The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-27
NEGRO MAKES
RAPID STRIDES
SAYS LEADER
Washington Tells of Progress
in Education, Property Ac-
emulation and Business
Activity.

To show that Industrial amalgamation
10 one Of the methods Of solving the
race problem in the United States
was the aim Of the stirring address
given by DR.. Booker T. Washington
at the ChautauQua last night. More
than four thousand persons were pres
ent, packing every available foot OF
space in the big tent, and many hun.
dreds were on the outside unable to
get in at all. During the hour pre-
ceding the address the Killarney girls
gave their farewell program.
George w. B. Conrad was chairman
of the evening. Wesley Howard play.
ed two violin solos. The young negro
genius played superbly and was given
an enthusiastic ovation by the audi
ence.
A number of prominent local ne
groes were on the platform, among
them being the Revs. Sampson, Coins
and Hockinsmith and Simpson Oxen
dine, Herbert Garrett, Iano Thomas
and DR.. w w. Anderson. Among the
white men on the platform were Tim
othy Nicholson, Rev. l.. H. Bunyan and
DR.. Conrad Huber.
1T Is not a matter of unmitigated
evil, l believe, that this nation has
before it certain great problems which
must be solved. Such tasks as these
save the country from stagnation. and
provincilism.
Advises Segregation.
Some have advised segregation
and want the negro race penned uI
somewhere in territory by itself
The only way that could be done
would be to build wall around i,
to keep the negroes in, and l suppose
we would have to built five walls
around 1t to keep the white people
out. No, there is no way Of solving
the negro problem by eliminating the
negro. He is here and here to stay.
II was born a slave, and don't ever
know the place or date Of my birth
The great problem that confronted my
mother after we were freed was, wha1
about the future? She finally moved
| with us to West Virginia, where
| went to work in the coal mines as 6
miners helper While there I over
heard two miners describing Hampton
institute. They said it was a grea
school, where poor black boy coult
learn a trade. said to myself, I'm
going to that school,
II didn't have any money, and I die
not know where it was located, bu
after a while l packed up my earthly
belongings in small bundle and start
ed walking. walked by day and by
night. Finally I reached Richmond
Va, without a cent, no place to sleep
hungry and stranger. That night
found a board off in the sidewalk
crawled through it and slept under the
board walk all night. The next morn
ing saw ship unloading cargo O.
| pig iron, and secured job helping ii
that work. For several days / stayed
at it, sleeping each night in the hole
under the board walk. In this way
saved enough money to continue m,
F.! journey, and by the time I arrived a
Hampton institute I had fifty cent.
in my pocket with which to begin m!
education
Differs From Last.
This was Dr. Washington's first visi
to Richmond, Va. During recent Wis
it the city council and the state legis
lature both adjourned in order to heal
his address.
when I arrived at the institute,
he continued, "the head teacher looked
me over and then finally told me tt
go into another room and sweep it up
swept it three times and busted i
four times. When she came in sh,
couldn't find speck of dust, although
she rubbed her handkerchief owe!
everything. You'll do she said. Wei
start you in school, That, my friends
was my college entrance examination
believe it is the best that have eve
passed.
AFTER completing my education
finally selected Tuskegee, Ala, as
strategic point for building a school