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VOLUME XIII.
CHARLESTON, WEST VJKttHj
Y. NOVEMBER 14, 1S12
Showing Of
New Party
J8I^PAJWlI4a>ANI> PROORKS
HIVES HrtVE COME TO STAY
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Followers Praised
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J? or Firm Stand by Their Leader
Who Will not Rest Content Until
t Every Feature of the Progressive
Platform is in Effect.
iScHeti. .e RDL 8HRDL H5U) HJUDT
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? New York, wNov. 14- ? ' Theodore
Roosevelt made a formal statement
tonight bearing upon the election
and the future of the Progressive.
t>arty, . 'f? i- " f,j?
In |jne with previous cxpressio&g
of His 'osvn ami pf his- oolte#j?uef$
hfe ^iterates that 1,4 the PrbgreM&iye
party has como to stay^ andTV'so
far frpm befng over the battle lha&
"7trot"b ? : ? ~r? ? f,
He regards the party's shewing
in polling i^ore th^rC 4,O0&OOQ
votes in the face of numerous >ob^
stacles naturally in the path of i
new movement as "'literally un
paralleled in the history of free
government. ' ' The statement fol- i
lows :
"I congratulate the Progressives !
of the country, that is I conyatu- j
l^te those good men and women j
who, with sincerity of purpose for j
the common good, have had thej
vision to Uook into the coming;
years and see what the* future de- i
mauds from us who work in this
present.
4 'What the Progressive party
has done since the theft of the Re
publican organization by Repub- :
lican bosses at hicago last June
is literally unparalleled in the his-*
tory of free government worked
under 'representative institutions
Three months have gone by since
some hundreds. of earnest men and.
women gathered to found the new
Progressive party*
"Without much money, without j
any organization, against wealth j
of the country, against the. entire j
-organized political ability of the i
country, against the bitter hostil- j
itv of 90 per cent, of the press of j
the country, against the furious '
opposition v of every upholder of j
special privilege, whether in poli- j
t ics or in business; "and with the-i
channels of information to the^>ub- j
lie largely choked, the Progressive i
Party has polled between 4,000,- J
000 and 4,500,000 votes, ?ias hope- j
lessly beaten one of the old parties j
both in the Electoral College and i
in the popular vote; has taken
second place in the nation and
either first or second place in some ?
37 of the 48 states. '?
"JNo task in any Way Approach-!
ing this has tve? before beSn per- !
formed by any party in our ebun- ?
try. Such a feat, performed by !
volunteers hastily brought together ,!
and without any previous co-opera- j
tion with each other, against. tli^ I
trained veterans of ? thej poiiti-eal I
arena, these trained veteran**, .hv |
eluding the entire mercenary fJorc-:-|
es of politics, should be a source ?'
of pride, not only to these who per- 1
formed the task, but to all believers !
in good citizenship and in the ea- j
pacity of Americans for self-gov- '
eminent.
^"During the campaign I ^aid|
. heatedly that this was in no;
shape or way a one-man movement \
but a movement for great princi-j
pies, a movement which has sprung,
as all healthy movements in ourj
democracy must spring, from the |
heart and conscience of the people j
themselves, This truth must be,
kept steadily bofore the minds of;
all of us.
4 4 The Progressive party has
come to stay. If cither of the old
parties will endeavor to put into
legislation any one of our planks j
it can count upon our hearty sup
port in so doing; but we will not
rest contented until the entire plat
form is enacted into law and be
comes part of our political system :
national and state.
<(I am proud indeed that the
great good fortune has been mine!
to fight shoulder to shoulder with
the men and women who in the.
ranks and in various positions of
leadership have waged this great,
battle for social and industrial jus
tice.
<4*o far from being over the bat- ?
tie has just begun. We will not.
rest content until every > feat up# y of
the Progn&siw J>r6?rftttf ltt<f Decir
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put into effect; and when this bus
been done, unquestionably there
wilj ha&e opened to us new avenues
aloUg which it will still be a duty
to work for the mpral and econ
i oipio betterment of our people. M J
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President Arter's
Appeal to Baptists
Denominational School at Hill Top
is Very Much in Need of Fluids,
and lie Asks Subscribers to Pay
Up.
