprisoner waa the one they wanted. Sev¬eral men darted after him and draggedhim from the vestibule. The rope wasagain place! about hia neck, the thor**oughly frightened culprit moaning andyelling all the time. In the scufflethat attended these proceedings near¬ly all the clothing was torn trom bisbody.Then the strange procession started

down St. Asaph street. Several citi¬zens held the rope by which Thomaswas being led to his doom, and thethousands of spectators were followingclose behind. Down St. Asaph streetto King street the mob moved rapidlyto Leadbeater's corner, before a con¬venient point waa found for the execu¬tion. There were policemen protest¬ing against the summary punishment,but th^LbrZ^trdb were unheeded.In .fJ^BP* lng the rope was thrown

over i*f^*'*Jh.|* post, willing hands pull¬ed at tb> loose end, and in a few mo¬ments Themas' life went out. Thebody, after it had been riddled withbullets, was removed to an undertak¬er's establishment, where it was view¬ed by thouaands.Soon afterward the mob dispersed,

and there was little disorder about theoity. The eolored people of the eity,who had threatened resistance, werethoroughly cowed, and no demonstra¬tions were made on their park

IXCITKMXNT X-.RLT IX D4T.

Considerable excitement reigned inthe lower end of town early this morn¬ing. This was the forerunner of to¬night's lynching, and waa occasionedby the appearance of a largs and wellorganized body of colored men, whohad gathered from various parts of thecity when it became known that Thom¬as was locked up at the police stationon the chareu of attempting to crimi¬nally assault upon Lillie Clarke. Thecolored men claimed that they had in¬formation that an attempt would bemade to lynch Thomas, and they didnot propose to stand by and see one oftheir race lynched. They openly avow¬ed their intention of protecting him atall costs.

Lieut. Smith reported the matter tothe Mayor, and was instructed to dis¬perse the mob, and arrest ali who re¬fused to obey the law. The Lieuten¬ant returned, and with a (quad of po¬licemen composed of Officers Bettie,Beach, Young, Hall. Dean, Howson,Spinks, Lyles, and Atkinson, met themob, aud ordered them to disperse.This they refused to do whereupon Al¬fred Oreen. James Turley, EdwardGibson, Alfred Mason, Harry McDon¬ald, Robert Buckner, Allen Carter,John Haskins James Alexander, Ed¬ward Jayne, Richard Washington, andThomaa Elsy were placed und sr ar¬rest. Several of the above when searched, were found to be armed with pis¬tols, butcher knives, razors and stones.After the arrests were made the Ne¬

groes seemed to think that no attemptwould be made to lynch .Thomas.They slowly separated ard went totheir homes. The prisoners were tak¬en before the Maror this morning,when Turley, Gibsjp), Green, Mason,and McDonald wea*) fined $20 ea in forcarrying concealed ayeapons and incit¬ing a riot. The otters were fined $10each on the charge of inciting a riot.After their oases had been disposed ofthe case of Benjamin Thomas was sail¬ed. There waa a decided stir ic thecourt-room when Thomaa was broughtin between two officers and lodged inthe dook. The witnesses against himwere Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and Lillie,the eight-year-old girl upon whom theassault was attempted.

TBBTIMONY Or TBS PARBMTS,

Mr. and Mra. Clarke told of sendingthe little girl to Thomas' house for anax, and of her appearance when she re¬turned. Lillie waa then placed uponthe stand and detailed her visit to thehouse, saying that when she called,Thomas was sitting inside the hall, oatht siatrs, Sht asked for the ax and

he seised her, drawing her within thehouse, and then attempted to asaaulther. Becoming frightened, she brokefrom hit embrace and fled to her bornewhere she related the occurrence toher mother. A complaint waa at oncemade and Thomas arrested a shorttime afterward by Policemen Knightand Wilkinson.

