The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-06


on the things right here and wonder
ing what will be the next step to help
to make this world better and who
will make it. l have been watching
the Knights of Pythias and others
and especially the Knights, and
have seen something to encourage me
and some of them to make me feel
like saying things which were never
put in a Sunday school quarterly and
lesson leaf, and don't think ] am talk
ing out of my head.
When | took my pen in hand to
write to you last week, ] was bask-
ing for a few hours in the Chicago
sunshine, and after spending Sunday
and Monday there, had the pleasure
of getting away. No l spent Satur-
day and Sunday in that one horse
town, leaving Sunday night on the
Wabash and in a bed car at that,
making it to the city OF ST. Louis.
Reaching the city early Monday
morning, / could hardly believe my
self, that Prof. and. Mrs. Aaron E.
Malone were there to receive me in
that fine automobile, car carriage But
it was really true, and escorted me
right out to Poro college, the institu-
ton that is doing so much for our
people i heard lecture there, and
had the pleasure of sending me some
breakfast into my breakfast reception
room. did not go through the Poro
building, only going to the devotion
ais, and then out in the street.
Prof Aaron E Malone is one of
the big men of this country, and
man who is devoting his life to help
ing his people, and his wife is a great
factor in the development of our peo-
pie. We all thank God for them and
for what they are doing. Mrs. Malone
has learned to regard the little things
and l suppose that is why she is the
great woman that she is. Great men
and women are made up from little
things in life. / spent a whole day,
Monday, in St. Louis, leaving there
Monday night for the place where !
am right now.
You see at this time all eyes are
turned on Kansas, because in a few
days from now the Supreme Lodge of
the Knights of Pythias will have
charge of Topeka, and they are going
to be there in large numbers, so that
in order for me to be there, made
the trip from Wilmington, n C., to
this place to be in the grand lodge.
and was invited to do so by Grand
Chancellor s. H. Thompson, NJ D.,
and Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs.
Moreno Davis, whose name ! have
mentioned so much until you know it
by heart. Thomas Kennedy, the gen.
eral, joined on the invitation. There
was Rev. T. w. Green, Jr, pastor of
Brown Chapel A. NJ. F. church, he
had invited me to stop with him, and
when I pulled in and got off at the
bed car door, he was right there with
his automobile car carriage to tote me
to his home
Rev. T. w. Green is a native of
Missouri. and took to his education in
youth. He became one of the best
blacksmiths in the country, and was
just taking in money when the Lord
put His hands on this young man and
commissioned him to tote the word.
He obeyed and entered the ministry
Step by step he has been going up
He joined the Kansas conference
under Bishop A. Grant, and has made
his way to the best appointments in
the state, and is doing great things
right here in town. He has been here
years, and erected church costing
$4,000, but he must leave before he
can finish the debt, but believe me,
honey, he has gotten it down some
Rev. Green, about fourteen years
ago, took Miss Bessie Turner from
the public schools of Kansas City,
Kas., where she was teaching, and
marched her out to the tune of Men
delssohn, and declared that he would
present to her a kindergarten in
which she could be the principal and
the other teacher also. He kept his
word, for there are Thomas and Bes-
sic, who have been started out in this
same kindergarten. They are work
ing together She Is a well trained
woman, and help to her husband.
We are doing things these days.
But now to this grand lodge, be-
lieve me, when I tell you it was a
great meeting and what surprised me
more than any other one thing, was
the request from the mayor to be
permitted to lead the parade. There
were some talented men and women
here, and ! just shook and shook
hands with them and have not felt
Ike washing my hands since, for fear
lose some of that inspiration which
l received heard al the addresses
of welcome, and other things. For
instance ] heard that great singer,
Miss Bessie Eads. whose home Is
right here, but Who came into the
world via the Teas route, and has