. To all ministers, deacons ?ud other
Individuals, and to all churches, Sun
day Schools and other organizations
that owe fidelity and loyalty to West
Va. Industrial Seminary and College
we appeal.
AVe are now well on in the third
*ttf<>nth of the new churo!> and educa
.wpa year. Last year wo aimed to
/t^ise $12,000 for education and we
> ^Cceeded In raising $3,000.. Let us
.remember "Not Failure is Criinct but
?'low Aim." We cannot afford to aim j
JotoL.. _ About. jwfiiu jp^id . on the
outstanding d>ebt last year and several
. ^undred dollars worth of work have
? \>een done on the new building. Four
i teen dormitory rooms have been plas- 1
tered but tlhey have wot -been ftnish
i ed. We are conducting a school; but
| w>3 are not in the new building. Peter,
Paul, John, Mark, Peter's wife and
others are here from Flat Top and
1 el&ewfliere, in school, preparing for
their exalted life wortr. At this stage
we aw putting special ittress upon the
Ministerial and ReligiouB work of the
school.
But wo need the encouragement of
our friends, we need to hear from you.
What are you saying; and doing?
Quiet has 1 settled down since the j
state convention like a pall over Hie
field. Your president and F. agent
made a tour anion g the churches in
the western and northern parts of the
State, and west as far as Pittsburg, Pa,
He got but little .cash but laid the
foundation for . a broader outlook for
the school. " I
We conclude this articte' with the {
following question:
> Why do not the churches, other or- i
ganizations and friends \tfho are rplan- j
ning or have declared their intention'
to finish and furnish a room or rooms!
send in some or all the money at thej
earliest possible date and let us in I
the building?
We are still struggling and hoping!
to open up the school in the new I
building by Jan. l, 1913.
Please remember, we are your ser- j
vant, this is your school. The mini- j
sters -ftfld? others 'iiere-aiie?yQur_.accis^
and daugh ters and the new genera
tion they are in preparation to lead
are your children.
J. M.ARTER,
Pre3. and F. Agent, j
WAR ON G. O. P.
To Bo Pushed With Vigor, Hays THx
on in Calling Meeting.
"Washington, November 12 ? Senator
Jospeh M. Dixon, Chairman of tlie ?
/Progressive National Committee, to-!
day called a meeting of tlie commit
tee. to be held in Chicago, December
c}l ,and 12, for conference and devel
opment of legislative and organization
Senator Dixon said that the
the old Republican party is to j
/jbe^epntinued with vigor ? during the!
Democratic administration that is to!
begin next March, with the purpose !
of capturing the House of R'tipresetfi* j
tatives two years from now and the j
presidency in four yearB.
"To this conference/' said Senator j
TVIxon today, "will be invited all Bull j
Moose State Chairmen, all candidates j
for Governors in *t.he last fight, in I
sympathy with the Bull Moose* move- i
ment and about 20 Bull Moose Con- i
gnessmem." !
1X>KTY-S1X PROGRKBMVFS
To Hold Balance of Power in the ?
Yew Hampshire Legislature.
Concord, N. H., November 12 ? For-i
ty-six progressives will hold the bal-l
ance of power in the legislature of j
1913, according to Chairman Frank ;
A. Muse: rave, of the Progressive State}
Committed ?
Chairman Musgrave, in a statement,
today, said that, the Progressives will'
"cvcntualiy adopt, such course as will,!
In their judgment, best promote Pro-',
gresslve candidates and Progressives,
measures without r'gard to any trade
with any party or candidates." I
The Legislature will elect a Cover- j
nor a'nd United States Senator.
LITTLE ROCK'-S FIRST COP.
Little Rock, Adk.t Nov. 9- ? The first
colored policeman Little Rock has ever'
bad was appointed last week in the-;
person of Paul Clancy, by Mayor Tay- j
lor, at the insistent request of the'
respectable colored people of the wesi
; ern section of the city. He will do
^ night duty in this colored Beetlcm, ,
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Defalcating Bishop
i Suspended JFroin Duty
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| Pre Late of ihe Colored Metho<Utft '
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Church in Pound Ouilty of MUMp- j
piling Church Funds.
