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JUL JJl XJ JJL
Vol. VI.
NASHVILLH, TENN.. FklDAY. I AXU R Y 17,
No. 4
GOV. HOOPER
TAKES THE REINS OF GOVERN
MENT IN HIS HANDS.
inaugurate Held in Ry
man Auditorium. .
GREAT CROWD WITNESS THE
CEREMONY SIMPLE BUT IM
PRESSIVE GOV. M. R. PATTER
SON DELIVERS HIS RETIRING
SPEECH BIDS GODSPEED TO
HIS SUCCESSOR REITERATES
BELIEF IN HIS POLICIESHAS
NOT LOST FAITH IN TENNESSEE
DEMOCRACY-URGES ALL TO
SUPPORT GOV. HOOPER.
Hon. Ben. W. Hooper, of Newport,
Cocke County, was to-day inaugurated
Governor of Tennessee. He took the
oath of office in the Ryman Auditori
um ias successor to Hon. Malcolm R.
Patterson, of Memphis, who conclude J
his second term to-day.
The inaugural ceremonies were sam
ple, but impressive,' and were held in
the presence jof a distinguished assem
bly, representing the highest official
life, the culture, the beauty, the best
citizenship of the Volunteer State.
For the first time in Twenty-eight
years Tennessee has a Republican in
the Chief Executive's chair. Hon.
Alvin, Hawkins of Carroll County was
the last Republican elected Governor
of the state. He served from 1881 to
1883. The present Republican Gov
ernor, was like Gov. Hawkins, elected
as a result of division in the Demo
cratic ranks.
In retiring from office Gov. M. R.
Patterson reiterated his belief in the
policies- for which to has stood and
wished for the incoming administra
tion the hifehest and best public serv
ice possible.
The address was brief and delivered
in Gov. Patterson's usual forceful
manner. He said:
"Gentlemen of the Senate and
House of Representatives, Ladies and
Gentlemen: For the third time since
the cfvill war, and the first in more
than a quarter of a century, the office
of Chief Magistrate of this common
wealth passed from Democratic to Re
publican control.
"Neither the time nor tne occasion
is seasonable to discuss the causes sajQ- tne bank did not employ nor au
which have brought about this change j thorize any one to receive deposits
and the now direction in our affairs
which it involves, but all of us who
are right-minded Americans and patri
otic Tennesseans, for whom the pub
lic good has a direct appeal and real
meaning, will wfeh the new adminis
tration the highest land best public
service it may be able to give our
people. For four years beset with
difficulties' of which I have been keen
ly and painfully conscious, at a time
when passion was aflame and reason
often obscured, I have tried to per
form duties which could have been
better done, had it been my lot
to have served the state in an ordina
ry and calmer period, and my public
acts whether for good or ill are now
a part of the history of Tennessee.
Stood by His Policies.
"I stood for them then, I stand for
them now, and will im the time to
come. As the hour arrives in my life
when I can no longer be charged by
the censorious with motives which
have never actuated me a moment in
my career, I may say to . the people
. whose peace, welfare and liberties I
sought to preserve, that if I had to
lilve over again the stirring scenes
through which we have passed, it
would be to assert again those poli
cies which I believed were not only
bes but natural and inherent in our
scheme of government, and to resist
again, with all my power, those whiten
have encroached upon the rights of
the citizen, and brought so much of
.bitterness and strife without any rec
ompense whatsoever. My idea of the
relation of government to the people
was so clear to my mind that it was
difficult to understand why it was not
accepted by all, for it is the universal
experience of mankind that grevious
and intolerable wrongs have always
followed coercive restrictive laws
wfoich run counter to the popular will,
and this truth will soon stand revealed
to those who have been misled, just
as distorted shapes and the illusions
of the senses vanish when objects ap
pear in true proportion before the un
obstructed vision. 0
"I fcave not been compelled to wait
for either change or time to have the
approval of the large majority of my
own party, and as I believe the major
ity of all the people of the state.
Not Chagrined.
"In retiring from the office of Gov
ernor I do not go as one condemned
by public opinion or depressed by cha
grin and disappointment, but confident
of the future, erect in my own esteem,
knowing that I have harmed no mai
and helped many believing in all that
I stood and suffered for, grateful for
the high honors I have received, proud
of a state which has gloriously il
lumed the pages of our history, proud
of a people whose hardy and elemental
virtues were sufficient unaided to
carve a commonwealth and plant a
new star iln the fiag, and which will
be sufficient to rise superior to every
adverse wind that blows, when they
re-learn the lesson sometimes forgot
ten, that education, toleration and
that high thinking which attends these
bandmaildens of liberty and civiliza
tion, and these alone will be their re-1
demption from error, the faithful
guarantees of their happiness and I
prosperity.
Grateful to Followers.
