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THE WESTERN NEGRO PRESS ASSOCATION BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. JD.HOPe'LUIBHROPANys DKAIiBIl IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. " EAST OKMULGEE AVE. The prices below will convince the most sceptical that it pays, to trade at Convenes in Muskogee, September 20, 21, 22, PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SPT. 20, 9:30 a. m. 1 Call to order by president. 2 Invocation by Rev. Hillof Muskogee. 3 Music i Consideration of minutes, appointment of com mittees by the president: (n) On Resolutions, (b) Address to the People, (c) Consideration of Negro Citizens, (d) Status and Needs of Race Pa pers Among the Negro Citizens. Adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 p. 111. 1 Call to order. 2 Reading of minutes. 3 Unfinished business. 4 New business. 5 Annual address by the president, Ijton. Nick Chiles, Topeka, Kan. 0 Discusion, Adjournment. NIGHT SESSION 8 p. 111. 1 Call to order by the president. 2 Invocation by Rev. Simon. H Music 4 Welcome Address, Hon. Dr. Fite, Mayor of Muskogeer 5 Response, W. W. Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah. 0 Music. 7 Welcome Address on Behalf of the Territory, Hon. Chief Porter, chief of the Creek Nation. 8 Response by Prof. Wm. R. Carter, of the Tope ka Industrial School, (.) Music. 10 Welcome Address on Behalf of the Colored Citi zens. Hon. A. S. McRea. 11 Response by Judge G. W. Perkins of Guthrie, Oklahoma. 12 Music. Adjournment. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 9:30 a. m. 1 Call to order by the president. 2 Regular order of business. 3 Disscussion: '"Should the Negro Divide Along - Political Lines. "Hons. P. S. Simpson, Colora- do Springs; Paul Jones, Topeka, Kan.; Judge G. N. Perkins, Guthrie, Oklahoma; F. J. Gordon, J. C. Seals of Muskogee, 4 "Women's Place in the Nation and How Can the Women Assist theN. P. A.," Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, Colorado Springs. 5 General Discussion Women are especially invit ed to take part in the discussion. C Music. 7 Adjournment, AFTERNOON SESSION 1 Regular order of business. 2 Discussion: "Industrial Education," P r o f s W. R. Cortez, Inman E. Page, and Hons. J. C Trimble, Hon S. Ridley, C. T. Hume, and H. A. Brooks. 3 "Negro Editorials," Jos. D. Rivers, Denver, Colo.; H. R. Pinkney, Kansas City, Mo,; W N Miller, Witchita, Kan.: Albert Ross, Kansas City, Kan. r 4 General Discussion. & ' - . 5 Music. . C Adjournment, . ' . Continued on last page. , DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds" of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. Why buy your LUMBER : and : BUILDING : MATERIAL From a company you do not know. Keep your mon ey at' home buy buying from the Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right. Yard loca ted west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. fcrw is The Time THE DEERE BUGGY Stands the wear and always looks stylish. You can't buy a better and we have the most complete line of up-to-date Buggies and Harness in the Indian Territory. Come in and see for your self and got our prices which are tho lowest, PLANTER'S IjPLGjViejVT O. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. KIRSM BAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit ases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. jVLuskocjee I T. (BO TO J.-W. SIP RES. FOR COAL JDoulor in" PFU0G $4,50 PG1R TON. Special F?ates on Larcjer Quantities. NO.40I ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE199, MUSKOGEE, I T Where to have cards printed? CIMETER JOB OFFICE.