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Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 9. ? For the
first time in the history of the Negro
*race< a bishop in one of the Methodist ;
churches has bee.n suspended by a i
trial committee sustaining serious j
charges. A trial committee composed j
of .twelve elders from Texas, Louisl- 1
ana and Alabama, presided over by j
Bishop J. W. Jamison, sustained th'?1
charges of maladministration, rebel- j
lion against church laws and misap- J
plying c?urah< and educational funds
made, against Bishop G. W. Stewart
of this city and suspended him until
the meeting of the general confer
ence in St. Louis in May, 1914. ;
In accordance with tine? laws of the
Coloml! Methodist Episcopal Cnurdh j
In America, , Bishop Jamison am- :
pounced that Bishop Stewart stood I
pusfpendetl in accordance with 1;he ver
dict of the committee. Bishop Stewart ,
'iia8*~be0n -presidingr over the Xlabatna
and Florida conferences since his elec
tion at the last general conference In
Augusta, and the work is now divid
ed so that Bishop R. S. "Williams as-.,
sumes charge of the Alabama confer
ence and Bishop Ij. TT. Holsey of the
Florida confercnc^.
Friction has attended Bishop Stew
art's administration of affairs ever
since ?his election, arising paaJ.icularly
over money matters. He is charged
eo it is alleged by his enemies, with
amassing more than $10,000 worth of
property in thftf Birmingham district
?iu two years on a $2,004) salary and
frequent changes of misapplying
school funds have" been made throilglh
the daily and weekly papers of Bir
mingham.
His greatest offense, according to
?his critics, was his action in forcing
his appointed board of trustees of
Miles Memorial college to elect him
treasurer as well as president of the
board, to whom he would never giw*
a katisfactor'y accounting.
, A RECORD OF SOCIAL UPLIFT
The ndtional committee of manage
ment of the Mosaic templars of Ame
rica have had their annual meeting in
Little Jloek, Ark. They are about to
invest $70,000 itn securities and real
?estate, and have $51,000 in their en
dowmeint fund.
Augusta, Ga., lias a colored civic
and improvement league, supported
by. membership fees. They have sup
ttriirg ~t fre - su mmer 4wo play.- -
grounds for children, -done n^ighbor-.
hood work and plan to employ a col
ored district nurse. ,
The seventh annual report of the
colored branch library of Louisville,
Ky.r shows that the circulation has
grown from 17,831 the first year to
73.4G2. The books were loaned from
the central 'branch and three stations
and through forty-eight classroom
collections. Thirty per cent, of the
circulation was fiction; the attend
ance at- toe story hour , was 1,87.3; 1,
582 reference questions were looked
up and 244 meetings held.
A colored community named Nor
wood, near Indianapolis, is to -have a
public library with about 1,000 books, j
Miss Ada B. Harris, principal of the
local school, has been chief promoter
of the project, and the citizens them
selves have cleaned and remodeled the
building, while local firms have given
much of the furniture.
Colorado College -as a colored ath
lete by the name of Holmes. He has
done' 100 yards In ten seconds. The
Denver Post cays: "Holmes will be
th/3 target of every player in the
State. On account of his color there
will be a general demand to see him
leaving the tteld on a stretcher, but
anyone that knows Holmes can play
football will be safe enough in ventur
ing to say that he will b<? able to
tako car.i of himself."
A package o? currency containing
$55,000 w as ^mysteriously extracted
from ? shipment by the First National
Bank of Pensacola, Fla. It. was re
cently found im the rear of the bank
by the Negro janitor and turned ovef*
to the authorities.
A group of colored people at Nyack,
X. Y., recently gave an entertainment
and raised $130 for the benefit of the
Nyack Hospital.
Chattanooga, Tenn., has established |
a colored park and playground for i
the colored people by purchasing Tiitie \
and ons-half acres on Orchard Knob
New Orleans is going to attempt a
Negro dally newspaper called The
Daily Spokesman. The paper is to
have its own printing plant.
