The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-03-10
DINNER TO coLoRED EDITOR.
Associates Honor John H. Murphy
of Afro-American Leduer.

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FROM recent issue of the Baltimore
Ledger.
The seventeen anniversary of the
birth of John H. Murphy, editor of
the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger,
which occurred on Christmas Day,
was celebrated with banquet in his
honor, held at Nazarite Hall, Calvert
street, near Center, last night. The
banquet was followed by reception
to the ladies in the main hall.
The speakers and subscribers pres
emit included many leading colored
men of this city and Washington.
Rev. Ernest Lyon presided and City
Councilman H. S. Cummings acted
as postmaster. A number of five.
minute speeches We're made in which
many tributes were paid Editor Muir.
phy for his journalistic work in Bal
timore in aiding the cause of the
colored man.
The speakers and the toasts to
which they responded were DR.. A..
M. Curtis, of Washington. 1.-THE Med
ical Fraternity" C. C. Fitzgerald,
THE Legal Profession" Rev. A. G..
Hughes, "T'he Ministry H. T. Pratt.
Schools and Business" w. C. Nc
Card Our Women" Mason A. Haw-
kans, Educational and Public Opin-
Ion" r. W. Thompson, of Washing
ton, THE Negro Correspondents" H.
r. Macbeth, editor of the Baltimore
Times, Our Guest, the Journalist:
Rev. DR.. J. o. Spencer, of Morgan
College, Baltimore; Charles D. Free
man, of Washington and Franklin
F. Johnson, who responded to the
toast of "The Local Reporter. Edl-
tor Murphy responded tc the
speeches.
City Councilman Cummings. in
speaking of the guest of honor, said
in part: Editor Murphy, in whose
honor this banquet is held, stands for.
that which is best in the life and sen
timent among our people. Being the
Oldest Of our editors, he is loved and
revered by us and is entitled to the
support and respect of our entire
population. We meet tonight to 10
honor and credit to him who week
by week chronicles the doings of the
best of our race"
In his address Mr.. Macbeth said
that a Negro daily was an absolute
necessity. He also spoke in the
highest terms of Mr.. Murphy as a
Journalist. Rev. Mr.. Hughes said
that the race paper would grow more
influential as time goes on
The place occupied by the minis
try, as the leader in secular affairs"
he said, would fall upon the Shout
ders of the race journalist. mo one,"
he continued, would more welcome
this change than the ministry. for
they realize the tremendous impor-
lance of race papers when they are
managed by capable, far-seeing and
bIcaC-minded men,"
In a brief address Editor Murphy
said that a great future was in store
for Negro journalism if only capa-
BILE men are supported by the peo-
pie. He spoke of the hardships he
endured in starting out in the work,
and said that a tremendous advance
in the quality of Negro papers had
been made within the past seven
years.
Among those who sent letters of
regret was DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton, who said:
There are few men in my race
who have rendered more unselfsh,
constant and useful service than is
true of MIR. Murphy, and we should
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There are two elements in tonnec
ton with this banquet that please
me immensely One is, we are hon
oring a man while he is living; the
second element is we are honoring
a man of our own race"
T. Thomas Fortune, On. w E. B.
Dubois, secretary of the Association
for the advancement of the Negro.
New York J. H. N. Waring, former