The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-06-20

| cluded Mrs. Roosevelt, Governor J.
M. Terrell, Of Georgia staff of
jamestown Exposition officials, mem
bers Of the Georgia State Commits
sion and number Of newspaper cor
respondents.
In the receiving line stood Mr..
Thomas J. Galloway, chairman Of
the Executive Committee in charge
of the Negro Exhibit; Mr.. Andrew
F. Hilyer, tary-Treasurer; Mr..
Giles B. Jackson, General;
and Mrs. A. H. Curtis, as hostess Of
the Negro Building. Then came the
officers of the Negro Development
| Company: Mr.. w. Isaac Johnson,
President; Rev. A. Binga, Jr., Vice
PRESIDENT; Mr.. Robert Kelson, Sec
rotary; and r. r. Hill, Treasurer.
In the line also were Mr. w. Sidney
building, and Mr.. S. II. Boiling, the
head Of the contracting firm which
erected it.
AS President Roosevelt was being
conducted through the building,
! passing from booth to booth, his at
! tention was frequently attracted to
articles Of particular beauty or nov
I city, and he gave expression to many
i complimentary remarks concerning
them, punctuated literally with ex-
CARNATIONS Of qualification, not I'M
mingled with surprise. He seemed
} to be especially interested in the edu
cational, agricultural and artistic
i displays, and upon reaching the sec.
tions allotted to manufactured ar
ticles made by Negroes in factories
u owned and operated by Negroes, he
u stopped for more minute examina
J ton of the goods and the photos OF
i the substantial plants in which the
| work was done, and was prOfuse in
his praise Of the phenomenal ad
| Vancement the race showed itself tC
| be making in the truly constructive
. arts Of civilization. The agricultur-
| al exhibit pleased him greatly.
I Although the collections in sever.
al Of the departments were far from
complete, owiAg to unavoidable de
lays on the part Of the transportation
| lines In the shipment and delivery
| or large consignments Of goods, the
President was highly elated over the
splendid showing made by the man
agement, under difficulties which he
clearly appreciated and with which
he fully SymDathiZed. He recogniz-
ed in what he saw the results Of
mnch patient industry, intelligently-
| directed effort and broad cOmpre
hension on the part Of the Executive
| Committee as to what an exposition
| really means.
no formal address from the Presi
dent was on the program, but as the
distinguished party was about to bid
the Committee adieu, upon the com.
| pletiOn Of It's tour Of inspection
there came from the crowd a spon.
| tancOus CALL for Speech" SC
/ unanimous and insistent was the re
mand that the President could moi
! refuse compliance. With genuine
feeling, evidenced by an earnestness
Of tone and deep appreciation Of the
cordial welcome that had been ex
tended him. he said TO the assembled
multitude:
"My Friends: I can simply say
one word Of greeting. 1t is a gteat
pleasure to be here to go through
this magnificent building and to sec
the unmistakablc evidences Of the
progress you are making, as show
by the exhibits find here. con
gratnate you upon it. I congratu
late the whole country upon 1t. May
| good luck be with you"
Brief as this utterance was, its
felicitous sincerity struck a populai