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The Business LeaueHolds League LeagueHolds LeagueHolds
Holds its Fourth Annual AnnualSession AnnualSession AnnualSession
Session in Nashville NashvilleThe
The Largest Attendance of Delegates Delegatesin
in the History of the LeagueNearlyEvery League LeagueNearly LeagueNearlyEvery Nearly NearlyEvery
Every State State and Territory Represen Represented Repres Represent RepresenttedEloquent n nledEloq ¬
ted ledEloq tedEloquent El oqiient ent Speeches Sp eches in Which WhichPractical WhichPractical WhichPractical
Practical Common Sense Se se Abounded AboundedDr
Dr Washingtons Address ddressTennes AddressTennessees ddressTennessees Tennes Tennessees ¬
sees Hospitality HospitalityNotes Notes of the League LeagueNASHVILLE LeagueNASllIlLt LeagueN1siiv7Lu
NASHVILLE TEICX TE s Special SpecialThe The 4th 4thannual 4thannual 4thannual
annual session of the National Negro NegroBusiness NegroBusiness NegroBusiness
Business Mens League assembled at atUf30
Uf30 oclock Wednesday August ugust 21 in inthe inthe inthe
the Hall of Representatives at the theCapitol theCapitol theCapitol
Capitol Long before the convention conventionwas conventionwas
was called to order every available availableseat availableseat availableseat
seat on the thefioor floor and in the galleries gallerieswas gallerieswas
was taken and the aisles were packed packedwith packedwith packedwith
with people who could not find seats seatsIt seatsIt seatsIt
It was estimated that there was 15000 15000persons 15000persons 15000persons
persons in the hall of which about 300 300were 300were 300were
were delegates delegatesThere delegatesThere delegatesThere
There was loud and prolonged ap applause applause applause ¬
plause when J C Napier and Dr DrBooker DrBooker DrBooker
Booker T Washington entered the thehall thehall thehall
hall hallThe The convention was called to order orderby orderby orderby
by Rev Preston Taylor TaylorRev TaylorRev TaylorRev
Rev J J E Purdy pastor of the Tab Tabernacle Tabernacle Tabernacle ¬
ernacle Baptist Church in behalf of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the committee on arrangements turned turnedthe turnedthe turnedthe
the building and the city over to the theconvention theconvention theconvention
convention The chairman thanked thankedthe thankedthe thankedthe
the committee for their plans and expense ex expense expense ¬
pense penseDr penseDr penseDr
Dr R F Bloyd was introduced and andhanded andhanded andhanded
handed the gavel over to Mr Wash Washington Washington Washington ¬
ington president of the League LeagueThe LeagueThe LeagueThe
The invocation was offered by Bishop Bish Bishop Bishop ¬
op C H Philips of Nashville NashvilleMr NashvilleMr NashvilleMr
Mr A S Williams the Democratic Democraticnominee Democraticnominee Democraticnominee
nominee for Mayor on behalf of the thecity thecity thecity
city of Nashville and in the absence absenceof absenceof absenceof
of Mayor Head welcomed the delegates delegatesHe delegatesHe delegatesHe
He said that the city welcomed any anyorganization anyorganization anyorganization
organization which had as its object objectthe objectthe objectthe
the moral mental and business eleva elevation elevation elevation ¬
tion of persons whether white or orblack orblack orblack
black blackThe blackThe blackThe
The time has come in the history of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the world to he said when the busi business business business ¬
ness communities are severing itself itselffrom itselffrom itselffrom
from all bitter partisanship which has hashad hashad hashad
had the tendency to promote only self selfish selfish selfish ¬
ish interests The plowman is as essen essential essential essential ¬
tial as the monarch who sits upon his hisselfconstituted hisselfconstituted hisselfconstituted
selfconstituted throne of authority authorityWe authorityVe authorityWe
We Ve have forever thrown off the for foreign foreign foreign ¬
eign and domestic yoke of oppression oppressionNashville oppressionNashville oppressionNashville
Nashville stand today with out outstretched outstretched outstretched ¬
stretched arms to every interest that thathas thathas thathas
has for its purpose the bettering of ofmankind ofmankind ofmankind
mankind more so than any other city cityin cityin cityin
in the country countryHe countryHe countryHe
He said that the president of the theLeague theLeague theLeague
League had not n t only the opportunity opportunitybut
but the mental endowment to do a agreat agreat
great work in behalf b balfof of the Negro egro I
Men of the Hour
HON JOSIAHT JOSIAH T SETTLE SETTLELawyer SETTLELawyer SETTLELawyer
Lawyer Scholar and nd Leader Memphis Tenn
He was a man of intelligence and a aman aman aman
man of moral character All of the thewisdom thewisdom thewisdom
wisdom of Solomon and the opportun
ityof a king would be worthless where
there is a lack of disposition to make
the proper use of it for good goodHe goodHe goodHe
He welcomed the visitors to all the
friendship and hospitality that has hasever hasever hasever
ever characterized the people of the
South and Tennessee
and more es especially especially especially ¬
pecially Nashville NashvilleHon NashvilleHon NashvilleHon
Hon J C Napier read a aletter letter from
Mayor James J mes M Head expressing re regret regret regret ¬
gret that his business necessitated his
being absent from Nashville thus thusmaking thusmaking I
making it impossible for him to de i iliver f I Iliver I Iliver
liver his address He offered the theLeague theLeague theLeague
League warm words of encouragement encouragementOn enc ragement ragementOn
On behalf of the Chamber of Com Commerce Comerce Corncoerce ¬
coerce merce erce Mr W C Colli Collier rpresident president
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said that he was pleased to welcome welcomethe welcomethe welcomethe
