The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-23
TUSKEGEE CONFERENCE
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION BE-
 GINS ITS WORK.
Tn Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hall
 Negroes Discuss Work Done for Material Advancement of Their Race

of the Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hall There have been weeks of the lmost trying weather known in the his- tory of the South, but today was one I of the very finest of Tuskegee days It
 comes as the first taste of real spring.
 Booker T. Washington called the con
 ference to order st, 10 a. m. After
 dies the Conference Hymn, Am I a Soldier of the Cross" was sung by the large congregation, the Scriptures were
 read and prayer offered by Revs Hugh Hey and Wright.
 | The Conference covered a wide area to-day, at least thirty States, the Dis trict of Columbia and Germany being
 Represented. The following names arc | given:
 Dr. Charles F. Meserve, President Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., Rev.
 Bradley Gilman. Boston Transcript,
 New York Evening Post and Spring field, Mass. Republican, and Mrs. Gil-
 Is Nelson, Boston Herald. Williams town, Mass. MT. Thomas ]. Galloway,
 New York Tribune and New York Sun, Washington, D. C.: MT. Karl Friedrich Heitmann, German correspondent trav-
 cling In America: Mfr. Thos. Jesse Jones, | Associate Chaplain, Hampton Institute
 Hampton, Va; Mir. Ernest c. Amy, Su-
 perintendent Industrial Department Straight University. New Orleans, La {;
 Dr. c. T. Walker, Principal Walker In-
 stitute, Augusta, Ga; J. P. Bryant, Sea- right, Ala Dr. Fl. T. Johnson, Editor The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, Pa; Dr. J. W. F. Bowen, Editor Voice of The Negro. Atlanta. Ga.; Benj. NJ.
 Nyce, President Tailadega College, Mar shall, Texas; Hon. R. l.. Smith, Pres
 ident Farmers Improvement Society, Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Ark; Dr. W. P. Thirkieid, Secretary Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society, Cincinnati, O.: Rev. J. e. A
 Association. Birmingham, Ala; s. c. Atkins. correspondlng Secretary De- partment of Education, A M D. Zion Church, and Mrs. Atkins, winston-Sa- lem. N; C.; George Phenlx, Director Hampton Institute. Hampton, Va. Chris J. Perry, Editor The Phil adelphia Tribune. Philadelphia, Pa;
 B. J. Davis. Editor; Atlanta Indepen- Union Springs, Ala; M. $. Alexander. Sugar Planter, Maillard, P. O., La.; Rev. R. c. Bedford. Secretary Board of Trustees. Beloit, Wis; Solomon Haines:
 Industrial School, Steam Mill, Ga: Rev. T. O Fuller, Principal Howe Institute. ! Memphis, Tenn; Rev. Robert Page. Superintendent colored Orphan Indus
 Driskell, Nashville. Tenn; Will c.
 Gamble, Secretary Berea College, Be-
 req, Ky; B. E. Cartmell, Assistant Treasurer; Berea College Berea, Ky:
 tute. Jefferson City. Mo; Robert E.
 Jones, Editor, Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans. La; Rev. J, C.
 snedecor,. President The stllman In-
 stitute. Tuscaloosa, Ala; J. E. shep- ard, Durham, N. C.; c. c. Spauldlng. Durham, N. C.; N. E. Henry, China, Ala; Lillian S. Cathcart, Principal Lln-
 coin Academy. Kings Mountain, North Caroline; W. H.. Holtzclaw. Principal Utica Normal and Industrial Institute. Utica. Mississippi; Thomas J. Johnson. Principal: Alice Richardson. Principal;
 R: Perry, Union Springs Ala MT.
 Alabama Normal and Industrial Insti- | tute, Greensboro, Ala; Rev. s. A. Par | Is, Marietta, Ga; Dr. Emmett Dens-
 T.; Geo. B. Hard. Principal Beach In-
 stitute, Savannah. Ga; B. W. Hayes,
 President Virginia Theological Semi
 nary and College. Lynchburg. Va; Prof.
 dustrial College. Prairie View. Tex; Abner B. Edwards. Salem, Ala; Rev.