The women's convention, auxiliary
to the National Uaptist Convention,
iv ported for the fiscal year $2^,968
raised. Of this $18,992 was spent, on
the National Training School. Local
organisations railed $8,000 In a<fdi-J
lion to. this. ,,?t ,
From the N o v<yn b er. ; Crttifs . ,
? c -0 r
IUCrUBklCANS |bxcbki> D&o.
CRA.T1C BY 1,700.
Roosevelt feats Toft
Ovorwhelmliigljr iu|riiWluUcrai> M*<le
by the K^uav W c^uUty .Canvass
ing Board SbcHy&g '^ ilesalts V At
taUied by Eadb ?andldateNovea?
l)er 5Ui,
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Following herewith we are giving
the total voteand^ results attained
in the election" of '^Koveiftber 5th in
Kanawha county,. )' the canvassing
board having completed the tabu
lation of figures y&terday. It will
be eeen that thetotal uumber of
votes cast for electors ( totalling the
highest vote received ,by one ejec
tor on each ticket, \i. fe% Democratic
6,659 ; Socialist. ;3.<m ; Prohibition
ist, 198; Progressive, 0,360, and
Kepnblican.aZ?to^
total number yptes east for sheriff
was 18,130. : The. Jotal uumber < or
votes cast for gOYefpdr vWas 18,661.
The total numt^r' if - votes cast for
congressman-a't^larg-e ? . was 18,033.
The heaviest vote atoV electbr on. the
Democratic ticket. f^eived< was 6?
659 ; the highest on Socialist elec
toral was 3,071; th6;hjgheSt oii 'tfce ;
Prohibition electoral was .<198 ; ufo
highest on the Pro^rdesive electoral
Was 6,3 60, and thQ( highest on the
Republican electoi&? was 1,780' Had
the Progressive and the 'Republican
electoral ticket foe^n cioiAbined in
Kanawha county, jit/would have had
a majority of 1,481 oVer the Demo'
cratdc ticket, 'there tyere..iiv all, if
we remember correctly, sQrijLettiihg.
over 23,000 voter? registered in Ka?
pawha-county this year. - The total
vote shown cast falls mor? than, four
thousand short of ,:the' number .regis
tered. In compiling the res, given
below The Advocate frag :5j)Weavored; to
make the results attained as plain
(is possible, so that all may under
stand them. The preparing of a
tabulation of ever* iprecfnct In the
fc0unt? ; is too mucl of a hardship,,
takes up too^-mtfch n
paper, and the follbwlrtg^ .WiU Ybe
found as simple and easily under
$tood arrangement of totals as could
could well be prepared on' short j
notice: - !
For Presidential Klectora.
Democratic ? 'Butcher, 6,658; Saw
yers, 6,659; Smith, 6,655; O'Kane,
6,653; Keykendall, 6,657; Herold,
6,659; Kenney/6,658; Rife, 6,650.
Socialist ? Link, S*,071fi Piggott, ;
3,069; Cooper, 3,069; -Cooper, 3,-!
069; Kephart, 3,069; 'BlenKo, 3,
067; McGinn'is, 3,067; Spradling, 3,?.
065; Board, 3,067..
- Prohibition ?
1 9 & ; ? A u vil , - 8; -BaTU??r 19 8 ;
Myers, 198; Kirk, 198; Marshall,
198; White, 198.
Progressive ? Mathews, 6,360;
Long, 6,309; Vickers, 6,351; Qrubb,
6,344; Shanklin, 6,352; Moats, 6r
348; Strlckling 6,346; Frame,
350. , ;
Republican ? (Kittle, 1,780; Har
man, 1,780; Wells, 1,776; Ogden, 1,~
777; Hodges, 1,775; Roach, 1,775;
Newman, 1,775; Webb, $77.$/
Showing a plurality for the Demo
cratic electoral ticket in the county.
For Oongre*Hman-at-Large. - r
Democratic ? Hiner, 6,823. Social
ist ? Peters, 3,278. Prohibition?
