The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 18, 1911, Image 3
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Hooker T. Washington Teil?* the Slor>
M*. I .1-1.
In the World s Work for Februar \
Booker T. W ishington ?ontlnues his
' ('harter? From M\ H \ per lenee." Ho
tells why he hau never sought or
held a (lo\ eminent job. gives the
gsery of his acquaintance with Col.
Roosevelt and seeks t.? Itemise the
thing* he has learned from the Cid.
and tells the story >f his famous
White House dinner. He Is very
eulogistic of the Colonel, endeavor?-, to
discount the general disposition to
credit Mr. Roosevelt with acting upon
Impuls?, contending that he Is a wise,
far-seeing. . k thinking statesman,
and says tha' "practically everything
that he tried to do for the South
while he wan President was outlined
In conversations to me many years he
fore it he cam** known to most peo?
ple that ho had the slightest chance
of b-iomlng President. What he did
was not a matter of Impulse, hut the
result of carefully mature.I plun-e"
H* says of Mr. Roosevelt that "after
th* death of President McKinley, I
received a letter from him written In
his own hand, \>n the \.r\ day C .t
he took the oath of office at RuffaL?,
as Presld.ro ..r wax It the day fol?
lowing?In which he asked no- to
meet him In Washington. He wanted
t ? talk o\er with me the plans for
helping the South that we had dis?
cussed years before. This plan had
lain matured In his mind for months
and years and. as soon as the op?
portunity came, he acted upon It."
After debating with himself the ad?
visability of aceepMng the President's
Invitation, Dr. Washington says that
he con>.-luib-d that It was his duty to
go to Washington and that shortly af?
ter Mr. Roosevelt became established
in the White House he went there
and spent the greater part of an
evening with him In tall UU gee filing
the South. He says that Mr. R ?ose
velt "emphasised two points In par?
ticular: first, he said that wherever
he appointed a white man to ottlce in
the South, he wished him to be the
very highest type of native Southern
white man -one In whom the whole
country had faith. He repeated stiff
emphasised his determination to ap?
point such a type of man regardless
of political influence?! or political con?
sequences. Thea he stated to me,
e.ulte frankly, that he did not prop.-,
to appoint a large number of colored
people to office In any part of the
South, but that he did propose to do
two things which had not been done
before that time?at least not to the
extent and vMth the definite pur4?Oiie
that he had In mind. W'a ?rever he
did appoint a colored man to office <n
the South, he said that he wanted Mm
to be not only a man of ability but of
character?a man whv> had the con?
fidence of his white and colored neigh?
bors. He did not propose to appoint a
r dored man to office simply for the
purpose of temporary political cxpe-j
dlency. He added that while he pro-;
posed to appoint fewer colored men
to office In the Sou'h he proposed to
put a certain number of colored men
of high charaet.-r and ability In office
In the Northern Stab i lb said that
he had ne\- r I.n iMe t" - ?? <'>v good
reason whv colored men should be
put In office In the Southern States,
and not put In the North as well. As
a matter of fact, before Mr. Rons -
velt became President. not a single
colored man had ever been appointed,
so far as I know to a Federal office
In any Northern State."
Dr. Washington tells of some of the
appointim-nt* which Mr. Roosevelt
made In pursuance Bjf this policy and
of Its continuance as regards the
North and West by President Taft.
Coining, then, to the famous White
House dinner the incidents which led
up to tt are narrated. l>r. Washing?
ton was making a tour of Mlsslsslopi.
He received w-.rd that the President
wished to have a conference with him.
After cons.derlng the matter he con?
cluded ?hat he should accept this In
vlatlon, and H as soon a* his work In
Mississippi was done he went to
Washington. Arriving there In the
afternoon h" *vnt to the house of
his friend. Whltetleld MtKlnhy, for?
merly of Charleston, by the way. and
now collector of the port of Heorge
town. the first e dored man to hold that
position. With Whom he expected to
stop during his stay In Washington.
