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

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sone Hat nts ~ intss III N
lonRtS tSigiK> all sorts of CON-
|sfeyAnces 10 bling. them to see the
i1atron saint of Industrial training.
'fOf, g. Is. Miller acted as{mastef. OF
ceremonies. Rev. J.GF.t Coleman
read the sseriptnEe lesaont and Ray.
&. e. L1Aerys offered prayer. AFTER
I.which the speaker of the hon wSs
,ntroduced by Ex-S State Senator s. C.
Maybe (White.) the wealthiest,
landowner IA the county, and to
whose generosity to Elizabeth Wright
me school owes its beginning Sehst-
Or Msyheld iauded DR.. Washington
! md paid sfR glowing tribute to- the
snergy and womanly virtues Of Miss
Wright, later the wife OF the present.
head Of the school. Prof. Martin t4k.
IMenafse, talso4a graduate OF Tnske-
gee. He told me one good man starts
Ian endless chain of blessings. Hamp-l
ron gave It's Rocker washington, he
Isaid;., Washington gave us Tiskegee
ind Tuskegee Sproduced an Elizabeth
Wright. II there had not been a.
General Armstrong; we would not
have had ~ Booker Washington3> tf,
There had not been a Booker Wash
flngton, we would not have had an.
t1Elfzabeth E.sWright. DIR. Wasting;
sonA spoke with unusual plainness to
i ais farmer friends for more than an;
hour, and feFvent "anens''ts wers
i Picard from lips that recognized the
i ruth OF z hisg; homely .tphiIosophy.,
4 bishop Clinton delivered one tof the
best addressssaOf his series here and
Major Motion Ied the jubilee, Sins
ing. A collection of $50 was taken
,ip and presented to the school. On
fthe way to Denmark. brief. stop
Twas made at Blackvi7le ~.and 1.-The
Tuskege talked to 500 people,
some OF whom were colored engin-
GERS, firemen, brakemen, and rail
road yard employees who are mum
erous in this little railroad junction
town. On the way to Orangeburg,
q stop was made at hamburg, and
later at BranchNlIe. where the
mayor welcomed the party. st't.2W>>f4
AT South Cardinals Greatest, seat OF
Learning. - 800 2.s3
|, Orangeburg is South CarO1ina's
yereatest seat or learning. The@im:
mense Claflin University, fostered by
the M e. churches, North, is there In
all Its glory, and the, State Colored
College Of South Carolina, handsome e.
ly equipped and growing In strength
. and influence horn from the activities
and consecratsd zeal of former Con
gresham Thomas E.. Miller, is next
door. Tingleya Hall, the new build.
ing given by asporther philanthrop-
list named Tingley is one of the finest
school buildings in the country
Shortly after the, arrival. of the spec
ial, a meeting was held in Webster
Hall, Clahin sUntversity, and address,
, lses were delivered by Rev!y-W. HI
Moses, OF the foreign Missionary
service of the National Baptist Con
Evention, Charless Stewart, W.T.. B
!, I;Williams, and Others. 2 Mr.; Stewart
IA 1 Humerist of note, made a,3pro.
nounced hit and added TO an already
Ebtg reputation. In the morning, the
Echapel Of the : State College was
Eerowded with happy faded students
and a scholarly looking faculty, and
all 1istended;: with interest to
Ispeeches by President. Miller, BisfOL
Clinton, Charles Stewart and r. w
Thompson. AT II O'Clock the people
Egreeted Dr., Washington at Clafin
: and at 1 O'Clock q great audience
assembled in Webster Hall to hear
him tell re story Of the Negroes up;
ward mar CHI. The students had 8
yell for the occasion, testifying TIC
the greatness Of Washington. In the
i parquet seats and on the rostrum
were fully 500 white citizens, wht
; gave the speaker their undivided At
ttention. DR.. Durha> l's classic intro
duction OF DR.. Washington, a frater
lnal TALK by President l.. M. Dunton
Major Motions folk-songs, a splendid
rendition Of the famous sextete from
Lucia. di Ls.mmermoor," and q Sole
by Miss Flora Wallace, and drives
through the town after Adjournment
were, distinctly enjoyable features o.
the day. DR.. Washington was thu
; guest of Mr.. Levy, q successful bust
ness man of the city. ~ : -,
/ THE train was two hours late IL
reaching Camden, said to be the old
eat poorest and proudest town in tn,
State, but an audience that com
fR1etely filed the Opera House wait
cd patiently until the party arrived
qnd the, "Wizard' geld the peopl,
$peal-bound, as usual for an hour
Land half. AS at all other points
Efhe attendance of the whites was
Elarge and they were especially
, idemSnstrative here in yoicing thei,
approval of the Tpskeegan's fail
Ecommon-sense policies. DR.. Carol