Halstead, 203, Republican ? Suther
land, 7,729. Sutherland's majority
over Hiner, 906.
< For Congress.
Democratic ? Littlepage, 7,324.
Socialist ? Rogers, 3,267. Prohibi
tion ? Ryan, 217. Rep<ublioan? Avis,
7,353. Avis' majority over little
page, 29.
For Governor. !
Democratic ? Thompson, 7,120. Bo
ciali8t ? Hilton, 3,880. Prohibition ?
Jackson, 258. Republican? Hatfield,
7,403. Hatfield's majority over
Thompson, 283.
vSecretary of State.
Democratic ? Depue, 6,959. Social
ist ? Cartwright, 3,356. Prohibition
? ? Wysor, 202. Republican ? Reed,
7,690. Reed's majority over Depue,
731.
Superintendent of School*.
Democratic ? Burns, 6,876, Social- ,
1st ? West, 3,373. Prohibition? .
White, 201. Republican ? -Shawkey, ;
7,685. Shaw key's majority over
Bums, 809. j
"Attorney General. i
' Democratic-- Bledsoe, 6,972. So- |
oiaMst ? -Hanee, 3,377. Prohibition ?
TJoU, 230. Republican? Lilly, 7,607. i
tally's majotity over Bledsoe. 635.
State AudJtor.
Democratic?Alexander, 6,847,"
Socialist- Kintzor. 3,3 9 G. Prohibl- j
tlon? Howard, 206. Republican ?
Darst, 7,699. DarKt'H majority, over J
Alexander, 852,
State TreuKiirer.
Democratic ? Brennan, 6,793. 807 :
oialist ? Ountor, 3.395. Prohibition
? Stout, 207. Republican ? Dong, 7.
708. 1/ong's majority over B&rennan,
915.
Commissioner of Afln'icnltufe. >t
Democratic ? Zinn, 6,832. Social
ist ? Max, 3,395. Prohibition ? Al- (
derson, 205. Republican ? rWlllJ&mfl,
7.692. Williams' majority over Zinn,
860. " / '-!
Judge of Supreme Court.
Democratic-Bennett, 6,872: Smith
6.879. Socialist ? Kirk, 3,401: Mcv
Intyre, 3,405. Prohibition? -No oa.** ;
, (Continued mi page aix. ) ? :
thia Negroes
u Y. M. C A.
Ground to Oo*t $iOO,*
' Arranged for by the
| C^tvp ^?8ociAti0n V. M. C. A.
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, .Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 11 ? Tho first
*y. M. C. < branch building for col
ored men and boys to be built In this
dlty will rise shortly In the site of
{jhe four dwellings at 1720 to 1726
Christian st.
Plans for tho new structure have
tyeen completed by Horace Trumbauer
and v will be sent to builders shortly
for estimates. The estimated cost of
the building and site is $100,000,
W?hich is provided for in -the $1,000,
000 fund.
Y The structure will be of brick, four
stories and basement, with a frontage
of 71 feet and a depth 130 feet. The
basement will contain an extensive
room for boys, also locker rooms and
pihower baths. The first floor will
have* a large social lobby, game room
swimming pool, gymnasium and the
executive offices. The seccvid floor
will contain class rooms and club
room, and the two upper floors will be
equipped as living rooms for the
:^uus men.
The colored branch will be known
as the Southwest Branch and will be
under the management of Henry W.
Porter, who has been in charge since
the organization of the branch in May
1911. Tie branch occupies quarters
tags on the site of the proposed sthuct
at- 1726 Christian st., one of the build
ure. The membership has steadily
Increased until now therp are more
thun 200 members enrolled,
t In' speaking of the work of the new
breach, Whiter M. Wiood, General
Secretaiy, of the.Y. M. C. A. in this
city, expressed gratification at the
co-oip<eration .of the colored church
congregations in collecting subscrip
tions, which has hastened the erection
of the building. ,
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Green and Johnson
>Negro Candidates for Members of
?' Illinois legislature oh Re^nibliean
Ticket go Down \VitH Taft.
