River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-01
Arriving at Nashville l eng gagged a

Arriving at Nashville | eng aged
room for that night, got my dinner
and took car for Fisk University,
an institution established soon att
er the war, and so far as know,
the first negro college. Here l
listened to Latin, English literature
and chemistry classes; then went
back to the city, not by car, but
walked through some of the lower
by-streets where the poor whites
and the negroes live, considerably
mixed, thence through portion of
the business center, calling upon
the Hon. ]. C. Napier, wealthy
attorney and financier, a negro born
in slavery in 1848, to-day an es-
teemed citizen and member of the
bar. Mr.. Napier has held many
honorable and responsible govern
ment positions, long before Theo.
Roosevelt ever thought of becoming
President of the United States, only
one of which l will mention, name
ly, revenue agent for fine internal
revenue district embracing Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Louisiana. Mr.. Napier took a deep
interest in looking into the work of
the Industrial Missionary Assocla-
ton and will manifest his co-opera-
ton before long. At Montgomery
I had the pleasure of comforting
with Mr.. Chas. E. Edgerton, an
authorized representative of the De-
partment of Agriculture and now
investigating the conditions in the
South. He wished to know about
the society represent. Having
met and addressed the six or seven
hundred students at the State
Colored Normal school at Mont
gomery, l went next to Tuskegee to
meet Profs. Galloway and Carver of
that institution who are on the pro-
gram for our Negro Farmers Insti-
tute FOR Nov. 29th and 30th. Pres.
Booker Washington being away I
was invited to occupy the evening
at the chapel Sunday, the goth.
Having already spoken before this
body of thirteen hundred officers,
teachers and students, I told Mr..
Warren Logan, the Assistant Prin-
Opal and Treasurer. that If they
cared to run the risk | would take
my chances. Well, Yankee gall will
help a man through most anything
and got through that, and was in
vited to come again.
Monday, the 21st, off for Atlanta,
Ca, arriving at about noon and
took car for Clark University.
met Prof. (aaw President) w. H.
Crogman, and lady matFan from
Wisconsin; then to the colored Y.
M. c. A. to meet Prof. w. E. B. Du-
Bots, author of ''souls Of Black"
who holds the chair of sociology in
Atlanta University. Both of these
men are negroes of avery high or
der of intellectual and professional
ability. Fisk is a Congregational
University, Clark a Methodist and
Atlanta Is non-sectarian, The Rap-
fists have strong work at Atlanta
Atlanta Baptist Seminary and
Spelman Ladies' Seminary
Tuesday morning, 22nd, address
ed the students at Clark University
chapel. Presented by Pres. Crog-
man with copy of his recent book,
Talks for The Tines" then back
to the city and off for Beloit, Dallas
county, Ala, via Montgomery, to
be there for duties connected with
our work, Thanksgiving dinner, etc,
Plan to leave tor the North and
the "shivers" Dec. 5th. A trip of
this kind, with side trip into the
country TO see the conditions of the
regions beyond" letter writing,
and almost endless individual dis
cussions that a northerner is SUBJ
ject TO who invades this territory,
make rather a strenuous life for a
while. The South cannot seem 10
forgive Theodore Roosevelt and |
Booker Washington for that little
dinner party. J. w. RAwsoN.