The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-29

In It's limits successful u 70 ~ ~, ~ n n
n a book 20, as "The Common Lot" however a1.
IL D ,hat ~ shows a smaller reach. less
art and not nearly SO n .I,1,a, H. az
either Of chractcr or civilization
,ruslxEGE1s AND ITS PEOPLE, ! Intro NJ re-
= ductionas byft"Booker i. 9W t. u 80
Pp., 254 N2.co net. y. Applo'of'5 x ) II
The rise and growth OF TusRegee mas
not,,raiIy Interested a good many people
to inquire Just what the instltu.s W ,hs
accomplishing to ~ the h Mpai', Yoiume has
been prepared with @ view TO answering
those injuries The book Is announce,
as under the edtorship. OF booker r. !:
Washington, but the real eui' tha nr Tu
pals secretry, an unusually alerI an, anu
capa blc-lookng young man. named LII ~!
nett J. Scott, who contributes an open
ing chapter on Present :, Ach Ioi. iu 20
c crm OF Of contributed articles. those
in Part T. dealing with the schooi anu
its purposes, those in Part II. CONSISTING
of nutohographies OF var'ou s ! an in
Guiding eighteen Of these personal mar
ratives-a college presidents story,
school principals story. lawyers story
woman's story story or wh nee W M
two in that 1t gives frst-hand testimony
OF actual achievements and OF the weight
OF Tuskegee influence 1t gives the read.
cr an inkling Of the TREMENDOUS part .. ,o1
Booker Washngton's school has played
for good in a many hundreds Of lives
A Northern visitor to the South was
asked upon his return IL he had seen En-
Booker Washington's school. scn0oi
ington's city. From an humble, origin IN
1851, ST,skegee has risen to plant COM
prising 900 acres OF land ana no less
than 1913 buildings Of various , SORTS. !, ~
fpft III
sent sen forth forth some 10 Young men and wo,
men as full graduates to scatter ap Ia aa
and leaven the mass OF the whole race !,
as well as over 6,000 others. VINO "er g
helpful influence from the school. Booker
Washington's high ideals and earnest ~ ae-
sire to elevate his race. have MADE us US,
s sunnI i its itself on school and scholars
alike His work has enlisted the sym.
puthy OF the white race Norm anu 9
South. who have testified their interest," rs =, J
story OF this work that the volume be-
fore us has traced. The DOCK IS llln Is
| trntcd with many photographs OF pnl!d-
| intelligent men ana women who are d.
rectlng their education.
LYNCH IAyy.-By Jamcs2 Gilbert Cutler,
pp, 2Sl. $50 net; LonEmans. Green
g. Co., New York, :, 49,,
Instructor in Economics In Wellesley Col,
| lego. has collected tho largest mass OF
facrs in regard 10 lynching IN America
that has ever, we believe. Dseh K ;,t y
tory tory. Of lynching, @whlci, is sometimes de-
scrIbed as our national crime, mas 6cel,
cxhaus,lvey traced from TIE earliest ,m1
times and his openins chapihe n,y oh m ~,
origin Of he term nlynG;n s' ~ W. III" his
| torical archives.
The variety of tho origins, ascribcd 70
this word viii be a surprise 70 mos
people, but virginia. n fhs eaIm the Hs
honor through, the person OF Charles
Lynch, az Chestnut Hin, now Of Lynch,
burg, one OF The most intcrestlntg n ma
valuable features OF ne doom ~ ,,s
the l various causes for lynchlng. propor,,
| lion of whites and negroes, number o.
iynchlngs according to scctlonalily \. nc 9,
cortilng 10 SEX according ta saus'',n ,o y,
Of Of these fiaures ara based on the chiea,
20 TribuDc's annual summary q crime NJ,
and Violence, for the pas, tWn y, ov I,
years. Despite the assufnpt loll o. ,!'os
Is shown thai q TIE nnsr1es 'yh hir, :.
four per cent. heye been put 20 dealf
for The usual" crime.
! pr Cutler investigates tni'y w 81 ar Z ~
4 hugsosts possibIe remedies u gu ne,
Ia Maryland lawyer iol me eHeci ~,
"l.ps ihau q doxen lysehe apd h nn1 f Sn'
or r' ,wn had bcen p'nlshnd." That lynen,
IIms H. II isrrtbls wrong and li,at ~ stamI
as our national crime II nothing sno,s =
a national disgraee, most of w arn VII
Ing 10 admit, Ept until Wf Gfen, 8, =
ns 10 s,nnd as a bulWark IN tines q
perBona and individual exclle1leni,, - ,h Y
lhAN aug ~ ssiaIDaltpp ~ ~ Pad aYoc'