The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-07-09


combined effort Of all the Baptists,
Methodists and other religious people
to keep me from having the big head,
and I doubt then If it viii be sue
eessfuI operation, for can feel my head
swelling right now, and you had just
as web get out Of my way and don Z
you try to hand he red apple for am
entirely teo big for that now.
Now you want to know what has
happened to met 1 viii tell you that
an here the guest Of DR.. T. C. Cook,
one Of the leading physicians in the
country. Not exactly that, but I am the
guest Of the Negro Business League Of
this place, and DR.. Cook is the presi-
dent. 1 never had 50 many automobile
cars carriages to meet me since God
made green apples There was q com
mittee and each man had his automobile
ear. The committee consisted Of DR..
+. C. Cook, the Rev. DIR. Hawkins, Of
the Baptist church; Prof. C. p. Graves,
president Of the Baptist college here;
W. H. Holland, cashier Of the Albemarle
Bank, and n. E. Hart, assistant cashier
Of the same bank.
when I stepped on the Norfolk
Southern wagon in the city there were
many people there to see me, just like I
was the president Of the United States
coming to town They have many
things in store for me, and shall have
to ten you about them in my next letter.
II viii not be possible for me to wait
and then get the letter to you in time
for the next issue.
Banker Holland has been writing TO
me to come to town for a long time, 80
when got through with that Sunday
School and B. Y. P. q. Congress, last
week filed with the Holy Spirit, I
just made my way in company with
Dr.. W. H. Jernagin to Chicago, and
from there on to this place.
Speaking Of Kansas City, they GER
tainly had one more big meeting there
last week. I did not know that there
were so many young people in religious
work. thought that the dance halls
were claiming so many that it would be
impossible to get them to look any other
way, but found that when got any
thing Ike that in my head my brains
were having ftA II is hard for An old
man to get fitted
It was manners to see how them ex-
perts did handle things. They told their
young people few things about Sunday
school and B. Y. P. q. work, and that
president is one more man. 1 admire
him and don't mind telling you so. He
is the Rev. DR.. d. W. Cannon, Of At
.lanta, Ga. We have some real good men
to come out Of Georgia He made one
more great big speech, and could
hardly keep from shouting when I read
IL. You must not blame me for this.
Were You therei Did you hear any of
the speeehesi heard them all
When the Courts decided that the
National Baptist convention could not
have any say over the National Baptist
Publishing Board, we all thought that
the Baptists were done for and that
there would be nothing more doing.
They would all have to bow to the
wishes Of DR.. r. H. Boyd, and his SON,
Rev. Henry Allen Boyd. But there is
just where you have another think COM
ing to you. With their trust in God,
and the million Baptists, loyal they
went to the front. RenAad building,
hired some printing done, until they
could get together money enough to buy
printing material Now they have their
own machinery going night and, day,
with competent men and women oper-
ating, and turning out brain on paper.
They are giving to the people frst-class
Sunday school literature, and is edited
by strong Baptist men, with DR.. O. n.
Parrish Of Louisville, KY, at the head,
assisted by DR.. T. ]. Brown Of. Nash
vile, Tenn, and others. They are get
ting the votes, because they are prOdue-
ing the goods.
DR.. A n Townsend, the secretary Of
the Sunday School Board of the Ma
tiOnal Baptist convention, is a business
man, an honest man, wen trained man,
and he is producing. the foods. He took
time when he was q young man to BE-
come trained and did not leave the
school room before he was ripe enough
to pluck Now be is doing the business.
I had the pleasure Of coming in touch