The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-12-15

falestine. eNas---We pause 70 pay
tribute to another one of our men.
This year has taken away many shin
ing lights. and yet it is not through.
Some people are living now who will
not Be here when the year bids Us
farewell and / don't mind telling you
this, but this time it is Phil Brown.
one of the most noted writer's of this
race Of ours, and man who has been
III the limel;ght for many years, but
now he has answered before his God.
OF course, YOU remember Phil,
for he figured in our racial develop
ment and has written many things. He
had charge Of publicity for the Hard
ing campaign and the boys all remem-
Der him. After the election he was
given an important post in the Labor
Department of our Government and
filled it well, but now he has gone to
be with those who have gone before
him. Ere this he has seen Bruce
Langston, Douglass, Revels, Lampton.
and 20 many others who have figured
in racial life. He followed close be-
hind Hon. Charles Banks, and Mrs
Mary Talbert. One by one we are
passing into the Great Beyond. ] had
thought that Phil Brown would have
written something about my entering
into the Beyond, for he had promised
to do this and be at my funeral in
case | stepped in first, and / was to
be at his funeral and tell the world
about il, in case he crossed over first,
and now he has gone and am still
here, but did not know Of his death
until l saw the Dallas Express this
day. He has been dead almost
week.
But ere this letter the world knows
Of his death, and will simply say to
his widow, 1t is the Lords doing, and
His ways we cannot understand" )"
Look to Jesus and He viii comfort
you in this hour. One by one we are
leaving here.
Now here ! am in Texas, but be-
iieve me, that before you get through
reading this letter will be leaving
this state-in fact / will be out and
will be away UP yonder near Louis
vile or some other point. Next Sun
day morning I expect to be in New
Orleans, and leave there for Mont
gomery, Nashville, passing through
Birmingham, and Tuesday will be in
Louisville, KY, at 621 South 9th street
at the home Of William Fl. Steward,
editor of the American Baptist. j
will be on my way to Chicago to be
there for Christmas, and from there
| am going right into Winston-Salem,
nj O., and then to Florida where I
am just going to spend all the winter
as I see it now.
/ was in Austin when ! took my
pen in hand to write to you last week,
and when | got through there in COM
pany with Bishop William Decker
johnson and wife, Bishop A. j. Carey,
Dr G. NJ Tanner, DR.. 5. J. Johnson.
Dr. 7. M. johnson, Dr. ]. M. johnson,
and it must have been the whole
Johnson family, / made my way to
this place We rode almost all day.
Mrs. Maud A. b. Fuller, toted me to
the stable III her automobile car car
riage and we rode the international &
Great Northern. 1t was called the
Sunshine, and got as to town while
the sun was shining. They assigned
me to stop with Mr.. and Mrs. Vim.
Mrenn. who are among the leaders in
this holy city They received me and
Mr. Wrenn seemed to think that
was one more good looking baby, and
I am willing to present him with a
ten dollar bill just a. soon as I can
make a pay day. He IS blacksmith
for that same international. ike
him very much
But nBw you want to know about
Mrs. Wrenn.-W Wen. she i one OF the
thousands Of representatives or Poro,
and you viii We her Poro sign. and
honey. she - busy woman She j.
well educated and she has held a. her
motto Satisfy. customers and she has
declared that she has left It to the
dollars to take care of themselves.
Her husband j. preparing to allow her
to spend week o. so in St. Louis at
Poro to see il there Is anything new,
since Poro Is producing 20 many toilet
articles and have regular Poro soap
which i LID TO the best made in this
country.
J am here 70 attend the conference.