The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-09-12

''B,s these ugy.- riizz,., 4
the near future.asThe Counsellor and
dhis committee ifssI-llRaited en- the, In
terstate Comn,erce Commission a few
days ago, and fbesrIng in mind the
recent deciston Sa2 Commissioner
Franklin r. 1sait,- insisted that the
southern roads give the Negroes, the
equal accommodate ions provided BY
law, If the Commission was deter
mined to legaiias the separate coach
system. This the mcmbors seemed
disposed to do, according to Mr..
Hart, and he .ftirther informed as
that an order had lbeen issued to the
roads running out of Memphis, and
to others in the same boat, that ON
and after the first of October, the
railroads choosing : TO separate the
races must be eQutpped with cars for
colored passengers:equ in every re-
spect to those Unfinished to white
passengers. = Anys;road failing to
comply with said order would be ad-
judged in contempt and cited to ap-
pear before the federal court and re-
CURED to show cause why they
should not be, punished according to
the statutes made and provided for
such violations. ts.
Assuming that this is true state
ment of the situation, it looks as
If the National Afro-American Coun-
Gil is justifying Its existence and
that the agitation over the Foraker
Warner amendment was not without
its effect. If ws cannot secure all
that we are asking For, and if mixing
is crime, the granting of accommodate
lions that are equal in every way
will make travel far more comfor-
table than has been possible under
the old conditions, sand we are many
per cent Better OF fhan before. Thus
are we remindedsfhat IAN inch OF
progress is worth yard of com
plaint," and ''haiftS.a loaf is better
than no breadnf2A3 ~. ~
The National Baptist Convention
Is holding it's 27th annual session
this week in the Metropolitan Bap-
tist church, OF which Rev. M. w. D.
Norman is pastor, This church Is
said to be the most commodious edi-
fee owned by the colored Baptists
in this city, having a seating capac-
ity Of about $500 people. The con-
vention Of the Womans Auxiliary is
being held in the Vermont Avenue
Baptist church, ofsWhich Rev. George
w. Lee is pastor. Fully six thousand
visitors are already in the city and
more are to GOMEZ Special trains
have arrived from cincinnati, Louis
Vile, Pensacola, Atlanta and others
are en- route from. Texas, Arkansas
and points west. President E.. c..
Morris, of Helena, Ark, was early
on the scene, and Secretaries L.. G..
Jordan, E. w. d. Isaac, r. H. Boyd
and DR.. Beckham are at his side.
Revs. Prowd and Murff, African mis-
sionarfes, with two natives, are
proudly exhibiting the results of
their work in the Dark Continent.
DR.. Norman and his Committees on
reception have been busy and they
are handling the CROWD very satisfac-
torily.
On the opening day, Sept. IL, the
addresses Of welcome, were deliver
ed by Commissioner H. F. B. Mac
Rarland, Rev. NJ. W. D. Norman,
Drs. G. w. Lee, w. J. Howard, S. l..
Corrothers, and Lawyer Thomas l..
Jones. Rev. W. NJ Moses, Of Staun-
ton, Va, responded for the conven-
ton, DR.. N. H. Plus, Of Indianapo-
lis; Ind, is in charge: Of the music
and it IS grand. Some of the prin-
cipal features Of the week are to be
the dedication Of the Training School
for Girls, under the direction of Miss
Mamie H. Burroughs, corresponding
secretary Of the Woman'S Auxiliary
and founder Of the institution to- be
| dedicated; the address Of Booker 7
| Washington at Convention Hall on
Friday evening; the reports Of the
home and foreign missions, the edu-
| cational and publishing boards, and
the Baptist Young Peoples Unions
all of which will be received with
great enthusiasm by the immense
| throng. The convention, which will
last through the 6th, is said to 9be
the largest that has gathered within
the history of the organization. The
! delegates present represent two anc
| a half million Baptists.
On the 25th comes the interna
tional convention Of the Episcopa
! brotherhood Of St. Andrew. The