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iStl LEADERS SUSPEXSIOX
Many there are who see in the
Mountain Leader's reported sus
pension of publication confirma
tion of their prediction that suoli
Ifrpuld be its fate, and they take
"easure in the fact. On the other
there are those who sineere
r$gret that the management of
e baper fonnd the sea of Negro
journalism too turbulent and was
forced to put into harbor. Anions
the latter is The Advocate, for it
kno^s from bitter experience the
wiiu?? &nd currents against which
m Leader had to contend, the
(jftngerous slioals over which it had
to pttss and the1 inhospitable har
boM which it had to enter.
4t best; the publication of a
Negro lieyffepapcr is a hazardous
teavFttnuntf, one fraught at every
tlU^AVith dismal fa i In re. Its sub
scribersfor "the most part seem
bbed .wlth ttye idea that its pub
Hors aw engaged in the business
?ely .Jor health or pleasure and,
consequently, are never in need of
fluids. These same subscribers will
Mck like a Missouri mule if their
paper does not reach them regu
Urly and promptly, and if they
mi* to see their names in about
teVefry other issue. They contrib
ute absolutely nothing toward the
tiapter's support, yet are among its
severest critics and are harshest in
their condemnation of the business
ability of the race in general, when
it is forced to the wall.
"Yes, The Advocate knows what
they are saying. "I told you so!"
fcild "I wonder why our people,
can not successfully publish a pa
per?" will drop from the mouth,
of more than one hypocritical cred
itor of the Leader, the prompt pay
ment of whose indebtedness would
have greatly aided Mr. Nutter and
his'' associates in the continuance
of: their publication.
, The fate of The Leader has more I
than once threatened The Advo j
cate, and its editor will state frank
ly that thai fate has been escaped
thus far only by the frequent sac- ?
rifice of personal means. How
much longer he will have the in
clination or the ability or both to
keep up the dishearbfning and
thankless tight for it* people's
rights, is yet to be seen. But be it
a week, a month or a year, it will
never entertain anything bi.it re
gret for the passing of such a fair
lighting, aH--The "Mrmn-.
tain Leader proved itself to be.
Though the two pa pel's differed at
times in politics and saw great
subjects from different viewpoints,
the relations existing between them
were of the most cordial character,
and in the death of one the 'other
could find no pleasure, the ever
present danger to itself being ac
centuated by the unhappy event.
EXAMPLES V? OUT If EMUL
ATING
There should be much encour
agement to the Negro youth of
Charleston in the success of Ed
ward Turner, who lead a class of
fifteen whites in a recent examin
ation to practice pharmacy, as told
in the local columns of The Advo
cate, this week. And additional
encouragement should be derived
from the fact that he has been la
terally placed in charge ?of the Elk
pharmacy, a white concern.
Yet, after all. Dr. Turner has
but duplicated the success of two
other native young Negro men of
this city. The first of the home pro
duct to engage in a professional
career here was Dr. J. D. Drown
who has a lucrative practice and
one of the best equipped dental
offices in the city. Dr. A. IT.
Brown is working at the same pro
fession and bids fair to be n close
rival of bis confrere who is ;i few
years older in the profession.
"What these young men have,
done cftit.be done by others. No
one of them was blessed with ex
ceptional mental ability nor a sur
plus of wealth. In fact, each had
to work hard and long, mentally
and physically, for li is diploma
and make, innumerable sacrifices of
the comforts of life to 'attain his
present position.
These instances are cited merely
&g. iacentivea'Ho those black boy
whofie vision iff too dim to son the
cloud's silver lining. '
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~~?Tho reports from tbo bedside of
Dr. II. I). Hatfield. Republican
Oovcmor-oleet, to tin* effect that
? he luid l?ron stricken with pneu
monia, were more tlum disquiet iug
to tluse who followed liis fortunes
through th?4 campaign andjim elee
tion dav. Thev wen* alarmed lest
this onee splendid constitution, be
ing drained hy the demands of a
six-weeks speaking tour of the
most nerve-racking kind might
not he able to withstand in a severe
illiicss.
