The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-20
Colored Fraternal Order Meets
in Annual Session With
800 Delegates.
Larger Membership Than Any
Similar Organization
SERMON PREACHED SUNDAY

With sonEs. recitatlons aud ad-
dressee, the National Mosal, Templars
OF America. colored. held IT'S iirst an
nlycisary exercises In the state Of
kcatucky. and che city of Paducah.
yesterday afternoon at Burk's chapel
Seventh and Ohio streets. The organ
iza;lon Is one OF the few societies that
Is the product OF negro brain and en-
ergy Il was organized 25 years ago
m Little Rock. Ark. by Chester
Keats and John L. Dushs two lead
Ing spirits Of the colorcd race
The Mosalcs Is one of the strongest
fTaternal organizations in America
among colored people and their forces
extend 10 nearly every state and ter
I1tory In the south and west and Is
now extending It's growth northward.
The city II fun OF delegates to at
tend the national grand lodge which
convened today.
rhe keynote OF the Anniversary
terviccs yesterday was the address OF
John II. M,Conlco. cashier OF col
orcd bank of Little Rock. Ark Among
the things he said
Extracts of Address.
Through the eternal fitness OF
thinEs.-the Mosaic Tcmplars Of
America stand to-day aud look back
over a quarter q a century OF work,
AZ a product OF negro brains. the or
der stands out prc-smlncrt and csn-
not be overlooked when We st1p TO
sum Mp racial development Back IA
me clghtlcs when the sun OF Grover
Ciovelrad was At high noon and che
star OF James G. Blaine. the plummed
knight of American politics. was sink
.ag into political gloom. Il was then
that,ihc great order conceived IN the
minds OF ~ lllustrlous founders
burst from Us embryonic fette.s and
said old zephro Temple. No. /. took
IL place IN the ranks of reality. Start
Ing with zephro Temple, we bring
10 YOU today an Institution that has
so.ooo members. We bring 10 you
an Institution that has spread over -
s;Ffes We bring 20 you an lnstitu-
lion that has paid out $500, 050 for
the relief q widows and orphans An
ins.,tuiion that has made such RAPID
strides In Is years will naturally
make men eager 20 know something
e is founders. must ask you 10
Journey with me back to the fiftlos-
back 20 the most turbulent days OF
our great country: back TO the days
when the dogs OF war we're rearing
against their chains and the forces ol
dislntregatlon bad the union trcmb-
llry upon the rocks OF destruction
n wss then that C. w Keats and ].
u Bush were born. Men little thought
that the two little negro boys had
within them the elements Of leader
sh.p and we're destined to grasp from
a jealous weird places OF distinction
and renown They Travelled the rug
gcd battling against fate they
marched from the piow handle to he
highest places OF honor among their
people-two negro boys practically
walls upon the streets without money
or influential friends. they turned
their backs upon slavery upon the
blsok nlght Of poverty, barred Their
b7soms to hnrdshlps aud succeeded In
spite OF opposition. Twenty years
after the emancipation proclamation
c. W Keats and J. Z. Bash called
sbout them few friends and organ
lied the Mosaic Templars of America.
whtr they set mp zephro Temple, lit