After considering the facts elicited.Mayor Simpson remanded Thomas tojail to await the action of the GrandJury. Thomaa was removed to jail at12 o'clock, and waa followed by a num¬ber of his raee. Feeling against himreached a high point duriug the day,and the authorities were apprehensiveof trouble Deputy City SergeantSmith, who, in the absence of SergeantWilliam H. Smith, has charge of thejail, called on Chief of Police Websterin the afternoon and requested that asquad of police be stationed at tke jailat night The request was granted.Ic addition to the Chief of Police andfour policemen, who were ordered toguard the jail, the Mayor appointed aspecial iquad of ten to act. This force,haw ever, aa to-night's determined af¬fair proved, was wholly inadequate toprevent the lynching.Lillie Clarke is an exceedingly intelli¬gent girl for her aga, and the straight¬forward manner in which sha relatedtha occurrence this morning impress¬ed many persons who were within hear¬ing distance of her.

TO THE F00LI8H flLIPINO*

The Grandest Aggregation.Good Thingsand Bad Things.

You do not Know what a good thingyou are missing by not wanting to be¬come cit zena of this grand country ofours. There isn't anything like it an¬the sun. You ought to send a delega¬tion over here to see us.this land ofthe free.land of churches and 100 OOOlicensed saloons. Bibles, forts andgune; houses of prayer and licensedhouses of prostitution; millionairesand paupers ; theolog'ans and thieves;libertines and liars; Christians andchaingacgs ; politicians and poverty ;schools and scalawags; trusts andtramps ; virtue and vice.A land where you can get a good Bi¬

ble for 15 eents and a bad drink sfwhiskey for 5 cents; where we havemen in congress with three wives anda lot in the penitentiaries for havingtwo wives ; where some men make sau¬sage out of their wives and some wantto eat them raw ; where we make bolog¬na sausage out of dogs canned beef outof horses and sick cows and corpsesout of the people who eat it; whare weput a man in jail for not having themeans of support and on the rockpilefor asking for a job of work ; where welicense bawdy houses and fine men fortailing the truth on the street; wherewe have a congress of 400 men to makelaws and a supreme court of nine mento Bet them aside; where good whiskymakes bad men and bad men makegood whisky; where newspapers arepaid for suppressing the truth andmade rich for telling a lie ; where pro¬fessors draw their convictions from thssame source they do their salaries;where preachers are paid $25,000 a yearto dodge the devil and tickle the earsof the wealthy ; where business con¬sists in getting property in any waythat won't land you in the peniten¬tiary ; where trusts hold you up andpoverty holde you down ; where menvote for what they do not want for fearthey will not get what they do wantby voting for it; where the girl whogoes wrong is made an outcast and hermale partner flourishes aa a gentle¬man ; where women wear false hairand the men dock their horses' tails;where political wirepuller has dis¬placed the patriot statesman; wheremen vote fora thing one day and cussit 306 days; where we have prayers onthe floor of our national capitol andwhisky in the cellar; where we spend$5000 to bury a congressman who isrich and $10 to put away a working¬man who is poor: where to be virtuous

is to be lonesome and and to be honestis to be called a crank; where we siton the safety valve of energy and pullwide opera the throttle conscience;where gold is a substance.the onething sought for.and God is a wastebasket for our better thoughts andgood resolutions; where wa pay $15,OOO for a dog and IS ats a dosen to apoor woman for making shirts; wherewe teach the untutored Indian eternallife from the Bible and fill him withwhiaky * where we put a man in jailfor stealing a loaf of bread and in con¬gress for stealing a railroad; where thecheck-book talks, sin walks in broaddaylight, justice is asleep, crime runsamuck, corruption permeates ourwhole social fabric and the devillaughs from every street corner.Come to us, Fillies, we've got the

grandest aggregation of good thingsand bad things, big things and littlethings, cold things and hot things, softthings and hard things, sll sizes, varie¬ties and oolors, ever exhibited underone tent. We've got more guns, Bi¬bles and whisky than any two showson earth.

If you don't como, we'll retch you.Of course when yon fellers jine ut youwill have to stop eating each other.You will be our meei then. Our peo¬ple won't* stand to abe a Int of goodmeat wasted that way. You can eateach other's substance tbat makes theflesh. You oan eat dktgged bologna oecanned horse meat, lt will be almostas healthy and will expand our meattrade. Come to our arms !.Buzz Saw,Journal.

