The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-03-09
FOR TONIGHT AND
WILL TAKE FORM OF AN
ELABORATE BANQUET.
"DicktieS" Lose Out
Managers of affair plan to steer
guest of honor clear OF oft-rc-
peated charges regarding his ex.
cluSiveneSS.
Especial to The Advocate }

lVille, Tennessee. The new Register
or the Treasury Of the United States
Will be sent away from the. Capital
City by the people instead of the
self-appointed "few' who some
time ago arrogated to themselves
the right to tax Nashville colored
citizens without giving them repre-
sentation. The plan seemed to have
resulted in fall down" The
| 'dlckty' ones adopted the course Of
the proverbial Jew an6 cut their
price from $500 to $500 per plate.
Their adoption of common sense
plan was a little too late to secure
the sympathy or support Of the pro
gressives" in Nashville. The out
look is that they will have to have
private affair of their own
The pink slip sent abroad by the
ambitious but unreasonable young
Allen Boyd seemed te-gipe Nash
| vile men enough Of him and he has
perhaps learned that the more
thoughtful men Of Nashville do not
| take him half as seriously as he
seems to think they ought.
The committee Of fifty, appointed
at the colored citizens meeting re-
| Gently held at the Baptist Church,
ron Spruce Street, to tender a ban
quet to Hon. and Mrs. j. G. Napier
upon their departure to Washington,
met at A. N. Johnson's undertaking
parlors Saturday night and arranged
for the banquet to take place Thurs
| dow >ierl
auditorium. The Walden orchestra
has been engaged to furnish music.
DR.. Booker Washington and other
noted colored persons have been in
vited. DR.. Washington wired Dr..
r. F. Boyd, the General Chairman,
yesterday, expressing regret at his
inability to be present on account Of
engagements made year ago maxi
ing it imperative that he be in Iowa
at that time
The banquet is to be a popular af-
fair at one dollar per plate, in which
] the colOred citizens at large are in
vited to participate in showing hon
Or to one Of the race who has been
SO signally honored by the Presi-
NStI' ~ =. ~. L DOJ u 10 Olldl IL,
and among the names Of the COM
mittee will be found many Of the
| best kOnWn cOlored citizens Of Nash
ville-Dr. F. G. Smith,, j. II. Hale,
J. P. Crawford, A. M. Townsend, J.
A. Lester, F. A. Stewart, Ira T..
Bryant, w. w. Williams, " Ohm Cum
ningham, P. f. Hill, r. G.. Ewing,
w. d. Hawkins, T. Clay Moore, W.
H. Hodgkins, j. J. Lay, u. S. Nor
ton, r. L. Mayfield, J. Thomas Tur-
ner, w. w. Banks, J. B. Singleton,
H. l.. Keith, Revs. w. A. Lewis, J.
| G. Caldwell, S. l.. Howard, w. S.
Ellington, r. J. Moppin, A. N. John
son and others.
The moving spirits say that it
shall be an affair in which all col
ored citizens will participate with
out any plans not open, free and
democratic -----.---
The banquet for Mr.. Napier as
planned by the General Committee
Of Citizens Is a more creditable and
representative affair in a public way
than the one that caused the differ
ence Of opinion. 1t ought to be so.
The men behind it represent more
largely the entire body Of citizens.
This Is a democratic age and they
have had the foresight to plan the
banquet in way to steer Mr.. Ma
lpier clear Of the oft-repeated charge
regarding his exclusiveness. They
thave not tried to make it q "society''
affair in the small sense Of the
WORD. They are in the main the
leading representatives in the re-
iligious, educational, professional,
business and industrial life Of the
Tennessee capital.
There is growing spirit OF OBJ
lection to the Baptist Publishing
House crowd" in Nashville. There
has been an apparent disposition on
the part Of some of the leading sDir-
its to try to make their will and
plans, the plans Of the Nashville cit
iZens-to set themselves up, as 1t
we're, as the one best bet in the
community. The Nashville Globe is
Of the BaptiSt6 and Is owned by II
A. Boyd. IT very largely represents
the will and opinion Of the Baptist
Publishing House people-not the
Nashville citizens.
Some newspapers have made the
mistake Of referring to young Hen
ry Allen Boyd as Doctor" Boyd
Nashville people think ID. D." is
easily found or he has a scholastic
record unknown to them. 1t makes