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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

Proving the oft made assertion that
Nashville leads the world as a rehg-
1ous- center, the home of more relig-
.lous Publishing concerns that sends,
like the sun shedding his mighty rays
dispelling darkness, wholesome ad-
vice the world over, the following is
reproduced from the Union-Review:
Striking a note which has loud
tones, and ascertaining that the fiscal
year, now winding up, will bring out
fact that will establish a new record
for progress, the secretary of the Pub
fishing Board, Rev. r. H. Boyd, de-
clared upon his return from Florida,
Georgia and Alabama that the past
year and it's work, when completed
and put into his report, will convince
the Negro Baptists throughout the
United States that in spite of the Sc
we're winter, during which suffering
was almost universal, the cold having
penetrated the farthest South, and
during the past spring when nearly
every section in the South was visited
by high waters, the progress of the
Publishing Board, the increase Of its
publicatins and the solid support which
has come from every section OF the
United States, West Indies, Central
America, Mexico and Canada, was a
convincing argument that the Negro
Baptists were not letting the Difficult
ties that might arise deter them from
maintaining a publishing plant that
was molding religious and racial senti-
ment that the weight of ceaseless ages
could not tear down.
A retrospective glance at the Pub
fishing House, by departments, would
be one of the most convincing, and per
haps the most interesting new items
that could be given to the public. If
one should stop over in Nashville who
was real anxious to see the growth
and development of the denomination,
they could have their curiosity salts
fed, their store of information sup
piled, and at the same time be filled
with boundless racial enthusiasm. Ne
gro men and women, boys and girls
are at work, making what has often
been declared that it was impossible
for them to make-Dooks of every de-
scription; operating the most intricate
machinery; filling positions of skill
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

an ex-slave from Texas, presents the
marvel of the age,
Imagination becomes a realization,
after having read and heard so much
about the Publishing House. If one
walks up Second avenue, North, to the
corner Of Locust street, he is immed-
lately confronted by a panorama OF
buildings, seven in number, one three
story, four two-stories and two one
story buildings, all made of brick, 10.
Gated on one-half of the block. The
most imposing Of these structures is
the Administration Building. This is
the first piece of property purchased
and really the first in the United States
ever decided to the National Baptist
Convention. This building and it's
lot are conservatively estimated as
being worth $4,000. In the front
of this building as you enter the Of
flee is the bookkeeping, assistant book,
keeping and cashiers department.
Thousands Of letters, special deliver
les, registers and ordinary mail, are de.
liyered at the cashiers desk each
week. All letters not marked per
sonal r receipted for and opened by
the cashier, who, with her assistants.
carefully opens each letter separately,
notes the contents, marks the amount
in blue pencil on the top, dates the let
ter and gives it it's serial number.
Thus, when a letter enters the Pub
fishing Board containing money in
! any amount, it establishes and main
tains a triple record. No letters ar
read in this department, but are di
tributed to the several department
for which they are sent as designate
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

facilitating the Dispatches, throws the
mail much behind.
inc building at 521 Second avenue.
North, contains the editorial denort,
ment, the book house and chanel The
entire bottom floor of this buildine
is occupied, first, by the office of The
chlef mailing clerk who, with his ass
slstants, has entire charge of the send
ing out of all the second. third and
tourth-class mail matter. All the sono
DOCKS. Bibles, Sunday-school helms ana
ounuay-school requisites and publica-
lions published by the Board and 9th
hrms and handled by the Board from
time to time, are stored in this build
ing. The chief mailing clerk is com
PEELED to keep posted upon the rise
and fall in the prices of publications.
to keep an accurate record of every
order received. The clerks file the
letters under the name of the state.
the name of the sender and also every
order accompanied by money received
by the Publishing Board. It is i'm
possible, Notwithstanding this accurate
Ming system to look up an orden when
the name Of the sender and the date
of the order sent in are not known.
In other words, those who write com
plants or refer to orders are requested
and it is suggested that do
not use the name Of the
Sunday-school as a guide for finding
the order, but that they give the name
OF the party who sent the order. stat
ing the date it was sent and the
amount of money sent. In this de-
partment shelves on two walls are
completely filled from top to bottom
with letter files. One clerk is always
kept busy looking-up, verifying and
filling orders and getting the data
about complaints that may have
reached the institution. For the pres.
ent quarter the mailing department
has filled, over twenty-five thousand
orders.
In this same department and under
this same chief mailing clerk all let
tiers are read over and labels are made
In duplicate, the duplicate being re-
tanned in the order book, while the orr
ginal order is filed away. The number of
the order remains in the b~ookkeeper
and cashiers department on their tai
ley sheet, maintaining the same triple
record first mentioned. These labels
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

