The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-09
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fearless and outspoken champions in
Miss Mamie H. Burroughs, of the
Baptist Womans' convention, Louis
vile, Ky, Miss Irene l.. Norman, of
the Metropolitan Mercantile and
Realty Company, Brooklyn, New
York, Mrs. Layina B. Sneed, in
structor in the New Albany public
schools, and Miss Alice P. Kelly, of
the Eckstein Norton University,
Cane Spring, KY.
Richmond, Va, where the Negroes
have more business to the square
inch than any other place on earth,
was represented by those giants of
commerce and industry, DR.. W.. l..
Taylor, president of the True Re-
formers bank, and A. d. Price, owner
of the finest undertaking and livery
establishment in the capitol Of the
odd Dominion.
Says Mayor Grimstead in his adj
mirable address of welcome: The
city OF Louisville and the state Of
Kentucky are in elbow touch with
the colored citizens within their Dor
ders and will remain So. The coun-
try has nowhere a more prosperous,
thrifty or industrious body of coIored
people than we have right here.
Louisville is especially indebted to
her honest and straightfor ward and
lDublic-spirited Negroes who have
dared to stand up for the right-for
law and order, for a clean city, for an
| efficient administration Of the city
| government. We are to be con-
graduated that there is such a relia.
bic and worthy element in our citi,
zenry as these colored people have
shown themselves to be, and we are
here to tell the world that we are
proud Of them"
The Louisville Choral Society,
numbering 100 voices, organized
and directed by Prof. n. r. Harper
rendered excellent music at all Of the
sessions. Prof. Harper is the first
IcoloreG man to be admitted to the
bar IN Kentucky, having been so hon
ored in 1872, and has been actively
lnStructlng in music for forty years
Ihe song Hail to the Business
League" sung by the society at the
opening session, Led by Mrs. NJ l.
Meade, was Prof. Harper's own com
position, written especially for this
convention and dedicated to DR.
Washington. Prof. Harper conferred
League in getting up his admirable
choral society and securing the ser
vices Of SO magnetic a star as Mrs
Martha Broadus Anderson.
Prof. y. r. Harper, director of thu
, thoroughly schooled Louisville Cho
rail Society, was not d little worried
. when some wag started the rumo
that the Dickaninny singers ant
dancers at White City were the star
Of his "swelr' aggregation of classi
musicians.
Bishop Cottre1l's timely obse1
vation9 on the dangers to which col
, orcd servant girls are subjected b.
white men who prefer to pay higl
wages for immoral practices to al
lowing living wages to those who ar
willing to give only honest labor
The good Bishop pointed out in fore
ible language that it was the whit
} men, not the Negroes, who were pre-
{ noting the so-called "socia1 equal
r ity.' Bishop Cottrell certainly CAV
the convention sbmething to thin
i about when he urged that white me
be made to let Negro women alone
j Mbert s. White for president Of tn
e National Negro Bar Association wa
|. an admirable selection.
= A real, live banker, in br0nz
" was novelty. Mr.. Jesse Bing
8 caused many neck to crane whe
IS he was recognized by the chair. Il