The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-16

winter long forgot. But l am here
to tell you that ii is not the time now,
and the winter is just winter and the
sun don't get much chance to assert
its power down here now, but then,
the people are just accepting things
as they find them, and for me and my
self, l am going to beat it right back
into Florida and enjoy some Of the
sunshine there and / wish you were
going to be there with me.
/ have been going just little since
took my pen in hand to write you a
few lines last week, and here / am
here in this place. The world was
just made to move and it would seem
that am made to move also from the
way | have been moving these days,
and you will thank God with me that
the old iron horse has been keeping
| himself in good humor and | am not
numbered with the victims, who have
fallen when he got unruly.
I was in the capital Of the nation,
or Of Florida at any rate, and in the
center of the universe when I wrote
you that letter, and | am away from
there now, and here I am in Georgia.
They were having heluva time when
was in Tallahassee and it is not all
over yet. Let us hope and pray that
it is. Two buildings have been de-
stroyed by fire, yet there was no one
hurt. We thank God for that, and
pray that all the other fire will be kept
where it belongs and used for good
and not for destruction.
Speaking Of fire, information has
just reached me that Wilberforce Uni
versity has just lost another building,
and this time a score were hurt. and
am praying that none serious. II
always brings sadness when these
buildings Of struggling school are
destroyed, for it is 50 hard to get hold
of another one. 1t was just yesterday.
SO to speak, when fire swept away one
of the buildings of this institution, and
they have struggled and struggled I'M
til they are about to get that one COM
/ pleted and here comes along fire and
takes away another one, end | hope
that all my people will be concerned
in this, because it is the oldest institu-
ton in this country for my people and
by my people, and while it is the work
of the African Methodist Episcopal
church, it should concern us all. and
Tam going to do my part.
| made my way TO Jacksonville,
Florida, and the Rev John E. Ford met
me at the stable in his automobile car
carriage and toted me all around the
town, purchased grape fruit for me
and had it cut open, but did one
time invite me to Iiis home I ex-
pressed a desire to go there. and get
dinner, but he said his wife had been
up late at night and could not cook
anything, and said Praise the Lord"
He toted me around all day and
dropped me off at the stable to leave
for Tallahassee without getting to
look in his house, If it had been
smallpox there | did not get close
enough to it to catch it.
! had the pleasure of coming in
touch with the Rev. DR.. H. Y. looks.
who was ready and willing to tote me
over to bis home for dinner, but was
booked to make it to St. Augustine
where | made sure Prof. N. w. Col
lier would be waiting at the stable to
meet me, but he was not, but / pur-
chased an interest in the automobile
car carriage owned by another man
and right then and there he declared
a dividend, which was ride out to
the school and declared my stock null
and void. | had taken it out in ride.
Such is life in this world of ours. Prof.
Collier received me just like he was
receiving brother, and so told me to
be at home. Plenty of oranges. plen-
ty grape fruit, plenty all kind of fruit
and am here to tell you that | en-
joyed having it and it seemed to en-
JOY having me put it on the inside and
remain on the outside. Miss Carrie
L. Fielder told me that she was ready
to write for me, and then all the
teachers and students assured me that
/ was welcome, so much 50 until il
became part Of my name.
took look at a new building on
the campus, and then looked around
and saw other improvements. They
arc not ready to dedicate this fine
building which was erected at a cost
Of $4,000 and it is worth more than
that, but / am not up ia this building
business sufficiently to tell you
Now you want to know what hap
pened next? Rev. w H. Jernagin,
Of Washington, ID. C.. president Of the
National Race Congress came down
to see me, and told me he was de-
lighted to see me, and invited me to GO
back to Jacksonville with him, and
this invitation was accepted. en-
joyed going to his home and talking
with him. I went to his meeting.
heard him tell about the Race Confer
ence. and saw the men become inter-