The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-04-01
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GaftSes, ISL g i; ifsSsldsrch 81 THE.
tour pf pr. Booker y. Washington
tlrnagh tho stats q South carolina,
Waa a Tsritable s.narsh Of Triumph Il.
!. IsYery N onnr ia ats America Ill apst;
unique com ID nWeaath could bestosWs
and teSsry acour tasys that D hospitabie
people cont ID, 4Bsre ahowared'
iipSn spHsk sgeen from
the alnSnI astt hs HIS party; OF fe,,-
resent alive riien entered the atate fGtS
Rock Hllis Oh SUM 81. March Ia I'M.
til the cfoaa OF the Z kaleid escopic
itinerary on SUN day night. March 3 l..
IS PAs "trip cosered = the principal
cities pf South Carolina, embracing
formal aceptfons at Rock; Hill.
WinnpboFo, e UoIpnBfa, Denmark,
OranEeburg, Camdsn, SUMTER; Flor
ence Charleston Anderson, Green.
vile and GafeneF, hesldes numerous
stops at, 1ptegsaed date points en- route
Where$ tho rsopief turned out by the
h0aAredaS to- hear q word Of, encour-
SEGMENT from the. great educator.
who spoke to-; them from the rear.
platform of special car In which
the party travelled. = - $$'& =. nv
8 AT every station visited, DR.. Wash
fngton was TrsceiVed with wild ac-
clsina.: Brass bands played their
1iYeiiest sairg aseha febiidren waved,
sass ana rs It Ssss sstaa upon which
Rsfa dascYA bed s str king ,qaotafio ns
aGenAi tss s., tha
masytIB.s ~ Wife, Sid black, ,cheered
every Agpi hSa11 IS eEhnea TO 1atlle
ecRuS Sea 1akldy dsss8tfkaad IT. a proud
privilege 10 be allowed to catch even
fteeting glimpse OF him as he was
swiftly, whirled from town to town.
The big meetings were attended by
the leading white people of the yari~
GUS cities, ,wh9 We'd with their col
ored neighbors in making DR.. Wash
ington Welcome within their gates. '
70. Not since emancipation has any
event so completely taken possession
- Of the Negro'5 attention in this state
as the visit OF this wonderful man.
Coming at q tirisAwhen the race is
beset by many fears for It's future
and filed With grave apprehension
over Its civic astatus, the message Of
hope brought by the eminent trib-
une Of the people was heard gladly,
enthusiastically, helpfully. He spoke
as one: inspired2 by divinity, and the
effect OF his earnest exhortations for
patience, peace, good will industry
and 2mora1ity, IN being felt already, In
every section of the state. Not only
is South Carolina upIffted. : but
throughout the length and breadth
of the land there is plainly evident a
new determination on the part Of the
right-thinking Negroes to go for
ward--rto make. the best Of the: rich
opportunities offered by the soii, by
the trades, IN business, In the school,
room. In the pulpit and In profesr
aionaI life Not only has the Negro
been heartehad and strengthened by
the optimistic addresses of Dr.. wash
ington, but the thousands of infiuen-
tial whites who have listened with
absorbing interest to his compre-
the so-called trace problem" haye
given convincing evidences Of their
belief in the souhdness Of his views.
AS q result OF his plain, practical,
heart-to-heart> talks, - there is q
stronger sense OF kinship between
the two RACES In al parts Of the COM
Tnonwealth, a9d an impulse for gen.
uine progresa has been generated
that bodies we'll for the whole people.
In NJ king the arrangements---s
capably handled by Rev. Richard
Carroll of Columbia, and MT. w. T.
Andrews, of Sumter, two Of the most
potent factors In the development Of
our people In the state--not q sim
gle element In South Carolina's cos
nopolitan population was overlook
.- ed. Professional and business man
have touched elbows with the farm
er and meehaaic: queens of society
have listened In common With the
cook and 1aup5reea. All have been
Instructed, entertained, thrilled by
the magnetic orators broad phioSo-
ply, home1y truths and infectious
humor. Press and public agree that
he leaves behind him spirit Of mu-
tual belpfulness Between the races
that will manifest itself in d sym
pathetic cooperation that Invariably
follows In the wake of better IN
derstanding or what one class OF
citizens owe to another class. DR..
Washington's coming has done great
good tosa1I concerned. His tour has