Chicago, III., Nov: 12.? For Uve first
time in over thirty years the next Il
linois legislature will contain wo col
ored man as a member of either
house. , |
,T1ki First Senatorial District is
comprised of the 1st ward and that:
part of the 2nd ward lying north of
32nd street.
. In tJhis territpry thie colored voters
have approximately-7TQ00.. votes. With
the privilege of every voter casting
three votes for any one candidate for
the Hquse of Representatives, Edward
D. Grsen, the colored candidate, re
ceived 4,681 votes. The colored voters
alcnti could (have given him 21,000
votes. ^
The Third Senatorial^ District is
comprised of that part of the 2nd
ward lying south' of 32nd street, a
very small part of the 1st ward and
parts of the 3rd, 4tJh and 5th wo,rds.
In this territory the colored voters
have approximately 6,000 votes. Rob
ert R. Jackson, the colored candidate,
received 8,408 votes in this d Strict.
The colored voters alone, if they had
registered and voted, could have given
I Jackson 18,000 votes. Many colored
men in these two districts were ad
vocating the Progressive ticket and
the advice of fctva colored loaders who
were for Roosevelt, was "Vote the
Progressive ticket straight."
There was no colored man on the
Progressive legislative , ticket in
either of ti'.iese districts, and the fact
that Roosevelt received as many votes
as Taft and Wfllson combined In both
the 1st and second wards, is conclu
sive that the colored Progressives fol
lowed instructions to the letter.
Baptist Women's
> Executive Board
Meet* Mere and Formulates Plan* to
Govern Their Educational ami
Hellions Work During the Year.
The l'jjfecutive Board of the W. Va.
fJaptist Woman's Convention met
Ir-re Saturday.
The plans lor thy caleudar were
discussed by Mrs. Thompson, Mrs.
Carter Mid Mrs. Woods.
Mrs. Woods made a report concern
ing supplies (literary, etc.) in he
hands. Bhe also made a statement
concerning entering thv Miss. Train
ing School at Durham, N. C. and
t'.iorefore offered her resignation.
T., f Ex. Dd. discussed the matter
and would not accept the resigMation
offered, but granted a leav" of ab
sence.
Other matters coming before the
Hoard was tne /amount Hie Conven
tion should tfek M 'the coming con
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| ventional year. At the suggestion of
I the president Mrs. M. M.v Stratton set
the standard at $2,000.
Mrs. SalHe Mills, of Powelltcu, made
a statement saying that there is some j
discouragement in the minds of many ;
of the workers concerning the eduea^j
tional work at Hill Top. * |
?Mrs. .Stratton suggested t'hat th*? i
cause of tlie dissatisfaction is due to |
a lack of publicity.
Mrs. M. A. Parker, of Charleston, j
spok? encouragingly and hopefully of ;
tho outlook for educational work and
?expressed a hope that the Baptist wo- j
m on ho not discouraged but go for- j
ward with determination.
By common consent thp meetTng I
was discontinued until after dinner I
wes served. |
. In the afternoon, Mrs. M. A. W. i
Thompson reported $5.00 received !
fho Wlomn's Missionary Society of j
Fir'' Creek. By the order of the j
Board $2.00 was glvon for representa
tion and $3.00 was given to educa
! tional work at Hill Top.
The Field Secretary was instructed'
I'to have published, at once, a revised'
| list of district workers.
! Mis. M. M. Stratton, ot' St. Albans,
| was elected to take tVi place of thej
j Field Secretary, Mrs. Pearl S. Woods,!
> during her leave of absence.
; The matter of giving publicity to J
| the disposition Tjf" funds nnd the con^ t
! dition of the work financially was i
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; (1 ik cussed. * i
! A motion to fcave a pamphlet con- ,
. tainlng the above information, was |
: carried.
The president appointed a Ways j
j and Means Committee. Mrs. Sallie |
j Mills was made chairman. Other mem- i
bers: Mrs. Mary Earley, Glen Jean; j
i Mrs. J. M. Arter, Hill Top; Mrs. J. M. ;
j Ellis, Oak Hill; Mrs. Ellen Smith, Al- j
| derson; Mrs. M. A. Parker, Charles- I
| ton; Mrs. Maria Alexander, Charles
! tcto.