Later intelligences are of a
more hopeful character and assur
ances are given that the disting
uished patient will soon be restored
I to h is usual robust health and
?strength, his ailment being diag
nosed as a heavy cold. For this
'the electorate of West Virginia
jwill be exceedingly grateful, for
mine could look with equinimity to
ward the prospects of another
grueling campaign, which would
have been necessary within a year
had the Angel of Death robbed tha
Doctor of his deserved honors.
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I AS TO TIIE SEXATORSII Il\
rTis strange how many men are
entertaining the delusion that thev
are the only rightful heirs appar
ent to the Senatorship Mr. Clar
ence Way land Watson must sur
render March 4th next.
What boots it that some of them
contributed neither of money nor
of labor in the recall of Senator
Watson. What's the odds if others
are as much in sympathy with the
political ideals overwhelmingly ex
pressed at the polls as is a hull dog
with a torn eat ? The mere fact i
that they want the honor seems
to suffice to most of them, and
they exhibit no delicacy in letting
their wants be konwn.
Consistently with the fight this
pa>>cr has been making since Col-,
onel Roosevelt inaugurated the new
era, it hopes that the mantle will
fall upon a man who most com
pletely embodies the ideals of the.
Progressive party, a man who
spent and was spent unstintingly ?
and willingly in the darkest hour
that the people themselves might ,
rule. Now:, that the cause of the
bosses has been so signally repudi
ated, it would bo travesty, a step .
backward, to place the wreath upon
the brow of anyone of their sym
pathizers ? the victory would be
thrown away.
GIVE 1ITM A CHANCE.
* Jiiclci tint ?hI by th;? failure of 1 w.
predecessors i d tin' .samy/M*/d ()i
endeavi r. Mr. J as. Culx'-rt (.'amp
bell, as announced in our advcr- .
tising columns, lias entered into
the embalming and undertaking,
business.
It is to be hoped that; the same
obstacles to succtss which were
thrown in the way of the other!
gentlemen will not hamper Mr.
Campbell. They had all sorts of;
objections to meet and contend
with. There was the preacher who
received commissions in cash and
a horse and buggy i'ree at any time
he desired them for the funerals
he secured for a white undertaker.
Theie were the relatives of the
1 1 eair7T(7fnnTett~^vho would not pa
tronize the firm because its mem-'
bers were not- sufficiently effusive
in their greetings, displayed evi
dences of prosperity or were not
members of their lodge or church.
Then there was 1 ha J class which
.will not have a Negro do what
they can get a white man to do.
:even at a higher price.
Mr. Campbell, as did the other
gentlemen, deserves a better fate,
lie is fully qualified both in train
ing and in equipment to conduct
the business into which he has en
t' red. and The Advocate bespeaks
f i* him the patronage it is the
duty of the race to give.
In the stress of the campaign
The Adovocatc subordinated this
question to the discussion of others
which it considered in. re urgent
and of more importance. Now that
the tumult and shouting have died
it would direct the attention of its
readers to the subject, which many!
arc b? ginning to think si a s<?r1 of
hobby in these columns on account
of the frequency with which it has
been discussed.
As hav be?n said here before
and never denied anywhere by
those acquainted with the facts,
then* is not a Negro fraternal in
surance society doing business in
this state, the assets of which equal
one-half of its liabilities. There is
not a Negro fraternal insurance
society d .ing business in this state
which at its present rate of premi
ums and benefits can meet it?* ob
ligations at the expiration of ten
years. For example, take the
Knights of Pythias, the strongest
order of its kind operating in West
Virginia. Its entire available re
sources -actual cash and invest
? incuts will not amount to as much
r as *:><).( >00 assets. Estimated con
s< I'vat ively. the policy-holders
number 'J.oiMiand the policies aver
on t Keir Cue? vqks^ /fh1
:*ir?0.0U ? a total ot .f.'j7i>AHK) ? lia
; >ilit its. More \vo have n diserep.
nicy of .^hh'^OOO and^f growing
lafger each year. |i.