"To the friends who have thought
as I have thought, felt as I have felt.
followed my fortunes with rare devo
tion, who stood close In the days of
peace and closer still when the storm
gathered and the shadows were fall
ing, I offer with every pulsation of my
heart and every fiber of my being the
confidence, fealty and love they have
o generously bestowed upon me.
"To my successor I trust that I am
free from any petty desire to annoy
or harrass him in the performance of
hf,s public duties, and when he takes
the oath, which will make him the
Governor of Tennessee, I congratulate
trim upon Ms high honor and bid him
Godspeed in every lauaiDie effort to
help our people and uphold the consti
tution and the laws."
MYSTERIOUS PERSON SOLICITING
BANK DEPOSITS.
An incident that attracted unusual
attention this week, and caused the
officials of the People's Savings
Bank and Trust Company no little
worry was the circulation of a report
that some one was going around with
one of thefr pass books soliciting de
posits for the bank.
Dr. A. M. Townsend when seen bv
a Globe representative said he had
not been able to apprehend such an in
dividual, and while he hoped the re
port was a mere rumor, he was having
a thorough investigation made, and if
it should develop to be a fact that any
one was guilty of such an offense he
would see to it that the full extent of
the law" be meted out to them. He
outside of the bank wicket. Such a
thfnk as collecting bank deposits
from people iln their homes is un-
' heard of, and is contrary to all bank
ing rules, and it is hard to conceive
how any one could commit such an act,
but the officials of the bank are leav
ing no stone unturned to find out the
origin of the rumor, and if it proves to
be true the guilty party or parties
will be run to cover.
W. J. HALE,
President of New Normal School.
Prof. W. J. Hale, who hag the hon
or of beinc thn first. Dreaident of the
new State Normal School, was in the
citv Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
closing up all plans relative to taking
active hold on the normal work. It
is said his work begins immediately,
Prnf. Halfl snent. niurih, of Ms time
at the State Capitol, where the
Board cf Education was in session.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The Missibnarv Society of Howard
Congregational Church will meet with
Mrs. i. a. Moore, January
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THE LATE BISHOP ABRAM GRANT,
Of Kansas City, who died at his home last -Sunday.
NEXT ALLIANCE
WILL BE LECTURED TO BY DR.
F. A. STEWART
Meeting, Friday Afternoon,
February 3rd.
KNOWLES
WILL BE HELD IN
SCHOL BUILDING PARENTG
AWAKING TO THE NEEDS OF
THE CHILDREN.
At the next meeting ofthe Knowles
School Alliance, which will be held in
the Knowles School building Friday
afternoon, Feb. 3, F. A. Stewart
will lecture on "Contagious Diseases
Among Children "
The officials of the Alliance de
sire to see all the parents at
this meeting. The hour set is two
o'clock which makes it convenient for
the parents to attend.
This Alliance, under the leadership
of Mrs. S. P. Harris, president, and
Mrs. T, Clay Moore secretary, is do
ing a good work in the interest of
the school children, and it is believed
that when the officials fully realize
the conditions under which the chil
dren have to labor in this old building
better niovision will be made.
Tt. is conceded by all that the day of
frame school houses in a city like
Nashville is past, and the city ha
allowed this old delaoidated bulldinc
to remain as an eye-sore to passersby
and a menace to the health and safety
of the hundreds of children who at
tend there.
The Alliance work is spreading to all
parts of the city. The parents are
taking an active interest in the con
ditions of the school houses, and are
showing' a disposition to lend their
aid in every way possible to make it
comfortal.de and safe for their chil
dren while in school.
Tha Negro citizens of Nashville are
awakening to the needs of the chil
dren, and they are cognizant of the
fact that the teacher cannot be ex
pected to do more than the rules pre
scribe for them to do. The work
: these alliauces are setting out to ac-
complish is not within the pale of
teaching but. is a work of the people
The superintendent and Board of Edu
i cation welcome this co-operation on
the part of the parents, ror tney real
. ize that the school work demands
, every aid that can be secured.
i Everv phase of the work will be
covered in the campaign. The sew-
erage, drinking facilities and the color
. of the interior of the school buildings
i tuonunuea on 'rage 4.)
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BISHOP GRANT PASSES AWAY.
On last Sunday morning Bishop
Alram Grant; D. D., of Kansas City,
Kans., closed his eyes in endless sleep
after an illness covering several
months. One week previous his wife
died, and his friends had been expect
ing the end ever since. It was appa-
lant that Bishop Grant was sinking
continually. He was also aware of
his condition and said to his friends
that his davs cf usefulness were over
! and why should he not die.
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I There was no man in this country
more beloved by his people and more
I nlghly lesnected by all the people.
