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The steamship Liberia, known as Chief Sam's ship, is still berthed at pier -41 of the Galveston Wharf Company. Every day since her landing at the pier an admission of 50 cents -has been eliJifged to -got. on board, which entitles yoh^.tp an inspection of the ship and an iutferviow with the chief. Last Sunday was a glorious day from the-fact that in, the aft ernoon a big religious meeting Went on and the several hundred of these people from Oklahoma .were present, besides several hundred of othcr colored people lookers-on. prayers and songs of the Lord were heard and .fudge Sawyer and others spoke on the pur-Xo^, of nie“paek-to-Africa movement. The meeting was held under a larfee shed just a short distance from where the Liberia is lying. Chief Sam spoke on the occasion. It is stated that, the - .sJuV- ,^-V't'Ct.s to sail for Africa within two weeks, taking aboard about 1100 of the colonists and a cargo of lumber, cement, coal, groceries, etc. Atthis writing Air. A. V.. Smith, a white man who is the commercial representative‘'of the Akim Trading Co., .Limited, is in Uni vest on and he is making purchases of various supplies of Galveston merchants to the amount of many thousands of dollars,- Air. Sntfth states they expert to carry on a - large' tragic between Boston . and ',r im: The Times representative was rhf yf!lt;.•« of AVm. 1 ’a rr Co. ut-CfQr several hundred bargemen t and lime had beenAhe Texas •Star flour- mills had * . asked about, the purchase of age block *hT' flour. The Liberia’s smokestack isNjemg painted-red;'oiLarriving here tlie. stack Was black;Lumber was ioaded\on .tbe ship this week for some purposes. Some' colored people say God i s IX Chief Sam’s movement; others teliingVibout himbeing a second Moses to lead-the children of Ham back home. Some one suggested this week that the railroads of Texas and tether States ought to run colored excursions to Calves-' v ton while this.African ship is in port. Chief Sam and the colonist# held a big meeting Thursday afternoon under the big shed pier 42 and on tomorrow another big day of religious services will take place. It was reported this week that, a committee: was going to wait on the Santa Fe railway oi-f wlJVL,. _iL.and T. and other railroads to inducu them to put on excursion rates and bring colored people to Galveston to see the ship that members of their race have purchased to go to Africa.!Some colored people of Galveston are• *said to favor a big reception..given theLiberia before she sails. Mr. and I Mrs. W. H. Lewis of the Liberia were: • in. the oily. Tuesday -shopping end j iiuhHing-colored--business people. !
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City Times
Galveston, Texas, US
Sat, Jun 27, 1914
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