The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-09-26
!. PROGRESS
American !. Negro ! is
Praised BY Harris
General Keifer and, Senator Hypes
We're Among the Principal Sp9ak.
r. ers at the Emancipation
Celebration.

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principal speaker at the Emancipa-
tion Day celebration at the Fair
Ground here today. He was escort
ed to\the ground by delegation of
colored citizens headed by the Ninth
Battalion Band.
General j. Warren Ketfer and Sen.
ator o. F. 'Hypes accompanied the
Governor. At the grounds John
Brown Post and Company A, Ninth
battalion, gave a salute to the Gov
ernor' after which the band played
MY Old Kentucky Home" This
was followed by an invocation and
the statement Of the purposes Of the
meeting by Rev, e. A. White, master
OF ceremonies. #.-. ..
Major j.. M. Todd delivered a brief
address Of welcome, after which La
dru Layton gave q numerous recita-
ton.
General j., Warren Kiefer was the
next speaker on the program. He
talked for SOME time upon the events
reading up to the freeing Of the
slaves. He praised the colored peo-
maxine towara a.oIn l.-'1, 10y "e'o
Introd,,oal, -, ~.
covernor 1Ior,;.
Sana+o,, -rI,,ra. ""' -Ai'i W uoeu W
nh,Io 'pes, "noee~ guest he was
An old-fashioned barbecue took
place at the Fair Grounds at 5
DopuIace oo+herad ,rn,, ~, wy. 10Y, .u
hoard a,,,a ,,,o 49, .,as,s,s,' onu 'n1 i0"'"'
fore tho u,ar -. u"'' Oe
covar,or t1o, 49,, :,
"Within +ba 1oa+ 40
-Neproas hoya Hat,,,,,sS. tL ,"n'
selves IN tho r,,hIio so-,r,a <no
of tben, ho. - 49, -. - ~, 0oiiio
ITnited stasaa .arotora 90 W. W.
resentativas 49,, c1o,,or,s<[. -, - ~
istrays ~ fSa 1r,,itad asatas TroosE' 80
and six were Recnrders 20 nao1ss =,
the Distnint .of .ro1,,n,h,o 60,
were Iieutenant Reverence. 80. - -, a
have heen in Tho nons,,1ar aiu1o
matte servica .;and r,o,,, ,o-1o ,eo,,
officers in the ar,nv .oona -, ,,,,,a
have served with credit~tn@+ba'o 1l1I otia
Legislatnre
Notwithstanding tho d,sadvan
taees under ,vbIoh +to,, ,,n II,
ed, the colored mon bova dts+ino,,ioh
ed themselves in the rrofessions and
in literature
"In this age whom Tho 11oo,o
Tribunals have done 90 mnch for
the preservation of sneace and wbon
there is a growing tendency to suh.
~
ton, the achievements of colored q,
we'll as of other men will danend
mostly upon their mart in tho indne.
trial world. The colored mon bav.
done we'll In adaptinp Themselves to
the different ayocations Of life
D. "The handiwork Of the Negro in
various lines has constituted nrom =.
inent sections Of the exhibits at tho
various expositlops in this conntry
since the war. The coJored men
made an exhibit at the exDosition of
the Cotton States at Atlanta in 1895
1t was in a separate (building AMI
was highly creditable along the 1ines
Of Industrial progress. To MANY at
that time it was a surprising demon
stration Of the. DEVELOPMENT Of the
colored people.
At the5JamAstown Expo
"This year the Negroes were
granted the same privilege at the
Jamestown Exposition. The Con-
gress appropriated 100000 for
their building, and North Carolina
gave them $1,000 for their state ex-
hibit. The balance of the money
that they expended was raised by do
nation. Their huilding is large
and handsome structure. 1t was de-
signed by colored architect. 1t is
a complete exposition. Useful arts.