The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-04-05


wanted us to become better acquainted with
things before telling us of these conditions.
Of course we did not tarry long with Mr.
Emery, for we felt that we needed a lawyer
and needed him badly. Then Mr.. Thor
bourne informed us that Mr.. w. H. Caring
ton, LII. B., of Colon, or Cristoval, had vol
unteered to represent us without price, or
without money.
Looking over the papers handed us by
Mr. Emery, we next called to see Archdea-
con Brown, better known as Major Brown,
United States Chaplain. Maj. Brown had
a funeral at that hour and asked us to call
again.
Leaving Maj. Brown to attend the fu-
neral we next caied on Prof F. A. Cause,
superintendent of public instruction Of the
Canal Zone. Mr.. Cause met us very cor
daily and we were pleased to meet him.
We chatted freely with him concerning con-
ditions, going over about the same as we did
with Mr.. Nellis and the secretary to the Gov
ernor. He also informed us that he had
been very much impressed with our work
and that because OF the success of our school,
he had transformed it into a government
school and had employed Prof. }. j. Plnnock,
our lay preacher, as regular teacher
From here we cantd on Mr.. N W. Ander-
son. secretary Of the American Legation.
We found MIR. Anderson unusually polite
and very communicative, and we learned
many Things from him concerning mtema-
tional affairs. Mr.. Anderson seemed to be
a Christian gentleman and talked freely on
conditions.
We next called on Mr. Morris, cashier OF
the Panama Banking Company, who had
done considerable business with us. His
bank had cashed al of Mr.. Thorbournes
checks ana on one occasion made bond for
Mr. Thorbourne TO get his household furnl-
ture from the steamship company and
through the ports OF Panama He was glad
to meet us and proud OF the business trans
actions that had been carried on. Mr. Nor
rls seemed to be of Catholic persuasion and
did not care to talk readily Oh religious con-
ditions. We called on Rev. Henry Compton,
d. d., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Dr. Compton is native Ohian
and is graduate of one of the OHIO colleges
He and his family have spent fifteen or six
teen years in South America among the
Latin people and speak and write Spanish
very tluently and have not spark or trace,
that we could find, of race prejudice. DR..
Compton talked very freely with us over
the conditions. He assured us that the only
hope Of the Baptists to handle the Negroes
of the Zone would be to have colored or
Negro preachers. He said his congregation
was white, that he could not allow the col
ored brethren to attend his church, that if
they attended in any numbers worth no.
ticing the white congregation withdrew. He
said he was beginning to conduct Spanish
services, but had not succeeded to any great
extent.
We went to call on Judge S. Blackburn and
found him very busy, Tut polite and ready to
give us any information. We asked Judge
Blackburn concerning the work. He unhes-
ltatngly informed us that he was a citizen
of the United States and believed that Negro
congregations should have Negro preach
ers and that he believed when the Southern
Baptlsts awakened to the proper realization
of conditions they would gladly turn over
all their work to us. lie SAID he had visited
the National Baptist churches on the Zone
and had seen Rev. Thorbourne's home and
telt that the beautiful cottage, built by the
National Baptist Convention for Mr.. Thor
bourne's nome, was a credit to the denomi-
nation, that it compared favorably with any
quarters furnished chaplainS by the United
States Government on the Zone. Judge
Blackburn is judge Of the district court.
We next called on Judge Jackson.
associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
When he examined our letters from Gov.
Hooper and Mayor HowSe he said, "Why,
l know Ben Hooper and Hilary Howse both.
| am Tennessean, don't you know me-" We
told him possibly we were the other Boyd and
did not remember meeting HIM personally,
but that there was more than one Boyd in
Nashville "Well," said he 81 will stand
by what Ben Hooper and Hilary Howse say,
for they are all right. Call on me again
Any information have is at your disposal"
When we put it up to Judge Jackson, he
like all others, said "Now look here, do not
care to be quoted, but l can tell you some
thing" And he began to pour out things
that we cannot here explain. Nobody wants
to be quoted.
From here we returned to the home of
Major Brown. We found the Major dressed
in his chaplain's white suit and we enved
= his cool appearance Climbing that high
hill, going even higher than the Administra-
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