The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-17
Elected :.
+. Officers 0 ii
HAS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH
CLAIMS TO REPRESENT ALL i.
'.v NEGRO SOCIETIES -- .. ell.
Wright For Alderman
Second Ward Negro, Nominated in
Chicago for Position Which lie
May Have ii Negroes Give Him
Undivided Support.

Chicago, Marcn 14.-Uon. Ed
ward H.~-Mright,- q colored man ol
tl1is~ City, ex-County Commissionel
Of Cook County, and also former
Clerk OF The South Town Of Chicago
has been nominated by the Republi,
cans as candidate for Alderman o.
the Second Ward If colored Fot
Yers in the Second Ward arc loyal t.,
their race, and stand by man OF
Jb cir race. Mr.. Wright will lie elect,
ed next month by an overwhelming
majority
The election of officers last Sat
urday Of the National United Soci.
tues Of the United States, anon.
he colored. people resulted as fol
ows: William T. Grant, President
New Orleans, Louisiana; Mrs. Lem
Harris, First -Vice-President, Johns
rown,"Pa ;, Mfr. Il. A. Artson, Secon.
ice e-President, Gainesville, Florida
Samuel Todd, Third Vice-Prcsident
Galveston, Texas; George w. Cough,
Fourth Vice-President, Ann Arpo
Michigan; Miss Mary E. Brent, Fifth
Vice-Fresident, Ciarksburg, Wes
Virginia.; Mrs. S. M. Gilliard, Sixt,
Vice-Prcsident, Huntington, Yves
Virginia; Mrs. r. A. Jones, GranI
Historian and Statistician, Winthrop
Massachusetts; Henry Wood
Grand Treasurer, Boston, Massachu
5etts;;- J. White Grand Secretary
n
Jones, Attorney Chicago, illinois
Executive Committee: Mr.. Glen
5mrtn, Buffalo, New York; Mrs. G.
Griffin, Fitzgerald, Georgia EdWar.
burton, Slidell, Louisiana; l.. x
Polk, Nj. J. Simmons, Natchez, Mis-
sissippi; Mrs. Mary E. Glover, San
Antonio, Texas; Charles Carter
Irewton, Alabama; Mrs. Carrie
Dukes, Ocala, Florida. '
!. :: Much in taresits Is beip ~ infested
:os1.st ast :ss4t
prominent White people OF Chicag,
as to the holding of the National
Half Century Negro Exposition o
he United States of America, tha,
will be held here commencing June
1st, 1912.
l.. W. Dempsey, Of SIG Dearborn
Street, and Albert Mcintosh, Of $50;
Dearborn Street, are both very sick
Mrs. Amelia Foster, Of 1920 Dear
1cln Street, is winning many lau-
reEs in her work. Mrs. Foster is
recognized to be one among the best
lp-todate hair dressers in our city.
THE IFlraternal Commission con
sisting Of Joseph E. English, FL w.
Laws and Samuel r. Boyington, re,
ported last week on the origin an6
history of the Ancient Arabic Order
IF Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
among the Colored Shriners in tho
| United States --~- The report shows
and proves that john G. Jones 33
OF Chicago, was the first coloref
Mason in the United States to have
The Mystic Shrine Degree conferred
upon him, and power and authority
was granted to him by the Imperial
Council Of Arabia, to institute TEN
ples Of the Mystic Shrine in the
United States. This occurred in Chi.
cago en- June fst, 1893. Palestine
tTgmDfe of the Mystic Shrine in Chi
cago, was the First Temple organized
in the United States. The lmperia
Grand Council Of North and Soutf
America was organized june 9th
1898, and it has now So Temples
organized In the United States. II
will meet at New Orleans, Louisiana
| October 22nd 1910.