The Washington bee., 1907-09-21

all in North Carolina. And to you
farmers; take fresh courage, renew
your hold; improve your farms. buy
more lands, beautify your homes, edu-
cate your children and, besides, increase
your bank account every year until you
have become thoroughly independent
THE WIZARD" IN WASHINGTON
Dr. Booker T. Washington Scores q
Signal Triumph Before the National
Baptist COHVeHti0H- CeHtYdI School of
Theology in Heart of the South Sag
gested-TeH Thousand People CrOagd
the National Capitals Largest Andi-
t0rinnt-ExPiOt the Friends of the
Race a Keynote
DR.. Booker T. Washington, the fore
most educator and man of affairs Of the
race spoke to a brilliant audience IF
nearly ten thousand ptople on Friday
evening September I3 as the principal
feature OF the Twenty Annual
Session of the National Baptist Con-
vention. The reception accorded the
Tuskegee Wizard" was the most en-
thusiasuc he has ever received in the
Nations Capital, and his own fame and
the popularity Of the great convention
which called him here are greatly en-
hanced thereby
Long before the hour announced for
the beginning OF the exercises, the vast
crowd was gathering from all quarters
OF the Guy, and when Dr. Washington
appeared in the hall, under escort of a
special committee appointed by the con-
venton and by many personal friends.
Convention Hall, fully one block long,
was packed to the doors and hundreds
we're compelled to stand.
Dr. f. c. Morris. of Helena, Ark,
president of the National Baptist Con-
ycntiCn for fourteen years, occupied the
chair, and introduced the speaker in a
most feliCitous address, in which he
said that for five consecutive years the
races largest organized body had been
favored with a message of cheer from
DR.. Washington, one Of their own faith
and order, and described his as the
best-known> Negro in America, and at
the same time the leaSt-known in some
quarters, because of the haze of mis-
representation and calumny which had
Precented his real worth from being as
widely known as his merits deserved.
onight however, that haze would be
moved through hearing the man him
self, and the true Washington would
be revealed as he IS" DR.. Morris elO-
quent tribute was applauded to the
echo, and when DR. Washington arose
TO begin his address the salute was Civ
en-, and repeated waves of applause, con-
tinuing for several minutes. greeted hinE
until he was compelled 70 signal for !
order
DR.. Washington was in splendid voice. !
his ringing tones being heard with dis
in every portion of the vast
auditorium. He was never in better |
humor, and his witty sallies and neat
compliments, as we'll as his fund of |
brand-new anecdotes and illustrations. !
brought forth tumuItuous evidences of |
The serious thread of his
story was listened to with rapt atten. |
non, and at every point there was thor
ough accord between the speaker and his |
appreciarve audience.
.4dTOcGfes Central TheologicaI Train.
ing School.
The intellectual, moral. and economic
growth OF the race was dweit upon at
length, and the usual optimistic curren,
ran through the entire address, breathing
encouragement iii every paragraph. The
power OF organized effort, the accumu-
atIon of the race in land-ownins N m.
acquisition of Church property. in
schools. teachers, graduates. capabK-
equipped ministers, with a proper crit
;isin OF those who are not so GAMBLE
'f worthy, and note of hope for the
So