The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-01-28

our strength of effort, and It'll RI III d
determination to better our ScnnGY IS
t1on, meet and combat ths f,otantiH
and dynamite forces which q AiistWSss
Saxon, prejudice has trained AZ 81
US, keeping our faces ever st tssys Il
the rising sun. Out OF the miiIioII,a u
or dollars we, deposit 'in the Ana III
Saxon banks of, the country, wa ;ss !. rs
In course of time buy and btderHtaS
our own railroads, establish .IyVh 81 ssss
sale and retail stores and aia Al 81
selves. practically indebend al, 81 SSiiSa
other words. we can make fcf !. otirs
selves a business race Ia 2si racS of ini
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Responses to Toassta. 5, .flsSS
At the call ;of 'roaatmaater n a III ~
Clair, the following gentIamen md
hitting responses, .tFistiing 81 mn Ri II
points. com gling the, grave { ana
the 4 gay In satisf astory pr0 tOasss
!Dr. 90, H: Fowler, grand med caf ex.s5Y
'ta8limliner, smoke on what the,4
Has Done In; the 4 Practice. Of M sssf 81
cine" R: W. Thompson, It'd natiuas.is d.
newspaper correspo nde1t IG3sI es1saaslsF
With Mr.. Jones from IIF
took for his theme, q 406E IA sosiS tls y
bright side of things :, = 1f,t Sf
compliment to- Card tnaf "a bb6
that grand man who ia tfsrSWinlv
Weishty Influence against faeSS
franchising amendment ins Wa ii
and pointed out the, valid eiscf alnas
! Ing, the hard-workin g, sssl Ne
moulding. newspapers OF Ffas 81
tMr. J. Philip Henson, or
town, Md, grand lecturer u f Ia
the pages of history TO inaie6Sa Il hhk ss
,all peoples must :, come i'm; f q ss IS
heights through sacriffce,, nia y
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casior Editor T! 3fE! MI i
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of% the state and
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'side with thsSSia 11 ef al 81
foan, etc, ia, order to aeSssS ss IS
pathetic y 5operati on e
strong poll teal inftuens ssssSS
against us--7tn our light
against the amendmen IL;
Harry 8. Cummings, Balt e
Sorite political and social 8 ~
ought TO be elected to iss SSsSsfisS
Gil for life by, his well S3sS ssnSS
stituency-madet; d s.stroa sSss !,
the Loyalty Of leaders t0 hAtr SssbSlssS
and Mr.. S.. @. sanks, ?ohe saf as
yited guests from Cambria Sci ..a
stood up. for a greater degree $50 ISL
telligent aggressiveness ok 6 ih
Of the Negro In the. asaes4s aan ag
constitutional rights. Other sbAeGh Mss
OF an inter esting charaetSE Ngafe d.
livered by Meesrs Samuel ri al
ward, manager of eng d8pse tmsnxs (
store conducted by the astYDunfi tan TIM !,
Mercantile and Reality D3Inpaas ay IL
Josiah l.. Digs. grand kaSpers ca al
records and seals Of theS sdf: sR, u gsE
II. Keys, OF Tennessee, ,FEuiy Hatch
EFT, OF the Postoffice Depa rfmab k
had charge of, the special branch oSl
the post Office granted for HI, pgaff
ional Negro Business ,I4sasas. iasssss
summer; Briaadier-Genar George,
II. Carter, w, H, Stanley Il, ill., WIZ
liams and others. ~ ~Ht. J. = i & 81 rs
Others who subscribed and assist
ed largely in making the Stsesasion q Z
brilliant Success we're a6a1sra syResat
deus Copeland, John Hawkias. Mil
ton r. Lee, T. w. WalKssi. aserges ss
Fisher, John Henderson, Citation a..
Davis, John w Hendessoh, or Balti,
more and Dr. Dexter P,rR8yholaKyo az
Cambridge, Md. In the "wes sraa.ss
hours" OF. morning MessRs Jones and
'Thompson were escorted ID their
train by g. special connttse s. ard
they returned to WssIssBEtan nssstS &
flying that. the OPEN handed hosni-
tality and genial good Fellowship OF
the MarylandeFs would abide with
them ever1aore. :, .s% Hizy a;sG
Attorney Thomas IL jones, In
whose honor the occasion was de-
vised is leader at thee bar, Of thB
District Of Columbia, a graduate OF
the law department OF Howard Uni%
versity, and came very near sitting
In Congress as the Representatives, 0e.
1.-THE fourth Virginia district ITO sne-,
coed the valiant John. M, Langston,
he Is man of the people and they
believe in him. He owns a shsabttfnI
nome ON a fashionable avenue 8h
Washington and takes an aetiSa part
tn church work and all Important
civic movements. s.,l,I II +
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