The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-11-22
COL. CHARLES e. STUMP, THE RECU-
LAR TRAVELLING CORRESPOND
ENT FOR THE BROAD AK, HAS
AT LAST STRUCK THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD AND FROM NOW ON
HE WILL WRITE MUCH BETTER
THAN HE HAS IN THE PAST.

Little Rock, Arkansas.-When !
took my pen in hand to write to you
last I had just witnessed the placing
Of the casket holding the iifeless body
Of Carrie "A. Tuggle into its last rest
ing place. Friends had gathered
around TO witness this. 1t was par
adise Of roses.
While some said, I'VE are going to
erect a monument to her." l looked
around Tuggle Institute, looked at the
hospital there, and I thought that she
had while she lived erected her own
monument. She will ever live in the
hearts of men and women all over this
country.
! saw weeping the women who had
worked side by side with her. They
had received inspiration from that liv-
ing woman Of God and they stood
ready to keep the good work going.
Mrs Fannie Cosby Blevins, vice-pres-
ident Of the school, will take up the
work and the school will 60 right on.
Mrs. Lena Blount took up the Calan-
the gavel and there will be no tagging
behind there, and think Mrs. Lena
Sherod will take hold Of the Rising
Sons and Daughters of Protection,
and all the other work will 60 right
along. God bless them all.
l paused at the vault for few min
utes in silence, dropped a tear, and
then | said after all she had only done
what all Of Us must do sooner or later,
and why cry. Why not let the good
work go right on. So / am not going
to talk more about it now.
I got into the car with Editor Os-
car w. Adams, of the Birmingham
Reporter, and was off for his home.
Mrs. Adams received both Of us, had
prepared our dinner, and then l medi-
tated alone for a while. Prof Her
bert Fl. Glover, who was secretary to
Mrs. Tuggle, and a. faithful young
man to her during her life, and was
was faithful to the very last. came for
my trunk in company with Sam" and
they got me ready for leaving town
that night Mrs Adams gave me an
apple as large as my head for which
7 am still thanking sher.
AT 1880 that night I shook the Biz
mingham dust from my feet, shaking
hands with friends there, and starting
on my mission Of seeing what is 60
ing on in the world and how it is 60
ing on. l am sure that you are look
ing forward to my next letter, and
then the next one, for you want to
know where l have been and what
am doing You just want to NEEDLE
into my business. It was ride from
Birmingham to Memphis, getting into
Memphis early Monday morning.
After getting in the town, | went
over to the public school and saw
how the teachers were just seeing that
the children would not have any va
cant rooms for rent. They were get
ting thought occupants for each room,
thought that would stand for a
thought, nothing more and nothing
less. We must produce thinkers if
we would occupy place worth while.
This was the high school, and they
had some fine teachers there. / Just
looked at them and tried to see how
wise | could look, and then | said
to one of them Good morgunitiori-
quelim-" How does that sound to
you? was trying to tell her good
morning and that l was glad to be in
the school. Now what said, l will
bet you my head to ginger cake that
she did not know and did not know
but l got her to look wise, and | be-
lieve she thought that l was some
foreigner. ! tell you it was great
thing to have people guessing.
/ then called a taxi and went to
LeMoyne, one Of the other schools. /
will not Be able to talk about It lust
now, but there was a white man in
charge. He used to be connected
with Fisk University long time ago,
but now he is at the head Of a colored
school himself, and told me that ex-
aminations were all over and about 90
had failed to make good. / just
looked wise and kept my mouth
closed, for did not want him to find
it out.
! walked and talked with the edu-
Gators, on this trip to Memphis. and
next found me in the automobile car
carriage Of the Rev. DR.. T. o. Fuller
principal Of Howe Institute, Or junior
college. He had heard / was in town