His arrival at McKinley'* house brim/ ?
him to the events immediately pre?
ceding the famous dinner, a matter
which, he savs, "I have hitherr ? c n
xtantlv refus* d t? discuss In print >:
In public, though 1 have had a great
many requests to do so. At tin* tim
1 did n.-t ear*' to add fuel to the en -
trov.-rsv which It aroused and 1 speak
of it n.?w only because it seemed to
me that an.explanation a ill show the
Incident In Its true light and In Its
proper proportions." Hate Is the
ntory as Dr. Washington tells It:
"When I reached Mr. McKlnlay's
boos**. I found an Invitation fr on
President Roosevelt. inking sag to
din., with him at the White HoSHM
that evening at R \?'clnck. At the
hour appointed f went to the White
House and dined with tho President
' and members of his family and a
i i
gentleman from Colorado. After I
dinner we talked at considerable j
1. ngth concerning plans about tin
BOttth which the Preside nt had in
mind. I left the W hite |lou? almost
itir11? ?. 1 ?.11*? 1; and took . a train the
MUM night for New York. When 1
reached Neu York the next morning
1 noticed that the New York Tribune
had about two lines, stating that i
hail dined with the President the pre?
vious night. That was the only New
i oi w paper, so far as I saw. that
mentioned the matter. Within n few
boon ttie whole, incident completely
passed from my mind, i mentioned
the matt, i casually during the day to
a friend ?Mr. William H. Baldwin, Jr.,
then president of the Long Island
Ka'lroad Mit spoke of it to no one
else and had no intention of doing so.
There was. in fact, no reason why I
should discuss It or mention it to any
one.
"My surprise can be Imagined when,
two or three days afterwards. the
who|t- pr. ss, North and South, was
tilled with dispatches and editorials
relating to my dinner with the Pr?si?
dent. For days and weeks I was pur?
sued by reporters in quest of inter?
view?. I was deluged with telegrams
and letters asking for some expres?
sion of opinion or an explanation;
but during the whole of this period
of agitation and excitement I did not
give out a single interview and did
H0| discuss the matter in any way.
"Some newspapers attempted to
weave into this incident a de*M-erate
snd wa ll-planned scheme on the part
Of President Itoosevelt to lead the
Way In bringing about the social In?
termingling of the two rates. I am
sure that nothing was farther fro he
President's mind than this; certainly
It was not In my mind. Mr. Itoose?
velt simply found that he could spare
the time best (hiring and after the
dinner hour f ?r the discussion ?>r tns
matters whic h both of us w - re inter?
ested In. i
"The public int. rest aroused by tins
dinner seemed all the m"ro extraor?
dinary and unealh-d for, I < SUSS, on
previous oc taslons i had lakt n ten
w ith Queen Victoria at Winds >r
?*astl?-; I had dined with the CJover
I
nOTS of nearly every State'in the
North; I had dined in the sums room
with Pr sid. nt McKinley at Chicago
at tin- peace Jubilee dinner, and I
i din. ii w i'h Bn-Presldenl Harrison
In Paris and with many other promi?
nent public me n"
Dr. Washington's version differs
materially from that which has been
industriously circulated in the South
during the last two or three years by
those who would soften the dislike of
Mr. Roosevelt which this dinner oc?
casioned. The tale as it has been
told latterly has been that Dr. Wash?
ington was nt the White House in
conference with the President; that
lunch was nnnounced and that Mr.
He sevelt, being absorbed In his con?
versation with the Tuskegt educator,
said Impulsively: "Come on and have
lunch with nu ;" that Dr. Washing
ton was reluctant, but that Mr. RooSS?
velt repented the invitation suggest*
| ing that only thus would the) be able
to finish their conversation. It has
been understood lere that this was
the story ns sold by Mr. Roosevelt
himself and in the absence of any
proof to the contrary It has bet n SC?
pted and Mr. Kooscvelt's action in
this matter has been viewed In a light
somewhat different from that in i
1 which news of It was tirst received in
this part v>f the country. This unof
llclal version cannot stand m tin fs ?
of the fac ts as they are now set forth
I by Dr. Washington himself.
Dr. Washington says that hS has
long since come to the conclusion that
? prejudic es are something that It does
not pay to disturb," and that in
dining with President RoOSSVel! there
R as no disposition on my part?and |
I am sure there was no disposition
on Mr. Mr. RoOQSVSlt'S part?to attack
any custom of the South.' The fact
remains, however, that the custom
was attacked and that mors grossly
than previous stories have- indicated.
Dr. Washington's contention that
there Is, therefore. absolutely no
ground or excuse for the assertion
a metlmOS made that our dining to?
gether was part of 8 preeonceted and
w. ||-thought out plan," mav be ac
oepted as true, but Dr, Washington
(?ught to have- known what the effec t
of his acceptance of Ihe President's
Invitation would be and ought to
hive known that he COUld not afford
I to dine with the President and his
family tit th?? White House even
though the President's "convenience"
was thereby promoted, it appears .
