The Colorado statesman., 1911-11-11

to Booker t. Washington, 500 negro
students of the Prairie View Normal
and Industrial institute lined up in
two rows. gave the famous negro edu-
Gator a royal welcome here when he
and his party approached the institute
grounds.
The venerable Bishop l. b. Scott,
the only negro bishop in the Methodist
Episcopal church, received a remark
able tribute, as did also X. l.. Smith,
the negro farmers friend in Texas.
Emmett ]. Scott, here as at Houston,
received a remarkable ovation and
was repeatedly called upon for a
speech.
The entire party, led by Principal
Blackshear and DR.. Booker T. Wash
ington, went on round of inspection
of the Industrial divisions. Here he
spoke to about 5000 farmers of both
races.
The address at Temple was made at
midday when hundreds of country
folk, white and black, were in town
for their weekend shopping and other
business errands. The audience was
composed OF more white than colored.
the speaking taking place in the open
air on the public square.
That night at Austin, the following
night, Doctor Washington spoke in
Woodbridge Park in a natural amphi-
theater formed by the rise of the hills
on each side of the speakers stand.
Fully five thousand people heard his
address here. He was welcomed to
the city by Mayor Woodbridge, in
whose honor the park had been named.
At Austin the whole party went
through round of festivities, having
breakfast at the st. John orphanage,
dinner at Sam Houston college and
luncheon at Tilltson college. At all
places where there were institutions
of learning, Doctor Washington was
pressed into service for short address
es to the students.
Waco, the home of r. L. Smith,
president of the Texas Negro Busi-
ness league. gave the party the noisi-
est welcome and the biggest relative
crowd at the station that had been en-
countered up to this point. Many
people surrounded the station when
the train arrived several hours late.
Paul Quinn colleges gave him a joy
GUS reception, and at night in the base
ball park, while he was being intro
duced by the city superintendent OF
schools, Prof. j. c. baltimore, the en-
tire student body, male and female, OF
Baylor university, well known south
ern college for white youths, took
seats on the grand stand. Professor
baltimore in his introduction sur
prised Doctor Washington by giving
detailed account of the sights he wit
messed and the impressions made upon
him in a recent trip to Tuskegee insti-
tute. Doctor Washington was warm
ly greeted by DIR. S. P. Brooks, presi-
dent of Baylor university, Professor
baltimore, Samuel Sanger, a Texas
merchant prince, and other well known
white men of Waco.
A belated train greatly inconveni-
enced the waiting throng at Fort
Worth which in many respects is one
of the most important towns from
negro standpoint in the state. While
the party was scheduled to reach Fort
Worth in the afternoon and Doctor
Washington was to have spoken at
three o'clock, the audience of about
5000 persons, large portion of which
were white, kept their seats in the
theater until nine o'clock, when the
train finally reached the city. The re-
ception by reason of the tardiness of
the party was none the less vigorous,
and was in many respects a great
tribute to the remarkable esteem in
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leader, is held by his fellow towns
men. Despite this handicap and the
fact that the Fort Worth engagement
was On Sunday night, all the promi-
nent negro business houses were open
for the inspection of the party, the
most interesting features in negro life
in Fort Worth being the Masonic tenn
pie, erected at cost of $4,000, and
the negro high school, which is con-
sidered the best in the south, and the
large number of business establish
ments of various kinds conducted by
the colored people. A large number Of
people heard Doctor Washington at
the state fair grounds in Dallas on
Monday.
In the matter of enthusiasm and
spectacular display the small town of
Marshall outdid itself in the demon
stration given Doctor Washington. The
local Negro Business league had
charge of the arrangements and with
more than ordinary acumen, dis
patched DIR. W. NJ. Dogan to accom-
pany the party, within few days of
Dallas. A parade, more than mile
in length, in which the various indus
trial divisions from Wiley university
and Bishop college and the Central
high school were represented on
tastily decorated floats. Girls from
sewing classes were at work on the
floats, from the printing divisions, the
domestic science departments, and so
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