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

ton he filled some Of the most prom
ment positions in the South Carolina
Conference.
delegation OF ministers from the
churches of the denomination in the
West Indies and South America call
ed at the missionary headquarters at
81 Bible House, last Saturday and pre-
scented DR.. Beckett resolutions extoll-
ing his work as missionary secretary
and wishing his election to the epis-
copacy.
The resolutions were presented by
the Rev. r. A. Sealy, presiding elder
in Barbados, West Indies; the Rev
A. IT. Collins, Demerara, British Gui-
ma, and the Rev. r. A. Butler vi
Touschen, British Guiana.
John Atkins, former president Of the
defunct Metropolitan Mercantile and
Realty Company, who last Wednesday
for alleged fraudulent representations
in the sale of building lots, was given
a year in jail and fined $500 Monday
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell may
come back" as a member of the Boa I'd
of Education. Good!
Rumor has it, that genial phil"
Waters, the Boy Orator of the Kan
aWha,' enc Of West Virginia's real po-
4iticaf- Headers; may soon be appointed
to high federal office in this city.
Our gates stand wide open for thor
oughbreds OF the Waters type.
The House Committee in charge of
the Page-Wilson bill, providing for
government aid in the extension of vo7
cational education, gave cordial
hearing the other day to a delega-
ton of prominent colored men, who
came to argue for an amendment
which might allow colored people to
share in the benefits Of the law in
such place where they might not be
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
Beckett Endorsed
for A. NJ. E. Bishop
OF MISSIONS RE-
CEINES RESOLUTIONS FROM
WEST INDIES AND SOUTH
AFRICA LAJ'DING HIS WORK,

New York, May Rev DR.. w. w.
Beckett, secretary of missions of the
a. M. e. Church, left this week for
Kansas City, Mo, where he will at
tend the annual meeting Of the board
OF missions this Saturday and the
General Conference Of the African
Methodist Church, which follows:
Dr. Beckett has ended a most sue
cessful quadrennipm as missionary
secretary He is being strongly urged
for the bishopric by influential church.
men in various sections Of country,
and his election thereto is regarded
as most probable. He is a. native of
South Carolina and was educated at
Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Be-
fore his election to his present posi-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
Delegation Leaves
for A. M. E. Conference
MINISTER'S AND LAY
MEN OF AFRICA METHODIS'TS
GO FROM BALTIMORE no KAN,
'. SAS CITY CONVENTION.

baltimore, April 30.-The Baltimore
Conference delegation to the African
Methodist General Conference left for
Kansas City Monday The delegates
are: the Revs. G.. II. Murray. A. L..
Gaines, c. II. Stepteau, p. j. Jordan
and ID. G. Hill, Thomas J. billiard and
j. Frank Blagburn: Rev. John Hurst.
financial secretary of the denomina-
ton: Dr.. w. w. Beckett;. secretary of
missions; DR.. l. n. Ross pastor of
metropolitan Church, Washington; the
Rev. l.. G. Curtis. of Annapolis, Md. ::
the Rev. W. ID. Jimmerson, of Hamp-
ton, Va. and e. II. Hunter, Of Nor
folk. Va, were among others in the
party.
John II. Murphy. editor of the Afro
American Ledger, is in st. Louis, the
guest of prominent Shriners of that
city. He will also attend the A. Nj.
r. General Conference at Kansas CITY,
William H. McAbee has been elect
ed principal of School No. lip.
The Foster and the Neighborhood
Whist Clubs held tournament at the
residence Of DR. II. Stanton MEGA "a
last Friday night. A whist tourna-
ment between a team from Washing
ton and local team was held at the
residence Of DR.. William H. Wrigat
the same evening
Rev. Drs. nj. J. Naylor, Ernest :.
Williams and w. C. Thompson and
Mr. George A. Owens are in Minna-
apohs TO attend, the session of the
AZ. f. General Conference.
The local Alumni Association Of
Howard University is aiding in rails
ing funds for the erection of a gymna-
SUM Gu the university campus.
Bishop Alexander Walters orcupied
the pulpit at the Pennsylvania A. "A.
f.. Zion Church Sunday night.
Rev. E. d. w. Jones preached the
baccalaureate sermon at the COM
mencement exercises of the Edenton
N. Co. Normal and Industrial School
Sunday night.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
ZION METHODISTS
CONTINUED from page three.)