Books and accounts are also kept in
this building, where not only skill.
education and culture exist, but where
the real high-class idea of commercial
ism reigns supreme.
Adjoining the bookkeeping depart
ment, room 2, is the Office of the as
sistant secretary, the general forman
and their assistants. This room is
s%paciously arranged and neatly
equipped. Visitors are always made
welcome in this room, for it is said
that no person, no matter how humble
in appearance or how exalted in sta
ton, has ever been to the Publishing
House without being shown through
the plant if they so desired. The as
sistant secretary has charge of a deal
Of the correspondence, generally act
ing for the secretary, who Is usually
going from one department to another
at all times. The general foreman
has the oversight of the entire manu-,
featuring department, making bids up
on printing of every description. He
has long since been regarded as n
of the most practical, thoroughly
versed and competent printers that
America has produced. An efficient
stenographer and clerk occupy the
same office where the work is de-
patched with neatness and precise
ness.
In the hall Of the same building can
be found all records touching upon all
topics upon which letters have been
written from time to time, together
with a bound volume of every Sunday
school quarterly that has been pub
lished since the Publishing Board
came into existence. The files Of the
National Baptist Publishing Board
have created no little comment, as It
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

print millions Of copies of periodicals
to be sent out during the year, and
that the cost of paper during the year,
and that the cost of the paper alone
reaches to more than $780, 900. 90 an.
nually.
The second floor of this building is
the mailing or packing room for a
second-class matter. Here Sunday
school PERIODICALS, Bible picture rolls,
picture lesson cards, c~atechisms and
unbound books of every description
can be found waiting their turn to be
placed IN the mail sacks after they
have been wrapped into packages Of
various sizes, according to the desires
Of the customer who sends in the order
Here also will be seen the complete
mailing list of the Union-Review, the
official organ of the National Baptist
Convention. The subscription books,
mailing list set up in regular linotype
metal, and the mailing ga1leys for send
ing out this publication are stored
away on iris floor in long zinc galleys,
from which the names OF the ~subscrlb-
ers are stamped with the time ex-
piration. A veritable p~ost-ofice is
operated in this department. The
mail is distributed into the sacks by
states each day, a separate sack being
made up for the principle states, such
as New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, North and
South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia. On days when there
is not enough mail in the northern
and western states to I'LL any of these
sacks, these states are put together.
Some days more than a hundred sacks
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

OF mail go to the p~ost-ofice part
making from four to six auto-trucks
full. The post-ofice department in
sists upon the Publishing Board max
Ing these dispatches, as Nashville Is
one OF the largest publishing centers
in the world, being Headquarters for
about twelve UNCONVENTIONAL publish
ers, hence the mails are often con-
gested and the force of clerks in the
post-oitce, Notwithstanding the assis-
lance received by such concerns as
the National Baptist Publishing Board
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

has been said that DR.. Boyd can give
the date and find the page of every
important resolution, document or
recommendation that has ever passed
the National Baptist Convention since
he has been secretary of the Publish
ing and Home Mission Boards of the
Convention.
The S~tenographic Department is To-
Gated in room 8. The stenographers,
whose duty it is to take dictations
from the chiefs of the various depart
ments, sometimes taking hundreds Of
letters in a day, go back to this de
partmept where the best typewriters
on the market are used, and transcribe
the shorthand into English. These
letters go into every nook and corner
of the civilized world.
On the second floor of the Admins
tration Building are to be found the
private office Of the secretary of the
Board and his quiet retreat. The sec.
rotary only ascends these stairs to
hold conversations and consultations
that cannot be held in the main office,
The remainder Of this building Is
used as a dormitory.
Just behind this Office building, on
the same lot, is another two story
building, the first floor being the stock
room. This seldom has in 1t
less than two carloads of paper, from
which books, %quarterlies and every
other kind of job coming out from the
4ation's mammoth institution in the
printing line, is made. 1t was recent
-ly learned from DR.. EOyd that he is
compelled each October to contract
for a sufficient amount of paper 10
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

tives of two and a half millions of Ne
gro Baptists by handling thousands of
letters daily. They mail millions Of
copies CT periodicals annually, receipt
ing and accounting for thousands of
dollars. This gigantic institution,
the direct %outgrowth of the brain Of
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

and technique in the mechanical
world, and at the same time dealing
to a large extent, with the represents
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

Colonel W. +. McCombs. OF New
York. who was manager OF Governor
Wilson's pre-convention campaign. was
unanimously elected as chairman OF
the Democratic national committee in
Chicago.
MIR. McCombs. who succeeds Nor.
man T.. Mack. OF Buffalo. n. Y, thus
will continue as the leader In the fight
OF the New Jersey executive for the
presidency. His election has been ex-
pected, as IL was understood that he
was the general choice OF the com
mitteemen as well as OF the nominee.
Joseph l.. Davies, OF Madison, Wis.
was elected secretary of the commit
tee. succeeding Urey Woodson.
Robert $. fludspeth. the New Jersey
national committeeman. said before
the meeting that he had verbal mes
sage from Governor Wilson. but no
letter, to outline the candidates ideas
for the conduct OF his campaign.
John l. Martin. of 81. Louis. was re
elected serseant-at-arms.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Latham Killed BY wIId Buffalo.

