The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
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| friends and admirers at Kansas
City on the dates mentioned, and the
! people OF the entire western section
regardless of denomination, will par
| ticipate In the occasion and make II
the most memorable anniversary eV'
or observed beyond the Mississippi
river. Several Of the bishops of the
A. M. T.. connection and many prom
inent divines from the country al
large Will be in attendance. No pre-
late on the A. NJ. +. bench Is more
popular with the masses than Bishop
Grant and everybody joins in wish
ing him many more years Of useful
ness and happiness.
| The delegates to the 14th biennial
movable committee, representing the
lodges OF the District of Columbia,
have organized and elected the fol
lowing officers: Chairman Of the
| district delegation, w. G. Martin !;
vice chairman, C. S. Hill; secretary,
DR.. Carroll Brooks; treasurer, J. w.
Lee. The committee on transporta-
ton Is made up of w. o. Davis, T.
II. Wright and II. II. Nailor, with J.
III. Coleman, w. II. Brown and j. Nc
Cowan as committee on badges. The
delegation is instructed solidly for
the reelection Of Grand Master
w. l.. Houston. The B. M. G. opens
at ATLANTIC City, September ii.
1t is reported that an effort is be-
, ing made to discriminate against col
ore patrons in the seating arrange
ments in the Union Station restaur-
ant. Heretofore, the enc spot where
the races enjoyed equal accommoda-
tons in the matter of eating, has
been the Pennsylvania station. The
service was excellent, and there was
no friction whatever, under the for
mer conditions-prior to the erection
of the new station and the consolida-
ton. The management has been
changed and the new lessee, they
say, has set apart certain tables and
one end of the counter for colored
people. Considerable Indignation is
being manifested by Negroes of in
telligence and culture, who, in chang
ing cars here, desire to take a meal
at the station, and steps are to be
taken by the local leaders to inves-
tigate the situation. 1t is broadly in
timated that the lessee will be wait
ed upon by committee, and If the
restrictions in this quasi-government
building cannot be removed by pleas
ant means, the issue will be carried
fn hn ictr III icnS I'd
perhaps, finally to the president Of
the United States, with the view of
having his license forfeited for vio-
lation of the civil rights law.
''Prohpet" w. S. Crowdy, the Off
cial head Of the Church of God and
Saints of Christ, is dead. His re-
mains have been taken to Newark,
and are presumably inferred there.
His followers refuse to consider him
dead; they say he simply Sleeps. y
The widow, in order to secure letters
OF administration, admits his demise
and whatever the disciples choose to
believe, she will probably have her
husband pronounced legally dead, so
as to parcel the estate. Elder. Joe
Crowdy, of Philadelphia, is slated to
succeed his father as Prophet" The
Church of God is to be carried on,
and the members claim the cult is so
strongly established that it will not
die with the passing of it's iIlustrious
| founder
| The National Christian Congress
convenes this week at the Cosmopoli
itan Baptist Temple, OF which Rev.
Simon P. w. Drew is pastor Rev.
K. B. Robinson, president of the or
ganization, is to preside, and the pro-
gram includes a welcome address by
DR.. Drew, with response by Prof. J.
w. Coles, of Virginia. Thirty-six
states Of the union are to be repre-
sented
| The National Negro Business
| League convention in Baltimore has
drawn many substantial business men
to this city, en- route to the Monu-
mental City, and a prosperous SEES
sion. is assured. The doctors will
have large representation at New
York's convention Of the National
| Medical Association next week.
Prominent features Of this conven-
ton will be the report Of the com
mittee on education and the adop-
ton Of plans looking to the improve
ment Of the Negro medical schools
and the movement on the part OF
leading pharmacists to manufacture
'heir own proprietary medicines and
relieve themselves Of the extortion-
ate prices charged by the large man
ufacturers.
Frank Ross, an italian laborer, and
MISS Beulah Coates, colored, were
united in marriage a few evenings