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the newspaper men, and n they are
not there he looks after tAem seeing
that they get the stuf-in other words,
he sees to IL that the convention il
wen covered and he knows the news
paper game. sometimes think
would like to get him to adopt me as
his son, and then could see q few
things for myself. But he is too young
to adopt ne As . son, yet he might
adopt me as a father. just want to
be something TO brainy man.
I moved around the street, and was
soon shaking hands with some Of my
friends. For instance the first to meet
were the Mslones, and Mrs. Malone
invited me to q meeting of the Poro
agents. l went to that meeting at the
Y. n. c. A, and to save my soul, 1
don't know where they got so many
women from in this part Of the world.
1t seemed to me that at this meeting
were five hundred women. They filed
up big room, discussed Poro business,
and believe me sugar, some of them are
doing business, yes all of them are do
ing business, but some are getting hold
Of more Of "In God we trust than the
others"
Next 1 met the whole party. They
came through the country in their loco
mobile, and this is a new name, 1 sup
pose it must be fashioned after that
iron horse, loeojine. Mr.. Malone shook
my hand like it was full Of Importance,
and would just like to have shouted
out on the street.
1 enjoyed a big meeting at the Y.
NJ. c. A, of them Poro people. But
let me move along, and shake hands
with my friend, Berry o'KeIly. He is
one of the great men of this race and
there is no doubt about it.. He is not
a man of fuss, but a man of do some
thing I just fell down on my knees
and thanked God for this day.
I met C. H. Douglass at the IN. @.
A, and you remember 1 told you about
him when was in Macon, Ga. He is
that man who owns just a half block
right in the business section of Macon,
and within a block of the post Office.
He has a hotel, a theatre, and then
another theatre in the same town, and
bought some more land and buildings,
and it is only question of a few days,
when he viii put Macon on the map.
God bless such man as this. DR.. Rob
ert E. Clay, soon had hold Of my hand.
He is from Bristol, Va.-Tenn. You
know all about him. He is rejoicing
that he has put over the hospital
scheme, and I-thRnk God for him.
Wonderful things are taking place in
this country.
It looked to me like I was going to
walk my fool brains out talking to men.
A short time was spent at the meeting
Of the Executive Committee meeting.
Bishop Robert E. Jones, is the chair
man of that big committee. met
many Of the men, and then moved on
down the road for sleep.
The next day, was stin shaking
hands with men of thought and of bust
ness. Editor W. l. Porter, was on
hand, and had a good old time hand
shake with him, then esL-e DR.. W. F.
Graham, Mrs. Ruth Bennett, but these
are people Of information and interest
in our people.
shook hands with Mr.. Arey, of
Hampton, and he is a man who is Just
full Of interest in my people. He is
one of the most writingest men have
ever met. He is always on hand to
look after the writing interest Of nv
race. He shook hands and then gave
me an introduction to a true friend
of our race, a man who is pleading
our case, Prof. Robert T. Kerlin, of
Lexington, Va. He came all the way
from Lexington to be with us, to
mingle with us and to see more about
what We are doing, that he might say
more. While he belongs to the other
race, yet he could tell me more about
what had said in these letters from
time to time than could tell myself.
he had read right along behind me,
and it looked to me like that he had
read before me. I at once became
interested in him, because he had been
interested in me. You do not know
much about him, but he is & man who |
win speak right out in church, and in
addressing the League on the closing
day, he said that he was a southern
man, and was proud to own il, but he
did not belong in the vardaman, Till
man Jef Davis elass-the men who
had gone up by abusing my people.
He was an American, and this made
me proud Of him
When shook hands with DR.. KerIin,
It was just two Americans shaking
hands, while one was lily white the
other was lily yellow, but two Ameri-
cans. Just had to shake. hands and
viii tell you more about him in an
other letter, when I see his book. I
am not going into details Of the
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