Show 7 4 i 26 17 1 7 w NN 0 t W Z I 1 1 1 1 1 ai Y P acl I 1 1771 1 1 I 1 I 1 t 1 I 1 00 evl 1 tv P n ept tek tai F q vc v 1 i 7 i I ewla anite badr L uv U 90 ilki r I 1 j a aa t t 7 I 1 W P ilak fici M I 1 I speech 1 j te ig 1 I 1 9 V I 1 C ww I 1 a tk H i i W it 4 14 iaia oct ir jj 1 3 t tb 4 P iia Z 21 if exercises tire lies 4 0 f 1 f s y I 1 i im I 1 IM I 1 01 aw ardito I 1 an t yes ard ay i I 1 1 t TA in thai speech h were expressed the sentiments that are destined I 1 when lull fully y appreciated to revola i the relations religions of the races I 1 mr anderson is the private secretary detary of the I 1 state treasurer of new york Tork he is highly educated andas 83 well as being a deep and angin original a 1 I thi thinker ink er he is an eloquent and impassioned orator it is doub doubtful dul if a more ad mirable admirable address will ever be delivered from the stage of the auditorium if nothing else had been upon the program this speech alone would have made negro day memorable but there was not only other epoch making addresses but a parade indicative of an immense enthusiasm and an astonishing amount of pride and patriotism in negro negra circles over the centennial this parade was not only the longest and the most imposing colored parade everdeen ever seen in in nashville but it was unquestionably composed of the best elements of the negro ram race that tennessee see i could produce thousands and thousands of colored peg people ale and a great many white people lined broad street and thronged thron ged the territory contiguous to the starting place at an early hour in the morning awaiting the procession the fact that it was late was not a new thing in parades and the delay was good natu effly I 1 tolerated but bat those who chaffed chaffee and criticised criticized yet waited to see the 1 procession felt fully repaid for the lost time when it had passed passing a description of its features for a moment it may be said that the day as a whole was an unbounded success the behavior of the colored people upon the grounds the immense att attendance bendan ce and the good natured humor dis splayed alve in every incident and during 1 every hour of the day reflect with credit upon the manners the patriotism and the character of the colored people of this city and state when the auditorium exercises were over the crowd that had listened to them patiently notwithstanding an evident and no doubt a burning 12 desire to get out for fun dispersed through the grounds goi ing into every building where no charge of admission was asked and freely spending money at those places where an entrance fee was demanded demanded in proportion to his acome income the negro man on the ground yesterday probably spent more than economy would dictate as pr prudent adent but it spoke the more for his bis generosity and was certainly taini y appreciated by the managers ot ol the attractions along vanity fair who first last and all the time are out for what is forcibly though vulgarly called the dough GREAT DAY FOR BANDS all day long there was music music everywhere in the auditorium a band from huntington played before the arrival arriva lof of the I 1 0 1 band which then added a number from its repertoire ire between these selections the mozart society and the jubilee club of fisk university rendered classical and popular numbers quickly following the close of the exercises in the auditorium bellstedt began his berf performance armance and hundreds of colored people listened throughout the pro gramme seeming io to ie revel i in the banten melodies of this most excel excellent excelled let band bana at A t t the he same tune time fishers centennial orchestra was playing arc inthe ahe pavilion and then kahe inthey I 1 evening bame did 1 1 I 1 jb during ang the a 1 if whee 4 a a the parade ande w was ok forming and aidi also of f to course i while VW i it t was in progress 1 seven n bands ands blared dewland an made music I 1 more e or I 1 ow if 4 44 U cheif might not 1 a 7 7 afi ilent nor a of ii at tao sphere undisturbed Aur bed by sound A 4 great day for bind I 1 i Z athe ia comer of 1 Z F t r ok aw fal Y clard I 1 9 4 IM W M q erm q tz vart ment ilva X t CU U R i I 1 iam ia ta m taz a I 1 lov eil emd ait 7 fa 41 VV V I 1 at i p J en T e 4 A il I 1 I 1 I 1 a v W V t I 1 h N 1 ai g 0 o I 1 I 1 11 vu V u 1 aa L zi gt i 4 il ix U tuam J ia k lz Z ih iua i M j x aj 4 I 1 ild af I 1 ly t y ef awl n t aia last o the week 1 0 7 R ZT 3 i aw ll 1 I 1 5 U afi ap tw I 1 urs of J L fp 4 4 ap ig i ow 1114 crowd iid 1 g ti hait H ait IT S L 11 geraw iia i W 41 9 46 1 I ai 0 f ak 1 k d 1 r va I 1 kaw I 1 t W unafa 4 I 1 O 0 ima 1 V D ii A 0 1 j api i 1 skiff N 3 I 1 me i |