The broad ax., 1920-06-12

seeing Things good and things bad I'M
less tell some one about them, hence
you will prepare to listen to me this
week and when l am through will
take my seat and sing few lines OF
"Prais God From Whom All Blssings
Flow"
Where / was and what I was do
ing when wrote to you the last time
/ am not prepared TO say, but l do
know that ! have been to Knoxville
and saw Editor Porter putting his
brains on paper, and then spent a
few minutes at Knoxville College,
and made it from there to Johnson
City, then to Lynchburg.
They believe in doing things in
Lynchburg. l was the guest Of DR..
R c. Woods, president of the Vir-
gina theological Seminary and COL
lege, and one of the best men of our
race. He is doing things up there in
Virginia, and right by his side was
his wife and number of professors,
and then under him holding him up
to the world was that wealthy deacon
Adolphus Humbles.
They unveiled a monument to the
fallen hero, Prof. Gregory w. Hayes,
who was the first president of the
school, and a man of great ability
and the inspirer of men. Virginia
honored him, and he served Virginia
and served we'll. He was the man
of the hour during his life, and I
pause to place a flower at his grave.
He won his place.
/ had the pleasure of coming in
touch with the leader OF the Virginia
Baptists, DR.. T. ]. King, who is in
deed a Christian gentleman, and a
man who is being followed by over
two hundred thousand Baptists hence
because of his leadership and great
ability they put nearly $4,000 on the
table at the state convention in May.
and have declared that they are go
ing to put $4,000 down for mission
and education next May in Washing
ton, D. c. That will be going some
and hope to have the pleasure o.
seeing il done. am asking the LORI
70 let me live just that long, If nc
longer. carry my trunk packed for
glory all the time.
/ heard the orators crate, the
preachers preach, the Dean of How
ard University, Kelly Miller, made
one more great speech, and l just
listened to him, and / heard that great
preacher from Petersburg, DR.. s. T.
Eldridge. He preached what is
known as the tobacco law sermon or
something like that. 1t was one great
sermop. / don't care what kind of
law it was.
1t was manners to be around
Lynchburg, and when we were
through, President Woods, called a
taxi car cab. and had me toted down
10 the stable to leave. He paid for
{, and / think it was a good invest
nent, and saving to him, for / was
destroying so much food around his
rouse in this age when we see signs
H. C. L.
/ beat it over to Richmond, and
-emained around a few hours, calling
It the home of Prof. James H. Nc
Grew, who was at one time Major.
md now the state secretary for the
z. NJ. c. A. That is one more big
,lace. He was out of the city, but
lis congenial wife received me and
vas ready to give me something to
at.
] called on a trained nurse, who is
indeed a busy woman, Mrs. Estelle
ackson, of Fourth street. She was
$ busy as could be nursing another
rained nurse. Miss Ethel Alexander.
rho was to have an operation, and
m sure that she will soon be well
nd out, fof she is useful and we need {
sefuI women at this time. Mrs. I
ackson is a graduate from the Freed
ian Hospital training school in
D. C., and put it down a
nat 1 told you she knows her biz {
usiness.
Of for a place that IS worthy of j
ny man or woman, who is interest '
! in humanity to visit, It was the {
ldustria1 Home School for girls.
FUNDED by the Virginia State FEEDER
ion of Colored Women's Clubs. ! h
n here to tell you that this IS won a
.rful institution. 1t is one of those
stitutions which holds out hand to
e girl who has made q mistake, or o
about to make one This girl who v
neglected sometimes at home, or
hose inclination started southwark, \
d she must be turEed around, and A
mefimes almost made over, and this a
the work that the school is doing. Il
/ want to take of my hair and my
ad II need be to the good women y
Virginia, who believe in doing
ings. Mrs jamie Porter Barrett. is '
the head of the Institution, she 9
at the head of the organization 1
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