7-BITOBS WBRE QUARAKTINED.

Plans for Their Reception Frustrated.Likely not toCome Hare.Miss Van

De Villers in Boston.

For the past two or three weeksthere have beea elaborate preparationsgoing on for -the entertainment of thethrong of visitors due hewe last Sat¬urday from Hampton. These strang¬ers who had congregated at Buck RoeBeach with the intention of proceed¬ing to Richmond were from Boston,New York, Philadelphia, Washingtonand Virginia; but the sudden and un-welcomed report of yellow-fever inOld Point, which quarantined that vi¬cinity, made every oae eager to pro¬ceed directly to their own home at theearliest moment.This news waa received here with ut¬

ter disappointment and a damper wasput to all preparations at this end.About fifteen have arrived so far;

among whom are Miss Staunton, ofNew York ; Miss Smallwood, of Bostonand other names I have baen thus farunable to obtain.

VISS VAX D*'viLLEB8 IX BOSTON.

Miss Susie Kyaric Yessitter Van DeVillers has crossed the ocean and isnow reported to be in Boston, but srethis, she is probably in New York.

1 have been informed that the ladywho is handling Miss Villers' corre¬spondence is responsible for the fol¬lowing:"Her lady is not likely to so fortu¬

nate as to get as far aa Virginia onthis trip, owing to an early engage¬ment with a star concert company inPhiladelphia."

I also have the honor of announcingfor my lady her desire of not wishingto be confronted with any public re¬ceptions should she visit Virginia, shewill come as a private guest.

WILL SHB BING HEBE?At this stage of proceedings, if Miss

Cornalla Savilie's statement is to berelied upon, it looks as if Richmondwill not have the opportunity of hear¬ing Miss Van De Villers.

WANT A. GRAMD OIRCLB.

There are some gentleman connect¬ed with the Ciceronian Literary Socie¬ty who are drawing up papers to bringbefore that body next month, suggest¬ing the formation of a Grand Literaryof Virginia, thus calling* for an annualconvention of a Grand Circle.

BNTERTAINME***T.An entertainment and musics1, were

giver [sst night at the home ofMr, Edward W. Stephens in honor orMiss Katie Smallwood, of Boston, andMiss Stanton, of New York. Duringthe evening an interesting programmewas rendered by excellent talent. Re¬ception committee for the occasionwere Misses Mary Harper, Rosa E.Banks, Messrs. George E. Taylor andEd. W. Stephens.

SHS TOOK LAUDANUM.A woman giving har name as Annie

O'Cornel fell on the corner of 1st andClay streets last Monday night about7:80 o'clock from the effect of lauda¬num. She was carried to the drug¬store of Thompson and Benson, onLeigh 8t., where the ambulance wassummoned with Drs. Davis and Cun¬ningham in charge.The ease was a stubborn one aad the

doctors worked faithfully for an hourand a half; after whioh she was takento the hospital for further treatment.She stated that she took the drug withsuicidal intent.

Beginning to Tell.

[Augusta, Ga., Baptiat.]The Virginia courts have sent tome

lyncher! to the penitentiary and araafter others. The good words andworks of courageous JQM. Mitchell arebeginning to tell.

DR. GRAHAMSAYS A WORD.

THE VIRGINIA BAPTISTSTATE CONVENTION

ENDORSED.

Enthusiasm all Along theLine.

Virginia Seminary BeingSupported.

Editor, Richmond Plaxbt:Allow me through your widely reed

paper to say a word to the friends ofthe Virginia Baptist State Convention.Let me assure them first of all thatthere is no danger of that body beingdefeated in its objects. We know thisstate. We are ic communicative touchwith the brethren throughout thestate and are consequently satisfied asto oar strength. Here and there aomegood brother, apparently with us atLexington, gets talked over to theother side,but theie things do not movemen of fixed purpose.

