The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-12-12
SPIRIT OF UNITY IN TEXAS.
Special to the Globe.

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Special to the Globe.
San Antonio, Tex, Nov 14.-The
/ Negro Missionary Baptist General
| Convention, of Texas, which has just
closed its sessions here, is comph-
mented by white and black Method
| list conferences and prominent lead
ers of the Negro race. The fifty-tifth
1 annual session of the West Texas
| Conference of the M. E. Church,
Bishop James Atkins, presiding, in
ession with Laurel Heights Church,
San Antonio, during the week of the
colored Baptist Convention, sent the
| following congratulatory letter to
the Negro Baptists:
San Antonio, Tex, Oct. rs, 1918.
To the Convention of Colored Bap-
fists in session in the city of San
Antonio:
In the name of Him who has broken
down the partition walls which sepa-
rated the nations of the earth, and
who has brought us into the fellow
ship of our common faith, the West
Texas Conference of the NJ. E. Church,
South, sends greeting, with prayers
that peace may be multiplied to you
and grace from our Lord Jesus
Christ
G. Johnson, C. R. Grobe, J. X. Rec
tor.
The above greeting was unanimous
ly adopted by the West Texas Annu-
al Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, now in session
at Laurel Heights Church, San An
tonic, Texas, and the secretary was
instructed to convey the message to
the Convention.
STERLING FISHER, Secretary.
Convention Complimented by DR..
Booker T. Washington.
Tuskegee Institute, Ala,
Nov. 4, 1913.
Mr.. L. L. Campbell, Austin, Tex:
My Dear Mr. Campbell have just
received copy of the San Antonio
Express. of Saturday, October 25th,
containing your annual address de-
liyered at the General Convention OF
Negro Baptists at San Antonio last
week The showing that you maze
for Negro progress in Texas ana
throughout the country is magnificent
from every point of view. / con-
graduate you most heartily, not only
upon delivering such a fine address,
but because you have been fortunate
enough to secure the interest OF the
publishers OF the Express to the eX-
tent to have them publish entirely
what you said at the General ConVen-
ton. It is a mighty fine work IN
which Won and YOUR co-laborers are
engaged.
Yours very truly,
ROCKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin.
The Negro Baptist Convention at
San Antonio made strenuous enort
TO clinch a donation made by Coionel
George w. Breckenridge, of forty
| thousand (s4O,OOO) dollars for Guads,,
| lime College. The ten thousand
(s1O.OOO) dollars in cash had to be
| raised for the particular school out
side of means for other institutions
Of the Convention, and upon that en-
| fort the Central Texas African Meth
odist Conference presented the follow
ing resolutions; .0
Austin, Texas, Nov. 1, 1913.
Resolutions by the African Method
list Episcopal Church, Tenth Episco-
ipal District, Bishop Smith, presiding
Whereas, Information has come TO
Jus that Colonel George W. Bracken-
ridge of San Antonio, has given forty
thousand ($4OOO0) dollars to Guada,,
lupe College, a sister denominatlonal
school thus assisting, at such need
ed time. a useful institution OF long
"A standing and many sacrifices, there
fore be it, roo,
Resolved, That the Central Texas
II Conference of the A. M. r. Churcu
expresses its belief that this benefac
II zion of Colonel Breckenridge is
blessing to the whole state and nation
Il as we'll as to the race, in way no.
II enualled by any other class OF schools
Though incidentally under the ao
epices of a denomination, such lnSu
buttons as Guadalupe College are no
sectarian in their instruction
On account Of the dominating IN
4 fuence Of the churcn in Negro lie
y ;ts institutions are the most useru
A q gencies for social uplift among us
o Resolved, That this gift will IN
t. snire other philanthropists to recog
= nize their public stewardship, ant
that new courage and zeal will be I'm
married. IN every school IN the land
dependent upon private donations AM
individual sacrifice,
H. T. HEALING.
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