Cummils 10. There are 400 yet to be
elected Counting Massachusetts as
having not voted.) The Taft adher-
eats claim to see their 125 easily IN
sight, and the Roosevelt forces are not
less confident that they will land the
plum. That the campaign has become
entangled in maze Of personalities Is
regretted by the conservative Repub-
hcanS everywhere, but the belief is
generally expressed that after the
nomination is made, all factions will
recognize the necessity for victory in
November and will rally loyalty to
the nominee, whoever he may be-
That tremendous fight is on for the
national committee at Chicago, and
another mighty conflict is imminent
before the people Of the country after
that. The colored brother is doing his
part in noble fashion, and in all the
states where his vote is a factor, he
is standing up and being counted for
what ne DeneVeS TO De Tor the best
interests Of his pa fifty --.----.---,----
The Taft orators are finding ample
material in the Presidents record to-
ask that their brethren give him hear
ty support. President Tafts attitude
on the Brownsville discharge, his SYM
pathy for the oppressed Liberians, his
recommendation Of the reimbursement
of the Freedmsn's Bank depositors, his
appointment Of worthy Negroes to
high offices not previously occupied
by men of our race, his letters Oppos-
ing disfranchisement Of the Negro, his
friendliness to Negro education Of all
kinds and active interest in Howard
Hampton, Wilberforce, Tuskegee and
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
M|SSOURrS ESTIMATE OF JAS.
M. LAKEWOOD n

1t is with supreme sorrow and re-
greet that we received the sad tidings
of the death of Supreme Representa-
titive j. NJ. HaZlewood and | wish to
express for the entire grand jurisdic-
ton of Missouri our heartfelt sorrow
for the loss of Bro. Lakewood who
stood out SO prominently as one If
the leading lights of Pythianism in
our Supreme Jurisdiction and one of
the greatest fraternal promoters of
our race and country.
My long association with Bro. Ha-
zlewood in the Supreme Lodge to-
gether with our work as members Of
the Pythian Commission which was
instrumental in the purchase of the
property in Chicago and the Sanitar-
ium at Hot Springs, brought Bro. Hal
zlewood and myself very close togetn-
er, allowing me to appreciate his real
worth both as man and a Pythian
and establishing between us a strong
bond Of friendship lasting throughout
course Of many years.
Aside from the fraternal regret the
loss of Bro. Lakewood to me is
cause for personal. grief in as much
as | have learned to love him as
personal friend and have had him as
a personal associate in our Supreme
Lodges for nearly twenty years.
We feel that the loss Of Bro. Halle
wood is not only a loss to the Su-
preme Lodge and the Jurisdiction of
West Virginia but that each Grand
Jurisdiction will feel that she has sus-
tanned personal loss in the death of
this noble Pythian
1t is with a feeling of deep regret
that | must say that previous i'm
portant business engagements make
it impossible for me to attend the
funeral of Bro. Lakewood, but in
view Of the fact that I had already
arranged my itinerary for the next
twenty-five days beginning with to-
day, makes it impossible for me TO
leave the state of Missouri at this
time
" ouWill- kindly EXPRESS my per-
sonal sympathy as well as the sympa-
thy Of the Grand Jurisdiction of Mis-
souri, to thewife and family Of Bro. Ha-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
WOMAN COUNSEL

Causes Jury TO Disagree in Case of
Negro Charged with Murder
New York, May 3,-The first muir
der trial here in which a woman has
appeared as chief counsel was half
won by Miss Lucille Pugh, counsel for
defendant, when the jury came to /,
disagreement tonight IN the case Of
Leroy Poindexter.
The defendant is a Negro, charged
with killing Thomas Brown in quar-
rel over a game of dice.
He asked Miss Pugh to defend him
in view of the fact that in the old
slave days his family has served on
the Pugh plantation in North Caro-
lima
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02

able 10 secure such benefits in the alb
sence Of the proposed amendment.
The delegation was made up of Regis
ter J. G. Napier, Rev. John Hurst,
Rev. A. c. Garner and Rev. J. Milton
WIaldron.
j. Leubrie Hill is at the Howard
Iheater this week with his inimitabie
My Friend From Dixie" Brown
and Shelton, the new Williams and
Walker" and Miss Evon Robinson,
Miss Lillian Bradford and Sam Gaines
help to make this company one of the
strongest attractions on the road.
The speech Of Mr.. Roddenbury, call
;ng upon the government to put Ne
81 oes out of the federal service, has
produced an incalculable amount IF
Indignation among the colored people
here and in the Gountry at large. 1t
Is regarded as fore-runner Of what
the Negro employees in the depart
ments may expect if the Republican
party is not continued in power. It
is noteworthy that not a4single daily
paper called attention to this phase
of the Roddenbury delverance.
The citizens Of the District are to
give testimonial shortly to Capt
F. Oyster, president of the Board of
Education, in recognition OF his spIen-
did services in behalf of fair play for
the colored people in all matters re-
lating to the public schools.
F. d. Henry, late of the Postoffice
Department, has been appointed chief
clerk at Freedmen's Hospital, to sue
coed Mr. Harry l.. Cardozo, resigned.
Miss Arsine Elizabeth Jones, Of New
Haven, Conn, is assistant clerk and
stenographer at this great institution
Col. Henry A. Rucker, of Georgia
formerly collector Of internal reve-
nue., was In the city last week on
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02