MOVX FORWARD.Let no one become alarmed because

somebody resigns from positions towhieh they were elected at LexingtonThere are plenty on our side who willgladly fill their places. Those goodbrethren have a right to resign if thevoan't stand in the battle of right.Let ns move on to the watch-word:Forward 1 March 1 What have we tafear? The people are with us, a greatmajority of the pastors of the stateare with us, God is with us ; what needhave we to fear? Would you like tohear the names of the conventional andassociational bodies ..hat hare reaffirm¬ed allegiance to the State Convention.Virginia Seminary and PresidentHayes since our sitting at Lexington?Well now, just stop aud let me ehowyou:

A LAND-SLIDE FOB TUX RIGHT.In June, the Women's State

Baptist Educational Conventionmet in Richmond and endors¬ed us and sent us $132 Oo on the Sem¬inary debt; in July, the Flattop Bap¬tist Association met in the westernpart of the state with 83 churches, andendorsed us; in July, tha BannisterBaptist Association with 40 churchesendorsed us, and like the Flattop, sentliberal contributions for Virginia Sem¬inary : in August, Southside Rappahan-noek Baptist Association with a largenumber of churches endorsed us andsent us a handsome sum for the Semi¬nary ; in August, the great MattaponiBaptist Association with 68 churchesendorsed us and sent us nearly onehundred dollars for Virginia Seminary ;in July, Amherst District SundaySchool Convention endorsed us andsent money for Virginia Seminary ; inJuly, the Mattaponi District SundaySehool Convention with 40 schools en¬dorsed us and sent up money for theSeminary ; io August, Bedford CountySunday School Convention endorsed usand sent money for the Seminary.

WHAT HAVB WB TO FEAR?I ask again, what have we to fear?

Only one body has spoken against usand that is the Bappahannock SundaySchool Convention, which I amtold, endorsed the splitters' associa¬tion after a hard light. Do you hearme brethren; stay in the field until thebattle is over.You ought to have been at the old

Mattaponi Association. The friend?or the other side were there, but to nogood for them. Grand Master, RevW. L. Taylor, Revs. G. C. Coleman ofManchester, son of that great head¬light, Charles S. Coleman of HalifaxCo.; F. P. Diggs, W. J. Thompson, E.C. Thompson, G. L. Dixon, C. H. Phil¬lips, J. H. A. Cyrus and that giant of a

preacher, Rev. S. Todd set the woodson fire.

REV. TATLOB IN THE BRBAOH.Had you heard the speech of Rev.

W. L. Taylor, the Grand Master of theTrue Reformers,tbe man who standsat the head of the greatest Negro busi¬ness organization on earth, your soulwould have leaped forth for joy. Hewaa for the State Convention, the Vir¬ginia Seminary, Hayes and tha NegroPublishing House at Nashville, Tenn.Bro. W. F. Graham said a little some¬thing too.Listen out for me next week, Mr.

Editor.W. F. GRAHAH.

THE BAUBLES.

The editor of the Virginia Depart¬ment of the Christian Banner in its is¬sue of the 28th ult, puta certain ques¬tions concerning the modus operandiat the convention in Lexington, Va.He wants to know," Was Jehovah in theConvention?" The editor ought toknow ; be is the Corresponding Secre¬tary. He ought to know whether hecorresponded with Jehovah or not. IMk ths editor what about those min-

otes, one a secretary of a national con¬vention, one a secretary of a state con¬vention, others occupying prominentpositions, wbo took tba railroad trainon Sunday morning for Staunton,Lynchburg, Richmond and otherpoints, was Jehovah with them? Oughtsuch ministers to preach, "Remembertbe Sabbath day and keep it holv." thata note made oa Sunday is null andvoid, that a contract made on Sundaydoes not stand in law, and be allowedto be pastors of ohurches?

ANOTHER QUBSTION.