I I
now thai Dr. Washington had plenty
of lime to think over the- matter In
Sdvance and that hi v Mated w hat
he himself admits to be the a ttied
conviction Of the Southern people,
that whites and btttCkl should not all
' at the sums inble, More than that,
he doss not display a trace ?f regret
for his ac tion. "I wis born in the
South." he SSya "and I understand
thoroughly the prejudices, the cus?
toms, the imdltmns of ths South?
j and, strange as It may seem lo those
who do not wholly nuderstand IhS sit?
uation. I love the South, The re- is
no Southern white man who cherlshei
a deeper Interest than I in everyth'ng
that promotes the progress and -ric
glory of the South. For that reason,
if for no other, l Will never willingly
and knowingly do anything that in
my opinion will provoke bltternesss
Im twean the North and the South."
That is a fl.iQ resolve, but it loses
much of its effect In view of the fact
that Dr. Washington shows every dis
'ion to stand upon his action in
a i eptlng the President's White House
Invitation to dinner, holding that it
entirely proper for him to have
dell-' So.
BASEBALL (.A.Mi: TUESDAY.
Broad Street Team Wins From Main
Street Nine It to t?.
A very interesting game of base
bull was the one played Tuesday af?
ternoon at the baseball park when
tin- teams from Main and Hroad
I tret tS went tip against each other in
a elath and ?dang that finally termi?
nated In the Hroad street nine win?
ning over the ".tain street team by the
score of 11 to 6.
The game began shortly after -i
O'clock and was an exciting one
throughout. The pitchers did good
work and were well supported by
their team mates on both sides.
However, there were more pitchers
to work for the Brand street niii", all
of whom were given a try out, and
after sonn- hard and handy work
succeeding in winning the game for
i lo ir team.
The batteries were:
Hroad street, pitchers; Boyle, Shaw
and Cuttlno; catcher, Nunnamaker.
Main Btr< et, pitchers, Richardson md
Mason; catcher, Darr.
TO VOTE FOR FREE BRIDGES.
Cltlsens of Columbia Want Toll
Bridges Made Free Bridges.
Columbia, Feb. l",.?Thai the clVi
sens of Columbia will vote to make
free the toll bridges over the Hroad
and Congaree rivers is the hope of
the business men of the city. For
many yea 's farmers and others who
have wished to enter Columbia to
trade have been forced to pay for en?
trance. The proposition Is for the
township to cither buy the two
bridges or erect oth? rs. The ques?
tion will be voted on March 14.
NAME FOR COLUMBIA TEAM.
Ladles at Work to Find Appropriate
Nu me for Team.
Columbia Feb, if>.?Columbia fana
i Blies are busy today In their ?(forts
to hit upon a name suitable for the he?
roes who wear the Columbia uniform
in the South Atlantic League. Hither?
to (he local team has been known as
the "Gamecocks" and "Blues,*1 but
the boys made such records under the
first eognom- n that the second was
?0 suggestive that another change is
desired, it would not do to call a
winning aggregation the "Blues," Is
Is urged and so the ladies are trying
to make the tit. To the girl who sc
let ts the most appropriate name con?
sistent of a now winning team?or a
team that looks like a winner?a
? .i on pass will be awarded.
PREACHER TURNS MINSTREL.
"Hero of Home Missions" Tries New
Method of Raising .Money.
Columbia. Feb, 15.?The Rev. Chaa
J aggers, "the hero of home missions,"
as hi has been aptly called by one of
his fri< ruls. is one of the oldest color?
ed persons In Columbia, and if he
lives as long as he expects to, he will
be too old to reckon his age. "Uncle
Charlie," as he Is known to hundreds
of people, Is a constant worker for
his race, always weirs a smile and
never forgers those persons who are
on his contributing list. "Uncle
Charlie" has gone Into, the minstrel
pr< tension, to a certain extent, and
a i a means of raising funds for his
work, gives entertainments in which
the old plantation melodies of years
ago figure prominently. He gave one
of his concerts the other night and It
proved so successful that he has an?
nounced another.
in Java and some other places la a
rernjM kable Hying frog, nith a green
bacw\ a white belly and a bright or?
ange colored membrane between its
to. s. which are tipped by circular
discs. Like the chameleon, it can
change Its ( (dor t > suit its surround
Inga H feeds "t night on insects,
and when disturbed leaps out of a
tree and sails away to safety, Some
observers call it a fro^, while others
say it is a tree toad. The membrane
between the toes probably acts as a
parachute, and not as a flying appa?
ratus, The toe discs, like similar en?
largements on our- common tree toad,
mUSf act like suckers, to hold tin
animal firmly In place against tin
trunk of the limb.
"Language la Inadequate to ex
press the deepest emotions.' says tin
Albany Journal." Correct, especial
lv io when the telephone wires ar?
sd, or the "line's busy- with
flirtation.? Richmond News Leader.
MODERN ALCHEMY.
