The Nashville Globe from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 4

4 NASHVILLE GLOBE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. be that as 1t nhy, It is a great meeting, and represents the intelligence and progressivcncss of the race In the fullest sense of the term. Great strides have been made by the Negro Baptists this country. Fifty years ago they wore poor and ignorant: they had no churches, no schools that they could call their own; no publishing houses; fifty years ago they were wandering from I nlace to place, but not without a SL'BCCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE. I leader, for they were then as now so VUC I ca Si M.inthn NU NASHVILLE GLOBE.

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No matter intended for current issue which arrives as lata as Thursday can appear in that number, as Thursday is press "aU news sent us for publication must be written only on one side of the paper, and should be accompanied by the name of the contributor, not necea-tarilly for publication, but at evidence of good faith. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION The Election. Oar first primary under the commission form of government has been held, and as usual the Negro voters are. charged with having thrusted upon the city an undesirable candidate for Mayor.

Nobody la surprised that one of the daily papers, namely, the Nashville Banner, should make such a statement. But the Negroes who voted for Howse have no apologies to make for it. Aside from having been their friend they consider him the best man for the place. Not that the other men are not good men, but that it is the duty of every citizen to support the man for public trust who in their judgment will serve the people best. The Globe stood alone In this fight.

Every daily paper and the Clarion thrown in for good measure, opposed the present Mayor, but that did not deter us from doing what we believed to be right. We would not be frightened even by Mr. Willie Crawford, who stood up in the Lyric Theatre and denounced the Globe, and dared the people to read it. It will be re membered that this same gentleman was at one time on the Nashville Fire Department, but talked himself out of a job, and from the returns it seems that he has talked himself still further from that job, or any other that the city may have to of fer, not excepting the position of Truant Officer, the position generally nought by the reformers. This is the third time a majority of the voters of this city have said by their ballots that they have confidence in Mr.

Howse; that they can trust the affairs of the city in his hands. But notwithstanding there are certain papers that persist in baying that these people do not know what they want and that only the hoodlums and Negroes vote for him. But figures count, and the Globe is well satisfied to be on the majority side. 1 We submit that some reforms are needed in this city, as in all other cities, and we believe that Mayor Howse will do all In his power to bring about these reforms. We are willing to trust him, with the aid of the majority, who put him in office, to remedy the evils that exist, and to keep up the tide of prosperity that Nashville has had under his previous and present administrations trusting the God of the universe to guide them, and the evidences In Nashville show that the trust has been abundantly rewarded.

Today as is shown by the reports of the president and secretaries of the various boards, the Negro Baptists have millions of dollars worth of church and school property; they, have men who can measure arms with the most learned of the world; in President Morris they have a leader the peer of any man in the country; in Dr. R. H. Boyd, the secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board, have a business general who has the ability of a Wanamaker; and we could go on naming men in the denomination who have made their murk in the world until book of many pages would be filled, but space will not permit. Suffice it to say that fifty years of ot freedom that the Negro Baptists of this country have enjoyed have made plain to the world that these people are a great people, and are doing their share in working out the destiny of a great race.

Their great numbers make their task great, but under the leadership of great men and the guidance of Jehovah they are measuring up to the fullest requirement. "THE NEGRO WOMAN IN BUSINESS. Washington, D. Sept. 18.

Last Saturday Madame C. J. Walker, ot Indianapolis, the race's best-known hair culturist, concluded a ten days' visit to this city. The nation's capital has myriads of sojourners within its borders in the course of a year, but no woman has ever come to Washington and made a more profound Impression in a short time than this wonderful business genius from the Hoosier metropolis. Like Caesar, "she came, she saw, she conquered." Reviving old acquaintanceships and making hosts of new ones, Madame- Walker's itinerary in and about Washington was a veritable march of triumph.

The Madame, in company with VAz Alice P. Kelley, her assistant, (formerly an instructor in the Eck stain Norton College, Cane Springs, National Baptist Convention. The annual session of the National Baptist Convention that is the guest of this city this week has brought together perhaps the largest body of Negroes ever assembled in a religious gathering. It is estimated that over five thousand delegates were present at the opening session Wednesday morning, and others will be coming all the week, which makes it reasonable to calculate that more than 10,000 delegates and visitors will come to the city by the end of the week. This great outpouring of Baptists is probably due to the fact that added to the regular routine of business this year is the celebration of the emancipation of the slaves.

But 7 7 MADAM G. J. WALKER, Ky.) and her private chauffeur, Mr. Homer West, motored all the way from Indianapolis to New York City, thence to Philadelphia, to attend the fourteenth annual session of the National Negro Business League, taking in later Atlantic City and the Pythian Encampment at Baltimore, and finally reaching the capital. The Madame uses a GO-horse power Cole, costing over $3,000, and the excellence of the machine is shown in the fact that it traveled all kinds of roads In all kinds of weather, without a breakdown or accident of any character.

She is the soul of generosity with reference to this splendid car. It seats seven persons comfortably, and since leaving home she has invited all classes and conditions of humanity to share it with her taking clergymen, statesmen, Journalists, society people, old folks and little children out for long and Joyous rides through the city and country places, by night and by day. The car is naturally an "easy rider," and the smooth asphalt streets of Washington and the fine roads hereabouts made the trips a source of unalloyed pleasure. "The Negro Woman In Business Mine. Walker is essentially a business woman, and no matter where she goes or on whatever errand, she talks business.

She is an ardent believer In the philosophy of Dr. Booker T. Washington, and never loses an opportunity to emphasize to her sisters the importance of their Continued on Page Five. I I REMEMHKR US FOR S(DHO(OIL SMKTDIES We are showing the most complete line for both Boys and Girls ALL STYLES AND LEATHERS PRICES fn QOAZ Wnllt IllWk FROM yJL LU VCSiO llIlti Savo a Ilolhir Souvenirs given with each pair of Boys', Misses' and Children's II IS ELLIS SHOE CO. 303 THIRD AVENUE, NORTH 13 GAB The, NASHVILLE TRACTION COMPANY Ordinance upon which the i citizens of Nashville are to vote September 25, 1913, guarantees more street cars and more modern street car service, reaching parts of the city not now adequately served.

And to operate large, modern, easy riding cars of large seating capacity. To reduce car fares, namely, School-children, round trip for 5 cents, and to all citizens, six (6) fares for 25 cents. To give a cross-town car service, and transfers at any street corner, so that passengers can quickly and conveniently reach any part of tne City without crowding in a station, and avoid delay, inconvenience and congestion. And in addition to a regular ad valorem, to pay into the City Treas-ury for the general use of the city 3 per cent of the gross car, light and power receipts, for the purpose of helping to reduce your taxes. To make competition for furnishing lights and power.

II NASHVILLE TRACTION COMPANY Ordinance grants a limited franchise which reverts to the City, so the City can then own and then operate its own street car system. This Ordinance Ins heen passed by the City Cauncil and approved by the Mayor, and has been examined and approved by the lending Business Men's Organizations oi the City, and will be submitted to a vote of the people at the General Election on September 25, 1913. DO YOU WANT BETTER STREET CAR SERVICE, REDUCED CAR FARES, and YOUR TAXES REDUCED, and EMPLOYMENT FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN. If so VOTE FOR THE NASHVILLE TRACTION COMPANY, on September 25, 1913. A $200,000.00 Bond has been executed, filed with, approved and ac-cepted by the City Council and the Mayor, guaranteeing to build the road, and that it shall remain independent, and to carry out all the provisions of the Ordinance.

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