The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-23
NEGRO BUSINESS. LEAGUE OPENS
In Kansas City, kansas--The First
Baptist Church visited-creat
Welcome.

Beautiful weather, good congre-
cation and congenial pastor gave the
Negro Business League much to be
thankful for last Sunday evening. The
B. Y. P. u. heard the secretary with
rapt attention when he formally
opened the battle in Kansas Mr..
F. j. Weaver introduced ]. A. Wilson
to act as Master of Ceremonies and
made a few remarks for the cause.
After telling his favorite story, Mr..
Wilson introduced Prof. G. A. Page,
who made strong, logical and telling
appeal for Negro Business enter
prises. Prof. ]. Silas Harris fully
sustained his record for ability, for
harmony, for unity and success. The
people have begun to see as eventual
ly all must see. Brother Robinson,
when our teachers begin as a whole
to stand as Prof. Harris stands, we
are going to the front" when our
preachers and teachers do their duty
our children will get better chance
in life;" those significant remarks
with others more forcible, were made
by persons of the congregation. DR..
Bowren is away down in front, as a
and Negro enterprise. Sunday was
busy day for the secretary. Morning
services with DIR. Bowren and his
good people. The afternoon was di-
vided between the A. M. r. Church
and the Y. w. G. A. where a very
agreeable peep in was enjoyed. AL
most harmonized state of affairs exist
ed at the Y. W.. c. A. quarters. So
spicy, polished and cultured were the
entire services. The ladies were told
about the League, presented with a
directory and invited to attend the
evening meeting. Mrs. ]. e. Dibble
was the bright star of the ladies SER
vices. President F. J. Weaver and
speakers, Jno. w. Jones, DR.. w. l..
Hayden and C. A. Franklin are booked
for Rev. J. W. Clay's Church king
Solomon) on n. Third street Sunday
evening, May "a. DR.. ]. E. Dibble and
speakers, Hon. c. H. Galloway, Hon.
e. H. Shackleford and DR.. Henry w.
billiard, will be at the Eighth Street
Baptist Tabernacle, Eighth and Oak
land avenue, DR.. D. B. Jackson, pas
tor. Let the members of the league
awake. Attend these meetings with
renewed zeal. We are right and If
we 'let the people know" they will
! fight the battle. We shall go forward
from strength to strength even up
ward and onward. Everywhere well
coined, approved, supported, united
and honored. Yea, we shall behold
the glorious dawn of day to a united
people, speaking out from every val
ley, hillside and mountain top with
works greater than words. "A man
is a man, proving all things" Other
men admire strong, able and brave
men, The world loves a hero, a
champion, a defender of his people
Scorn is the traitors reward who
"shuffles off this mortatl, unwept, un
honored and unsung." The boys who
parted in Asia Minor are coming to
gether Coming together on the same
moral and religious plane, on thu
same moral and religious plane, oil
the same standards of art, science ant
literature as shinisg and bright a
any star in the worlds sky of man
hood, and mortal ability. Proving tn
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of men. God speed the day
Color, race and religious faith oblit
Grated A new era of man, principl
and merit will rule the world. LIE
each man do his duty. Duty begin
at home. Then, only where duty i
done, has charity an opportunity.
The Dean of Harvard College write
poem dedicated to DR.. Booker !
Washington. National President c
, the Negro Business League, of whic
the following is an extract:
: On Mount Horeb still the bush of Go
is burning;
Still in smoke of fame, his sign W
:. know;
Still cries the Prophet from the Noun
, returning,
; The Lord has spoken, Let TINY pe'
. pie go"
> Stretch forth thine hand, o tho
Prophet giaht-heartted;
. Divide thou the waters of the rol
ing sea;
Lead thou thine host through the bi
lows parted,
Till Black shall stand with Whit
erect and free.
Yours for Negro Enterprise,
E. A. ROBINSON.