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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

and Fortune is cast. out His best
days gone. His life is a wreck, and
his undOing lies at the door of the
man whom he made prominent and
for whose sway he gives his brilliant
talent and his soul. Farewell, For
tune! =,
How much this reminds us of the
fable of the peasant and the snake
and how inexpressibly sad it would
be, if it were true. The Advocate
does not, like the Guardian, profess
to have any inside information as to
Mr.. Fortunes reasons for giving I'D
the work to which he has devoted the
best years of his life, but it ventures
the assertion that our worthy con-
temporary will find itself, as usual,
barking up the wrong tree when the
possum is finally located.
Not many months ago MI. Fortune
incorporated The Age and offered
stock in the enterprise to a chosen
few. Judging his business ability by
the length of time he successfully
managed his paper, one can hardly
conceive him to have disposed Of the
controlling interest, even to Mr..
Washington, unless it had been his
intention to sever his connection. 1t
would be nearer the mark, perhaps,
to say that Mr.. Fortune, discouraged
by the ingratitude of the people
whose champion he was when some
Of us later day Joshuas wore swad-
ding clothes, has withdrawn to his
tent in disgust to commune in the
cloister Of his heart upon the blind
ness Of humanity in general and his
race in particular.
The rareness of the atmosphere Of
Massachusetts may conduce to a per-
spicacity denied the jewellers of the
Valleys Of West Virginia, which may
account for our inability to see in Mr.
Fortunes retirement the fine italian
hand of Mr.. Washington, just as we
fail to see the Doctors responsibility
for the discharge of the black batal.
lion, the San Francisco earthquake
the Civil war and few other events
charged to him by the Guardian.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24
THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.

Although many months must In
teryene before the nominating con-
Vention, much speculation is being in
dulged in as to who will be the
standard bearer FOR the republican
party in the next campaign. There
are five ayowed candidates for the
honor already in the field and several
others are said to be in the making
Each has or will have his following!
either from personal reasons{or local
pride and to say which will be the
winner would be an assumption Of
knowledge which no man really pos
sesses.
While not attempting to name him,
we venture the assertion that the
man upon whom the high honor is
conferred to lead us to victory will be
dyed-in-thewool and yard-wide tax
reformer. Upon this the people
must be satisfied. They will not give
their support to any man whose lati-
tnde and longitude upon this vital
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS?

