The broad ax., 1916-09-09
Charles E. Stump Enjoys
a Steamboat on the St.
James River, Virginia,
in Company with Major
Robert R. Motion, En-
nett J.Scott and Other
Distinguished Men

way to the boat named champion, !"
with a man of our race captain. 1t
was owned by Hampton Institute. 1t
was a real large boat, and 1 found my
self in company with some real big edu-
Gated men. Perhaps it would be of in
terest to you to know the names of the
men who were there with me. DR..
Robert R. Motion, Major Allen Wash
ington, of Hampton Institute; Prof. J.
NJ. Candy, principal Virginia Normal
and Industrial Institute, Petersburg;
Prof. w. T. B. Williams, of Hampton,
field agent of the Slater Fund, also
the Jeans Fund; DR.. A. A. Graham,
pastor of a Baptist church, Phoebus,
Va, also chairman of the Executive
Board of the Negro Organization
Society; Prof. M. W. Connor, of
Virginia Normal and Industrial In
stitute, Peterburg; Prof. T. C. Erwin,
Petersburg, field agent of the Negro
Organization Society; Prof. ]. B.
Pierce, Hampton, Va, Demonstration
Agent; R. Nathaniel Dent, Musical Di-
rector of Hampton Institute; Prof.
Frank Trigg, president of Virginia
Collegiate Institute; Prof E. A. Long,
principal Christianburg Industrial In
stitute; Rev. L. L. Downing, Lynch
burg, Presbyterian Church; and
Charles Stewart, Chicago. Now then 1
was there too, just like was one of
those big men.
Getting on the boat eaeh man got
his bunk, and we ate watermelon and
went to bed. Some of the open air
men slept on the deck, while others re-
mained in their hunks. Of course
was one of the bunk men. 1 wish you
could have dropped in. You would
have thought that the European war
had been transferred to this country.
They snored like eannons roaring, and
some of them went off like torpedoes,
and then there was Prof. Candy who
went like a bass drum. Prof. Williams
played tenor; and Prof. Triggs sounded
the eornet horn. Then now you want
to know who snored like a cannon.
That was Prof Erwin and Major Mo-
ton. 1t was the worth to anybody's
circus to have just stepped in and
heard those men snoring. None but
men, and they took the fare of men.
The boat did not pull out until about
O'Clock in the morning, and when it
started to grunt, all got up and told
their experiences. DR.. Graham carried
them to a throne of grace, and DR..
Downing carried a sanctifed look all
day long. 1t was interesting to see so
much brains together. We have made
some real progress. Prof. Trigg is not
man to make much fuss but he gets
there just the same. He is just one of
these modest, well-educated men and
when he opens his mouth something is
said. He is doing a great work in
Lynchburg. 1 have been there to see
him one or two times.
The next place was Smithield, and
we found there some more automobiles,
and other kind of things to carry us
out just miles to Isle of Wight Court
House, right out in the country. They
had next door hotel, and right behind
the courthouse was the Jail. OF course
I did not 60 to Jail, but just remained
outside and looked in. I also listened
to the speakers, and enjoyed them, and
then returned to the boat where 1
found my bunk and one more time
slept like log. I am now riding and
passing the, old historic jamestown.
We all know about that place.
shall have something to say to you
in my next about the National Baptist
Convention. 1 shall bring this letter
to stop right now.