 M. P. Gibson, Pastor Mt. Zion BaStlst
 Church, Waverly, Ala; Garfield Glaze. Tex; Rev. J. R. Mclean, Macon, Ga: | George Hays, Jr., wilberforce Univer-
 sity Wilberforce. Ohio: P. W. Daw-
 and Agricultural College, FrogmDre P | O., (st. Helena Is.). s. C.; s. C. Capel Louisville. Ala; c. W. McRae, .4ouis-
 vile, Ala; Vim: NJ. Hubbard. Princi-
 trial School, Forsyth. Ga; Ad. Wimbs | Greensboro, Ala; Mir. Graham, Greens boro, Ala; pr. B. J. Morgan, Hammer Guild Neighborhood House, Indianapo- Corona Industrial College, Corona
 Ala; E. w. B. Curry President Curry | School, Urbana, Ohio; W. K. Goler. President Livingston College, Sails (F 1r T,n | go, Ill.,; John w. Lemon, Calhoun, Ala | bama; - Houser, Atlanta Baptist Col
 lege. Atlanta. Ga; Mfr. J. A. Hopkins,
 Editor' Etor' 2 AtiaRt@ rh,,n Age, Atiants, Ca. |; Ida l.. shellenberger, ElSira B. Ham
 lin, Harriet E. Bates, Spelman Semi
 nary, Atlanta, Ga. w. II. Gillian and
 three delegst'es. L9faygsette Ala Thos Warrenton, N. C.; O. B. Green. Chi- cago, H.; Emma J. Foster. Phoenix City Alabama; Charles Stewart Stew
 arts General Press Bureau, Chicago.
 l.. A. Van Hoose, Tuscaloosa, Ala; pr.
 Phelps, Physician, Calhoun Colored
 School, Calhoun. Ala; Rev. Brister, | Chaplain Kowaliga Institute, Kowali.
 ga, Ala; Mary F. Thomas, Black Noun tain. N. C.. Margaret Martin, Dora
 Robb. Margaret Fleming, Knox Acadv
 erny, Selma. Ala; H. P. Shupe. Editor
 The Watchword, Dayton, O.; Rev. D.
 G. Hill, Editor Mosaic Guide, Little | Rock, Ark. Wm. J. Edwards, Princi-
 pal Snow Hill Normal and Industrial
 institute. Snow Hill. Ala; J. W. ovie- l Urea, Principal East Tennessee Normal | and Industrial Institute, Hartman. | Tenn; W. T. Evans, Secretary, and | Treasurer of the East Tennessee Nor
 mai and Industrial Institute, Hartman. | Tenn; R. T. Pollard. Morgan, Precep- | tress, Alabama Baptist Colored Uni- versity. Selma, Ala; H. l.. Swift of the
 Beulah Land Farm School Bay
 Springs, Mich; P. F. Clark. Vice. | President Penny Savings Bank, Bir-
 mingham. Ala; Chas. Moore, A. & M.
 College. Greensboro. N. C.; Rev. A. N. McEwen. Mobile, Ala: H. Q. Atwood, Saginaw, Mich; Bertha Reid, schofield
 School. Aiken. s. C.; R. O. Gimpson. | Furman, Ala
 After the religious exercises, Dr. | Washington spoke in part, as follows At the opening of this the four | teenth annual session of the Tuskegee | Negro Conference, we can point to
 many evidences of real progress as a | result of these annual gatherings. | Calmness and confidence are power | ful factors In the progress of a race | as well as in that of an individual | The work accomplished by this organi- | zatIon with its numerous ramifications, | should convince us that the policy for | the race to pursue, Is to continue it's | course of seeking quietly, patiently and | courageously after the essentials of | life. We should more and more &C.,