Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 32
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, September 14, 1907
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Convention of Negro Baptists.
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       Washington, D.C.; Sept. 11.--The national convention of the colored Baptist church opened here today and will remain in session through the rest of this week.  The convention is the first one that the denomination has held in several years and it is expected the attendance will exceed 5,000 delegates and visitors from all over the country.

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