' lii-hop Giant was always at work, do
ing his best to uplift his people. At
the time of his death he was bishop
of the westein states. Bishop Abram
Grant was born a slave in Lake City,
Fla., August 25, 1S48, and was sold at
Columbus, Ca., for $0,000 Confederate
i money. At the close of the war he
i returned to Florida and was a clerk
J in a grocery store of his former owner,
j and a steward in hotels. He was
j able to spend a few hours each day
in a missionary school and later at-
tended a night school at Cookman In
stitute". .- He was converted in 1808 at a camp
meeting in Lake City, joined the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal Church, and
was licensed to preach in 1873. He
was ordained elder in 1S7G. While
In Jacksonville he was inspector of
customs and was appointed by Govern
or Stearns a3 county commissioner of
Duval County. He was transferred to
Texas in 1S7S, and was a pastor at
ban Antonio and Austin and later
was presiding elder. In 1SS8 he was
elected hishon.
Bishop Grant was greatly interested
in the cause of Chdstian education.
He served on the trustee boards of
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville,
Ma.; Allen university, Coulmbia. S.
C; was president of the boards of
Paul Quinu College, Waco, Texas:
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga.;
Wilfcerforce University, Wilberfore,
Ohio, and Western University, Quin-
daro, Kans. He was twelve years
president of the Church Extension
Board of his church, four years presi
dent of the Publication Board and sev
en years president of the Financial
Board, being the first member of his
church to be elected to that position
for the second consecutive term.
Bishop Grant was a member of the
Ecumenical Conference in Washing
ton in 1891. He made two trips to
Europe and on one occasion presided
over the Conferences of the West Coast
of Africa. He was a member of the
Ecumenical Missionary Conference in
New York, 1900, and at his death was
a member of the board cf Anna T
Jeannes Foundation Fund of JLOOrt,
000 for the education of colored youths
of the rural districts of the southern
states.
Funeral services were held in Kan
sas City Wednesday, interment will be
ma(je lu San Antanio TexaSf gunday
January 29th.
NOT DAUNTED
TUSKEGEE WIZARD DETERMINED
TO HAVE CELEBRATION
Fiftieth Anniversary of the
- Negroes.
ADVISES THAT THE COMMUNITY
PLAN BE ADOPTED MEETINGS
COULD BE HELD ALL OVER THE
SOUTH DO NOT EXPECT MUCH
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERN
MENT NEGROES CAN HAVE
MANY GOOD EXHIBITS IN THEIR
HOME STATES-COULD HOLD
CELEBRATION WITH COUNTY
FAIRS.
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Jan.
21. The Executive Committee of the
National Negro Business League held
its mid-winter session at Tuskegee In
stitute, Alabama,. Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, January 10th, 11th
and 12th.
The members of the Committee are:
Hon. J. C. Napier, Chairman, Nash
ville, Tenn.; J. E. Bush, Little Roc,
Ark.; S. E. Courtney, M. D., Boston,
Mass.; S. A. Furniss, M. D., Indiana
polis, Ind.; W. L. Taylor, Richmond,
Va.; F. D. Patterson, Greenfield, O.;
W. T Andrews, Sumter, .S. C; J. B.
Bell, Houston, Tex.; J. C. Thomas,
New York City; J. C. Jackson, Lex
ington, Ky.; M. M. Lewey, Pensacola,
Fla.; Robert C. Owens, Los Angeles,
Cal.; R. E. Jones, New Orleans, La.
Ex Officio Booker T. Washington,
President Tuskegee Institute, Ala.;
Chas. Banks, First Vice-President,
Mound Bayou, Miss.; Eramett J. Scott,
Corresponding Secretary, Tuskege?
Institute Ala.; Gilbert C. Harris,
Treasurer, Boston, Mass.
During the three day. sessions many
important matters dealing with the
strengthening of the national organi
zation were considered. Among other
things, it was decided to hold the next
meeting of the National Negro Busi
ness League, at Little Rock, Ark.,
August ICth, 17th and 18th, 1911.
Messrs. Scipio A. Jones, President of
the Arkansas State Negro Business
League, and William Alexander, of the
Local Negro Business League, of Lit
tle Rock, met with the Committee in
the discussion of plans for the enter
tainment of the delegates. The Lit
ile Rock committees are already at
work, and have matters well in hand
for the approaching meeting.
Probably the most important mat
ter and of general interest to the pub
lic, discussed was the celebration of
the Fiftieth Anniversary cf the free
dom of the Negri people of the United
States. At Louisville in 1909, a reso
lution was passed by the National. Ne
ro Business League providing ror
the holding of a National Exposition
to commemorate this event, It will
be recalled that at the instance of
fleers of the National Negro Business
League, bills were last year introduced
in the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the National Congress, pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mission to devise ways and means for
molding such exposition. These bills
were not passed at the last session of
the Congress, because they were
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Assist. Cashier One Cent Savings Bank