Making Steel is Worth More to the
World Than Making Gold. j
in the- d?"S of th?" mediaeval:
alch. niists it was believed that it was
possible by means of some undlscov- !
r< d laboratory operation to convt rt
the baser metals into gold. With the I
development Ol modern chemistry ,
this belief was shown to he baseless,
at least in the sense in which the
older workers held it.
At the same time there has been:
evolved as a result of the work of the
more recent chemists and metallur- [
gists a transmutation in the properties'
of that most widely used material |
steel which is of far more real value!
to the world than any formula for j
making gold could ever be.
The discovery that iron containing
a certain proportion of carbon consti?
tuted steel transformed society and
created modern civilization; without
steel we should relapse into oarbar
Ism. Today it is known that in ad?
dition to carbon there are other ele?
ments the addition of which will im?
part to steel certain properties in?
creasing immensely its value as a
material of construction and of oper?
ation.
Among the substances which were
formerly classed as the "rare" ele?
ments there are several which were
j
.are only because there was not sutli
lent use for them to provide all in?
centive to discover natural sources of
. apply.
Thus vanadium, known as an Cle?
men; for a hundred years, estimated
as having a value many times that of I
gold and used solely lor a few artistic
I purposes in coloring fabrics, has with?
in a few y.ars risen immensely in
Importance because of the knowledge
which has been accpiired of the valu?
able properties which it imparts to
steel, While at the same time it has
fallen in cost to a point about one
half that of silver because the very
demand has r< vealed hitherto uu
kno.vr. deposits.
The Influence cd' vanadium upon
steel may well la- regarded as a tri?
umph of modern metallurgy, and
vanadium Steel has become one of
the most important of the so-called
' alloy steels. The older steels, now
known broadly as "carbon" steels in
distinction to the various alloy steels,
had certain fairly we 1 ascertained
properties together with determinate
limitations.
Tin y could be made ductile within
certain limits of strength or strong
within certain approach to brlttleness,
I but when both strength and tOUgh
! m ss were demanded it was realised
that something el.se in addition to car?
bon was essential. That something
has been shown to be vanadium.
The Influence Of the addition of
small proportions of vanadium to
steel is two-fold; it acts as a scav?
enger, removing oxides, nitrides, etc.
.n a form easily carried away to the
slag, and it also toughens the steel
directly, by its solid solution, under
normal conditions, in the carbonless
portion, known as ferrite. in ad?
dition it forma complex carbides of
such a nature as greatly to strength?
en the steel statically.
The result is a product BO vastly su
perl ?r to the ordinary carbon steel as
to remh r it practically a new material
of construction, especially for situa?
tions in which shocks must be met
and resisted. The combination of
high strength and great toughness
makes it the material above all others
for automobile parts as well as for
railway axles and engine frames, for
springs for the important parts of
vessels and for bridges and similar
structures.
Por the latest typ. s of engineer?
ing work, stub as Hying machines,
submarines, torpedoes and similar
work the possession of a material of
high reslstence to stresses of all
kinds enabl s sonn of the most diffi?
cult elements of the work to be solv
?d.
While the application of vanadium
to steel constitutes at present it-; most
Important use, it has also a marked
Influence upon cast iron ami upon
copper, and while its use has not yet
be.-n developed so far in these direct?
ion--, tlu-re is every reason to believe
that these applications will follow.?
Cassier's Magazine.
The Mow Florence Buck is the first
woman to hold a pastorate in Aleme
da, Cal. She took chage of the Pirsl
Unitarian Church, of Alameda, on
New Year's morning. She is said to
have had the largest congregation
ever gatln-red in that city. Miss
Buck was recently the pastor of the
Unitarian Church In Palo Alto, Cal.,
and has preached also it Wisconsin
and at ('h-v eland. < >.
Piano Tuning,
Mr. Edmund R. Murray offers his
services to those who need an expert
and experienced Piano and Organ
tuner ami repairer. References fur?
nished and work guaranteed. Address
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A Bank Story
Smith owed Skinner ? Co., $.'.00 He went in one day and hand?
ed them $5.00 in cash. Skinner forgot to take it off his books, and
the next month presented the same bill. He thought he had paid
it, but having no proof, Smith paid twice.
Jones owed Skinner & Co., $5.00. He went in one day and
handed them a check on this bank for $5.00. Skinner forgot to
take it off his books. But the next month when the bill was pre?
sented to him, Jones balked, lie said: "See here, Mr. Skinner, 1
paid that bill last month and here is the check which the beak
has returned to me with your name endorsed on the back, show?
ing that you got the money." Jones Paid Once. This illustrates on?
ly one of the advantages of a bank account.
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