The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-17
ECHOES OF DIXIE FILL CHURCH
AS SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL
CONGRESS IS BROUGHT TO AN
END AT ASHVILLE.
Baskerville Citizen.)


With the echoes of Dixie sung
by Commissioner James e. Stike-
leather and choir still echoing
through Central Methodist Church,
the Asheville- Blue Ridge associations
sessions of the Southern Sociological
congress closed last evening with a
meeting OF the department on Race
Relations"
Largely Attended.
The session was largely attended,
a feature being the presence OF so
many colored people that they filled
the gallery and overlooked to the
main floor, and the addresses were
of high order The speakers were
Forest College; w. ID. Weatherford,
travelling secretary of the Y. Nj. Z.
A., and DR.. C. V. Roman, publicist
and editor of the national Negro
medical journal
The presiding officer was DIR.
James H. billiard, of Charlottesville,
Va, president of the Jeanes board
and director of the Slater foundation,
the great educational funds. DR.. Dill
lard is regarded as one of the most
eminent authorities on race questions
in this country.
The meeting was called to order
by Judge J. c. Pritchard the presid
ing officer, and began with the sins
ing of America, this followed by
prayer by Dr.. Charles 7. Alexander,
of Arcadia, Florida.
DR.. James H. billiard, of Charlotts-
vile, Va, was presented as chairman
DR.. Finley offered a resolution add
ing as a ninth topic for discussion,
"Relief and Social Work." and after
Dr. w. S. Brown spoke for the propo-
sition it was adopted.
DR.. Finley then offered a resolu-
ton of thanks for courtesies from tho
people of Asheville, the press the
ministers and Central Methodist
Church. DR.. McCulloch spoke in APP
probation of the tender of the church
to the congress.
DR.. McCulloch expressed the hope
: and expectation that branch of the
congress be organized in Asheville.
Dr.. billiard introduced.
DR.. w. d. Weatherford, introduced
by DR.. Dillard said progress was
making in education of the Negro
and told of improvements in Alaba
ma. No less progress is being made
economically, he said, and pointed oul
that it will be money made for the
: south to aid the Negro farmers. AnC
, progress is being substantially made
I morally and religiously, the speaker
+ instancing that in recent trips M
: found the colored schoolhouses IL
D good order and their, churches at
9 tractive inside and out.
I I'VE must make up our mind!
: once for all to rid ourselves of race
n prejudice-all hatred of those whit
i live by our side-forgetting tina
there is such thing as color lin
r in Justice" The speaker said h
J. of course did mean the elimination
n of race differences-no white mai
wishes this--but he spoke in relation
to justice and humanity.
It The speaker said that If tn
! southern people are to show tina
n they are advanced in civilization the
h must give a square deal to the ma
+ at the bottom
}, Or. C. V. Roman.
DR.. C. V. Roman, speaking O.
Equal Treatment in Housing, San
IS tation and Public improvements,
d said in beginning that his subjec
70 had been selected for him.
l. The speaker said that the chic
h problem of social and economic n
form is to get men to think "Thinl
ing is mans only salvation and rel
q son is the hope of the world. 1nnat
n laziness rather than innate depravit
~, is mans besetting individual sill
-. Inertia rather than opposition is tn
- foe of reform. When the multitude
, 70 think calmly, intelligently and. pc
n. sistently, knowledge, hand in han
~ with truth, will walk the earth, an
- the dream of democracy will be fu
filed"
Applying these views the speakt
lie said that the Declaration of Indepe
d. dence not only maintained that a
men are born with equal rights
life, liberty and pursuit Of happines
lg but also all governments derive the
d. just powers from the consent Of IL
r. governed. Therefore democracy
OF fair play or it is nothing. Neith'