The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-11-11
WILL BE THROUGH ,TENNEssRE
=. AND PART OF SOUTHERN
~ ~. y KENTUCKY. ~. -
Prominent MeninParty
Noted Educator will Cheer People OF
Volunteer State on to Greater
Achievements and Point Out the
Better Things. q. ..tI.. Z
(By Horace d. SLATER. J


Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 8.-Begin.
ming at Bristol, tennessee, Nov. sth,
and ending, at jackson, November
25th, DR.. Booker r., washington, will
make another one %of his faumous
tours through a Southern State
speaking to thousands Of his people,
and for that matter, to the people of
both races. This, time, the scenes
will be enacted In the Old Volunteer
State, peer OF them ell in the amount
OF real worth and sheer grit displayed
by its Negro citizens. Here Fisk,
Roger Williams and: Walden for years
have sent out good men and true,
to work among the masses OF the
people and have exerted a tremand-
Gus influence upon the, Negro life OF
the state, and indeed, upon the ma
ton. g. ~..,g-. Co.,.
Here active business enterprises,
atupendous in their. conception and
realization, Challenge the admiration
Of the gods; here beautiful women,
pure and %virtuohs; good. men,, strong
and brave have battled against in
human odds and have demonstrated
that the race is worth while. =
1t Is with peculiar Significance
that ''The Wizard" comes to- the
Volunteer State to cheer these strug-
Cling. beings on to greater achieve
ments,, and :. to- point out to- them,
in his usual style, the better things
in life and the efforts necessary to
snatch them from this negroid exia-
tenoe, The interest, dibpEa yed by the
presat and .by4 the peepls of bet
in this forthconlfn ing trip shpaTg Just
to wHRt SFtoat III as1nlngt ts4s
been ahle to ;guage the ptEblle nii&siflfi
ana den1oisff at vgDsjntd Tire perad
venture ofna doubt the remarkable
hold upon the public that he possess
es. From, Carter; to Shelby the PEG
pie are expectant, - enthusiastic.
From Bristol to Memphis, leaders Of
the race in several communities are
making active preparations to dem
onstrate to. every mothers son. in the
party, that in the affections OF the
people Booker Washington Is gu
preme--supremsy Tor the good he has
accomplished, and for the inspiration
his life has been to thousands Of Me-
groes throughout the Southland, Pet
ty jealousies seem to have faded as
the mist before the summer sun, and
all hands are. Joined in this one CEN
trail effort to give. DR.. washington,
, the leader of the race a royal wei
come. x =
The itinerary as mapped out by
Hon. j.. G. Napier includes. Bristol,
Johnson City, Greenville, Morrtstown,
Knoxville, Hartman, Chattano oga,
South Pittsburg, ,Decherd, Fayetteville
Columbia, Pulaski; Nashville, Clarks-
vile, Brownsville, Humboldt, Jack,
son, all In TenneaBee, with one day
spent in the Pearl OF the Pennyrile,
the metropolis OF Southern Kentucky,
the thriving little city Of Hopkins
Vile. Here with the proverbial hospi-
tally common TO the Ozark and
Bloody Ground, Hopkinsville will
give the party welcome that can
not be equaled In Tennessee or any
other state. Prot. p. T. Frazer
president Of the, Hopkinsville College
has the matter In hand, and with
characteristic public spirit, has enlist
ed the support OF all the leading peo-
pie in the comnt1ni&y, and has Sc
lected committee Of one hundred
prominent Negroes OF the city and
county to make the welcome truly
unanimous one.
Accompanying Or. Washington on
this trip through Tennessee will be o
number OF the most prominent men
of the country, including Bishop /
B. Scott, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; Cherries Banks, Cashier on
the Bank of MOUND Bayou, Mound
Bayou, Miss, J n. Bush, receiver OF
public monies, Little Rock, Ark; N
3. Dodson, American Press Associa
ton, New York City; DR.. }. T. Jones
Major r. r. Moten and W. j. T. viii
1iams, Hampton Institute, Hampton
Va; Emmett j. scott, DR.. J. A. Ken
ny, Resident Physician, Warren Loga1
Treasurer, Tuskegee institute; viii
liam H. Steward, The American Bap
list, Louisville, KY; John Daniel
Boston, Mass, and others.
Hon. J. G. Napier, the one mar
behind the trone; is responsible fol
the correct arrangement OF the mass
Of details necessary to make such 6
trip. The Southern, the Queen and