Pi of. Uio3 spoke to Che members
I present on the magnitude of the work
1 being done by t.be Baptist women and
' the high appreciation in which their
work is held by the Baptists through
out the state.
I Mrs. Fannio Cobb Carter brought !
! before tho Board the matter , of <es
j tablistiing a Baptist , hea4qu$rters to
I be1 used and supported by the Baptists
! throughout the State.
The matter^wfts ? dHctifised by fhe
?members and the board name*! fth?
| president and secretary as their rep
i rescntatives to meet with -Uic Bap
! tiftt State Convention.
Mrs. M. a. Parker offered an ?xct?I
! lent suggestion concerning raising
i funds for the newly appointed Ways
; and Means committee. The commit
j tee adopted the suggestion of Mrs.
j Parker,
Tho Secretary was ordered to write
i a letter to the presldcmt of the "W. Va.
Baptist Con. concerning the establish
I m?nt of Baptist State headquarters.
VALUABLE! CiOTHAAM PROPERTY
| Heretofore Restricted to White Peo
ple is Purchased by Mother Zion
Ohnrc-h in Ilarlem.
-
j Now York, Nov. 15. ? Another block
lv iM Harlem, heretofore restricted to
; wnite tenants has been invaded by!
j Negroes. The section in question is :
} 138 h street, between Lenox and <Sev- !
! enth avenues. Although th'd white j
! property owners have banded thorn- j
I selves together and made an agree
! meat not to sell or renit to Negroes,
j the Mother Z>ion church has acquired
j the property at 101-3 West 138th
! street.
| T.'ie dial includes a lot 50 by 100,
J on which are two five-story dwellings
accommodating twenty families. The
! financial consideration involved is
| said to be about. $00,000. Nail and j
: Parker were th? brokers. The prop-!
I erty was purchased by Mother Zion ?
church jis an investment.
Color-, d people arc mow living in all j
the blocks in the territory embracing 1
| from 13tst street to 140th street, and J
I between Lenox and Seventh avonues,
! except 137th street. Bo far tlhe prop
erty owners of that block have suc
ceeded in keeping out colored buyer9 ;
: and tenants. ? New York Age.
mx;ro mob membf,hs
; Who Plead that they Were Forced J
? to Joint Mob, arc Found Guilty >f }
i Second Degree Murder.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. !).- ? Charged ,
with being accomplices of W. S. Rhea, j
a white man, iu the killing of Vital!
i Archard, a deputy constable, nrar
j Dumas, Ark., jibout a "year ago, Max.
i Tuclcr, Robert .Johnson, Joe Berry ;
and Major Davit?, four Negroes, were
' tried, found guilty of second degree
murder and wero sen tone d to 21
; years in the state penitentiary. Cm
the witness stand at Arkansas City,
tlx* four men declared that t'.iey were
? forced to kill Archard by Rhea, of ?
whom th?y wero afraid because they
had ;een him shoot one Negro and
? strike others. R"iea is now in the;
i p: nitentiary under sentence of death
: for the same crime.
The low prices at Morrison'* .
l>ep't Store will always protect you !
! if you buy there. '
<r
ail |!
, ' ?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBlfcli TWT0N- ,
TV-EIGHTH THE I>AY FOR ^ f
THANKSGIVING. :|
|
Thanks to be Chen
t ^'j)W
? ? .
