Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-27
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN

AMONG THE CoLORED PEOPLE-PRoF. W. H. coUNCILL, ACCOMPANIED BY A MALE QUARTETTE, GIVING FREE LECTURES AND CONCERTS
 Besides the literary and industrial work carried on at Normal, and the ministers congress and teachers institutes conducted there this summer, Professor Council IS conducting an educational campaign, going from town to town arousing the colored people on educational questions and point ing them to higher usefulness and citizen ship, He reports everywhere the warmest encouragement from the white people, as large crowds of colored people attend the lectures and witness the excellent singing by the Guartette.
 They visited various points in Madison county, Limestone county, Decatur, Moul- ton, Courtland, Leighton, Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Florence, Blount Springs and many other towns, receiving the commen- dation of the Decatur News, North Ala bamian, Florence Herald and other leading papers. The Moullon Advertiser says the following of Professor CouncilPs lecture In that town:
 FINE LECTURE.
 "Prof. W. H. Councill principal of the State Normal college for colored pupils, located at Normal, Ala, near Huntsville, lectured in the court house in this place on Tuesday night last to packed house of whites and blacks. His subject was ''Man,'' and along this line he gave us come original ideas, clothed in beautiful and elo9aen words; indeed, he seemed to possess the genius and eloquence of that Xustrious triumvirate-Clay, Calhoun and Webster. He spoke for near two hours, holding to the close of his remarks the rapt attention of his auditors. Council Is one of the ablest colored men in the United States-a man of unimpeachable integrity "a Christian gentleman, and he Is devot- ing all the energies of his well trained mind to the amelioration of his race-of leading them out of bondage to ignorance and sin to light, to truth aud to God.
 "The school over which he presdes is state institution and is doing great work. Besides giving proper literary education, thorough instruction is given In carpentry, cabinet making, wheewright, blacksmith ing, painting, printing, shoemaking, quarrying, farming, stock raising, horti- culture, daify-farmlng, cooking, nursing, sewing, etc., educating the heart and hands along with the mind, and qualify ing the pupils for intelligent labor in the various avocations of life.
 "ln our next weeks issue we will give more extended and detailed account of this school, it's objects and purposes, and in common ndation of it's eminent principal and his efforts to uplift and improve the condition of the negro race. God bless him in this Christian work.''
 Tuesday night there was an outpouring otthe colnred people at St. John African Methodist Episcopal church to hear the singing and the lecture. Dr.. w. c. Ban- ton the pastor, called the meeting to order anNDr. Wesley Prettyman of the Metho- dist Episcopal church led in prayer. The meeting was success in all respects.
 Wednesday night meeting was held at Pratt City at the African Methodist Episco- pal Zion ch hurch, Dr. A. J. Warner, pas tor, and tonight at Payne chapel, South side, Rev. Banks Williams, pastor.
 They return to Normal via Anniston, Gadsden Attalla and Gnntersville.