The morning times., 1896-07-23
COL0RED WOMEN ADJOURN
New Officers of the COns0l.-
dated Societies Named.
THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING
1t Has Been Left to the Executive
Committee to SCIcct-Intercs ing
Papers Read at the Concluding Ses
sion Farewell Reception to BE
rendered the Delegates.

Tue closing exercises of the second an
| nudl convention of the Afro American
| Women in the Nineteenth Street Baptist
| church were held last evening. Mrs.
| Booker I. Washington presided ana On
| The platform We're seated tie ladies' WHO
were to deliver the addresses OF the even
lug.
The music wds supplied by chorus Of
| 100 voices, which were led by Prof. j. 7
! Layton. Among The more prominent per-
| sous present were. Miss Jane Thompson
! Mrs. Lo'tle Wilson. Miss Jackson. tie noted
artist Of jackson City, Mich; Mrs DR.
Miller, New York; Mrs. A Is Thomas,
! Mrs. {. o. Kcc!cr, leader in prison re-
| form; Mr.. Jesse Lawson, Nj T. H. LIVES,
! ST. Paul, MINI; Mrs. NJ. Tate, Grand
Rapids, Mich. aud Mr. X H. Terrell.
The evenings Program was begun by
a praise service, IN which the choir sang
an anthem, "Prais" the Lord" d selection
written by tie director. There WAS a
prayer, after winch Miss l.. G. Carter the
recording secretary, r'si tie minutes Of
the sessions during the day.
The fIrst speaker of the evening. Mrs. T.
II. Lyle,, national president Of tie John
Brown Memorial Association, delivered
cuIOgy On John Brown. whom She described
a. the CREATES; warrior who ever buck!cd
| on sword. and the greatest hero Of the
nineteenth century, who gave his hrne-
dIctlOn to the culorcd race 10y stopping down
and kissing the face of a ccIuTcd child while
on his way to his execution.
FUTURE OF THE RACE
The Needed Woman Of tie Nineteenth
Century an address 10y Mn. seIena But
Ter, OF Atlanta. Ga. was tie next theme
that commanded III" attention of the large
gathering. The statement made 10 the cf-
feet ''tLatthc twentieth century woman VIII
he the woman Of color who VIII be rs proud
ot tie negro blood that courses through her
veins As her white sister Is proud ur the
AuGlo-SaXton blood that COURSES through
hcT~.'' was received with enthusiastic ap-
p!du~e.
Our Country Women nd Children was
the interesting topic On which Mss Gtor-
rl"ua, Washington. OF Central. Ala. Il
graduate Of Hampton Institute, read
paper. She referred particularly to the
situation or the oUIored people ~ Mo- N
NciCs. village near Montgomery. Ala.
where It school has teen established for
Cuiured people. Country women" she
said. are suffering Tor the help ana for
the nfiueno" Of her more educated sister
81 the North and IN other s"yt.cns.''
Mr. Rosetta T'uglass-SpraGu que. the only
daughter Of the late Frrdcrick HoIrl 4s~.
WIS introduced, ana i Il q few words *
pressed her thanks Tor tie rrItsute pald Il
the memory OF Ler dead father. Follow
,ng Mrs Sprurue's address there was
song. 'L"ru-aleu." hy + J IuuGon the
original jubilee singer, ana song 10y the
choir.
\ collection was taken up for the N
garct Tuhuan Home. at Auburn. y Y
and amounted To- S27.42. nj Mrs Tut
man, who made an earnest appeal for
the money. expressed her thanks for the
amount.
Tie only other paper Of rE' evening was
Our Western Women read 10y Miss
JcuGIeV Kemp Of Minneapolis. who upon
the conclusion or the paper. invited the
new association to hold its next meeting
there