The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-10
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pAbec Mpaign Is In QGite5A sNt-
isfeet SlAape, ana xthStS&a better
feeltp$ INV prevails than has been
tfSesk e3siDce or long betpre.
the N1uG convention. tt liz. COM.
ceasdN thStS1 Judge TAFT Will grow as
the cAtnpaNisn progresses and the col
oredS 6SGE will WARM up. to him
more AAN4Shore as his real attitude
toward them is made clear to them.
News. Esfss, of the Nations Capital,
Hon John H. Smythe, former min
,ster to- Liberia, and lately principal
ot the Virginia Reform School for
3oys IN hanover county, In the Ola
nufnt0py died last Saturday, at the
| ONE OF his daughter in Richmond,
| Ie had been seriously i'll for soma
time, and his death was not unex-
Ipeetsa. Mr., Smythe was q man OF
stranG fofce OF charatter and exert
ed q powerful influence In politics In
the days When'th "Ol9 Guard" was
In flower. His wife died not long ago
IN Richmond and brought here for
intermeAt, Funeral services, with
Masonic atual we're held at st. Phil
fp's~ r u. Church In Richmond, Sun
day, and under escort, of a Masonic
committee, the remains reached this
city, Monday. and were laid beside
those OF hts late wife at Harmony
| cemetery, The school at Hanover,
which is ina thriving condition, will
probably be continued by Mr..
Smythe's 'erstwhile assistants. -
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| James C. Napier, OF Nashville,
Tenn,f1 iselying' critically i'll at the
home orr his mother-in-law, Mrs. John
M. Langston, at Hillside Cottage. Mr..
Napier Had been attending the meet
ing OF the, National Negro. Business
League at Baltimore ?and had come
on here fo attend I'd, some Inn portant
! legal matters when he5 was suddenly
stricken. $50 'Typhoids fever has been
threatened and other complications
are feared, but 1t Is hoped that the
competaAt fnedi6al Aattehtion he is
receiving will remove all danger OF
q fatal Termination Of his illness.
Mrs. Napier came on at once from
Nashville and is a constant attend
ant at; his edside:' - MT. Napier is
Leading banker of Nashville, one OF
the foremost lawyers Of the south,
| and standY'in the"f1tst rank among
| the race leaders OF the country.
The Lott Carey Baptist Associa-
| tfon has been meeting in the Zion
Baptist .charch, of which Rev. w. J.
Howard is pastor. The attendance
was large and representative of the
best thought in the Baptist denomt-
nation: The address OF welcome was
delivered By Judge Robert H. Ter
rell, offthe District Municipal Court.
| The next session of the association
will be held at Raleigh, N. G.
| Dr.. and Mrs! J. r. Francis have
been TIE guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Booker T. Washington, at the sum
mer home pf the latter at Hunting
ton; Long Islamd!3
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/ The Washington DivisioB-.os the
Limited; ordSr: of. True Reform ers
theaded by Chief w. r. : Griffin, left
monday, for. Richmond, Va, to at
tend the 28th annual session Of the
order in that city. Chief Griffin says
I $4,000 members Of the order Will be
I represented, the branches covering
eVefy'state in the union Rev. w. L.
EFaylor, r" W. Grand, Master, will
preside. '-i''> Ia't.. !; - =, =
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r Word comes from National Grand
Master e. w. B, Curry that the sai1-
hnal: session. OF the National Grand
Lodge. ,.of v GOOD Samaritans and
daughters OF $amarta, which had
been scheduled. flor Baltimore this
week, has been ,ipdefnitely- postpon-
ed. = >>s g K: 3s '.~:. :. =:
Madame Sissieretta ,Jodes and her
+ Black Patti ,9Tropbadnurs are under
lined for an early appearance at Con
yention Hd4} Arrangements have
been made by which Williams and
fWalker,. In, ssssBaRdanna Land" viii
come at .Belasso's ia the spring, fol,
lowing the end. Of the regular season
which is fully, !hooked up. The show.
Ing made By the best people at Bal
timore in favor of these top-notct
comedians removed all fear in the
mind Of the local management as te
the kind Of audtence. they would gel
and the decision ITO cancel the en-.
gagement here, was reversed The,
may be expected about March or ear
kly In Drj1. -. y -. -