(From the Tuskegee StudentJ
There is class Of people in this
country who are constantly telling US
that we are. failures, that we can't
succeed, for the world Is against us.
In short, they are constantly saying
to the world, directly or Indirectly,
by word Or by deed, that as a race
we are no good. Some Of these peo-
pie are In the North Others are in
the South. Some Of them are white
people, Others Of them are colored
people. They put it in different
words, but it amounts to this, that the
Negro race is not strong enough to
succeed In this country.
White people who are constantly
abusing us because Of our mistakes,
and colored people who are con-
'stantlg y Using sour weakness,
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question can Not be reckoned to the
second. He will be man pledged
to support tiffee doctrines of taxation,
enunciated by. Ex-Governor White
and ably supported by Governor Daw-
son.
, The opposition would have it ap-
pear that thetta1 question will not be
an issue in the next campaign; that
that question has been settled, set.
tied forever. IF this question is set
tied, how account for the talk Of re-
vision, of knocking off rough cor
ners? Is it not the hope of corporate
interests to have in the near future a
docile legislature and friendly GOV
ernor through whom to revise the
present laws to their own advantage?
Their protestations to the contrary
disclose their. intentions.
The man who now pays thirty or
thirty-five dollars for taxes on the
property once assessed at fifty may
be depended upon to ask where the
candidate 'is- att who would sit in
the governors chair, and, what is
more to The point, he will know be-
fore the candidate is named.
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are not our friends Whether they
teach the world to despise, or merely
invite It to pity us, these people are
not our friends ..
Friends are the people who believe
In us, not the people who pity us.
They are the people who rejoice
with us in our success, but are too
true to our besteinterests to overlook
our faults. {. AS a race, we have many
friends in this country.
We can. make that number less BY
quarrellng among ourselves, by hunt
ing up grievances and complaining
about them, or we can increase our
friends by ,burying our differences,
and working united for those real
and fundamental things about which
we are all agreed, and that we know
to be good
We can increase the number Of our
friends by making our platform
broad enough so that every honest
man, whether North or South, black
or white, can stand on 1t.
We cap increase the number of our
friends In doing cheerfully and res
olutely the things that are In our
power to do, leaving those things that
are not Within our power to do to the
wisdom, the justice, and good sense
Of the world. Let us turn our faces
from the darkness to the dawn.
We are making wonderful prog
ress. AS a people, we already, at the
ehd of little more than forty years,
own, as Principal Washington has
pointed out, more farm land than is
contained in the European states Of
Holland and Belgium combined. We
are beginning to build cities and sub,
urbs Of our own. We have thirty
three banks. Thousands Of our peo-
pie that a few years ago we're slaves
now own their own homes; hundreds
Of our business men now have for
tunes that can be numbered in five or
six figures. Our doctors, our lawyers,
and our preachers are every year i'm
proving In their knowledge Of their
professions, and gaining in the re-
spect Of the world. Our friends are
those who bid us hope; not those
who bid us despair. -. -
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Mr.. HearnsStB not allowing any
grass to gro#%under his feet, or
rather automobile wheels in the
race for the republican gubernatorial
nomination. ! After a flying trip
through this section, he is making a
tour Of the upper counties in his mo-
tor car. Even though he should not
get the nomination, he will at least
have a better; knowledge Of the geor-
raphy and topography Of his native
state than if ne had not entered the
race. ss,#..M
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Is the Liberfan mission hoodooed2
1t would seem so, If Washington dis
patches can be relied upon. They
tell us first that~Dr. Ernest Lyon, our
Consul General at Monrovia, is
charged with disturbing the domestic
relations Of a fellow diplomat. Up
on the heels .lof.%,this intelligence we
hear that he Is guilty of setting the
luggage Of women missionaries and
exposing their lingerie to vulgar eyes
at. public auctions.
1t takes more. than newspaper talk
to make us believe that the reverend
gentleman iss guilty of any such
indiscretions, bit when one recalls
the downfall ofstfs immediate prede-
cessor in which a razor and>a woman
played a neutrality-suspicious. part, he is
reminded that there is always some
thing new from Africa.
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LET THE HEATHEN RAGE

Because Bishop Potter, of New
York, while In attendance upon the
Episcopal General Conference at
Richmond, saw fit to invite Bishop
ferguson, black member of the
bench, to dine with him, the white
South, clergy and laity, is throwing
ten kinds of fits and heaping all
sorts of ill-tempered criticisms upon
their white brother.
That the times are out of Joint one
needs no further evidence. 1t has
come to pretty pass when one man
can not invite another to break bread
with him without stirring I'D a veri-
table hornets nest in a section of the
country which prides itself upon its
ch1Valry and hospitality. Not con-
tent with denying the Negro civil and
political equality and the considera-
ton which distinguishes the civilized
from the savage man, there is a class
of people at the South who would
force their rules Of etiquette not only
upon their neighbors but upon the
whole world.
1t was from this class that the
loudeSt protests came when President
Roosevelt had Booker T. Washington
at lunch. They it was who howled
like lost souls when the Pennsylva-
MIA trustees Of the Rhoades scholar
ships selected a Negro to represent
that state at Oxford. Their sons
were among the number who made
spectacles of themselves by objecting
to the presence Of Locke after he had
entered the walls of England's classic
university. And yet there is not one
of them who does not claim as his
most cherished heritage the memory
of his black nanny from whose
breast he drew the life sustaining
fluid, or. the little pickaninny, the
companion of his boyhood days.
They see in every act S6f kindness
toward the Negro a desire for social
equality on the part OF the recipient.
Their rest is broken at night by the
horrible nightmare of a big, burly
Negro, Influenced by the Potter invi-
tation, requesting the hand of their
daughter in marriage. This, as every
Negro with the intelligence of an
Crang-utang knows, is rot, rot of one
hundred and ten proof. Yet Esau is
welded to his idols and no amount
Of argument can convince him that
they have clay feet
This being the case, it were but
wasted energy to attempt to show
them the error of their way. Bishop
Potter will very likely survise the or
! deal through which he is now pass
ing. His days upon the earth are not
likely to be shortened because Of the
| temerity he exhibited in flying into
| the face Of Southern traditions.
Bishop Ferguson will return to his
! field in the dark continent and his ar
duous labor Of retaining the heath
en- for the Master will be lightened
by the knowledge that there is at
least one Of his fellow Bishops who
remembers the divine Injunction:
LAS ye would. that men should do I'M
to you, do We even so unto them
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Hills for Suits that suit, =
APPEAL FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
MISSIONS. d,

