The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-13

presumably q shark, sent TO the Presi
dent of the United States by the
Chief OF the Fiji Islands. There are
many others. hut these two repre-
sent the extremes Of foreign di plo-
matte negotiations. This group WAS
selected by Ma jor William II. Michael,
the Chief Clerk OF the Department and
its able representative on the Govern
ment Board
The negro exhibit which was at the
Paris Exposition has been installed
in the Liberal Arts Building. 1t shows
the negro Of the South as he was at
the time of emancipation and as he is
today, Progress of Negro Education"
is the subject of an instructive group.
This shows n white frame school,
house of the district school type. OF
the date Of 1879, used by colored
children. The next group. "Educa-
tional Results" shows a crowd OF well
dressed, intelligent boys and girls,
who are attendants at the negro high
school in Washington. d. c. "Invest-
ment in High School Education" is
represented by a model OF the large
four story brick negro school at the
National Capitol.
Not quite so graphic, but no less
instructive, are the series OF photo
graphic frames showing the different
educational institutions which have
been built throughout the South for
the education of colored youth. A
few schools are represented by "be
fore and after" pictures showing them
after they have been at the institu
tion yenr or two, or when they have
completed the course. In the latter
pictures they appear as well dressed,
intelligent men and women, whose
latent capabilities are plainly indi-
Gated.
Among the schools represented in
the pictorial display are: The Hamp-
ton Normal and Agricultural Insti-
cultural Institute, Hampton, Va;
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn:
Tougaloo University, Tougaloo. Miss;
Berea College, Berea, Ky; Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, N. C.; Roger Will
liams University, Nashville, Tenn;
Union University, Richmond, Va,
Challin University, Orangeburg, S.
c.; Haines Normal and Industrial In
stitute, Atlanta. Ga. Howard Univer-
sitv, Washington, ID. c.; Lincoln In
stitute, Negro State Normal School,
Jefferson City, Mo-; Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Greensboro, N.
c.. Tuskagee Normal and Industrial
Institute. Tuskagee, Ala. This is
the school founded and largely main
tanned through the efforts of Booker
T. Washington.
TO show the present prosperity OF
the industrious, educated negro, there
is a series of Photographic frames
giving views of the home, interior
and exterior, of wellto-do negroes in
many of the large Southern cities.
None Of these is palatial, but all of
them show the comfort and good
taste of the occupants. Affording
comparison between the past and the
present, the last frame in this series
shows the old fashioned log cabin
home, Of the slavery days. People
who think the negro is without capac-
ity for business. will have something
to think about after they have seen
the series of pictures devoted to the
display of business institutions, own
ed and operated colored by men. The
largest business in which they are en-
gagged is a cotton mill in North Caro-
lima, which is owned by company
composed exclusively of negroes. 1t
is the only cotton mill SO owned in
. - L. :,~..,
pictures of the series there are shown
iron foundries, steam laundries,
hotels, contracting outfits and stores
of all kinds owned and run by negroes.
One omission the negroes have made
in this and all their previous statistics
and exhibits. They have never shown
the part they bore in the Revolution
airy War. There were about a dozen
negroes in the Battle Of Kings Noun
tain, a negro named Bowman having
fired the fatal shot that killed the
gallant Captain Ferguson, the British
commander. My authority for this
is an old book in the Library OF Con-
gress. From the same source, !
learned that several took part in the
battle of Guiford Court House and in
other battles fought on Southern terri
tory. | know of a number OF daring
acts performed by the negro servants
OF Young Southern officers in the late
war. The slave ola brave officer who
fell near Richmond went through 4
hail of shots to secure the body Of his
young master when he saw him fall
riddled with bullets. He got the
body-and a slight wound-snd car
ried it home to the family where it
was buried in the plantation c1me-
terry. Being Of Southern birth and
breeding. with all OF similar educa-
ton, know OF and gladly admit all
that is best and noblest in negro
! character.