The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-01
WORTHY NEGRO
DYING SLOWLY
OF WHITE PLAGUE
Horace D. Slater Exhausted and Tn.
able to Pursue His Profession
AS Newspaper Writer.

Horace d. Slater, we'll known news.
paper correspondent, who for more
than seventeen years has travelled
throughout the country reporting Ne
gro affairs to the larger daily papers
in the south and contributing largely
to northern journals and magazines,
is now very i'll at the residence of n.
W. Dent. 425l, East Ninth street
Because of the prominence OF the
Negro newspaper correspondent his
case has attracted considerable atten-
tion. Four years ago, after nursing
an invalid wife through the ravages
Of the white plague, he himself fell
a victim to the disease. Out Of money,
he attempted to keep himself in Ash.
vile by doing such newspaper work
as he could do, but later was the
recipient of help from his friends
throughout the country OF both races.
Some articles he has written on beat
ing tuberculosis makes interesting con-
tributions to the subject, one III parti-
cular portraying the suffering Of the
victim He has often averred that
the reason so many Negroes die of
tuberculosis is that they do not have
the money with which to fight the dis
ease"
He has been in Chattanooga since
September 20 getting on the Dixie
| Flyer one afternoon enrOutc south,
very ill., Since that time, according to
his statement, he has been given the
most tender care and attention by
| Nj. w. Dent and his wife" Feeling
strong enough to make his living he
began the publication of the Chatta-
nooga Defender, but the strain Of the
work and the very severe weather
have sapped his vitality.
Slater has many times reported
Negro gatherings and supplied other
news concerning his people for the
! Chattanooga Times. For ten years
or more he has always shown up
ready for work whenever important
Negro events were pending here, and
the editors were invariably glad to
see him. His work was that of a
trained newspaper writer, conserva-
tive and accurate, and his copy was a
delight to handle. His training as
a publicist was to considerable eX-
tent under the tutelage Of Booker
Washington, whose meetings through
out the south were reported by him.
He followed the Negro Business Lea
que, the last meeting of which was
held here, and such gatherings as the
large A. NJ. e. conference, which met
in Chattanooga last fall. Full con-
tidence has been repOsed in his ability
to report correctly, editors here in
Nashville, in Birmingham and else
where invariably give him the highest
recommendation when ever asked,
In letter to the city editor of The
Times yesterday, Slater revealed his
pitiable condition, though he asked
for nothing. He said: 81 am frank
to say that have just about deliver
ed my last punch. The strain of try
ing to live and the terrible weather
have almost brought me to the end.
If | can get to Florida | may extend
my life at least a few months
An effort will be made today to send
this intelligent and yet unobtrusive
Young Negro south in search of a
cline where these north winds will
not further wreck his body News
paper men will undertake the task,
which should be easy in view Of the
small amount required.
! Chattanooga Times.