The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-03
Prominent Men Tour South
Their Purpose to Make An Exhaustive Study of
Negro Business and Educational Development
An Interesting Trip From Every Angle


of efficiency through the tireless eff
forts of Ira T. Bryant, was point of
much interest to the majority of our
delegation who are affiliated in some
way with the A. NJ. E. church. Prof
Bryant has done a wonderful work
here, fairly earned the unanimous en-
dorsement he received at the hands
of the General Conference recently
held in st. Louis.
Our next stop was the Millie Hale
Hospital owned, controlled and man
aged by Dr. ]. H. Hale and his splen-
did wife who is Superintendent and
a registered nurse. The doctors of
our party pronounced it the most
complete, private surgical hospital
owned by the race and many were
the compliments showered upon DR..
Hale and his amiable wife upon
their splendid contribution to race de-
velopment. Our next hour was put
in visiting the Y. NJ C. A, Negro
banks, business men and business
houses along Cedar street and Fourth
Avenue and while Nashville has not
made the remarkable development
along these lines that some of the
other cities visited have, yet she has
no reason to feel ashamed of the eff.
forts that have been put forth.
Our next stop was at the great
Nashville Baptist Publishing House,
which has a national reputation and
which has unquestionably the largest
and best equipped printing and pub
fishing plant owned by the race in the
world. The Boyds, father and son,
are to be complimented for the won
derful work they have done for the
race and their Church in the building
up of this wonderful Institution. May
their shadows never grow less.
After thorough inspection of this
plant and an opportunity to meet its
nearly three hundred employees among
whom were some of the most beauti-
full women we have met in the South
land, were carried on a hurried trip
to the headquarters of the Colored
Fire Department in East Nashville,
then back to the National Baptist
Theological Seminary, past Roger
Williams University presided over by
the distinguished Inman E. Page for
many years President of Lincoln In
stitute of this state, then to the Pearl
High School and then to the State
Normal where after the student body
had assembled in the beautiful
Chapel we heard one of the most
forceful, courageous and remarkable
addresses that we'd heard on our en-
tire trip; every word remains with
us yet from the lips of Governor Rob
erts who was responded to by Editor
Crews in what the members of the
party say was the greatest speech he
delivered on the entire tour. The
response brought tears to the eyes of
not only the Governor but many who
sat on the platform and in the aud
fence in magnificent plea for mercy
for condemned Negro whom the
Governor said was upon his mind
night and day as we'll as plea for
the Governor to adhere to his an
nounced decision without prejudice
or favor of all the people of Tennes-
see, both black and white. Here
most elaborate dinner was served in
terspersed with orchestral selections
and chorus singing. And 1t was
nearly five o'clock when a start was
made for our last point on our itin-
erary, famous Fiske University,
where we arrived in time to witness
the most cultured, refined and really
handsome student body that we've
ever seen march quietly and quickly
into the massive dining hall to the
strains Of an excellent orchestra
where, after all were seated the Pres
ident introduced Principal Lee and
Hon. G. H. Galloway for brief address
es. Here we met Rev. DR.. S. w.
Crosthwait, a brother of our own
Prof. d. N. Crosthlait for many years
a member of the faculty OF the Lin
coin High School this City Rev.
Crosthwait presented us with a por-
trait of the original bible given to
President Abraham Lincoln by the
Colored people of Baltimore, July 4,
1864 as token of appreciation of the
Colored people for his part in their
emancipation. This beautiful volume
is at Fiske University. We await