The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
NEGRO Business LEAGUE

! PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES
GREAT PAPERS TO BE
READ. RECEPTIONS
AND ENTERTAIN.
MENTS.
Program Eighth Annual Session, Ma
tional Negro Business League to be
held in Topeka, Kansas, August III
IS, and 10, 1907.
/! Wednesday, August II, 1890 AN.
The Laague called to order.
Invocation, Rev. Harry B. Brown,
pastor, St. Simon Protestant Episcopal
Church, Tepoka, Kan.
Music.
Addresses of Welcome-On behalf OF
the State, Hon. E. w. Hoch, governor;
on behalf Of the city, Hon. William
Green, mayor; on behalf of the To-
peka Commercial Club, Mr.. c. K. Hol-
liday, president; on behalf of the To-
peka Negro Business League, Mr.. James
H Guy.
Responses.
/ Appointment of Committees-(a) Gre
dentials, (b) resolutions, (c) auditing
i Tweny-eight Years as House Nov
( er, D. F. Upton, Emporia, Kan.
Twenty seven years Experience n
Slate and Gravel Roofing and Con-
tracing, NJ w. Turner, Indianapolis,
Indiana,
Railroad Contracting and Building,
E. E. Mcdaniel, South MaAlester, 1T.
Cement Contracting and Building, John
Spencer, Grinnell, Iowa.
The Real Estate and Loan Business,
Robert c. Owens, Los Angeles, Cal;
| J. B. Bell, Houston, Texas.
"Wednesday Evening Session, 8 O'Clock.
! (This session of the League will be held
in the Auditorium, Corner Seventh and
Quincy Streets.)
Invocation, Rt. Rev. Abraham Grant
Bishop of the A. NJ. f. Church, Kansas
City, Kansas.
The Presidents annual address.
The Wholesale and Retail Grocery
Business, John Covington, Houston, Tex
as.
General Merchandising, Foster Will
Jams, Cofeyville, Kan.
Operating Vans and Express, Philip
Lee, New York City, n. Y.
Managing a Department Store in the
! Country, w. L. Sayers Hill City, Kan.
Manufacturing Brushes, S. J. Jones,
JenIintown, Pa.
Thursday August IS, 10 AN.
Invocation, Rev. c. G. Fishback, pastor
Shiloh Baptist Church, Topeka, Kan.
Corresponding Secretary's Annual Re
port.
National Organizers Annual Report.
Treasurer's Annual Report
. Compiler's Annual Report.
Making Farming Pay, c. N. Miller,
Rolling Fork, Miss; E. G. Terry, West
Point, Miss.
r Sugar Beet Growing, George WGross,
Rocky Ford, Colo.
Developing a Small Farm, I. B. Pat
. terson, Higgins, Pa.
\ General Farming, Miss Jennie Drum,
4 Colorado; Benjamin J. Carr, Hartsville,
Tennessee.
: Market Gardening, Robert N. Turner,
Topeka, Kan
The Jewelry Business, J. A. Wilson,
Kansas City, Kan.
The Negro in the Oil Business, S,
Laing Williams, Chicago, H.; A. B
= Knight, Pine Bluff, Ark.
d Fashionable Tailoring, J. S. Hopson
e Louisville, KY; Eugene Walker, Lo;
Angeles, Cal; Isidor Adamson, Little
e Rock Ark.
e Carpet Renovating, Laying and Max
n ing, 7. H. Finley, Dayton, Ohio
# Addresses or Papers are each limited
o to twenty minutes. In the discussions
Ie to follow speakers are limited to fv'
IS minutes.
% Thursday Evening Session, 8 O'Clock
as Invocation. Rev. J. E. Edwards, ID
n nastor. St Johns A. NJ. E. Church, To
st peka, Kan.
be Business Opportunities in the Wes
y Hon. w. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kan.
Practical Catering, John I. Wrir
he Pittsburg, Pa; S. G. Walker, Paterso'
IN New Jersey.
o. Manufacturing Harness and Vehic
We Dealing, P. Fred Romare, Joplin, Mo.
IS A Vehicle "Sanitarium," A. Mills,Sa