business. He was chaperoned by Col.
JndSon Nv. Lyons and called on host
of his old friends here.
Mrs. Julia X. Shaw, diNctreSs Of
domestic science in the colored schools.
has been invited to take charge OF the
summer course at the Institute for
Colored Youths at Cheyney, Pa. Mrs.
Shaw is an earnest believer in the
efficacy of domestic science in the
promotion of human happiness.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02

ZleWood and say to her for us that
we mourn with her today for the loss
of her distinguished husband and that
Missouri and myself will always re-
tain in our hearts a warm place and
tender recollections of Sir James NJ
Lakewood.
With best wishes for your success
and again expressing my deep sympa-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02

thy for your loss, I remain yours
- .
faithfully in F. C. B., ~ - :
A. w. LLOYD, ~
Grand Chancellor Of Missouri.
The entertainment for the M. e.
Sunday School, under the direction OF
Mrs. r. D. Carroll, was a success. =
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-05-02
Bluefield Colored Institute :

school heahful locality,
forts and conyenences at the lowest possible
Regular Normal Academic Courses instrument
tai cooking,
and laboratories well the
Training Department with Model School
yates who
Located at Bluefeld, w. the
r. p SIMS Principal. =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
N Jury FOUNTAINS
APPOINTED ON THE
DIVISION STAFF
MAJ. WILLIAMSON Is NOTIFIED
OF DESIGNATION AS CON-
MIsSARY GENERAL.
]. c. HICKMAN ALSO HONORED
Last Named VIII Be Aide-de-camp.
Thin Gray Line In This Section Is
Recognized by These Selections.
From Maury County.

Two Maury countians, soldiers of
the lost cause, have received notice
of appointment on the staff of Gen.
John P. Hickman, maor general of the
Tennessee division.
Maj J. T. Williamson was notified
today that he has been appointed
commissary general of the Tonnes
see Division of Confederate Veterans,
and his rank will be that of lieuten-
;.nt colonel.
James c. Hickman, was also Eoti-
fed this morning of his appointment
as aide-de-camp, with the rank Of ma
or.
These appointments were made by
Gen. John P. Hickman, who was re-
Gently elected major general of the
Tennessee division at the reunion at
Shelbyville few weeks ago.
These appointment came to these
Maury countians unsolicited and as
a recognition of the two men and the
representatives of 'the thin gray
line" in this county and this section.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
GOV. B. ". HOOPER
SPENDS TIME BETWEEN
TRAINS IN THE CITY
GOVERNOR IN FINE HEALTH AND
LOOKING WELL UNDER THE
CAMPAIGN STRAIN.
PULASKI TO EAST TENNESSEE
Friends Called on Him at the Hotel
and to Them He Stated That He
Has Been Much Encouraged Ev-
eryWhere He Has Been.
(Friday's Daily.l

Gov. B. W. Hooper was in the city
this morning for more than two hours
between trains en- route from Fay
etteville to Pulaski where he speaks
today. The train was late to Pulas-
XII and the Governor walked up town
from the depot with JEFF d. Bailey,
the staff correspondent of the Nash
vile Banner, who is travelling with
the governor.
The governor seems to be in fine
health and Is apparently holding up
well under the strenuous campaign.
After his speech at Pulaski the gov
ernor will go to East Tennessee
where he will spend the last days of
the campaign with the people of that
section.
Gov. Hooper stated that his audi
ences had been all that could be ex-
pected and that he had been satisfied
at every point where he has spoken in
the campaign.
The Governor went into the barber
shop at the Bethel House to get a
shave and he had hardly got in there
before it was noised about that he
was there, and his friends began
crowding in and gave him quite a re
ception.
Among the places visited while in
the city the Governor was in The
Herald Office.
On account of the delay Of the train
which was two hours late Gov. Hoop
er, John w. Jackson, R. s. Hopkins,
J. c. Hickman and JEFF D. Bailey
made the trip through in an automo-
bile.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
THE ORPHAN HOME
NOT AN ISSUE IN
THIS CAMP |GN
suPT. BoAz ENDORSES THE Po.
SlTloN OF Mr.. CHURCH ON
APPROPRIATION.
MAKES VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
Says Mr.. Church Was Right In oppos-
Ing the Building Of the Home Out
of County Funds, and Should Be
Endorsed for Actions.