Dear Sunday Schools: =.
There never was a time In the his
tory Of our state work. when the de-
mand for laborers on the missionary
field was SO great. 8, ~
The West Virginia Baptist Sunday
School Convention Of which you are
a part, is working hard to meet this
demand, but has. been seriously
hindered by the want of money. #
was decided in our last annual
meeting that '>@eacts school solicit
monthly missionary contributions to
be sent immediately to. thd superin-
tendent Of missions. 1t vas also de-
cided that special effort be made ON
the Second Sunday in August to
raise money for the prosecution Of
this work. Z ia
In keeping with this reotiest soma
schools have sent I'D ctedita1,1e
amounts, While others have not re-
ported. Some have raised the money
but have not sent it to the office OF
superintendent of missions In view
OF the great demand and in the name
of Christ who said. eco Teach oil
Nations, Do something for tho
Sunday school missionary work and
send IT to, the Superintendent Of
missions.
Yours In, Christ's name, !. ....
..t> J.&J. TURNER, -.
Supt. of Missions.
. ., BOX q, MT. Carbon, w. Va.
81, :. -Ez--44-42 ~. -
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BISHOP POTTER AND BISHOP
FERGUSON.

Bishop Henry C. Potter is Bishop
of New York of the Protestant Epis-
cOpal church. His skin is white.
Bishop Ferguson is Bishop Of Africa
Of the Protestant Episcopal church.
His skin IS black. Both are educated,
cultivated gentlemen. Both are mem
!bers and preachers in the church Of
Jesus Christ. And they are broth
ers! Their duties called them to
Richmond in Virginia during the
first three weeks OF the present
ton Of the Church was held. In the
course of events, the Bishop OF New
York invited the Bishop OF Africa
to dinner. The Bishop Of Africa &C
cepted, gladly, we presume just as
others Bishops of first one diocese
and then another, had gladly accept
ed Bishop Potter's hospitality, the
proffer of which was a social recog-
milton that none could overlook or
refuse. The church has it's social
standards too, indeed, there is snob-
berry everywhere
Just as soon as Richmond heard
that the black Bishop had graced the
home of the white Bishop and
broken bread at his table, it threw
ten fits and great shout went UP
for what? We do not desire to go
into any extended discussion Of this
event, for the reason that it does
not deserve it. never before have
we been SO greatly impressed with
the silly altitude of a certain class Of
Southern white people about what
they please to term social equality"
Certainly We are not surprised that
Bishop Potter invited Bishop Fergu-
son to his table for the Bishop Of
New York most eloquently and con-
vincingly defended President R0ose-
welt when he entertained Booker
Washington at the White House
we are not surprised that the Bishop
Of Africa accepted the invitation, for
he is gentleman
And, since both gentlemen are &C
ceptable each to the other, who has
the right to NEEDLE? Who not the
sense to leave the affair alone ?
Where Is the boasted cultivation Of
the South, its heralded dccency ant
the common sense typical of the
American? And are these two great
Churchmen not brothers in Christ
And Is not the basic thought Of
christianity the assurance that the
Master is no respector Of persons
And the Master Himself, taught He
, not the sisterhood, the brotherhood
and the motherhood Of his follower;
"a and those who work side by side il
the vineyard?
%,' And the multitude said unto Him
Behold, thy mother and thy brethren
, without seek for thee. And He an.
swered them, saying: Whosocve1
shall do the will of God, the same
( Is my brother, and my sister and my
mother!
That grafton pronounced by the
Virgin Son whom the church mill
tant adores, ought to be traced ove1
the castle, palace and howell Of ever5
Southern home, and painted upor
the heart Of every Southern preacher
Mayhaps," then, we should have
peace, at least when the Bishops OF
one faith sit down together to break
bread In the name OF heaven and the
Prince Of men. Else, is not Chris
tianity a mockery and a Kissing
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

