The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-26
NATIONAL
NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE IN
SESSION AT LOUISVILLE.
unprecedented Success of the Races
strohft agency for Material
UpEet tn America in the
" Blue Grass State.

How the Committees Were Made Up
| The work of the various commit
tees were strictly "gilt-edged. ;"
+ Upon all were men and women of
quality-they stand for something
and at no time served as mere fig
| ure-heads. They went to the mar
| row of every question they were call
ed upon to settle and in the final
analysis their wisdom was accepted
| without notable division of opinion
| on the part of the main body. Then
| principle committees were made up
as follows:
On audtting-C. First Johnson,
Alabama, chairman; S. H. Highland,
| Mississhppi; H. A. Tandy, Kentucky
| and e. B.: Johnson, Louisiana.
: On Nominations Charles Banks,
Mississippi, chairman; G. w. Frank
lin, Tennessee; w. w. Porter, Ohio :;
! w. M. Alex ander, Arkansas; w. G..
Gordon, Missouri and Noah D.
tFhompson, Illinois.
The chairman on the committee
| on resolutions was Thomas ]. Cal
|
declarations set forth for the con-
sideration of the body was the most
comprehensive and vigorous that the
League has ever known.
The Louisville committees to whom
the visitors are Indebted for their
elaborate and entirely satisfactory
entertainment were as follows:
On Entertainments. B. Cooper,
chairman; David Stewart, N. B.
Harper, Thomas r. Tate, George
Tlnsiey
On Music~-Lawyer n. r. Harper,
chairman; w. H. Steward, j. T.
Gray, w. T. Garnet, Frank r. Willis.
On Street Decorations-S. w. Jor-
dan. chairman; J. II. Hathaway, w.
@. f.. Mason, A. G. Meuch,, Thomas
r.. Parks, C. b. Clay. Fl. B. Wealth
ers. .... :. =
On Reeeption-Dr. J. A. c. Latti-
more ,ehairhfan;; Cassius Smith,
Cha ies Johffsoh.. James Tate, Dr., H:
B! Beck. .--,.-...-
On Accommodations Il. G..
Jordan, chairman; r. I. Smith, w.
II. Steward, Rev. @. II. Parrish, w.
w. Spradling, J. H. Hume, Albert S.
White.
On Publicity and Promotion-Hen-
ry Allen, chairman; w. II. Brown,
r. -.husby. Gary B. Lewis, Spencer
Taylor, w. e. johnson, Ben. j..
| Ackens.
On Place-W. T.. Garnett, chair
man; Edward Caldwell, j. A. Hunt,
T. w. Bradford, w. H. Wright, joni
Dortch, Stephen Bell.
| On Fthance-Prof. w. II. Perry,
DR.; P. E. Peters, W. H. Steward,
Hon. Albert S. White, James F.
Gray.
The president Of the local league
| Is David L.. Knight, and his energetic
and painstaking nerves went far to
bring to Louisville the glory that is
Ehers today by reason of the magnif-
icent reception recorded the Nation
| al League. Mrs. J. B. Cooper, a
lady Of rare social attainments, is at
the head Of the Womans Auxiliary
to the local league. Prominent
among her assistants were Mrs
| Mary e, Steward, Mrs. Scott Baugh-
man, Miss Lucy N, DuValle, Mrs. J.
4. Givens and others.
| Louisville, Ky, Aug. 21-All
things considered the tenth. annual
session Of the National Negro Busi-
ness League, held here this week
was the largest, finest and most prof
liable Of the series, which began in
Boston in 1900.
The citizens Of Louisville had been
heralded far and wide as a people
noted for open-handed hospitality
and generous public spirit On this
occasion they not only sustained this
tlme-honored reputation, but outdid
themselves in providing happy homes
a commodious auditorium for the
meetings, and programme Of en-
tertainfnent that kept the stranger
within It's gates constantly ON the
! go from the call Of order at Chest.
nut Street c.. M. E. church on Wed
nesday morning until the curtain
fell Upon the magnificent banquet
given by the local committee on Fri.
day night at spacions Liederkran1
Hall. The Ohio Falls metropolis
more than kept every promise made
T. The delegates in attendance mum
bered upward Of five hundred, ia,
exceeding the registration at any
previous meeting. In quality as wei
as In Quantity they measured up II
the high standard set by the organi
zatton Every conceivable phase o.
negro activity in the arena of bus
mess, Industries and the profession
was ably represented and the ad