The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-04

will lie cast on very classic and ambi-
tious lines. and win add materially to
the authors already enyiable reputa,
ton as a poet of, the Hottest grade.
Dr.. J. G. Robinson. of louisville,
well-known as a writer on religious
themes and favorably mentioned in
|, connection with the next editorship OF
the Christian Recorder, announces his
intention to launch q weekly newspa-
per in the Falls City. 81
Clarence Bryson Merriweatber, Of
Faducah. Kentucky, a writer much
above the average, has brought for,
ward neat booklet Of poems under
volume Of fifty-flve pages, ~"being
mostly" to employ his own Vernacu-
lar, "a collection of impressions of
life among q people who live on the
spacious, open tracts of earth, where
the hills, rivers and open sky, whether
sunlit or starlit, revive the soul and
bring us nearer the mighty heart OF
Nature" AS a poet of the simple life,
Mr.. Merriweather shows originality
and sings in unison with happy
Muse. pennsylvania at the National
Negro Business League" is the title
Of an interesting souvenir-story which
MI James II. w. Howard, former
publisher of Towards Magazine, is
preparing for the Topeka convention.
Mr. Howard is himself graphic VT.
ter and has perfect knowledge of
what the people want, but to give the
production the finish and accuracy he
regards as essential to q recital Of such
an important character, he has engaged
the services of Thomas Wallace
Swami, whose reputation as a compe
tent literary producer has long been
firmly established from ocean to
ocean. Mr. Swami will edit the publ
cation. The latter is devoted believer
in The Tuskegee IdeA.-- and has enter
ed into this work with great zeal and
desire to make it worthy of the mag
nificent gathering Of race builders over
which Dr.. Washington presides.
The system Of bookkeeping, hand
ling and auditing the accounts in
connection with the disbursement of
the 100000 appropriation granted
by congress in aid of the Negro exhib-
it of the Jamestown Exposition, is as
perfect as human ingenuity can make.
anything so. Experienced accountants
admit that it is, in many respects, an
improvement on some of the largest
UdHhlLB III TIC
and under it there can be nothing that
savors of graft" Under the rigid reg
ulations Of the treasury department
not single cent can be misapplied.
The creating and establishment of this
expert system was done by Mr.. An
drew F. Hilyer, the painstaking sec
retary-treaSurer of the executive COM
mittee. Mr.. ,Hilyec came to Washing
ton from Minnesota, and his natural
business temperament, coupled with
an experience of over a quarter of a
century in the methods of the treasury
branch of the general government, rem
derS him an absolute authority upon
all matters financial. He is a veritable
watchdog Of the treasury and no
item escapes his eagle eye that cannot
be sworn to by the proper parties as
bursement are SO carefully tabulated.
filed and vouched for that any or all
accounts Of the executive committee
can be placed before the secretary Of
the treasury or the Ter-Centennial
| Commission on the shortest notice. It
is in this way that the Negro can
best testify to the honesty Of the race
and demonstrate it's capacity for the
functions of government.
Dr. Booker T. Washington has ac-
copied an invitation to speak in Sal
isbury, N. c., during the commence
| ment week of Livingstone college in