The trouble with DR.. Dubois is,
he tired of being the rear-admiral.
The New York Age says that any
Negro who talks about the Browns
vile affair is a ghoul. Well there
are but only five Negroes who are
not ghouls, and three of that num-
her are or the New York Age.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Editor Chase is going to petition
congress about some change in the
Washington schools. Next thing you
hear somebody will be petitioning
congress to legislate some sense to
the Washington Negroes.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

The New York Times is awfully
"skeered" because the Negro threat
ems to organize politically. 1t is
very plain that Editor Miller has not
been keeping UP with the Negro dur
Ing the past forty years.
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monthly for Elk months, that he be
not hindered' In his work a. =, -.


The card you received from the
foreign Mission. Board before the
National Baptist Convention, should
be returned to this office, If only a
two cent stamp is returned with it.
The Bo2rd is. prayerfully looking to
Cod and the loyal friends Of the
King Of Kings, to help them in
pushing forward this work.
One seventh Of all the people in
the world live In Africa. Sixteen
thousand souls go from their midst
every "a hours to meet a. just God.
Thousands and thousands of these
have never heard His dear name as
the Savior of the lost When they
stand before Him and the question
shall be asked, "'Friend, how earnest
thou in hither not having q wedding
garment?" Their only answer will
be, mo man cared for my soul" All,
brethren, what will our answer be
when the Master shall say I=bade you
tell all the world / gave my life for
them, that they might ransomed be.
Write me when you CAM
49, 4. Yous in, His name,
l.. G.. JORDAN.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft are said to have something up
their sleeves for the Negroes. Hope
it amt the big stick.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Howard University opened some
weeks ago. AS yet none Of the
students have rebelled because
Booker Washington is trustee.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

OFFICES.
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Washington:
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Louisville:
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st. Louis:
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Philadelphia:
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Baltimore:
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Boston:
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Pittsburg:
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New Orleans:
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Hills for Suits that suit.
SECRETARY JORDAN's NOTES.

1t ts hoped that Rev. D, f.. Murff
will be able to sail on or about
November 9Th. We cali upon every
friend, pastor and T church who
pledged money for the work in Cape
town to report as much OF the
amount promised - us as possible,
before that dag, SD he may start
back to his field VIII light heart,
believing the Baptists mean what
they say. j.. 49,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

AS between Lord Rosebury and
Andrew Carnegie, the civilized world
will very generally agree that Mr..
Carnegie knoWs more abouM the Me-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Hills Cloaks in long loose coat.
are wonders at the price.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

BE he'll init
Sure, but de hel NIT what?
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

How much will you give to help
Brother Murff go back to Africa to,
complete the Shiloh Baptist Church :?
He needs $4,000. Write me what
part Of this you will give ap by
Novembsr@a415 th, and how symucf,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-24

Hills Skirts are all reduced in
price for this week.
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Just received Atty news suits ut
Hills.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-09-12
a Dutch ironcIad.

1t Is Of interest to note that, accord
Ing to some authorities, the Dutch
were the first in the modern period Of
history to buitd an ironclad and that
during the siege Of Antwerp by the
Spaniards in 1885 the people Of that
city built an enormous fiat bottomed
vessel, armored it with heavy iron
plates and thus constructed what they
regarded as an impregnable battery.
This they named Finis Belli. Unfor-
tunately the vessel got aground before
coming into action and fell into the
bands Of the enemy. 1t was held by
Alexander Of Parma to the end of the
siege as curiosity, but was never en-
ployed by either side in any action.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-09-12
OUR BIRTHDAY.