Hubert Latham. the famous Anglo
French airman. and one OF the pio.
neers OF heavier than air aviation. was
killed by wild buffalo while hunting
In the French Soudan. The fatality oc.
Cured on June I.
Lathams death occurred In the
Chair river. near Bahr Es Salamat.
practically in the center OF the French
Soudan and in the direction of Lake
Chad.
According to the governor general
of French Equatorial Africa. Martial
Henri Merlin. in telegraphing the news
to the minister OF the colonies, l.ath.
am was out with a number OF natives
in the forest. when he shot and wound.
ed a buffalo The animal Immediately
charged him. and before he could e..
cape gored and trampled him to death.
Latham was the first man TO fly
over big city In a heavier than air
machine This feat he performed In
Baltimore in October. 1910. He flew
from the aviation grounds about fit-
teen miles outside OF Baltimore. over
the entire city and harbor. circling the
Washington monument and perform
ing stunts 1900 feet In the air over the
business section.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Prohibitionis,s Nominate Chain.

Eugene W. Chain. OF Tuscan. Ariz.
was nominated for president on the
first ballot By the Prohibition national
convention in Atlantic City. n. j.
The vote was: Chain. 502; Emer
son. 80; Houston. Is: Watkins. "a;
Hendrickson. SO: Scanlon. s: Bel
lour. /.
On motion OF MIR. Emerson, Mr.
Chains nomination was made unani
nous.
Aaron 5. Watkins. of Ada. O.. was
nominated for vice president by accla
nation He was also Chains running
mate -four years ago.
MIR. Chain was first placed In nomi
nation for president by William Slb
ley. a delegate from Arizona. Mr.
Chain was the Prohibition standard
bearer -four years ago. The presents
ton OF his name was loudly applaud
ed.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

Two thousand foreigners at Miners
Vile, Pa. are greatly excited over the
treatment accorded the four-yearold
baby OF Felix Ludnan.
The child. when left alone for about
ten minutes. was inflicted with wounds
which resemble bites. but II they are
bites they are apparently by some
strange animal
The mother found the baby uncon
scious in the crib. turned crosswise
with q red bandana handkerchief
soaked In water covering Its face
When the mother lifted the handker
chief she found the child's face black
At the forehead the flesh was appar
entity chewed and bigger wound Of
the same kind was found on the neck
and a still larger one on the chest
The little ones body was also badly
bruised.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Saved by corset.Liks Armor.

BENJAMIN Rukis. a prosperous fish
dealer OF East New York. with the
knowledge. he says, that some OF
his business rivals had poisoned his
horses. forcing him TO buy an automo.
bile, took further protective measures
against his enemies. II developed when
a man lurking In a hallway fired
three shots at Rukis as he was driving
his car along Powell street.
witnesses expected to see Rukis
drop dead or seriously wounded. In.
stead he chased his assaiiant into
the arms OF policeman.
To the wondering officer Rukis OF.
fered no oral explanation. simply pull
ing of his coat. which act revealed
shining armor. corset.like. beneath his
outer garment. All three bullets had
found their mark. but had only denied
the armor. which was OF thick alumni
mum. Rukis' alleged assailant. who
said he lived in Hoboken. was held for
examination.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

The decision Of the commission Will
cause a general reduction In rates on
small packages OF about go per cent.
While the average reduction 10 only 20
per cent. the reductions taken alto.
gether range from 10 to so per cent.
An important requirement OF the
commission Is that the companies
shall adopt a distinctive tag or label
which will clearly show whether .
package has been prepaid or not. In
the event OF doubt the receiver OF a
package will not be compelled to pay
and the express companies will no
longer have the benefit OF thousands
OF dollars that have flowed into their
treasures through double charges.
In short the decision OF the com.
mission revolutionizes the express
business In this country.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Finds suxrard with Bell on Neck.