; The delegates to tho itrtiud lodge
sessions hav.LV bihiu^Av A u?d. against
i the danger winch the future holds;
i thi y have boon told that? conditions
j are grot ting worse instep of better,
. nul have boon urged lo take tho
! steps necessary for their own pro^"
? toetion. Nothing worth while has*;1
!Mn accomplished. If the bottom
j :s not lo drc p out ??!' t Ue whole i^m- ,
urn within a few yejtrs tho state,
must prevent it. Sin re the mtnn-;
hers will not voluntarily protect ;
themselves and thoir*/bonotioiarie,s,
1 uid the officers can lint. it is to ho
hoped that the stated will take thoJ
matter in hand and compel them to j
? Jo so. m
UOllDOS Arko RAX
; The Xesrroos of Hjjliis State will
?igain be without racial represen
tation in tho Legislature, Dr. R.
, L. Gordon, of Thurmond, Fayette
?entity, having boon defeated.
Dr. Gordon received the Kepub
lican nomination A without opposi
tion, but. unfortunately at the
hands of tho boss-ridden Dixon
ring. to which tile bettor element ;
of .the county, Republicans, Pro
gressives and Democrats, was op
posed. Though liik name appeared
on the hide pendent -Labor and the
Republican tickbtji, his strength
was not snttiicieiVti to overcome the
t'orces of the Progressives and tho
Independents. VI
The Advocate hu grots Dr. Gor
don's defeat, although it expected
it after 1 ho Progressive State- Com
mittee refused 'to 'endorse the tick
ets 011 which hisf name appeared.
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GOOD AM) FAITIIFVL S FJi
VAST
If President-elect Wilson wants
[o do the proper tiling, he will pro- :
vide ''Hig Chief " Dellonnev with
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a nice, soft berth with a fat sal- |
arv attached. The ''Big Chief",
has stood more than once on the :
burning deck whence all but him
had tied, and has advocated Demo
cracy at times when he risked per
sonal injury; lie has, with what
patience he could, suffered the con- ;
tuna ly and abuse which is usually
[leaped upou a Negro advocating
Democracy in a border or Southern ,
.* late, and it faithful services de
?ervc reward, Mr. Dellonney ecr
iainly ought'to land.
The Advocate lias no apologies;
io make for its stand in the cam
paign. It t^ecn its duty and doim
its damnedest. What more could
i mortal do?
WHY TWO XEGROES LOST
Pythians throughout the conn- ,
try will hear with no little regret
I he news that two -of the most
prominent members of the Order :
were defeated for office in the last
"liet ion..- The unfortunate ones ;
were Robert R. Jackson, major
general of- the ('inform Rank De
partment and E. I). Green, secre
tary of tVie Temple and Sanatar- ;
in m Commission, both of Chicago,
nod candidates for membership in
tic Illinois Legislature.*" TTiey";
made thq mistake of not being,
1 iu 11 Moose rs.
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The overwhelming defeat sus- 1
tained tiv the Taft forces has",
about reconciled the lion. P. it.;
Waters fto t ho appointment of l)r. I
? 1. II; Strickland as assistant Regis
ter of it he Treasury. It is gen
( rally known that Mr. Waters*'
wotild1 not have sacrificed his pres
ent; position, of indeterminate ten
ury, for one which he e ,uld occu- (
py at jnest for a few months only,
still Ik; and his friends were of the
opinion that the President should
at leant have tendered it to him.
All of which goes to show what a
fa^-hejad Mr. Taft can be at times.
A glass of. water and
A TOOTHPICK?
Let him who has criticised the
hospitality of the Washington of
, fice-llolding class give the Nation's
"Capital a wide berth now, for if
tea (Uid crackers or a beer and
pietfeels were the limit when the
44 Black Cabinet" could look for
ward 1 i years of undisturbed pos
session of the flesh pots, what will
the fare be now that their days arc
nuthbercdJ
T 11 /: It ALLY \f/KA X ( ' E
It the methods adopted bv the
Colored Methodists of Alabama
against a thieving brother had
been applied in this city some
Vffars ago, . it would not now be
' neeCssary tw the Negro churches
; t<> be continually ''holding up"
? flic general public for contribu
tions to rallies.
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H Eli Et AST) READY
Yes, dear reader. The Advocate
; is still a Hull, Moose and is ready
i again to stand at Armageddon
and battle for the Lord whenever
'the <a11 to duty sounds.
i
t TPe no
In .a circular *oiH ? out soiuo
weeks ago from the Insu rauco De
partment 4xl\ the State 'Auditor's.
