The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-02-05

New Orleans, La.-Death is at work
and it is going into many homes and
claiming many of our brightest lights
as well as the other people, and the
people of Chicago will testify to this
statement. While in the city of New
Orleans, news came to me that Ruth
Parks, the daughter of Bishop II. Blan-
ton Parks was no more.
I am not able to tell you just how I
felt; because when I was in Chicago
visiting there during the Christmas holi-
days, I had the pleasure of going to
the home of Bishop Parks, and talked
with his wife and daughters and the
Bishop himself. He was as happy as
could be, and the young lady while not
well seemed full of sunshine. did not
think that it would be the last time
that I would see her in this world,
but it was. She was a fine young
woman and will be missed in that home
All of this tells me that I should get
my house in order for I will some day
have to go. I cannot tell just how long
she was sick, but I remember that
Bishop told me long time ago that
she was not well, and her death was not
such a surprise to the family. "The
Lord hath given her and the Lord
hath taken her away, blessed be the
name of the Lord" These words were
spoken by Job, and we can but join
him in them, and say to Bishop Parks
that he too must join her.
Then followed an announcement of
the death of Rev. T. A. Smythe, pastor
of Bethel A. M. E. Church in Chicago,
and Mrs. Amanda Mitchell, the widow
of the late Robert M. Mitchell. I re-
member them all and what they have
done.
Now you will see where I am this
week, and recall where was last week,
and guess where I will be next week.
This is certainly some moving world,
and this coming newspaper writer from
Kansas seems to be moving with the
world, because when January closes I
will have covered a few thousand
miles since Christmas and many more
in front of me, if I will 60 to the
places I have in mind to 60.
If you will remember in my last
letter I.had a few things to say to you
about some of the places where I have
been and where was still going, and
1 am now in this big city, that is full
of prejudice, and yet there are some
redeeming features in it. It was this
section of the world that furnished to
the race Senator T. T. Allan, Col.
James Lewis, and many other big men
of the race. Well this time I came
down here on invitation by Bishop J.
M. CONNER, one of the prelates of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
and a man who is doing something to
make his race better and he is doing
it by hard work. He is some worker,
believe me. This is his last confer
ence before the general conference, e
he has done his work well, and
receive that appreciation "Well done"
You see the conference opened
Wednesday morning, and the men were
all there and took part in the open
ing. The candidates were on hand
those who expect to be considered in
the next general conference. Rev. j.
W. Hair, who wants to be secretary of
the Church Extension Society with
headquarters in Washington, D. G.
Rev. B. F. Watson is now filing the
position, and am of the opinion that
when the general conference closes he
will still be filing it. Why mott He
has given the church good service, and
has just completed learning the work.
Being q graduate from the school ex-
perience, he is now prepared to take
up other things and perhaps win do