The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-28
RACE CONFERENCE. |, I||I|i'I'
NEaRoEs HOLD MOST INTEREST.
.S.s3: ING IN . 1 MEETING IN THIS CITY.

ING MEETING IN It THIS rs CIT1 (sl143
Speeches Made by Prominent nj i ' White
and Colored Speakers From This This
State. ..ss5
The. colored race conference that
has been in session In this city dur r.
ing the past week ad journed Thurs
day night. after g most ENJOYABLE and N d
successful session. The conference
was largely attended and the ex-i
penses %of the conference were ali.
easily raised during the session.
Richard Carroll, OF Columb bia, pre-
sided over the conference and was
presented with gold-head led walk.
ing stick by the conference in appre-
ciaticrl Of; hin services in wor orking for
s@fhe betterm ent of the negro race.
Il The sessions were held at Trinity
Methodist church, Mount Pisgah
Baptist church and at Clafin Univer-
;-sity. No fees were charged for ad-:
mission. only collections being TAX.
en-. M s Addresses were delivered during.
The conference by Hon. MCGOWAN
Simpkins, a member of the legisla-
ture; = Col j. "A. Banks, Tr. w. H.
Moses, Dr. :R. p. Wych, II. S. Muir.
sphy, DIV. D. Chappell, w. T. An.
drews, Dr., M. M. sEouzon and a re-
turned woman missionary from Az
rica. s.-s :,t 4! ;
q Is Among the white speakers who
Iweressbsent were Gov. Cole Z. Blease,
and Prof. Ira W. Williams. Booker.
IT. Washington S wife was to have. ad-
dressed the conference but was un-
able to attend.
Tuesday night, Hon. MCGOWAN
Simpkins, NJ Edgefeld. delivered an
excellent. address before the confer
ence at Trinity Methodist church.
i The speaker was introduced by DR..
IA ID. White and Mr.. Simpkins took
as his subject, "Good Citizenship and
the Formation Of Character" AL
though ne spoke for more than an
hour, still his speech was well re-
sceived and was loudly applauded
! sthrough @
fss Rev. D. "A. Christie made motion
%at the close Of the address that ris-.
Ing vote of thanks be extended Mr.
Simpkins by the conference. This
motion was seconded by a ringing
speech by DR.. w. H. Moses. The
audience arose, and gave the Chau-
$tauqua salute. The waving of 40o
or 500 handkerchiefs presented an
interast ting scene.
The speech Thursday night by
Col. j.. "a. Banks, Of St. Matthews.
president Of the South Carolina State
Fair Association, was good one and
/ Col. Banks won his audience. The
I conference adjourned Thursday night
after a banquet at Claalin University.
/. Music was furnished by the Clafin
Z band and orchestra.
u. On Tuesday morning OF the coE-
ference very important meeting
of the stockholders Of the, Colored
]. Fair Associa was held at Trinity
I Methodist; church. This meeting
was well attended and was called to
order by Richard Carroll. In the
beginning President Carroll, Of the
State Fair Association, read his res
ignation and made a few remarks
- 10 thny, .fnf
chair and during the election OF Of
ncers, Dr. w. D. Chappell presided.
,ifs The election Of officers was en-.
tered into and the following were
nominated for the presidency: Dr.
w. D. Chappell, Of Columbia; Dr..
8 M. D. Lee, Of Rock Fill; 3. J. Saw
yer, of Bennettsville; DR.. J. H.
= Goodwin. DR.. W. D.. Chappell and
DIR. j.. n. Goodwin withdraw their
names and the election for the pre-
lsidency resulted as follows: Saw;
yer, 40; M. D. Lee, 10. The voting
was partaken of only by sharehold-
sers. =
The election of Sawyer was made
unanimous. DR.. w. D. Chappell was
elected vice president; r. A. Will
liams, treasurer, and DR.. ]. II. Coed
win. superintendent The following
board of directors was elected: j.
w. Easley, .I5. D. White, M. L. Pat
terson, DR.. Nj. D. Lee, G. G. Williams,
Z N. J. Frederick, ]. E. Blanton.
Wednesday morning another meet
ing of the stockholders of the Fair
Association was held at Mt. Pisgah
Baptist church on Green street. The
following additional members were
elected 10 the. executive committee,
Rev. c. r. Brown, W. M. King, Rev.
E. D. White, G. c. Williams, L. ".
Hook, Few. M. D. Lee, c.. G.. Gar
rett.
The following committees were
appointed:
Legislative appropriations-Rich-
ard Carroll, ]. H. Goodwin, I. E..
Lowery, E. J. Sawyer.
Fair Grounds-M. D. Lee, C. G..
Garrett, j. H. Goodwin, L. 4. Haw-
liins, w. N. King and E. J. Sawyer.
Small Pox at Cope.
Wednesday morning at Cope,
when Dr.. V. ". Brabham pronounced
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