The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-03
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I Lively Ccsitas sfor ONCE b.rks
! Fourth AnlWS1 Session, Which Is
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Montgomery Avg. 25.-The fourth
annual session $1i the Great Council
OF the lndsps Order OF Red
Men convened i'm the -wfgwam Of
fBlue Cloud Tube, No. II, OF this
city, last week public meetings be-
ling held IN thsS0dd Fellows hall on
4ront street, .s.ss,. rs rs; IS .lt|s
| Prompt alto 80 a. m. Tuesday
| the Great Council, was called to- or.
der by, Hon. M Ellis, attorney Tor
the U. 8: council After he. had
! made q feWARpEOpriate remarks The
choir OF the Ftf6t baptist church, Ia
lvored the asssAahly with one BE tits
| beautiful anthems. Invocation +, WAS
lfervsntly ofteredlby Chief S. IL. vii
| liams, afterga solo and chorus was
rendered by the, choir. s<s ~ .5> q
| The master of ceremonies, then
introduced thss.Great Sachem OF the
state DR.. IF. ia; Galloway. He Rpoke
on the history and object OF the or
ganlzation, and how he had tried to
perform his duty as. he saw it. ID
| He soon Convinced all who heard
him that his heart and soul was in
| Rev. D. G. Deans, delivered a, mas
ter4y welcome address substituting
for Mayor T. IT. Davis, who was pre-
vented from being present by sick
ness in Ibis fani l5ye3s ..-- :. =, ~ g. H.
The Great tSachsm then introduced
the Great CHIEF of Records, who
WELCOMED the Great Council on be-
half Of Blue Cloud tribe, in whose
wigwa1n the Great Council was meet
ing .-tz asI15f4S
DIR. White showed conclusiveIy his
ability to make.Ia welcome address
as we'll as to dispense powders and
pills. He said many good things and
| soon convinced, the council that
Montgomery was the place to hold
this annual session. "
The Great Sachem introduced
Chief W. W.SHafl the Great Senior
Sycamore, hoSWalcomed the friends
of the organization. In the course
of his address ::he gave some good
and wholesome instructions. r..
Miss Nellie M.I5Lewis sang a beau
tfful solo which sWas appropriate for
the OCCASION, 1T called forth ap-
plause from all parts of the hall.
Miss Ethel Brown, presided at the
instrument. .s g.. -. " -.
| Mrs, Mary Reed, was introduced
and responded ITO the welcome on
behalf Of the Daughters of Pocahont
as. Responses to the welcome on
behalf Of the Great i, Council was
made by RaK. sssars CT? Hunter. thf
Great Prophet. Rev. D. C. Deans
Great Lecturer, also responded tt
the welcome address. He dealt
With truth and truth only, and made
ia great impression on those who
heard him. He, also gained many
lileuuS IOE the OEqeT. .. ."
AT this juncturs, Hon. j. M. Ellis
the '"Cicero'' of the Great Council
in mastery speech introduced Rev
| w. D.. Wood. Great, Inconee OF
~. S. A., and founder of the or
ganization among the colored people
He spoke for nearly an hour, re-
sviewihg the history Of the Red Men
| telling the characteristic Of the diff.
! ferent tribes; and approving the
work as done by the Great Council
Of the State Of West Virginia.
Public session closed with bene,
dict1ou, and the Council Immediately
opened up in private session, and the
Great Sachem appointed the creden
tial committee =
The Great council brand was re-
kindled at 2:V1 Pr m. The Great
Sachem, DR.. P. H. Galloway in his
Tepee After opening in due form
the, committee on, credentials and
returns made its report and the
Great Sachem proceeded to appoint
the. other committee.
4 The Great Sachem made his lona
talk, which showed that the order
was in healthy condition, despite
the wave Of depression Of business
which has swept over the entire
country. The report of the Great
Keeper, Of Wampum followed. Tho
| finances of the order are In goot
Ishape and have been safely hand.
! led by Mr. Galloway, a merchant
and school, teacher, who has lived
in this county for more than TWEEN.
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| The report of the Great Chief OF
Records shows that they have mos,
excellent man for that office; one
that would be hard to duplicate. The
Grand Lecturer reported that he
had been in every hamlet town and