The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25

told you l would be in my last letter
and now you see just where 1 am in
Louisiana, and this is one of the
states that has not killed itself trying
to educate our children, for there is
not one single high school or married
either in the whole state for our boys
and girls, and you will see what L
mean by it is not killed with educa-
ton for our people, but they have CIV
en- to the world some real strong men
like Mississippi
You will remember that B. K.
Bruce, was from Mississippi, and he
was one time United States Senator,
so was Major John R. Lynch, who now
lives in Chicago. Just a few weeks
ago, / was at the former home of Mr..
Lynch, and had the pleasure of meet
ing many of his old friends. l saw
him when l was in Chicago where he
is now living and enjoying life 1 am
told that the Chicago people are real
proud of him, and 1 believe that they
are.
will only mention Ex-Governor
Pinchback, and it was his state that
furnished him with the title. He was
at one time lieutenant governor of
Louisiana, and he made a good one,
believe me, and he now lives in the
hearts of the people. There are many
other strong men who once lived here.
Col. James Lewis, who died just
few years ago, S. w. Green, supreme
chancellor of the knights of Pythias:
j. Madison Vance, a great lawyer, R.
E. Jones, Editor of the Southwestern
Christian Advocate. 1 am of the opin-
ion that DR.. Jones was born in an
other part of the world and came here
to live. Well, he claims Louisiana as
his home. T. T. Allan, one great big
man who once lives in Chicago was
state Senator in this very state once.
There are some strong men here in
the ministry, as we'll as in the other
part of affairs. In this connection 1
would mention, Rev. Charles E.
Brooks, D. D., of New Orleans, of the
African Methodist Episcopal church.
He is one of the best trained men and
worker in his church. So we'll has
he made good in this state until his
whole state is asking the next gener-
al conference to elect him financial
secretary to succeed Lawyer John R.
Hawkins. 1t is said that Prof. Haw-
kins graduated from law school last
spring and will devote his time to
the practice of law, and 1 congratu-
late him for this. He will have to be
admitted, and this 1 think has been
done and he will not have to be elect
ed. DR.. Brooks is we'll qualified for
the position, and is in keeping with
the other great men Louisiana has
given to the race and country.
I am about to leave Bishop J. NJ.
Conner, and believe me he has held
some great conferences, and he is
some great presiding officer, and l
want to here congratulate his church
for selecting him bishop. 1 have been
with him weeks and this has given
me great pleasure. I have been all
through Mississippi and 1 have been
in touch with the men who do things
1 have told you about my trip to
Mound Bayou, and this you have be
fore you, and then have had just q
few things to say about the ticket
agent, the post master, the public
school, the other schools there. Then
1 went to see Rev. C. B. Lawyer in
Leland, and from there to Greenville
1 shall not talk much about Leland
but turn attention to Greenville, be
cause it was here where Edward w
hampton, who for some time was Fl
nancial secretary of the A. M. E
church, then a bishop, and died II
the harness. He was a man every
inch of him and had an eye to bust
ness. He provided for his children
and when he died they were prepared
to care for themselves, and this Il
not saying too much believe me
Mrs. E. D. hampton (Bacchus) wa
tn administrator, and she is som'
business woman. The other children
are Mrs. P. Gertrude hampton Walk
er, Misses Ethel and Cornella Lamp
ton. Miss Cornella hampton is on
of the finest pianists Of our who'll
race, and when she sits down to on
she knows her business. I had tn
pleasure Of hearing her play.
They erected a brick building II
the business section Of the city ant
have q drugstore. Time will not PEI
|. NIT me to tell you about It