Today theN Advocate enters upon
the seventh year OF its existence Six
years ago with fear and trembling
we launched our little bark upon the
|tempestuous sea Of Journalism.
There was no overconfidence as We
left the ways, for had not many an
other venture in circumstances as
suspicious met with an untimely
end? But thus far we have been able
to weather the storms that arose and
to keep aloft, our banner. The seas
over which we have sailed have not
been always calm and time and again
we have been blown from our course,
but we have always held as our ul-
innate port the religious. political,
socia and financial elevation of the
people we represent.
The methods the Advocate has
pursued to attain these ends may not
have. at all times, met the unanim-
Gus approval Of its clientele, but we
have done our duty without fear or
the discussion Of public questions we
have been guided by the question of
the benefit to the many, not the few,
always keeping in view the best in
terests of the race.
1T has been the aim of the man
agement to publish a newsy, clean,
paper, free from personalities or
doubtful witticisms at the expense
Of the feelings of any one of our
readers. We have not been able to
print every communication sent us,
but for their failure to appear there
have been good and sufficient rea-
sons.
Entering upon our seventh year,
We wish to thank the public for the
support it has given us and The Ad-
vocate pledges itself to grow in the
excellence as its financial support
warrants.
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SCHOOLS TO OPEN.
Wednesday Of Next Week and Par
ents Are Requested to Start
Children Early.

School, will open Wednesday, Sept
18th. IL is very necessary that all
pupils be ready to enter school the
first day so that the proper organi-
cation can be made. The teachers
hope parents will see to it that this
Is done and that their children con-
tinue In school from the beginning
to the close.
1t will pay every parent, though
you make a sacrifice, to stop the boys
and girls from work and keep them
in school during the tenn, and so
continue each school year until they
have received, at least. public
SCHOOL education.
Too many of our boys and girls
are on the streets and at work while
school is in session. If this continue
We can not hope to have a higher
standard and better results among
our children.
We have in our school, from the
Primary Grade through the High
School, as good facilities to acquire
an education as any school in the
state This was demonstrated last
May when several members of the
Senior class took and passed the
State Uniform Examination, each
making a good record.
Why not give your children this
advantage?
All pupils who did not attend
school in Charleston last year will
report at the Garnett Building, Tues
day, 18th, at $3.50 O'Clock, for exam
!nation. All other pupils who have
studied this summer and who desire
to make higher grades may attend
this examination.
The division line between Wash
ington and Garnett will remain for
the beginning as last year. That is,
all living below Capitol street from
the Primary through the 4th Grade
will report at Washington School.
All others at Garrett, --
All teachers will meet at the Gar
nett School Tuesday, 18th, at 4
4 O'Clock for general. nteseheEs!; .maet,
ing. - 81. = -. 80
The following Is the list Of, teach
ers for the Charleston schools:
Garnett School.
G. w. Boyd, principal; J. F. J.
Clark, principal of High School; H..
B. Rice, Miss Nina H: Clinton; G. L.
Cuzzens, Miss Rhoda A. Wilson, L.
G. Farrar, Miss l.. L.. Taylor, Miss
Fannie C. Cobb, Miss Artists r.
Johnson and Miss Estella A. James,
substitute.
Washington School.
M. Blanche Jefferies,. principal;
Annie Hutchinson, Anna M. Alex
ander, L. o. Hopkins.
AK Factory School.
l. c., Cabell. :. T..
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a Handy Measure.

If you have a~pint jug and wish to
measure off half pint with toferable
accuracy it Is useless to try and do so
by guessing when the jug Is hair full.
A better way is to tilt the jug until
the contents just reach to the upper
end Of the bottom Of the vessel and
Just touch the lip at the lower end Of
the mouth. In this way the space in
the pint jug is practically cut into two
equal portions, each half representing
the space taken by half O pint.-Lon-
don Graphic.