The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-08-20

Cover or Of Alabama Ccrgrat-
uIaIes Convention.
LEGISLATOR OEcEs CHs2GF TRIBUTE TO JOIN WAA8N:&
Head Of National Negro Business
League Tells of Start in Big PHila-
c.eipEia Store.

league CHS Oh S'9' 'i' I'J '''''N
c,eIprta Store.
Philadelphia, Aug 2O.-intra r'tciil
,o-,,neration was demonstrated At ii
.e:sun. ~ tu, M. u. ii Negro EH,
ne / c.~ue, when t 'e'e2ram va, +
ca. I'd from Thomas L. k!lhE, 30
ernor of Alaha1ld Il !tlrt'-sed t" l.
f. r. Motion, COM ~. d!tti.n.E I.ln 81 .
the league. of VIII ca lie = tie hoe
ard also when Arch E'i'l'Tirt-. i :
Vile Tom. 4 r. III u - ST 81
,,,',ff,, h srnae,; mn "'1 r''S'' -.
Hence If colored 900 lA III IL"
University Hall i" the W&n1n2EeH
Store
Governor Kilhv o"tiined brief !:
way in which the Dpnr!9 o. m so.
have organized 80 com les 80 as
bring about better race relat NJ
only to put q St" 70 !ynch'ngS. hu
fo min them in the bud. This i tie
ida. he said. which tne tn;ro- It"
ran,,n:s,,'nn is : Min" &HEAA =
month to sell to the - q 900 Of both
races of the south
Standing on the stare of the farg"
auditorium. DR. Morton. now heat or
the Tu,;ilegee Institute, gave some
fling o. 4 dramatic tone TO the con
vention when he told that thirty ears
aro he WAS sweeping tio"rS and wash
IN" windows in the WanamaFer tore
4 little later. he said, he was pro
mo,ed and got job in the candy d"
par ment.
"Fohn Wanamaker has run@ true
AMI fairrr in matters nf race ELLA
items, and for a longer time, than IN
other merchant that | have known
r." Morton ront'r~Pd. He then re
cn"nfed offers of none" and clCth'n"
", i5h he could not accent for hinSe'f
rg:,t was glad to ge- from NJ. Wana
pra'-er on behalf OF those of his race
n che south who were in need.
The session. which began in the
D~rhar Theatre was enlivened with ;
r-,7rhnr Of nirhv addresses by de'e
~74oe Who renreSent business and in
. u Try nc VOL aS the professions =
- R01d~ rrnsi1nnt Of tho Sn'VPn
9 ing E~nl y" ~ mpfiS Tenn. th'
Wy nc. y, l,arl7 n .hn world that ~
-,~~Sn1 tho r"'lliar 'nar1[ in dew rs
I'D Of the Snccee Int crot"n Il hi
.,"'o~t % prt . 1e''+ into the arrlor .
" g. r. Wien SU~a" was sollng q
'-'-"ntv-eight cents p pound he h0u"h
ION toms of it in NewOrlears o"en
ing four stores thai had been "acar
N four different sections of Na'nrh' $
,~hero white as we'll as black upo0l
thereafter bought sugar - nine o"
cents q pound This price he sid
| still left margin. although no nj
! temrt WAS made to sell the sugar at
rrnft
William Mather Lewis. director o
the savings division of the Unite,
States treasury department. urge
members of the league to hold on f
their Liberty bonds and buy more o
them if they could He said that
while Uncle Sam did not pay 80 ne
cent, as Ponzi did, and others lik
him, the principal was safe and tn
interest was regularly paid.
c. IT, Douglas, of Mason, Ga, an
r. X Watkins, of Durham, n c., ne
GRO proprietors Of chains of motto
nicture houses, spoke on the oppol
/ tunities the theatre industry wa
bringing to those of their race willin
to enter the amusement field and pu
in the hard work II required.
One of the most picturesque fl,
ures in the convention is Isaiah 7
Montgomery, once a slave of Jefferso
Davis, and now known as the pionee
negro town builder of the Unite
States. His greatest achievement
The founding of Mount Bayou, Miss