. office the expression of views was
.asked as to the advisibility of the
recommendation of legislation to <
place' fraternal insurance societies
on a safe business basis.
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Dr. S. J. Dampiield of Mercer
county, is to be congratulated up
m his election as justice of the ,
peace, the first time this honor has
, ;omt^|o a Xegro in Mcreer, which,
I" while it is usually Republican, has .
been unusually color prejudiced.
1U:T IT r>Il)N *T. >
Anyhow, the Washington llec
might have evinced a Cliristiau
, spirit, as Cyrus Field Adams
packed his grip and chanted in
dulcet tones.
Now let test thy servant depart \
in peace !
REQUEST SO. 2.
Will somebody please inform us i
who Dr. Strickland is?
Good Voice to Be Prized.
A soft, well-modulated voice is of
fir greater assistance in the world, .
even In the marriage market, than
personal beauty. There are few
things which possess a more "definite
value as a commercial asset than
graciousness of manner ancT gentle
ness of tone. We are not born wtth
harsh voices, we acquire thenar.- ? Ex
change. '
You will think Tariff, High prices 1 ,
and everything else taken oiY, it yon
buy nt Morrison Dep't Htore.
Marking Keys.
If you have a number of keys to the
stable, shed, henhouse and such build
ings that look and feel about alike,
put wooden tags on them with one
notch for the stable, two notches for
the henhouse, etc. You can tell at a
glance, then, or by feeling them If it
1* dark, which key is the right one.
Thousands of < "a *?1? -Customers are
doing the buying at Morrison Dep't
Store an<)w?uvin? the difference.
Must Keep at It.
It la with many- enterprise* as
With striking fire ; we do not meet
with success except by reiterated ef
forts, and OTt&n at the instant when '
we despaired of success. ? Mme. De
Maintenon.
Help to Make World Better.
It is easy in the world to live after
the world's opinion'; it Is easy in soli
tudo to live after our Own; but the
great man is ho who in tho midst of
the crowd keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence of solitude. ?
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ,
Hjere Is a Pun.
Kitty ? My brother Cornelius has
been calling on Miss Chilleigh for
over a year. Marie ? Is he going to
marry her? Kitty? I don't know. I'm
afraid she's rather too- < cold to make '
Corn pop. ? (
The Greatest Bargains ever sold
in vSuits and Overcoats at O. J. Mor- ,
^'isoti Dep't Store.
Unwelcome Visitor.
A ... pair of larjK 9 c ag 1 qs_ which are
nesting on an inaccessible rock on the
Daserberg mountain canton of
Schwytz, Bavaria^ have during the
past two weeks "captured" four
lambs, four kids, and one fox, which
they have taken up to their nest be
fore the eyes of the peasants.
Don't be deceived into paying
high prices. Morrison's I>ep't Store
always sells it the cheapest.
Making Opportunity.
When the young physician's motor
car reached the scene of the accident
there was nothing to do; all the vie*
tlms had been so slightly hurt that
they were ablo to w&\k home. The
young doctor was keenly disappoints >
ed, but his chauffeur spoke up cheer
Ingly: "Never mind, doctor. I'll run
down some business on ' the way 1
home." ?? ? ' ^
Novel Boudoir Clock.
Among curious clock novelties If
the shadow boudoir clock With It
there is no need of getting up to
strike a light or turn on the bulb. All
that is necessary is to touch a button
r?nd the time 13 Hashed on tho wall,
after the same fashion that signs are
flashed on the sidewalk. When the
owner of the clock retires ho turns a i
night, dial to the celling and when he
presses a bulb tho electric light re- ,
fleets from the dial through the lens
and appears, giving the correct time
In shadow on the ceiling;.
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Something Cruel About It.
Benevolent Party ? - "Ddn't you
think fishing is a very cruel sport?"
Angler? "Cruel? . Well, I should say
so. l'v(f sat here three days and not
had a bite, been nearly eaten up by
gnats and stung by two wasps, lost
my pocket-knife In the river, and the
sun has taken all the skin off the'
back of my neck."
Religion.
Religion is a thing that most men ?
intend to acquire after they have suc
ceeded in getting everything etaethey
wknt.
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