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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
5
The store touts wide selection of carpets from 25¢ per yard to premium Brussels up to 125 per yard. Wool filling, rug tracks, lace curtains, and carpet paper are highlighted with emphasis on latest styles and spring bargains. Shoppers urged to visit to explore furnishings department.
A large Sunday audience heard Bishop Grant of Indianapolis preach at Peoples Hall on the theme Filled With the Holy Gift. Five converts joined the church and about $130 was raised to repair the building with a new roof and repapering. Grant plans a speech on Southie and the American Negro at the church tonight and will tour Vincennes Tuesday with local churchmen.
The article profiles Bishop Grant of the African Methodist Church a leading exile figure in the Negro question. It notes his rise from Florida slavery to church leadership and his alliance with Booker T. Washington while advocating equal opportunity education and participation in American life. He opposes transporting the race to Africa and endorses gradual uplift at home with African Americans pursuing skilled roles and governance.
A discussion notes that as education broadens, Black citizens may influence party alignment and the era of fixed race based voting could fade. Bishop Grant explains southern aristocracy and youth prejudice fuel race questions, while whites’ isolation limits understanding of Black conditions.
In an interview, Bishop Abram Grant of the African Methodist Episcopal Church rejects Bishop Hamilton’s racial intermarriage theory. He argues social status cannot be created by law, cites mixed families in major cities, and opposes pensions for ex slaves while seeking equal opportunities and protections under the law. He urges cool, unbiased discussion of the Negro problem.
Indiana becomes the first state to end a law that enforced county fees for road routes. The department in Washington approves the move and expects Indiana to gain preference for future extensions. A five percent road fund allocation will maintain rural routes. Governor signs the Rathbone drafted bill aimed at improving service. In Logansport, a school dispute arises as some girls smoke, sparking concern alongside prior incidents of student deaths.
The March term of the circuit court opens under Judge H Q Houghton with a light docket. Ex deputy James Harris is named house bailiff and Sheriff Morgan assigns W J Jackgop George Dilley and George Rutledge as riding bailiffs. A peddler confessed to stealing a finger ring from Mrs Stringfellow but was not prosecuted after her decision. Leo Neiry and daughter return home from a visit.
Saturday in Washington Marshal Geyer Deputy Marshal Gates and patrolmen confronted a crowd of picture peddlers who had canvassed the city for days. The men were pressed for information as one speaker from the group addressed the officers describing their Friday actions.
An old advertisement promotes Ayer's Pills as liver pills. It claims to cure biliousness and constipation and to act as a gentle laxative. The text uses a casual tone and includes a misspelled term anaroggists.
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