The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-11-26

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kind of Clothes and deep down in his
heart the Negro in the South loves
the community in which he lives, anu
is ready to lay down his life if need
be for the best white people in that
community. There are hundreds OF
white people in the city of Nashville
who would trust their families, their
wives and daughters and every dollar
they possess in the hands Of certain
Negroes and feel perfectly sure that
that trust would not be betrayed. AS
travel through Tennessee and get into
individual communities l find that in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the
relations between the individual Negro
and the individual white man are all
that could be desired This individ-
ual relation between the black man
and the white man is the basis for
the settlement of whatever problems
that are remaining.
'In the year 1918, three years from
next January, the Negro will have
Teen free fifty years. There is a plan
on foot fathered by the leading col
ored people in this country to hold
somewhere in the South an exposition
that will show to the world the prog
ress which we have made in our fifty
wears of freedom in industrial direc-
lions, education, morality and religion,
and above all will show the friendly
relations existing between Negroes and
white people in the South. 1t is the
plan to not only show what the Negro
has accomplished since he has been
free, but also to show the help he
received from the Southern white man
in the days of slavery in giving him
q higher degree of civilization. In
my opinion there is no case in history
where race has risen so suddenly
from barbarism to civilization so
quickly and the Negro in America
should not only have the credit but
the white man in the North and in
the South should have credit In a
conversation a few days ago with Pres
ident Taft he expressed himself in a
most emphatic way as being willing
to endorse and help forward in every
way possible such an exposition"
After the speaking was over scores
of friends came to the platform and
were introduced. Those invited tc
seats on the platform were: DR.. Kun
Ter, President of Walden University
DR.. George w. Hubbard Dean of Me
harry Medical College; DR.. Gates
President of Fisk University; Prof j
w. Johnson, President Roger Williams
University; Prof. R. L. Jones, State
Superintendent of Education; Mayor
Hillary e. Howse and the entire
Washington party consisting O.
the tourists who accompanied then
: through the state, together with tn
committee who had charge OF thu
entertainment and the chorus o
singers who were the employees of tn,
+ National Baptist Publishing Board.
The schools that had reserved spac
in the auditorium were: The Methods
Training School lwhite), Fisk Uni
versity. Roger Williams University
walden university anu .Meudiiy MSul
, cal college
! MUSIC.
f The chorus of about a hundre
l. voices that rendered the music on las
( Sunday night at the Ryman .AuditC
e rum was composed of employees
o the National Baptist Publishing Boar
y through sheer patriotism and desir
9 to show to the party and tourist
o what is being developed among tn
n Negroes by way of special production
It from eminent composers. That the
e made splendid showing could not
IS denied Their selections throughol
IS the evening were the production Of N
IS gro brain. Several songs attracte
le much attention especially noticeab