Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-06-06
BLUBFIELD LETTER.
The Lunenburg Case Municipal Elec-
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Editor Planet
Your great and noble work i'm behalf
OF Miss POkey Barnes will ever be one
bright shining star in your crown
when your valuable and useful efforts
shall have ceased here below in the
mighty struggle of your race and coun
try fOI justice and right which must
be melted out TO the entire race. Your
Jealous labor i'm the defense of that
important sensational Lunenburg Case
which has spre ad the land over, il has
reached every sympathizing family i'm
the southland.
Your faithful duties that you have
performed SO we'll and able for those
poor women has placed you higher in
this country than ever before as "A won
deriul leader. You are sty led i'm this
section as the only chief of all the he
rO's of the race. The work you have
already accomplished and are still
achieving for our people i'm this nine
teenth c injury will be conspicuous
monument ia the history of your life.
Fight on Mr.. Mitch n in this warfare
battle. God is on your side Victory
Will always be yours until time shall
be no more. You are more than wor-
thy of all callings. We pray the time
is only few days longer when we can
read the glad news that Aunt Mary
Alternately has been acquitted.
Rev Il. e.. Fox preached a power
full sermon at the First Baptist OF Elk
horn, on the 4th Sunday in May for
Rev. L. j. Brandon who is pastor of
said church. Collection for the day
$40 90.
Messrs. K. l. CLARK and J. E. Per
singer of Roanoke, the two popular and
esteemed cooks on the pay car, 10. OF
the n. q w. Il. Il. company remained
over Sunday, May oath in our city.
Rev j Jones of Bedford City, Va
was in our city during the past week
Rev. Jones will attend the West Va
State Baptist invention which con
venes here this week.
In company with Rev. r G. Fox and
Nr. Henry OmOhundro we boarded the
late train in the afternoon, Sunday for
Pocahontas on pleasure trip return
ing at O'Clock z. NJ. There we're
quite a number of others along While
there we called on your highly cul-
tured and refined lady agent, Miss G..
+. Allen. She informed us that she
was making a very good success in sell
ing copies on Saturdays and Sund avs.
She states that the PLANET was i'm gre at
demand in that town.
We met lawyer Arthur O'Neal who
was looking well, and says business
was fiourishing in his line
We also met attorney, r. J Carter
of Keystone, W. Va. He also reports
the law business great success
The municipal election at Pocahon-
tas, May 2Sth did not only result in a
great Republican victory, but its final
and most impressive effect was the
election OF three Negro councilmen in
the persons of Hon. N II, Carter. a
brother of the eloquent, popular and
esteemed pastor of the First Baptist
Church of that city, Rev. w. J. Carter.
+. Green and J ID. Wright. Those
distinguished gentlemen and business
men we might say well deserved the
support of every Negro of that place
they are the men in the right place
Out of the ID for council. Messrs.
Carter, Wright and Green received the
highest votes that were cast being
as follows $40, 344 and 342
POcahontas alone is not proud of her
Negro councilmen, but the whole OF
Southwestern Virginia is rejoicing So
far as the Negro is concerned. We are
hopeful OF. seeing the time dawninp
forth when every Incorporated town
and city viii have a mixed council to
see after races interest.
We had the pleasure of being accom-
panied on our return to Bluefield by
Prof I Ellius Harris, a refined gentle.
man and scholar of the most highest
note Prof. Harris has been elected
delegate to the annual meeting of the
Gslilesn Fishermen's Grand Lodge
during July. He will be orator of the
occasion. His subject, Organization. -
The congregating of people sunday
from all sections of the surrounding
towns of the Flat-top Coalfield, visited
Graham to hear the last tribute of re.
spect paid one of her old citizens and
an upright christian as he strove to SO
live that his light would shine bright
as an example for others to come To
Christ, and that was "Uncle Lee" Bane
as he was faithful, jealous member
of the NJ. E. Church. Peace to his
ashes. Rev. X J. Buckner of Pulaski
City delivered the funeral sermon to
fully thousand people or more Oh
Sunday morning at ii 80.
The missionary, Mrs. Sarah Jones
who has been down in the Coaliieid in
the interest of her work has returned
home
The Simmons literary of this city OF
which the writer is president is pro-
crossing nicely.
w. r. PATTERSON.