the members of the League I want wantour wantour wantour
our people both white and black to tomingle tomingle tomingle
mingle more together and to come to toknow toknow toknow
know one another better I am glad gladthat gladthat gladthat
that you ou many of whom have never neverbeen neverbeen neverbeen
been this far South before came here hereso hereso hereso
so that you may have to toa accept cept by byhearsay byhearsay byhearsay
hearsay the way we treat the Negro Negrobut Negrobut Negrobut
but may know We will hold up your yourhands yourhands yourhands
hands so long as you are in the right rightline rightline rightline
line and in the right path pathMr pathMr
Mr Washington said that there was wasperhaps wasperhaps wasperhaps
perhaps no other class of people p ople who whoaffect whoaffect whoaffect
affect the retail business of the coun country country country ¬
try so actively as the Negro He said saidthat saidthat saidthat
that he therefore was pleased to have haveone haveone haveone
one of its representatives present He HeContinued Hej HeContinued HeContinued
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A Brighytarrister BrighytarristerColored Bright Barrister BarristerColored BarristerColored
Colored Lawyers Lookout Lookoutfor Lookoutfor E Efor
for 70000 People PeopleThe
The Career of Hon J T Suttle the theLeading theLeading
tLeading
Leading Attorney of Memphis Tenn TennHis TennHis TennHis
His Early Struggles StrugglesHis His Victory VictoryOver VictoryOver VictoryOver
Over Difficulties DlfficultiesA A Learned Lawyer LawyerA
A Gifted Orator and Profopnd ProfopndThinker ProfopndThinlter ProfopndThinker
Thinker He Has Been Many Times TimesHonored TimesH TimesHonored
Honored HonoredMEMPHIS H HonoredMEMPHIS nored noredltEIP
MEMPHIS ltEIP lIIS TEXST Special The legal legalbusiness legalbusiness legalbusiness
business of the seventyfive thousand thousandNegroes thousandegroes thousandNegroes
Negroes egroes in Memphis is attended toby to toby toby
by twelve lawyers of the race race The Thej Thewealthiest Thewealthiest
j wealthiest and most eloquent orator oratorof oratorof I Iof
of the entire number is the Hon Jo Josiah Josiah I Isiah
siah T Settle During Duf ing his visit to toMemphis toMemphis toMemphis
Memphis just Just after his h s victory in the theSpanishAmerican theSpanishAmeri theSpanishAmerican
SpanishAmerican an war AamiralGeorge Aamiral AamiralGeorge A m ral ralGeorge
George Dewey was received and en entertained entertained entertained ¬
tertained by the most prominent and andwelltodo andweUtodo andwelltodo
welltodo members of the race at the theMain theIain theMain
Main Iain street auditorium In a speech speechof
of welcome in which he named theadmiral the theadmiral th thadmiral
admiral the Sailor Statesman Mr MrSettle MrSettle MrSettle
Settle proved himself to be entitled entitledto
to a place among the famous famousoratorlt famousoratorltof orators oratorsof oratorof
of his country To say that his ad address address address ¬
dress was a masterpiese in point of ofliterary otliterary ofliterary
literary production as well as oratory oratorywould oratorywould oratorywould
would be describing it in a a very mild milddegree milddegree milddegree
degree degreeMr degreeMr degreeMr
Mr Settle was born in East Ten Tennessee Tennessee ¬ z
nessee nessee September 30 1850 He Hepre Heprepared pre prepared prepared ¬
pared for entered college and com completed com completed completed ¬
pleted his Freshman year at Oberlin OberlinCollege OberllnCollege OberlinCollege
College He was one of the four tourNe tourNegro Negro Ne Negro ¬
gro boys of a class numbering fiftyyet fifty fiftyyet fiftyJet
yet he was chosen as one one of the eight eightorators eightorators eighttorators
orators to represent his class when whenthey whenthey whenthey
they entered the college an honor honormuch honormuch honormuch
much desired by all students After Aftergraduating Attergraduating Aftergraduating
graduating from Howard University UniversityMr
Mr Settle graduated from the law lawdepartment law lawdepartment lawdepartment
department of Howard University Universityalso Universityalso Universityalso
also He was admitted to the bar of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Supreme Court of the District of ofColumbia ofColumbia ofColumbia
Columbia but having decided to t make makehis makehis makehis
his chosen profession his lifes work workand workand workand
and believing he could best serve his hispeople hispeople i ipeople
people where resided the greatest greatestnumber greatestnumber greatestnumber
number he left the District of Colum Columbia Columbia Columbia ¬
bia in the spring of 1875 and located locatedin locatedin locatedin
in North Mississippi where he at once onceengaged onceI onceengaged
engaged in the practice of law lawIn lawIn
I In 1876 he was a delegate to the theNational theNational theNational
National Republican convention and andwas andwas andwas
was the only delegate from Mississip Mississiptri
tri who voted for the nomination of ofRoscoe ofRoscoe ofRoscoe
Roscoe Conkling for President and andcontinued andcontinued andcontinued
continued to vote for him as long as ashis ashis ashis
his name was before the convention conventionMr conventionMr conventionMr
Mr Settle was elector el ctor for the State Stateat Smteat Stateat
at large on the Hayes and Wheeler Wheelerticket Wheelerticket VheelerI
I ticket and in 1880 he was presiden presidential presidential presidential ¬
tial elector on the Garfield and Arthur Arthurticket ArthurticKet Arthurticket
ticket 1iVhen When a resident resid nt of Mississippi Mississip Mississippi ¬
pi there was no man that stood high higher higher higher ¬
er in the estimation of all classes than thanhe thanhe thanhe
he He was as popular with one race raceas raceas raceas
as he was was with the other Mr Settle SettleContinued SettleI SettleContinued
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