New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-18
Southland Pauses in Its
Work to Pay Homage
TO Great Negro.
SIMPLE SERVICES
MARK FUNERAL
No Euiogy Given in Little Chapel
at Tuskegee, Crowded
TO It's Doors.
Il, JOHN J. LEARl. Jr.


r,skcgce Ala. Nov. IT, never IN
-. b;siory Of the nation has such
.,;bp,e come to a negro as was paid to-
"a. % Booker T. Washington by the
..o,,o white and black. of the South.
D., once in the memory of Southerners
has to-day's demonstration been
enabled. That was more than twenty
Gears ago. when the whole Southland
-au.ed TO pay tribute to Henry W.
Grady
Al Gradv's bier the whole South gath
cred 10 honor the memory Of one who
had helped the white man. At Wash
ington's bier to-day. whites and blacks
from all parts of the South gathered
70 pay homage to the man who. by
helping the negro, had also helped the
white man TO better things.
At Grady's funeral there was mill
tary pomp and all that that involved.
At Washington's funeral there was the
negro and his mule; the negro and
his OX-cart, and the negro and his au-
tomobile, claiming the privilege of
friend All we're men who work. Some
Of them work in small way on smaller
farms. Some of them. such as Charles
II. Anderson. Of Jacksonville. have
amassed completeness in banking. The
silk hated negro. the type known for
his aversion 20 work. alone was absent.
Old South Represented.
The old South was represented here,
,oo-men such as Charles W. Hare,
owner of half dozen plantations, scion
of race of slave holders and friend
OF Washington when Washington need
cd friends. The reconstruction days
had representative in T. Il. :, Pinch
back. Lieutenant Governor Of Louisi-
ana in carpet bag" days. who rubbed
elbows with a man in a faded Confed-
crate uniform and shock hands with
others who he frankly said would have
gladly hanged him not long ago, had
suitable opportunity offered. But
Pinchbaek and the deeds and misdeeds
of his administration were forgotten
TO-DAY.
The old town of Tuskegee itself gave
nc hape the most striking demonstra-
ion 81 the feeling OF the white South.
Tuskecce,i n town of wealthy old fam
lies. with all the pride OF name and
long established social position. Every
family in the town sent flowers TO
rdoru Booker +. Washington's bier
They nlaccd their motors at the dispos.
ri Of he school officials for the use OF
their guests. They offered the use OF
their her1es 70 those who could not be
otherwise accommodated. And tney
an attended the funeral.
al. a.
The court was adjourned. and for once
,hprp vas neither sign nor trace OF
color line. For the time beng II was
ono great family. assembled TO mourn
tbc death Of q beloved member.
simplicity Marks Services.
Through it all ran one note-sim-
picity. OF emblems of mourning
tbere we're few. save i'm the decorations
OF the church. There was no ostenta-
,ious weeping. SUIT there was an all
pervading sense of deep loss. tempered
bv determination to carry on the
work of the lost one to even greater
success.
Last night and to-day all roads led
10 Tuskegee. Early last night the
transportation system, ordinarily more
than ample. broke down. Those who
had planned to come here from such
nearby points as Montgomery could
not come by rail. Atlanta, too, was IN
difficulties until this morning, when
several large parties started Tor Ius-
kegee.
From distant farms the people came
some by motor, some by mule, many
more in farm wagons and oX-carts. A
few Of those who arrived early pitched
camp. so 70 speak, on the football iield::
There they had their breakfasts and
tethered their horses and mules until
after the funeral. Below, near the
chapel, half mile dist-nt, those who
came by motor parked their cars.
The grounds about the administra-
ton buildings and the chapel were
crowded, and many Of the roads had
been closed TO traffic when. at 10
o'clock, the sound OF a bugle was heard
n the distance. In few moments the
student body was slowly marching into
the church. then filled almost to its
full seating capacity by guests from
as faw away as Chicago, Jacksonville,
New York aad Boston. Outside the
church crowds gathered about the win
dows 20 hear what they might of the
services within.
The scene inside the church was i'm
pressive. Before the platform hundreds
Of floral pieces rose in a great billowy
mass and overflow into the choir loft.
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