Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-11-19

She Sets Up n Lodge in Six Days.
w. Il. Porter Made State Deputy
for West Eirginiu-Board Mem
Der M. l.. Perkins Degree Master.
The Grand Worthy Ruler Of the
Imperial Order Of King David, Mrs.
A. G. Thompson, left Richmond
over the G. & o. Railroad in Pull
\ man car on October 18th at $50
{P. NJ.
At $50 the next morning the
porter informed me that the first
lap of BOG miles had been made,
ana that ii was time to leave the
main line for Mount Hope. Having
arrived i'll Thurmond too late for
the Loup Creek train, taxi was
used to complete the journey to
| Mount Hope. At 1915 the resi-
dence of Rev. l.. A. Perkins, on East
Main Street, was reached. Rev
Perkins was IN Toledo, Ohio. on his
vacation. and his wife, our own
Mamie b. Jones-Perkins, was at tho
| w. S. c., where she is instructor
In music, but we found her brother
j. ID. Jones, of Boston. Mass, spend
ing his vacation in the West Vir-
ginia mountains. He soon took me
to the beautiful home of MIR. and
/
street. Having reached the end of
my journey. l was at once made to
feel ut home. a real vacation was
now mine.
| On Sunday morning I attended
divine services at tho First Union
baptist Church, Of which Rev. l.. A.
PERKINS Is pastor. He was away,
and Rev. j. C. Streets, student at
the Baptist Seminary and College,
preached splendid sermon. After
the services Brother NJ. l.. Perkins
/ introduced me, and l was given n
| few moments. OF course | was glad
| to see the beautiful, modern. up-to-
date church building, splendid choir
| with Mrs. n. B J. Perkins at the
| organ, ten-point standard Sunday
school, an appreciative audience, but
! was sorry to learn that the beau
iful little mountain city, yea, the
J whole State, was without Il lodge of
, the !. .. of X. ID. SO | spent the
Tune allotted me telling them Of the
advantages and benefits Of our or
der. Such was the Impression made
that ut the close of the services Mr..
! w. E. Porter came forward and vol
| untcercd TO get up club. Making
a long story short, on October 22d
! a lodge Oh % was set up with Mr.
| w. l.. Porter us governor and Il
! corps OF officers representing every
| church III the city. Thus ''rhc
! Davids' have broken into West Vir-
ginia. We found MIR. NJ. l.. Per
| Klns, who is Il member OF the
| "Board,' and his daughtcr, Mrs
! hagsdalc, us we'll rs Mrs. n. B. J.
| Perkins, one OF the early mcmhcrs
! OF the order, very helpful in setting
. up Inc lOEEc. aii. ". L.. I'Ol,lI
. was made State deputy for West
! Virginia. Mr.. NJ. l.. rcrkinS is de-
| gree chici for the State. We are
/ expecting srcat things from our new
Held under these men.
: Mount Hope is in the heart Of the
! New River coal fields, has Il city
| charter, and is a business and lman-
cial center. 1t is destined to be
, one OF the largest and most innu-
| cntial cities in the State. Most OF
! the colOrcd people own their own
{ homes. Their high school building
! IS thing of beauty. Their teach
crs all we'll prepared and the au-
! lhofiiicS arc in favor OF the best
&c. IL. g., 3.:A!4n.
Our short stay in Mount Hope
made ii impossible to receive and
enjoy all the Inequalities that the
People had III store for me. How
) ever, beSiCcs being we'll entertain
i Cd at ali times by Mr.. and Mrs. Al.
| II. Perkins, we were entertained at
! luncheon by MIR. and Mrs. G. II.
Wiiborn, Rev. and Mrs. l.. a. Per-
, Nins. Lawyer j. NJ. Ellis came over
from his beautiful home at Oak Till
and IooE nc in his touring car,
where luncheon had been pre-
pared. All seemed TO vic with each
cher III making it pleasant for me.
Sunday. October sd, l again Wis
'Hd Hirst Union Baptist Church;
! tho pastor, Rev. Perkins, was at his
post and preached soul-stirring
/ sermon. In the afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry King came in their big
touring car and we motOred to
Euckiey, where we visited the Pho
nccr Hotel and had refreshments.
On our return Mrs. II. b. Hund!cy,
who was in the touring party, took
us up to Mrs. a. b. Halls home;
| there a most splendid repast await
cd us. The day was closed with a
splendid communion service. Rev.
Perkins is very useful in community
and State.
On Monday morning at 5 O'clock
we took a taxi for Thurmond. Thus
ended splendid vacation in West
Virginia. Long live the good peo-
pie OF Mount Hope. We were
charmed by their hospitality and
pleased to see the beautiful high
ways over which cars sped in every
direction through the State.