Andrew Schooner. OF the Charm.
ing Forge farm. near womelsdorf.
Pa. while working in a field discov-
cred several turkey buzzards lowering
over the body of calf and was at
tracted by the ringing of bell. lie
found that one of the birds had a
brass hell tied around its neck with a
yellow ribbon.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

Herbert Knox Smith resigned al
commissioner OF corporations. For sew
eral days his name has been linked
In gossip with the new party move
ment under Colonel Roosevelt.
Mr.. Smith announced to the presi
dent that he intended to support the
progressive movement and the new
progressive party" including "the
principles have earnestly tried e
further. so far as could. during m,
term OF federal service"
Luther Conant, Jr.. of Massachu
sets. deputy commissioner of corpor
ations. probably will succeed him.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $500 ASS: city mills
fancy, $1,000 6.15.
RYE FLOUR quiet: per barrel. $4.Si
as.
WHEAT quiet: No. 2 red, 9sd 9sh G
CORN quiet; No. yellow. s2h q
SIC.
OATS firm: No. ? white. 56is G57c.;
lower grades. sac.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. l6G
IGIkc.; old ROSTERS. lie. Dressed
arm: choice fowls. i6c.; old roosters
BUTTER quiet; creamery. fancy
f9c. per ID.
EGGS steady: selected. 26 q 27c.
nearby, 25c. western, Csc.
POTATOES steady; new. 75c. a 8:
per barrel.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

Wearied by her struggle TO provide
food for her family OF eight. Mrs.
Mary Ernst. forty.eight years old. left
the breakfast table and went to the
roof OF the tenement at Sl4 Tenth
avenue. in New York, from which
she jumped to the cement pavement
of the areaway. seven stories below.
Death was instantaneous.
Neighbors say that Mrs. Srnst had
been brooding over her misfortuncs for
the past two weeks and had threaten
ed TO kill herself.
The mothers death leaves Lena. the
seventeen.year-old daughter. the only
breadwInner In the family. for the
father, Charles Ernst. has not worked
for more than year.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Lorimer ousted From Senate.

Pale. haggard and exhausted aftei
a dramatic three-day defense of him
self. William Lorimer. OF Illinois
slowly rose from his seat in the unitd
ed States senate and Withdrew to q
cloak room as the vice president an
nounced that the senate. by the over
whelming vote o. IS to rs. had de
clared his election was procured bs
corruption. and that his seat should be
vacated.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Orders Lower Express Rates.

The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered sweeping reductions
in the rates charged by express com.
panies.
II has also ordered far.reaching re-
forms in the regulations and practices
OF the companies and has also impos.
ed upon them a uniform system OF
rate making.
The order Of the commission. while
not final. is subject only to hearing
TO be given the express companies on
Oct. .. The commission calls upon
the companies to show cause at that
time why the changes in rates and
practices should not Immediately 60
into effect.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20

Thirteen persons were killed and
fifteen to twenty were injured In q
wreck on the Chicago. Burlington 4
Quincy railroad at Western Springs. {
suburb of Chicago.
Coming through fog with suppos
eddy a clear track ahead. train No. s
fast mail. rain at full speed into the
rear OF train No. 2. known as the
Overland Express, from Denver. which
was standing still ON the track. tele
scoping two OF the Overland's Pullman
cars.
Railroad officials refused TO fix the
blame until after the wreck had been
investigated thoroughly. Mrs. +. A
Wilcox. who was In charge OF the
tower from which the block signals
were controlled. said she was certain
the block was thrown against both
trains. She collapsed after the acct
dent and still is In a highly nervous
condition.
The locomotive OF No. plowed
through the rear car and crushed oui
the lives OF helpless passengers. many
OF whom still were In their berths. On
into the second coach the locomotive
then sped. Half way through that
car II veered to the left. deraillng the
sleeper. The locomotive was entirel,
stripped when II stopped.
Ghouls are believed to have robbed
the dead before they reached this
morgue in La Grange More than q
dozen large diamond sets are missing
from jewelry. and although most Of
the dead appeared to have been per
sons In comfortable circumstances. q
dime was the largest sum OF none,
found on any OF the bodies.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
10 In Stamps For Conscience Fund.

A unique conscience contribution
has been received by the treasury de
partment at Washington from citi.
gen OF 81. Louis. who sent ten 81 post
age stamps In restitution for some
fraudulent act or oversight.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Round the World In 80 pays.

What is said to he new record for
encircling the globe was completed by
J. A. Allen and +. J. Scott. OF Phoenix.
ArIz.. who made the trip by way OF
Seattle. vladivostok and Paris in
thirty.nine days.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
Jack johnson Under 5000 Ball.

Jack Johnson. the champion heavy.
we:ast prize fghter. and his wife
were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Buell. In the federal
court In Chicago upon a charge OF
smuggling a diamond necklace into
the United States. Both were released
on bonds of $4,000 each. The date for
the trial was not set.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-20
NEGRO sIsys -Four Persons.

A negro ran Wild in Tampa. Fla, and
rs a result four persons are dead. The
negro was armed with gun and shot
down persons whom he ran across in
49, ...ftA af~hs