A Baptist contemporary says, "Manyof the visitors to the B. Y. P. C. Con¬vention visited the grounds of the Un¬iversity and they ware loud in theirpraise ot the new buildings."We ask. were they loud in th**ir

condemnatian of the color-line beingdrawn in aaid Convention? Did theyloudly condemn the aet of endeavor¬ing te force the editor's wife and otherladies into the gallery corner of theauditorium, although the resurrectionwas nigh? Were they loud in theircondemnation of non-cooperation withB. Y P U's of color? Were they loudin declaring that the junior editor of aBaptist paper, published in Richmond.Va., a member of the Executive Com¬mittee, and chairman of the commit¬tee on programme ought to inform hiscolored subscribers whether he had ahand in executing the color-line andwhy no black young people were puton ths programme?D. G. Jaeox, a young black man, and

president of the colored B. Y. P. U. ofVirginia was present. Waa he put onthe programme? Is that co-operationiB the name of Jehovah?

? FUNNY MOVEMENT.

That is funny,.Danville preachersmoving heaven and earth to split, andone of them a recording secretary re¬cords the doings of the splitters, cell¬ing upon the brotherhood for peaceSuch out Herods Tammany with all ofita maneuvrea.A notice from Dan cilia. Va., saya."The Convention held at Lexington,May, 1896, waa in sueb a condition aa

to prohibit the usual annual meetingof the Ministers' Association of Vir¬ginia." How oould that prohibitionbe, when the constitution, article 7says: "This Association shall meetannually on the day pryor to tha inset¬ing of the Virginia Baptist State Con¬vention?" "Oh i the mops-coveredbucket whioh hung in the well 1"

TWOXXTRBHBS.

A writer, W. H. C. io the VirginiaBaptist carries his readers up to wheremercury freezes, and down to whereether boils, in his admiration of co-op¬eration. His plan of co-operation wasrecently shown. He lost his library,instead of appealing to his threechurches for aid, he appeals to thepublio in general for aid to procure alibrary.

Tbat ia the plan with many zealousco-operatiomats, instead of doing forthemselves in their own householdthey look for others to do for them. Ajudicious movement is to do all youcan for yourself among your own peo¬ple, then, if necessary, appeal abroad.Vf. H. C., we will co-operate with youto keep the yellow fever from yourchuroh during tha Association.

ARBITRARY ACTION.

The S. S. Board, arbitrarily, took theearning convention from Lynchburgco Portsmouth. Foo much Seminaryfor them io Lynchburg. Well, theyll *d from black Jaek near the moun¬tains, to be confronted by yellow Jaekin tidewater.Well, a heavenly time-passing shot

gun quarantines, to reach a State Con¬vention with only 42 Sunday Schoolsin it as members.

AN APPEAL.

To the Baptist Pastors, Churches, Sun¬day Schools and Missionary So¬cieties in the State of Va.:

Greeting:Your attention is respectfully call¬

ed to consider the condition of ourforeign mission work. The great com¬mission, "Go ye into all the world andpreach the Gospel to every creature,"confronts us and fills with emotion ourheart and stirs our zeal to the extentthat we are forced to send forth thisappeal remind ing you of the awful fact.Africa has yet to be redeemed for God.We have yet an important part to playin the saving of her sons and daugh¬ters. Have we shirked our duty? Theneeds of our missionaries among Afri¬ca's perishing millions are known tous.In our mind'*1 eye we see and hear

them erying, ''Coma over into Mace¬donia and help us." Shall we not helpthem? Has not the time come for usto begin? And shall we not adopt asystem for giving to so worthy a cause?Or shall we continue on the spasmodicplan? Our missionaries cannot liveon tbe wind any more than we can.We therefore call upon you to send insomething at onoe to th* Foreign Mis¬sion Board for our work in Africa. Letevery pastor, Sunday Sehool and Mis¬sionary Sosiety in the state respond.Send in something, however, much orlittle it may be, we shall gratefully ac¬knowledge the receipt of the same.Send all contributions toRev. W. F. Graham, D-] D.,

Chairman of K. M. B..24 '¦ { W. Jackson St., Richmond, Va.

or, Rev. T. H. Johnson.Treasurer of F. M. B.

_jn&, Mouncastle, Va.

A GREAT MHERIMThe Membership of the .Af¬

ro-American Council.

FUTURE POLIUY OP THE RAGS..

