The colored American., 1900-07-28

meeting was held At the II q Church,
last Wednesday night. Mr. r B Bar
ems. president In the chair A very in
teresting program was rendered as fol.
low: Opening song. Opening prayer,
Reading and adoption of minutes of
previous meeting. Address by Presi'
dent r. B. Barcus.s Instrumental Sc
lee ions by White Sulphur Quartette,
composed OF Messrs w. F. Brown, w.
] Payne, Joseph w. Cox and Webb.
Solo, "She was born In old Kentucky"
by Mr.. Charles James; debate. Re
solved that the Negro is better of out
OF politics st the present time" sffims
tive, ME w. o Lewis of Charlottesville,
Va, negative. Pratt Thomas of Chat
ham, Va, Miss Maggie Pogue OF Fin
castle, Va, presided at the organ. The
literary meetings will be held on We'd
nssday nights of eaoh week during the
summer. Among those whom We
have met who are spending the season
mere as walters and VINO read Ths
American are; Messrs. Pratt Thomas Of
Chatham, Va, Joseph W. Cox, Brazil,
Indiana Gsorge Graves, Culpeper. Va
A. n Preston. BotelouIt, Co., Va,
Jrseph GateV ood, r. B. and W. D
Bsrcus, w. f Brown, 8 las B Jackson,
Andsew and Brazil Jackson, VIM. and
Ed ward Reeves, CIar nee Lewis, Ed
ward Wade, Philip Daniels, Adam, El'
lis, w. g. Lewis and others of Char
Iottssvilie. Va Messrs. B. b Coleman,
Wm CLARK W l. Bush, Horace Worth
ington, Butler Moon. Richard Carr,
J. f. Whipps, James Payne, w. l..
Bush Theodore Johnson. w FL. Ed
mDnd OF Washington D g, W. J.
POgue, Fin"astIe. Va, Price Watkins,
Roanoke. Va Robert II. srsnch r..
II. Cooley of Richmond, Va and many
others whom we wish to mention later.
In the dining rooms up to the present
time there are 100 walters In the
walters dining hall. Mr.. Harry Jsffer'
son OF Lexington, We. 1s In charge.
who Is obligiDg and we'll liked by the
men. In the kitchen which is one OF
the NEST spacious that we have any
knowledge of. Mr.. JOeeJh Butler,
(white) is the chief cook with an able
NUMBER OF cOlored assistants as fol-
lows; Mr.. JOnn Boom Of Washington,
DC. assistant chef, who Is ex-chef of
the Hotel COrco an Mr. Washington
Scott of Washington, D. G fret boiler,
chef of the Grafton Hotel. Mr. Charley
Noes of Washington, D @, second
boiler, chef of W ellington Hotel. Mr..
James Gross, professional egg cook OF
Washington, -. ~. mES AHulc W ISL
chief vege able cook, Of Washington,
DC. Mr Charley Dixon of Washing
ton, D g., chef IN the cafe, and heis
whom space wall not ernlt US 10 men
ZION
Mrs. John Boom Of Warrington, D.
&. will spend the latter part of the
summer at White Sulphur. Mr.. o. b.
Holt If Charlottesville, Va IL anitor
and WaIchman at the mems dOmi
tories and his Voice and knock on the
doors can be heard every morning with
the rising Of the sun. Mr.. w. ID. Noble
ofthe firm OF Pollard and Noble Of
Charlottesville, Va, lie prepared o do
hair Gu ting and shaving and any one
desiring the same would do we'll 10
give him call Mr. n. Wiley, one of
the foremost teachers of Mercer Co.
". Va, is here for the season. MIR.
John Kenuie Of StauntJn, Va, Is en-
gagged in tue office of the Adams Ex-
press Company here for the summer, q
position which he has held for several
years Mr. J. Fl Harper Of Richmond,
Va. Is In charge Of the ball room. He
has each season successively held that
position for thirty years. Rev w. ID.
Thomas Of Charleston, W. Va. in com
pany with Mr.. Robert Barcus OF
Charlottesville ent to the Old Sweet
Springs, twenty miles from this point
Thursday last week, where he gave
one of his first class sereopti an ex'
hibitions. Monday night July 2S he
showed at the White Sulphur Baptist