Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-11-25
BOOKER 7. WASHINGTON.
Rev. Sam Jones Becomes Enthu-
siastic In Praise of Him.

In communication to the Allan
ia (Ga.) Journal the Rev. Sam p.
Jones, of Cartersville, Ca, writes:
Il have been preaching, peregri.
mating, lecturing around over the
United States for thirty years, but
l think the biggest, broadest thing l
have struck in all my rounds l hit
last Saturday night at the Booker
Washington Normal Institute Of
Tuskeegee, Ala. l arrived at Tus-
keegee on the evening train, and
about 8 o'clock, in carriages, with
Congressman Thompson, the Rev.
Mr.. Trawick, and other gentlemen,
l drove out to the chapel or audlto-
riam of the school, and we walked
in and took our seats on the plat
form. There were 2,4O0 students
sitting before me, and a choir of 200
behind us. 1t was a marvellous
sight to look upon. They gave us
three songs-two OF classical mu-
sic and one along the line of the old
fashioned negro melodles-and
with this one they we'll nigh lifted
the roof from the great building.
was then introduced to the audi
ence, and spoke for an hour and a
half. am sure never spoke to a
more respectful, attentive, appreci-
alive audience. After the lecture
we had other songs, and the enter
tainment, not including my lecture,
was immense.
II have believed for years that
Booker T. Washington was the
leading colored man of the world,
and have always believed that he
was leading his people right. l
heard that he said to his stud ents
some weeks ago: Now. don't any
of you cherish the idea of social
equality. 1t will be a thousand
years he said, before you can
rhink and talk along that line. You
have got to put thousand years
of industry, of history, of poetry, of
science, of achievements behind you
before you can dare think of social
equality, much less talk about it,
and, said he, If you get an idea
like that into your head l can dis
cover it very soon, and you will
have to emigrate from here" He
said: You do not need to think
about how social equality can be
brought about, but you need t.
think, Chow can l make an honest
living and provide meat and bread
and clothes and homer"
Booker Washington is a gener.
al. He is more than that, he is a
king. He rules with absolute au-
thority the thousands who attend
his school; his word is law. The
discipline of the school is magni6-
cent, and it takes great generrlship
to put twelve hundred girls and
twelve hundred boys in the same
great buildings as pupils and rule
them with so little friction.
Last Saturday night as I looked
upon that great audience of colored
students, l wished the great world
of men could look and see what
saw and hear what l heard. l wish
the world understood Booker Wash.
ington and the great work he is
doing for his race. l am told it
takes over 100000 a year to pay
the running expenses of that school,
and his broad brain must not only
run that school but raise that mon
ey, and he is doing both, and
verify believe that as Moses was a
leader to the Israelites of old, SO
Booker Washington, by the provi.
dence of God, has been raised up as
the great leader of his race.
81 found Booker Washington, So
cially, to be a modest, retiring, and,
l might say, humble gentleman.
He thrusts himself upon nobody.
He knows his place, and in his
place he is king. His biography is
revelation, his work is an inspi-
ration, and his success is marvel
Gus. l believe that no man can do
these things except God be with
him.