Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-08-28

KEYNOTE.
Wednesday night Macauley's Thea
ter. the principal playhouse OF the
city. was packed from pit 70 dome
with one OF the finest audiences ever
assembled there. DR.. Booker T
Washington's annual address was the
feature OF the occasion Mr. W. n.
Stewart. editor Of the American Bap-
tist Kentucky's leading religious
publication. presided and following
his Introduction OF ~Dr. Washington.
the Wizard of Tuskegee" was given
the ChautauQua salute as ne came
forward 20 deliver his address.
which is accepted as the keynote Of
the policies and purposes of the
National Negro Business League.
Dr. washington reviewed the pro-
Sress OF the race since emancipation
and found the outlook most encour-
aging. The stimulus Of the National
Negro League was clearly seen. he
said. 80 the increased number of
banks. business enterprises OF every
description that are springipg ND an
over The country and in the vast area
OF land that the race is acquiring in
the states. Ia forty years. the Ne
gro has gotten possession of an acre
age nearly as large as the New Eng
land States. To the credit Of the
Negro be placed 400. 900 homes .
100000 farms. nearly 200 drug
stores, $4,000 churches. hundreds of
undertakers. and over 10000 con-
Quoting the dry goods stores. gro
cerles and Industrial enterprises
that are found in an sections az the
land. The Negroes OF the United
states are ahead Of the Negroes of
tne world Stating that another four
years VIII mark the hftieth anpfveN-
Sary OF The date on which the Ne
sro was set free. he suggested that
me people Of the Colored race should
celebrate the occasion 10y giving "a
mammoth fair OF exposition. setting
forth In detail the progress that bas|
Deen made The suggestion was
gwen @ hearty round Of cheers and
committee has been appointed FOL
report on the matter az the next
meeting Of the League The randi
progress of The Negro. the Wizard Il
THINKS. is due in a large measure FOL
the constructive labors OF the 500 lo-
car leagues scattered throughout tboI
country pushing forward the basic
IDEA enunciated by the national or
sanitation
The committee on nominations re-
ported the following recommends-
ions for officers FOR the ensuing wear
and the election resulted as follows
booker T. Washington. president
Iuskegee Institute Ala. Charles
Banks, first vice president. Mound
Bayou. Miss: DR.. 5. G.. Flbert
second vice president. Wilmington
Del; Harry T. Pratt. third vice pres
ident. Baltimore. Nd. Emmett 7
scott corresponding secretary. TINS
kesee institute, Ala. Gilbert c. Hsr-
RS treasurer Boston. Mass :
lang Williams. compiler. Chicaro
ii-' p * Gilbert, registrar. Brook
Iyn, n Y; z. @. Houston. assistant
registrar. Fort Worth. Tex: William
p. Davis. Official stenocrapber
washington, d. c.: Cyrus FieIdl
ADAMS. transportation agent. wash
ington. D. c.
Executive Committee c. Ma
per chairman. Nashville. Tenn
Dr. :. :. Courtney. Boston. Mas
D. G. Jackson. Lexington. XIV. "
L. Taylor, Richmond. Va. E p
booze' Colorado Springs Colo: ] r
!, "sh. Little Rock. Ark, J. B Bell
houston Tex. :. A Furniss. Indian
alohs. Ind. NJ. NJ. Lewey. Pensacola
Ia, W. 7. Andrews. Sumter. s. q
r. ID. Patterson, Greenfield. O
A strong set of resolutions. .uro-
ing q vigorous agitation Of the spirit
or constructive DEVELOPMENT and
optimism among the Negroes OF the
country, was offered by Mr.. T 7
galloway and unanimously adopred
attention was called 20 the satis-
factory settlement Of the Georgia
hEenen strike, in which the colored
"orHmen were placed on an equal
footing with other races in the mat
Ter OF wages and opportunity for ad-
vancement