Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-07-22
OF PINE BLUFF DELIVERS AN ADDRESS AT LOS
 ANGELES.
TO TEACHERS MEETING
Reviews the Unexcelled Advance ment of Education in the
 Southern States

A brief talk by Prof J. H. Hine- mon, of Pine Bluff, Ark, who repre- sented the Southern Educational Association, was listened to with interest and loudly applauded, says the Los Angeles Evening Express. He said in part
 "Mr. President, ladies and gentle men-I am requested and commls- stoned by Dr. Junius Jordan, Presi dent of the Southern Educational Association, to extend to the mem Oers of the National Educational Association a most cordial and urgent invitation to attend the next annual session of the Southern association, which will be held in the city of Memphis, Tenn, December 27, 28 and 29, 1899.
 "On last evening the members of this body had the pleasure of listen ing o a wise aud able discussion of The Educational Problem of Our New Possessions. by the distin- guished Commissioner of Education, Dr. William T. Harris, and later we heard the splendid address of the Inspector General of Schools for Hawai- on the educational problem there. More than thirty years ago, a little less than 1000, GOO of slaves ic the South were suddenly enamel pated, and shortly thereafter they were endowed with all the rights of American citizenship This imposed on the whites of the South the gray est problem that has ever confront ed the AngIo-Saxon race. Right heroically did the Southern whites set themselves to the task before them, and during the years that have followed they have been slowly but surely and steadly solving the peculiar and perplexing question of equitable adjustment of rights, property and education of two races which had so long associated to- gether as slave and master but who now stand with equal rights and powers under the law of the land. Ia working out these difficulties we have felt that we had the earnest sympathy of the educational leaders of the other sections ot our country.
 "The Southern Educational Asso- citation was organized for the sole purpose Of dealing with questions and cond tions peculiar to the South. We yield to none in our loyalty to the Stars and Stripes.
 tThe distinguished gen tleman from Alabama, who yesterday re- sponded for the South to the gener- ous words of welcome, in bis loyal and patriotic utterances, voiced the sentiments of every true Southern heart. We are proud of the history and achievements of the men of the South. We are proud of the fact that we have contributed Washing ton and Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, Calhoun and Clay, Gar land and Wheeler to tbe galaxy of bright and glorious names that have made our country famous.
 "A little more than year ago, when the President of the United States called for volunteers, the whole country knows how eagerly anu quickly the young men of the South, for the most part the sons of Confederate veterans. came forward to offer their lives ia defense of the natioE's honor The people of m y own State are especially proud of the fact that the first gun fired at Manila Bay was fired by a leuten- ant from Arkansas, a boy whose father had worn the stars of colo -nel in the Confederate Army. We proud, too, that our Chief Executive himself an officer in the Federal Army, saw fit to call to his aid two of,the sQuth's most distinguished .Rleaders, Fi4znugh Lee and Joe l Wheeler, au act of magnanimity un-