? __ l!t\
For Our Prosj>erit- as a StatO and
Nation, for or ^ reodom from J
PiWtiJoitce ar ise#tse? and .'
vance in Vjv */
e? / ?*?"'?. :'\.A
. A?y
Governo <? ,s&cock Monday issued - ;
the . gov r ^r4 annual Thanksgiving v
J>t6ciair' as tallOWS:
;w;;;Fc> ^Yg the 'V^toin. of tfcany ' I
U^arb, proafdent of the United
&ates has " designated Thbrsday,
.Npvefc'b'lt 2^, 1^12, as a 1 <}a3rv of
Thanksgiving dnd pyayer. *
'we s'ad'uld bo thankful for: frae. civil
and Religious liberty with we
afe^i^kod; we Should thaiflfc Him '
ifocaiiSe Ho ~^as ~ * &r ottfcW a ~
deeper and pore; sincere never^m;? of ?/
law; 'He'has blessed our' Inst^^tttions'
of learning from, the common scfcooltf s
to the universities and colleges, "jfcttd
Is making of us a more patriotic afnd
God-fearing people. Let us matee it
a day of reunion of kindred and
friends and let us prove the sincerity
of our thanksgiving by generous
gifts cf charity for the relief of t"he
poor and mecidy. -
On that day let us suspend our ac
customed work and "meet in our usual -
place of worship and give thanks to
Almighty God for our prosperity as;
a state and nation, for our frsedani
from pestilence and disease, fpr the
harvests that haw been reaped and \
for our remarkable advance in vir
tue. sobriety asid intelligence. ,vr.V.
"And let us pray that the bless- /
iongs that we have enjoyed ^uriftfc;.
the year that -ban ended may ? be^ f
multiplied unto us, that our oqu- v
science may be., quietened. ,l? a,^
ter rOCOBTlltlon rtf thft url*rJrim
uiu w? ui*\y cius?r. louow ine
truth and righteousness
"Now, therefore, t, William H.
Glasscock, governor of th? State of
V/ est Virginia, do hereby designate
and proclaim the said 28th day of No*
vember, 1912, a legal holiday through
the State of West Virginia, and I rec
ommend to all the people thereof that
li'ra day be observed a$ recommended - .
by the president.
"I?i testimony whereof, I bavja here
unto set my hand and caused the great
seal of the state, to Jbe .^fhxed,
"Dono at the capitol in the City of v
Charleston, this the 11th day of No- '
vember in tfve year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and twelve, _
and in the fiftieth year of the state.
""WILLIAM EJ. GLASSCOCK. '
"By the Governor:
"STUART F. RBEJD.
"Secretary of Sti^te;?,. * r.
; vBAMWELD EJECTED 3. Pi
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"? Bhiofieia, W. Va.. Noy.f 'Srjfe -;7
Bampfleld, according to the official
count has been (elected to the;offl6e Of '
jUeftice 61 the peace iii. ftock'frfctrict;
Mfcft&r CJouh ty. I Dr!. Bampfl?'l<f is the--*'
first Nic?f-b to be elected to' sucft ah
bfffc$ [ in His Ti&ne ap- , '
peitr&d on ' both the Republican and '
Progressive tickets.
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
in in the (}am? to Stay, 6ny Hull
Mooscrs In Mi8sisalipp1.
, ,
Jackson, Miss., November 11 ? One
fact indisputably developed since the
presidvmiai election is the permanen
cy of the Progressive party In Missis
sippi. The leaders of the Bull Moo$e
organization declare that they are In
the political gameto stay; that the
voto cast last Tuesday gives tliem the
nucHais of a real party In tills tate,
and that It will be a permanent or- ''
gamlzation reoirdless of whether Col- 7
onol Roosevelt stays at the fcead.
T>K. HA TFTETjD TMPKOVKO
Erroneously Hoported to Be KMlfer
?nj? With Pneumonia, the (Jovcr
!<>kman. W. Va., Nov. 14. ? The
condition of Governor- elect H O,
Hnf field is considerably improved to
day. H is not suffering with pneu
monia fever as has been reported,)
but ha:> a heavy cold, and has been
confined to '"Vis room for several
flays. Hi?? rhvsicians have hope that
he will be able to bo up and about
within a few days. T>r. Hatflel<f had
intend vd be in a: to Charleston loday
had his health permitted. A? ft is.
b ? will not be permitted to leave t?f*
homo for several daya. Me wilt be to
Charleston, just n& soa%>aa htav 59>j*frr*t<y
cians will permit hlttv to mak>e..tlt0 t '
nor-Wcct Has Heavy Cold.
trip.