1t having come to the ears of Supt.
w. 7. Boaz, of the Tennessee Orphan
Home, that there was an effort to
use the fact that ]. w. G. Church,
candidate for SENATOR voted against
an approximation for the purpose of
building the Tennessee Orphan Home
out of the county funds, he voluntari-
lily makes a statement about the mat
ter. Mr.. Boaz does not think such
an appropriation would have been le-
gal and says Mr.. Churchs position
should be endorsed by all men wheth-
er they vote for Mr.. Church for SEN
ator or not. His statement follows:
There is an effort being made to
discredit J. w. c. Church, candidate
for state senator, because as a men,
Der of the Maury county court he OPP
posed and voted against an appropri-
alton out Of the county funds for the
building of the Tennessee Orphan
Home
II heard his argument in behalf Of
the people and his reason for oppos-
ing said appropriation. I thought
then, and still believe he was right.
/ do not think he hould have been
acting legally in voting for said pro-
posed appropriation, and l think all
honest men should endorse his &C
tions in the matter, whether they
vote for him in this election or not.
Furthermore the Tennessee Or
phan Home is not an issue in this
campaign, this effort did not originate
from any one connected with the
Home, and l have serious doubts as
whether the originator is friend of
the institution. Respectfully,
"W. T. BOAZ, Superintendent"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
WILSON CORRECTS
CAMPAIGN CANARD
STATED THAT. HE HAD COINED
THE KNIGHTS OF CO.
LUMBUS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-The follow
ing letter was received by w. G. Nc
Adoo, vice chairman of the democrat
ic national committee, from Gov.
Woodrow Wilson:
Princeton, N. j., Oct. %, 1872
Hon. w. G. McAdoo, vice chairman
democratic national committee. New
York.-My dear Mr.. McAdoo: My
attention was called to the statement
that | have become a member of the
knights of Columbus. This is, Of
course not true / have not been ask
ed to join the order, either as an ac-
tive or honorary member, and ain not
eligible, because / am not Catho-
lie. | must warn my friends every
where that statements of this kind
are all campaign inventions, devised
to serve special purpose. This par
ticular statement has been ciraulat-
ed in secreted quarters to create the
impression that | am seeking to iden-
tify myself with the great Catholic
body In other quarters all sorts OF
statements are being set afloat to
prove that | am hostile to the Cath
olics. 1t is very petty and rillicu-
lous business. If all these fabrica-
ton could be brought together they
would make very amusing reading.
They would leave very fiat taste in
the mouth, for they would entirely
neutralize one another and prove that
| was nothing and everything. J am
a normal man, following my own nat
ural course of thought, playing no ia
vorites and trying to treat every
creed and class with impartiality and
respect. Very sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
CAR LOAD Of NUTS
FROM WAGONS SOLDl
n COLUMBIA TODAY
ONE MAN BROUGHT APPROX.
MATELY FIVE THOUSAND
POUNDS TO CITY.
BRINGING GOOD PRICES
Yield of ScaIy Hickory Nuts, Chest
nuts and Beechnuts Is an Aoun-
dant One in All Sections Of the
County According to Reports.

One car load of hickory nuts bought
from wagons in Columbia in one day
is good story, but this was the ag-
gregate of the purchases made by
produce dealers here this morning.
The principal buyers of this total
were the Columbia Produce Co. and
of the thin scaly bark species and
made an immense pile when bulked.
From Leftwich came the larger
portion Of this lot, j. E. White with
A. j. Hardison, the merchant at Left
witch Bridge, bringing approximately
five thousand pounds, or half car
load. The others We're bought from
wagons in small lots of two three and
five bushels.
The Columbia Produce Co. has re-
ceived more than 5000 pounds of
nuts during the week, and Manager
Beasley stated that he was conv:nc-
ed that his advertisement in The Her
aid was the cause of his big receipts.
Reports from every section of the
county are to the effect that the yield
of nuts of every character will be a
bumper. Chestnuts and beechnuts
are also abundant as well as hickory
nuts - s
The price of hickory nuts have re-
NAMED at an attractive figure this
fall, dealers paying IS cents per BUSH
ell of fifty pounds, but they say there
is strong probability that this win
not hold up very long, as the album
dant crop and the heavy frosts win
certainly put more of them on tho
market.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
CRITICAL TIME
FOR DEMOCRATS
THE RACE FOR WILSON is WON
IF NO MISTAKES ARE
MADE.

