The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-06-03

Iho I1l6u OCA%OOl StbucIS was Aoiu
Tuesday afternoon at American League
Park, in the presence Of brilliant
and fashionable audience Of fond par
ents, adoring sweethearts and sympa-
| thetic sisters and brothers., uncles and
aunts, numbering upwards of 10000.
Company E of Armstrong Technical
High school won the flag after hard
fought battle with the other four
companies. A and B from M Street
High School and G and d from Arm
strong. The judges were Lieut.. Benja-
min o. Davis, Of the 10th Cavalry,
United States Army; Lieut.. James F.
Walker and Lieut.. Thomas 0. Jones,
Of the District National Guard. Com
missioner Macfarianc presented the
prize pcnnant to Capt. Alrutheas Tay-
lor, of Company e, and each man
got badge. Lawyer r. r. ,uorner, Of
the Board Of Education, presented sill
yer medals to Lieuts. Stevens and Car
ter, after Capt. Taylor had been dec
GRATED with a gold medal. Supt. r.
G. Bruce, Military Instructor, Major
Arthur Brooks and Principals Jack
son and Evans were warmly congratu-
lated over the successful outcome of
the years work of tho hustllng high
school boys under their care. The Off
GERS Of the battalion we're Major Clyde
McDufie and Adjutant William M.
Dent. The captains were: Company
A, Burnette Robinson; Company B, HI.
Bray; Company G., Alphonse Burwell;
Company D., Ernest Hardy Company
E, Alrutheas Taylor. The triumph of
Company e is all the more noteworthy
because it Is the youngest company,
having been formed only in February,
from the increased number Of boys en-
tering Armstrong at the beginning of
the Febr uary semester. Victors and
vanqufshed banqueted Tuesday night
at the ID Street High School and made
the .welkin ring. -, =" =
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Editor w. D. johnson, Of the Stand
ard, published at Lexington, KY, was
in town this week, looking over the
field. He is accredited by the sharp
shooters hereabouts with having an
ambition to be Recorder Of Deeds.
Editor Johnson had very satisfactory
interview with President Taft, with
whom he has been personally &C
quainted for more than twenty years,
and the close friends of the brainy
Kentuckian say that he received posi-
tive assurance that something good
would likely come his way ere the
snow flies. Mr.. Johnson was among
the first to wave the Taft banner in
Kentucky, when the State seemed
hopelessly against the genial War
Secretary; but, with characteristic
courage, he girded up his loins and
helped very materially to turn the tide
and send solid Taft delegation to the
Chicago convention. Mr.. Johnson was
himself candidate for delegate on
the Taft ticket. While here Editor
Johnson met all Of the "Black Cabi-
net" and was given the glad hand 1t
Is stated that If Mr.. Johnson succeeds
in landing In Washington, he may
bring his paper with him and treat
| the slow-going deni7ans Of the ma
tons capital to sample Of genuine
blue Grass" editorial thunder. 1t Is
certain that something will be doing
when Brother Johnson takes hold Of
| the helm here or anywhere else.
At the regular annual meeting Of
the Board of Trustees Of Howard Uni
versity, Prof. George William Cook,
dean Of the commercial department
and acting Secretary for several
months, was unanimously elected per-
manent secretary. Prof Cook came
| to the school in 1875 as a student, be-