The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-12

= trustees of the Ca4negie library at
the residence OF DR.. j. b. Covington
:. The reception WAS largely Il tribute
to DR.. Washington and his secretary,
Emmett j. Scott, who more than any
!, other individuals, were responsible
for securing the donation of Ii
Olary tor the colored people OF Uous-
ton. The trustees entertaining the
Ipalty we're: f. 0. Smith, John Ad-
kins, j. b. Bell, w. l.. Miller. l.. j,
Spirey, W. ID. Johnson, Andrew Parr,
Richard Lockett, Not. Q. Henderson.
i \WAS GIVEN AN OVATION.
! As early as O'Clock in the even
ing before the lights were lit in the
;. big Auditorium, Negro people began
|: to Pile in and take possession Of the
most desirable seats. BY the time
that the place Was lit up large por-
ton OF the seats were already taKen.
tLong before the opening of the meet
ing every, available seat, was ovru-
lied, an. there were a large number
lstanding.
| When DIR. Washington stopped on
the platform he received an ovation.
10 one side Of the platform were 1,
number OF Tuskegee alumni, and
they leeted their former chief with
the college yell. DR.. Washington &C
knowledged both gracefully and took
his place on the platform. With him
on the platform were Il number Of
leading Negro professional men and
the following white men: l.. l..
Pugh, county superintendent Of
schools; Adolph Boldt, Rev. Peter
Gray Sears, Rev. Stephen f.. Power,
Rev. G.. W. Strong, Prof. J. A.
Brown, Judge Lock Mcdaniel, Judge
T, w. Ford, Lewis r. Bryan and: G.
Van Amemigen
! One very interesting and pleasine
feature Of the Houston engagement
was the address Of Emmett J. Scott
VINO was repeatedly called upon by
the people for speech With evil
dent barrassment, born of his well
known modest and retiring DISPOSE
ton, he in few short words &C.
cepted the greetings from his fellow
toWnsmen, saying:
1T is the commonplace, the trite,
the quite bromide thing to say that
am glad to be here tonight with DR..
aShlngton in this matchlesS city.
, the place OF my birth, the queen city
of the Lone Star State. The years
have not flown too fast to dim my
memory or the greatness Of Texas,
nor have the duties and responsible
ties or the advancing years served -
make me forget the radient glory of
the golden crown which encircles her
imperial brow. No matter where |
hntt myself, | am first Of all Texan,
Ihese minutes, however, are too
| precious TO be used except for the
purpose which LIS brought you here
must use but few of them. We
nave made educational pilgrimages
similar to this one through the states
i OF Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Del
cWare and Virginia. | have con.
stanIly said to Dl. Washington,
await till. We get to Texas; wait un-
til YOU have seen something OF the
progress of the Negroes of Texas
and OF the more t1an friendly rela-
lions that here exist between the
races. | have said to him over
and over again that in this state the
Negroes and the whites have literal
~ seized upon the pregnant passage
Oh his epoch-making Atlanta address
and are working out the destiny OF
both races, side by side, separate as
the fingers, as he has phrased it, in
all matters purely social and yet one
as the hand in all matters that con-
! Germ the moral and material wei!
being of this our common section.
In Texas we practically have no
race problem for there can be no
problem in any section where blacks
ana whites alike acknowledge ami
appreciate the fact that races and
men not only have duties toward
each other but responsibility as we'll
And then quite naturally have
wanted you to know him better.
nave wanted my old friends and
helshbors to have full opportunitr
10 see face to face the man whose
lie has been spent for a race, and
whose work has everywhere won tho
uhstlnted plaudits Of the fair minded
and the just. DO you recall those oft
quoted words from Emerson. IF ,
man write better book, or preach a
potter sermon, or make better
basket than his neighbor tho he
Oulfd his house in wilderness Yet
Will the world make a beaten track
70 MS door. This truth has been
proven in his own great unselhsh
HE; 1t is the philosophy which ur-
oelIles all Of his teaching and all
OF his work: for to every Negro the
message he brings is that if MAI
make better basket than his neigh
Dor, make his life permanently use.
fu], he will not go unrecognized OF
long be denied those opportunities
Whlch are withheld from no mar