NEW YORK. Oct 2S.-Before the
feet of the democratic national com
mittee officials there stretches a path
way made entirely of eggs. For this
is the time in the campaign when the
slightest misstep may be attended by
serious consequences. Knowing this
the men at democratic headquarters
in New York are examining every
step forward before they advance, are
watching each move and planning
each policy with degree of care
that reminds one of the last days of
republican campaigns in the days
when democrats had no chance to
win.
The reason for this uneasiness on
the part of democratic officials is
simply that they have. won their fight
for Gov.Woodrow Wilson. By COM
mon consent If the election were held
today, he would be overwhelmingly
victorious. The managers realize
tina few votes, certainly not enough
to affect the ultimate result, are to be
won and lost between now and Nov.
5, unless one side or another is rent
by Burchard, or is attacked by an
equal misfortune. AS leaders in the
race, the democrats have the mos. to
lose in the next eleven days, and
their headquarters is engaged in
marking time, than which nothing in
a political campaign is more difficult.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
EDUCATION BOARD
GIVES HALF MILLION
TO COLLEGES IN THE VARIOUS
STATES THREE IN THE
SOUTH.

NEW YORK, Oct, 2S.-More than
a half million dollars were appropri-
ated by, the general education, board
today toward the financial aid of col
leges in the central and southern
states and, for the first time, toward
agricultural demonstration work on
farms in northern states.
OF $445,O0o voted to educational in
situations, the largest single sum goes
to Baker University. Of Baldwin,
Kan, which will receive $125,000.
The University of Denver, at Den
yer, Col, and Mississippi College at
Clinton, Miss, each receive 100000;
Central College at Fayette, Mo-, $751;
900; Lawrence College at Appleton,
Wis, $4,000, and Penn School a. st.
Helena, s. c., $4,000
Within the last few years the board
has appropriated s659,7OO for carry
ing out agricultural demonstration
work in the southern states and to-
day 1t voted to extend the work to
Maine and New York states, appro-
priating a total of $4,000 for this
work.
The general education, board was
Incorporated ten years ago, and en-
dowed by John d. Rockefeller for
general education work.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
.PRESBYTER|ANS TO
ADD SUNDAY SCHOOL
ROOM TO BUILDING
FIRST CHURCH SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETES CAMPAIGN FOR
$25,000.
WILL BEAUTIFY The STRUCTURE
Will Be When Completed One Of the
Largest and One of the Handsom.
est Edifices to Be Found in the
State-Dr. Molloy Is Much Pleased.

AS the consumation of quiet but
very effective campaign of several
weeks, the announcement was made
Sunday morning at the First Presby-
terrain church that the sum of $4,000
had been subscribed for the purpose
OF remodeling the handsome and com.
modious structure of that denomina.
ton ON the corner of Garden and
Sixth streets.
The campaign was startsd some
time ago with the definite understand
ing among the members that no part
of the subscription would be availa-
BILE until the entire amount of $4,000
was secured. The very gratifying in
telligence was given to the members
on Sunday that not only had the en-
tire original sum asked for been
pledged, but that it was probable that
the total subscriptions would tina ly
be more than this.
The successful conclusion of This
campaign for funds means that the
First Presbyterian church will soon
have one of the most complete and
best equipped Sunday school audito-
RUINS in the country. A large room
with ample accommodations, class
rooms, auditorium, etc., will be added
to the church. The new room will be
so arranged that 1t can be thrown
into the main auditorium of the
church which will give to this denom-
nation the largest auditorium in the
city.
Not only will these additions be
made but the front of the church will
be very materially improved. It will
be. when present plans are carried
out, one of the handsomest and most
ornate buildings of the kind to be
found In the state. While the build
ing plans are practically finished 1t
cannot be definitely stated just when
work will begin. However, it will
not be delayed for long time, but
will surely be started in the near fu-
fture.
DR.. Molloy, the pastor of the
church, and to whose untiring work
much credit is due for raising the
handsome fund, expressed himself
this morning as being delighted. He
looks forward to the completion of
the addition with unfeigned delight.