The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
JAMES MONROE HAZLEWOOD.

. "hSlc INC SliOhc OIL ucdtn has lallen
all too soon, where gap has been
made in friendship which may close
, but can never be filled.
j. "Jim' Lakewood is dead and in
( him passed the last of the triumvirate
which was famous in it's time for the
deeds it wrought But little over
four years ago Sam Starks embark
cd upon that journey which we must
all take sooner or later. Summer flow
T. ers blossomcd upon his grave, winter
with icy fingers drapCd it with q mal-
. tie OF snow, summer returned again
. and, as the leaves began to fall,
T. Jimmy" Jones launched his bark for
an unknown harbOr on an unchartad
= sea, following the wake Of him who
. had gone before. The seasons came in
!, due order. the months were torn from
the calendar and recorded among the
) things that were, till thirty-one CT
< them had passed, when Hazlewood's
pickering light was suddenly eXtin-
s. guiShed and he went to join those IN
! death with whom he had been so close
= ly related in life.
1t is eminently fitting 10 associate
these three men thus closely in these
4 columns because they were the foun-
( ders of Thc AdrOcdtr, Mr. Jones lis
editor, Mr.. Starks as managing editor
\ and Mr.. Lakewood as business man
ager. AS they put OUT to sea one by
one, their duties were assumed ny
those that remained I'LL the last had
crossed the bar.
Those that remain who knew Mr.
Lakewood intimately will miss him
sorely, miss him in more ways THAI
one, for they know his worth to his
race and to the community in gene--
\ al. They will recall his Willingness to
cooperate in any and every movement
toward the advancement of his people
and his readiness to help a brother in
= distress. He had enemies-and wAo
that is worth while does not?-but
they were largely those who did not
+ and would not understand his motives,
which, in the final analysis were for
tine good Of the whole.
The writer will not soon forget the
unseltishness with which Mr.. Hazlc-
wood labored in and about the capitol
where none was too high for him to
I, approach when Legislation hostile 20
IS the race impended. The writer knows,
land none better, what time and en-
Il ergy he gave toward the dissemind-
ton Of knowledge among the race
= while he was connected with the
= West Virginia CoIored Institute. an1
his solicitudc for the success of that
= institution. He was a leading spiri,
!: in the several attempts to organize a
. Y. M G.. A. here and was among those
who bent their efforts toward the fo"-
. nation of a business league. He had
abiding faith III the capabilities o.
: his race and blazcd the way. in more
4 than one direction where the less san
q guine hesitated to follow. As Pr
4 neer in the barbering business he Was
J. able to furnish employment to a large
number Of the race in the face Of rap
idly growing opposition from white
shops. Resenting the discrimination
" against the Negro in places Of public
amusement, he had the temcrity &c
open for him theatre where he could
go without being mOlcStcd or made
afraid. These and Othcr evidences at.
test his unboundcd interest in the up
lift of his race and willingness to SHOW
4 that interest not so much in words a!
IN deeds
Knowing this, it is hard for us +,
! realize that his work was finished ant
szehat the time had come for him to 70,
81, from his labors. Yet it is not for us t,
&5sssquestion; 1t is not for us 10 doubt
'SSsSWithin the sacred portals Of th9
I. home, now the abode Of sorrow AM
z affliction, we would not intrudc, ve
to the broken-heartcd widow, who f.
so many years had been his compan
ion, we offer the sympathy Of friend
H. To her it may now seem as if ther
was no ray Of light FROM out the fl,
q. ture, yet Him who docth all thing
g well'' has said to those 50 sOrclv al
Z ficted, Il will not leave tncc nor 70
E sake thee"
Her faith teaches her that this
not the end; that surely there is a
after life where light and peace sha
4 come, where the burden shall be lift
4 and the heartche shall cease; where a
q the love and hope that slipped ava
4 - from us here shall be given back
* us again, and given back forever
IS Blessed as that faith may be, "