The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-17
Women ARE
IN SESSION
Second Annual Meeting j
Proving Quite Pleasant
and p fita bic.

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notqIue us second annual session q
the Mt. Zion Baptist church, is at
ssalstI1ss much attention throughou
the city. and gneat crowds have wit
messed the programs each evening
and. vet the interest ems to rnI
higher and higher. The conyentiol
aims to live up to its motta ssDun
vtrimus yiyamus pro bono puhIlco.
It is a congress Of talented psfsonl
brought together annually for the
public good and the mutual good ~
each other. Through It's medium
there has been many brilliant ana
talented persons DISCOVERED in ottr
city whose ability was almost Ill.
known. Among them, quite a |, Il
possessing extraordinary ability d
their given lines, and have, in nh i,y
cases, been brought into tsie
churches, where they have been gis.
en- work to do in helping to- sliape
the destinies OF the onle. III
convention has achieved its ain d
a marked degree so far. ald bias
fair to become u flxed adihnl 4 IN
helping to better the soeial and
moral conditions. OF the con tnunity.
At the session Monday ght the
great audience was comple BY capti-
yated with the marvelous Singing OF
Miss MarIe Niles, whese beautiful
soprano voice was a eyelatlon to ali
who heard her. This young lady,
not yet out Of her teets, bids fair 10
become a power among her people.
The convention was also intensely
lelsased with the work of51ohn R:
Martin, tenor, whose voice is of
great compass, The convention was
afterwards addressed by Lawyer w.
J. Parker who seriously questioned
whether OF. not. the 18th amend
ment to the Constitution OF the Uni.
ted States was Of sus rsai 4benet1t
TO the Negro. Mr.. Parker hi avery
person present to eriously ti,lnk4as
and will very ltkei he asked y de.
clare himself more Allly Sefo3e S5the
convention closes
The program lhst nisat was a ~
treat to all who heard The dast
by the Patton sgsters S,is excelleat
and then CAM an essay, ut is ths
Negroes condition. and sd, Nils Coz
or, that Produces His Prasent Cir
eumstances, by Prof. Daniel Henry
Kyle, Thll essay was mos com.
prehensivs Classic in Its treatment
of the subject. The great audlehce
was he'd spellbouud by his logic d . .
masteffpl eloquence for the. space 81
80 nfeates. We are proud OF Mr.!
Kyle after the essay, Mrs. Lizs.e
Boy gser-Blackwell, soprano, entranc-
saleyerybody with a solo, "My
Hearts Dream" and song, as only
she can. This great, soprano easily
swayed the audience any, way she
pleased by her mighty talents. She
Is indeed the sweet singer of her
race: she was accompanied by Mrs,
Jessie Hayes, pianist. Then we lis.
tened to recitation ny Miss Mali
Payton. subject, THE octaroo1,, {.
which was delivered with all the fire
and pathos of her art. Words fail ia
describe the effect of Miss Payton'e
great work-she electrified us all,
The recitation requires as minutes
to deliver. and not an error was dis.
covered, The selection is indeed. a
profound claEstc. and how Miss Paw.
ton committed 1t. we shall nevsr
know. There is only one Miss Pay.
ton.
Madame Bishop Turner gave nj,
ano selection which was superb. ana
the whole. was closed with appronrl.
ate. remarks by the Rev. Dr.. s p
West, ID. who in a very amusfns
and huomous manner. dissented
from certain statements as set forth
I'5y Prof Kyle in his essay.
Tonight the convention win be an.
tertatned by a charade entitled
Manage" First act. Man; second
act Age; third act. Marriage. Tse
cast viii be Mr.. Besser, Smell. M.
Ethe Woody. Mr.. Martin Topsail ,1T,.
Earl Walker. Miss Bessie. woddr :
Instrumental soIo-Tiss onba,,.
Washington. s''e
Recitation-Miss snsau woddt
The reception last aight was rr..
nished by the Sabbath school ~
night the reception .w.ll 1,e fnrn,.A !,
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