The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-03-02
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Gus organization as all "grafters.
greedy politicians and tricksters" do.
1T opened the Odd Fellows for him
and gradually he has usurped the
ihhuence OF the Grand Master until
now the. Grand Master, b. g. In
gram, ts looked upon as Second
man Or good "cats-paw" for Ben
Davis. Formerly the place was held
oy Wilson, of Macon, Ca, and he
acted beautifully for awhile. Then
ne grew suspicious OF the honor of
Ben Davis and his crowd and was
foolish enough to let them know 1t.
They made a scrape-goat of him az
they vii! OF Ingram, if he tries to
take the collar of Ben Davis from
around his neck.
The Independent is now financed
and probably more largely owned
oy VIM. Driskell than Ben Davis
and the Odd Fellows. DrIsl1eu is
from Alabama and is the one man
above all others around whom the
marvellous business growth OF the
Georgia Negroes has centered. He
introduced industrial insurance in
the State and he and his company
are more largely responsible than
any other factors for the success of
the colored people in this line Of
business. Driskell stands high and
Is we'll thought Of by the people OF
the State of Georgia. The Union
mutual Insurance CO. furnishes en-
ployment to a large number Of peo-
ple-men and Observation-Disclosures
Ga. It is surprising that a man like
Driskell would lend his influence
financially and morally, to a man
like Ben Davis who seems hardly to
know the difference between virtue
and vice, the truth and lie: But he
is doing so.
BY getting into. close touch with
Driskell whose Insurance agents
throughout the State are good DO
litical runners, pushing the Odd
Fellows and other organized inter-
ests, Davis has been able to command
sufficient strength and influence to:
Keep out OF the tolls Of the law
that threatened him, close the
mouth of Judson Lyons and run
Henry Rucker out Of office and make
HIM keep his mouth shut.
The Atlanta Independent has
been conducted on such plan OF
opposition to the best people and
interests Of Georgia that the names
or the representative men and wo-
men of the State are rarely seen in
its columans and their pictures rarely
appear on It's pages unless through
the desire Of Fighting Ben" to
give some Of them an editorial lash
ing because they aspire to "Ieader-
ship" along with him.
On the other hand, Davis has been
using the Independent to appoint
his leadefse throughout the State of
Georgia. Amy sort of a man, if he
will play the game with Ben, will
he appointed to leadership and be
advertised in the 1ndepedent as "the
one best bet'' in some county hamlet
or city ward. Any sort of a woman,
if she will play his game, will be ad-
Vertised in the Independent as "the
latest find" in some rural town or
city neighborhood. He lay awake
at nights thinking of how next he
could attack old Bishop Turner
about his marriage to his late wife.
While he was doing this, the public
was "grilling" Ben Davis for his
attempt to thrust Madame Lucille
Gambol Dennis upon the people Of
the State as Assistant ID. G.. S. of the
Odd Fellows and the one bright
star in the House Hold Of Ruth. Ben
scented and side-tracked
her for awhile and the people felt
relieved. She used to stand pretty
well before she married. Her hus-
band left her, she was employed by
Ben Davis and later she secured q
divorce while Ben was trying to
teach her how to lead the masses
OF Negro women in Georgia. She
is las fair as white" woman and
Its funny-awfully funny that Ben
mad no objections to her leadership.
But the true women OF Georgia did.