The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-04-01

sslssr. Epi M g,
Royal or the he'll hs of o0r ans
eestors ON the sonth ernf spla ntations|
/. .befo' de wah. |" has mo- equal on the; /
eontinsnt y, The coinMft tee ID charge
OF the. & proceed uGsy ,Ste & Winnsboro
som prisea Rsy, Isming. Rev,
u. S., Rice. Rev. b 8. !. Springs, Rev.
III. L.S Harrs, Az ~ Manic ault, r..
D. Henry and y: RUSSELL. All OF whom
continued with the party to Colpm-
bia, the proud capital, OF this pictur-
esQue Commonwealth. u
49, "A Big Day at the Capital. n II
Much was expected Of 'Fair Col
umbta." the home OF. pr. Richard
Carroll, where he holds the people, 4
black and white, in the hollow OF his
hands because they know him, love
him and have confidence. In his In !
tegrlty and lofty public spirit. The
citizens, more than lived up to their
reputation for open handed Ihospis
tally. The party. was met sat the
depot BY q delegation, headed by the
excellent band from Benedict College
and to. the strains Of martial music,
all were driven In spick and span
carriages to their. abiding places,
DE-. , Washington} and personal star
went to the suburban mansion OF Dr..
Carroll, where was served one of the
best dinners ever, cooked in a South
Carolina home, Mrs. Carroll was.
assisted. In entertaining by Or. Ruth
Carroll, her charming daughter, WIG
lis a graduate Of the Menarry Medical
School at. Nashville and who has
|practicedrat. Rome, Ga. In the after,
noon q reception was held for DR.;
Washington at the First Calvary
Baptist Church, of which DR.. e. A.
M Cheek is pastor : Dr. Washington
delivered another eloquent. address.
Following the exercises; after the
| 1, 800 persons had shaken the "Wiz-
ards" hand and wished him God
speed. six street cars were, placed at
the disposal OF the, party and all took
highly enjoyable car ride through
the principal thoroughfares OF the
city and to the, growing suburbs;
viewing imposing structures erected
by Negro contractors and inspecting
a large tract of land designed for
colored home-buyers, known as
| 'eBooker - Washington Heights ..
Group trips were made to Benedict
College, CarrolIs ,Orphanage and the
| Taylor Lane. Hospital, a WelI-equip-
ped institution conducted by DR..
Matilda Evans, whose services are in
great demand by the quality of
both races because OF her skill as a
surgeon. DR.. Evans, DR. c. w:
Rhodes and DR.. G. w. Burney" all
own automobiles of the latest pat!
tern, valued at 81 900 each, and: 1t is
a pleasing sight to see them speeding
up and down the treeYined streets,
looking after the health Of their
many patients. - =" IT, -. II.
| - At night Columbia Opera House
was packed from pit to dome, and
| the seats allotted to the white people
were exhausted long before the hour
set for the meeting to begin. The
| attendance was estimated at 1900.
After the Invocation py Rev. j.. J:
Durham, of Aiken. Bishop Clinton
! felicitously introduced Dr.. Washing
to as :'the foremost man Of his race
and a foremost statesman in the an
nails Of American history, regard
less of race" Acknowledging the
enthusiastic Chautauqua salute, DR.:
Washington delivered telling adj
| dress, the most emphatic point of
which was his REPUTATION of the al
legged belief said to exist in some
Quarters that the Negro. is seeking to
thrust himself into the social life
OF the white people. He >ridicuIed
2the antics of certain cult who try
to- fCighten well-meahing whites
with the bughahoo of social equality,
asserting that the selfarespecting
Negro had no wish to invade the
sacred precincts of any home where
he was not wanted, and added with
considerable warmth, that the right
minded Negro Is just as proud of
his racial integrity as any white man
can be Of his own antecedents, his
tory or ideals. At Chester, splen-
| did town, en- route to Columbia,
5000 people had. gathered at the
/ station to greet, the train as 1t pulled
In, and In response to loud calls, DR..
Washington stopped and delivered a
ten-minute address. Here. as at
many other. stops on the way, the
Ipopulace crowded; about the rear
platform of the train, pefched them
selves: in branches of trees, sat or
stood upon freight cars and on top
of houses and filled all of the win
dows within hearing of the ,distin-
guisned tourists voice. a=
Where '"Tuskegee Spirit Abounds.
Denmark was the next. It was
here that Elizhbeth Evely Wright, a
tgraduate of Tuskegee, frail Of body