Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-30
A race CONFERENCE
Meeting cf Prominent Negroes
Held in Columbia, S. c.
ADDRESS. By B. +. WASHINGTON

P1ksident:, of Tuskegee institute
Speaks in Afternoon at Allen Uni.
yersity, Negro Institution, and at
Might at Columbia Theatre, Ad-.
dressing Large Audience, 1ncluding
Several Prominent White Citizens
S and ! Number Of Negro Leaders
PROM South carolins and Other
States.
Coinmbiia, ia, E:S. c., Special,-Booker
I T Washington, president: ofss the
TnsSegee Institute, addressed . the
frse negro race conference ever .heid
inaSolth Carolina.
Washington spoke i'll the atter-
noon at Allen University, . negro n
s;tEfiddir o. thisI; ty. :ala atSnissht nj
dressed 4 lafge audience as tie Co.
llmbia Theatre. The first floor OF
the house was neserved Tor white
people. Seated on the stage were
several prominent white .:citNens,,to-.
eether with large number of negro.
leaders from from this and other States.
Washington, after praisins;
/, work of Rev. Richard. Carroll, the
& moving spirit Of the conference, said
that the holding of this conference IN,
( South Carolina was, in his opinion,
j evidence that the friendly feeling be-
tween. the races was steadily grow:
ing ing. Washington said in part::
4 was born here in the South, my
/: early boyhood was spent In slavery
here in the South and there is no
spot ON earth so dear to, me MS the
soil Of our Southern States, where.
we Of both races for SO many years
have lived and tailed: ~.
William f. Gonzales, editoE Of The
State, spoke to the conference at
the noon session, expressing .gratif-
cation at. the meeting being, held ::in
Columbia. Observance of law by
both races was the surest guarantee
.of harmony in the South: 1T is the
province of white leaders to impress
the necessity Of the laws observance
5on the whites, and of the negro lead
.ers to teach their race the vital i'm
/ portanceg of being law-abid;ng:
= M fsacss 81, w. snsn 1Sss1 Ss
lin the South side by side for 4all
I 4. .sime, no matter what ;the.sies may
Z be advanced and emphasized. This
- i - - sS,ni,ct ii faca
q s;;;o g y ,:e orc! e ramsin tnoether :fIe
~, - q? = ma .s sbnn,S sonstantlv
saSs;aar sis I how can We we do # i inis
: ss = .ana ;n 4 Nav that
- tl;a bsst inter.
sestss 81 fSe otber:s: 8 ,vgay, tbat. .eaei
m s. III r. md more appy. more
Zn;,ss of Ia lIrasesn1aeses 1ass
siafs tbsss Il "a the M ertrse.IIas ofs
gsol is sind llaaost csarie FAT
IS si,sa Il ssTSsnI, sfssi sao.
pnfsiIss SD s: course Which s5yiill encourage;
s:lacial striife when two peoples are
los remain together Cor alt time.
,,Sas Clad 10 see stfiatsa brave!
strong white man from Mississippi al
few diIys age at the Southern Cot
3 ton Convention held in Birmingham
stood iup and: said that he: had got
Glen to;: the point where he was tired
9cfFshearing the:s negro continually
abused That opinion represents, the;
attitude Of thousands Of our best
Southern white people.
The negro race IS given a free:
!: opportunity to, enter the educational I
land professional field and can sue
eeed as many are doing IN the c'ty
ssof Columbia. - :,
But we must not rest sanshea
with what we have achieved IN the
past. 1 want to emnhaslze with you.
tonight; a; few matters that directly
concern our future In this communl-
lily, and throughout the State. In the
first place, we must face the fact that /.
considerable criticism is; constantly:
brought against .us. as a people, be-
cause it is said that 'the negro. is
not reliable as "a laborer.,, The Lead
ers and teachers of our people must
see to. it. that there is q change in
this: respect.
sfNo section of the South is more
interested from a financial point of
/: view in the success of the negro than
ia trne oe:,this State. In the first
place it s.:tremendously important
.tbat .the iineoros he banny,. that peace.
exist between the races. because
there can be no satisfactory labor
iwben, tbe. white man and the black.
nan sEs AZ daeesrs, noints. The
more more tbe.laborsr Is satisfied. the bet
[ ter service m viii he render,
ct have referred to the subject of
making negro lasor.e reliable. y One
wav to. ao-it sfand4thats is what the.