The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-11-04


Booker T. Washington, the worlds
most famous advocate of common
sense education, began weeks tour
of the state of North Carolina on Fri
day.. and since the hour his itinerary
was officially launched at historic
Charlotte an era of good feeling has
been more and more noticeable in
every center of influence that he has
touched. There is in the very air a
wave of sympathetic interest that
gives promise of lasting benefit to all
the people of this great common
wealth.
The itinerary.
The pilgrimage began at Charlotte
lastFriday, where big day was spent.
Saturday was divided between Con-
cord and Salisbury. Saturday night
High Point was visited, and Sunday
was given over to Winstor-Salem.
Sunday night finds the party at
Greensboro, with Reidsville scheduled
for Monday morning. Then the after
noon will be put in at Greensboro,
with Durham as the objective point
for Monday night, lying over there for
a further program Tuesday morning.
Wilson, Rocky Mount, Washington,
Tarboro, Newbern and other points
will be visited in turn, and on Thurs
day the itinerary will wind up with
rousing farewell meeting at Whining
ton. The local comittees everywhere
are extending hospitality of the most
lavish character and the distinguished
guest and his associates are finding
the South to be indeed the garden
spot of the nation" as far as the in
dustrial opportunity, educational spir-
it and material prosperity are con-
cerned.
The immediate guest party is made
up as follows. From Tuskegee Insti-
tute DR.. Booker T.. Washington; EN-
NETT ]. Scott his private secretary
and recently member of the United
States Commission to Liberia; Nathan
Hunt, his stenographer; ]. H. Wash
ington, director of industries; DIR. J.
A. Kenney, resident physician; 9. w.
Green, superintendent of Truck Gar
dening. Hampton nstitute-Major r.
r. Motion, commandant and w. T. B.
Williams, field agent of the John F.
Slater fund. Washington, D. C.-R.
w. Thompson, manager of Thomp-
sons National News Bureau, and w.
Sidney Pittman, the noted architect.
New Orleans-Dr. R. e. Jones, editor
of the Southwestern Christian Advo-
cate. Boston-W. H. Lewis, Assist
ant United Stated District Attor-
ney and prospective Assistant
Attorney General OF the United
States, and DIR. Robt. e. Park, maya
zine writer and literateur. Columbia,
S. C.-Rev. Richard Carroll, president
of the South Carolina State Fair Asso-
citation, Hopkins, Ky.-Horace D.
Slater, national correspondent.
Among the prominent North Caro-
linians in the party are Rev. G. C.
Clement, editor of the Star of Zion:
Attorney ]. T. Sanders, DR.. w. T. Nc
Crory, president of Biddle University,
all of Charlotte. Mr.. NcCrary, of VIII
mington; Prof S. A. Peeler, president
of Bennett College; DIR. ]. p. Dellinger,
Prof c. H. Moore, of Greensboro;
Prof. ]. M. Avery, Prof. Ameym, Edi-
tor w. IS. Young and others of Dur
ham; J.. A. Garan, Of High Point and
George F. King, representing a num-
Der OF daily papers Of the State, with
headquarters at Greensboro. Others
joined the. party and travelled from
point to point, contributing much to
the fund of information that all Of
the visitors were anxious to acquire.
At Charlotte.
At Charlotte, in the great auditori-
um, DIR. Washington on Friday eve
ming addressed vast audience, con-
servatively estimated at 5000, half OF