The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-10-07


Il ton OF tnss fa ssMt centennial
lot freedom akTtfd be pushea at
:. |onoe. seGSt$t 81 lar on. IkNashyiiis.
eft touissaie.SRie i'd xud Washingtor1
are at pfseeuk Nod Tor Yflrsa. place. As
tthe site otHthaaais chow Co ahead
Jand~ express Yyphrselves. gentlemen
lofS the press, &.s5x. 80. d.
a The fellows who want to have a
SCRAP" With President Thirkield. of
y Howard University, should wait until
1.-THE Cook PearY racket subsidies a bit
tand until Pre4ident Taft has comDlet7,
ied bis swing around the CIRCLE"
1--we never, could get thorough salts,
fraction out at,a three-ring circus,
IF Col. Roscoe ,Conkling Simmons
may locate In the Middle West. The
National Review would take big In
IChicago-and. besides. the Windy
City" Is SO much nearer that dear
@"Nississippi" than New York.
The lover :withSthe automobile has
a 'cinch" over che rival with only g,
khunch Of street-car tickets, ortan olds,
fashioned buggy
! There isn't much use in Gaming the-I
dog that barks,, at your heels. Save
the "hiE stick Tor the bad boy be-
hind the tree who is Sticking him
on" ...
! Ihat deportation scheme brought
1 forward by the True Americans en-
titles Its originator to reserved Sec
ion IN the nations biggest Dug
! president Taft will return to Wash !
lngton In November. It is not many
years till that redletter date-al. !
though 1t may seem SO to the gentle
men on the anxious seat.
| The Negro newspapers introduces
ethe Negro to himself: I
With the National Negro Business
League at New York, the National
Medical Association in Washington.
the B. M. c. in Baltimore, the Pyth-
ians at Richmond, and the Good Sa..
tmaritans In Alexandria, there will
be something doing" in the east
next year.
The N. B. Dodson syndicate. 1nanc-
ed by the American Press Association
Is WORKING wonders with the Negro I
papers that use plate matter The
SUBJECTS are fresh! and up-to-date, |
and the service is opening way for I
paying positions Ito wide-awake Ne
gro writers. We commend Mr.. bod!
sons news service to the craft I
1 througout the land, He Is reeordineI
the current history of the race, en-
phasizing the bright side and coan- |
| teraclng the :baleful influence gem
lerated by those who, takes pains to |
scan US "as thro FpIFh glass darkly::"
! From Current Reports the Negro
Elks, with just about enough mem
bers to make up one. good order
are divided into -four. 'factions-the
Parent, Atkins, Independents and
The Menellks. They ought TO get to-
gether. The old 1Aw I'm union there
Is strength" has not been abrogated.
The leVeEheaded; editor N. M. Lew
ls' or the Newport News (Va,) Star,
I says: 1T Is such an easy matter to
stand Off and pick flaws in what
somebody else is attempting to do: Il
but the sensible people accord no
lcredit 10 the fault-fnders unless they
are demonstrating In the most I'M
way that they ape making
improvements in the things of which
tshey. complain. Dr.. Booker t. Wash
flngtop has one happy faculty, which
all sensible people admire and that is
that he loses no time in trying to
satisfy either the grumblers or the
fanlt7fnders." :; Ill.,.
Some dancers enjoy themselves
immensely,-until the fiddler's bill
Icomes In.
THE Clansman" will die a natural
death in time, If we refrain from
Keeping it alive, through the free adj
tyert1slng we are giving it In the va
rlous cities. Much rot the agitation1
stirred up around Boston was the
work of clever press agent, employ,
ed to push the, play into renewed
prom1nence-and the Negroes swal-
lowed the bait, hook and all. 1t will
t0 hS"t0AA oe' eA tndk rue SianSman:
was put on at Norfolk at the opening;
: of the jamestown. Exposition for an
unlimited run. No one paid any at
tention to It's presence, Its - rum
lasted exactly two weeks, and the
r management lost money! on the deal.
3 l.. ,y "b-s-psSssSeSY r.. ..... ',,
Ben T1llman has been entertainine
: Chatauqna ,1overs* OF Sensations Hsbf!
=, that the Negro with at gfsrnhn ar
3 school education ira dire rfenate to.
; the republic. Nobody 'i8oWad avs