Thoughtful Men Needed.

The meeting of the National Afro-American Council to be held in Chica¬go, August 17-19 promises to be thcmost important yet held by this or¬

ganization. The meetings that weraheld last year in Rochester and Wash¬ington were for the purpose of effect¬ing a strong and influential protectiveorganisation that would be officece*!by some of the most intelligent and i*vfluential men and women of the rase*.In this the Council has succeeded ad¬mirably. The Afro-American Gounod?is now tbe recognised National Protas-tive Organization of the race. It ic ccconsidered by the President, leadingMembers of Congress, some of oarablest: jurists and many of the lead ia_officials of the states throughout tzar.Union ; also by our religious denoaci-nations, press and benevolent societies.The approashing session will doubt¬

less inaugurate a policy which will kapursued by the race for years to come;therefore we need at this session takemost thoughtful men and women oftho race.persons interested in the de-relopement of the race along all line*,leaders who are not in search of notc-riety but who are deeply interestedin our future welfare.

HBHBEBSHIP.

The membership of tha National IVro American Council is composed aafollows:

1st. All persons who bold life mem¬bership.Sud* Council Delegates, represent¬

ing duly accredited Local Councils.ted. Affiliated Delegates represent¬

ing organisations of similar plans aalpurposes co-operating with the Afro-American Council.Sec. 2. Every Local Afro-Ameriear

Council ahall be entitled to represen¬tations in the National Couucil stydelegates sleeted on a basis of ossadelegate to every fifty (60) mensbercsaid delegates to qualify upon presen¬tation of credentials and payment ctten cents for each member so repre¬sented. Provided, however, that anyLocal Council having leaa than fiftymembers shall be eo titi sd to one vote*upon presentation of credentials and.payment of the annual tax of five duf-lara.

Sec. 3. Religious and secular or¬

ganizations whioh have for their ataeand work the mental and moral eleva¬tion of ths race, and which desire toco-operate with the National Councilmay be represented by affiliated dele¬gates, not mora than two delegates toeach organisation. Said delegatesshall have tha right to vote upon pay¬ment of Fire Dollars for each delegatedec. 4 Editors of Afro-American

newspapers, and Principals of Acsdem-ic Schools and colleges, may be admit¬ted to membership in the NationalCouncil and be entitled to a rota upoarpresentation of credentials and pay¬ment of the annual tax of $5.00.Any organization, religious or other-*

arise, which has for its object the arru-tior-ation of the condition of the Ne¬groes in America, and is willing to Gr¬operate with the National Afrj-Ams*.-ctn Council, is req i ea ted to send lich¬gates to our Chicago meeting. If the'organization is unprepared to send adelegate it oan send a lett-tr to tl*President, signifying a willin^aesi utunite with tht* council.

SPECIAL RATXS.

A special rate of a fare and a thir*t(full fare going anl one-third of ful.fare returning) has been granted orthe certificate plan by ali the railroad,entering Chicago.All delegates must secure a returr

certificate at the time of purchasingtheir ticket.Send all communications to Mrs. ldc

Wells Barnett or the undersigned tc3929 Princeton Ave., i.hicagj, Hi.

Signed:A. Wai.teebV

President National Afro-Ameri.acCouncil.

a double marriage.

Curdsville, Bcckikgham Co., Va., '

Augusts, 1899,The marriage of Mr. W. M. Waah-

ington to Miss Virginia Page, tookplace at the home of the bride to-dayat 8:30 P. M.Rev. D. M. Miller performed tha

ceremony. At 9:80 P. M., the mar¬riage of Mr. John Washington. (broth¬er to Mr. W. M. Washington) to StierJud* Elridge took place at the home ofthe bride, a distance of only 500 yaricfrom the other bridal affair.Groomsmen: S. J. Ellis, James El¬

lis. George Ellis, Wiley Washington.Refreshments were served. Thea

we repaired to Miss Page's residence.The happy couples will leave for theirfuture home, Fire Creek, W. Va.,ogthe 8ih insl.

If your friends are awav from, th*eity, send them the Planet.