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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers in the county in regard to the matter and feel sure in saying that the solid men of the county want Col. Pinkard. Yours &c. B. T. Washington ALpS Con. BTW Papers DLC. Lucius Pinckard interrupted his education at the University of Alabama to fight in the Civil War and earned the rank of colonel in the battle of Sharpsburg. A planter, Pinckard was elected sheriff of Macon County in 1884 and held the position for four years. He did not secure the appointment as county superintendent of education. Later he moved to Atlanta and entered the life-insurance business. Charles Winston Thompson, a Tuskegee merchant, was appointed county superintendent in 1886. To the Editor of the Southern Workman Tuskegee, Ala., Feb. ~ 8, ~ 886 SELF-HELP AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE IN ALABAMA Editor of the Southern Workman. On Sunday Jan. gist, the ministers of the colored churches in Tuskegee suspended their services in order that themselves and their congregations might be present at an educational mass meeting called to meet in the Normal School chapel. When the hour arrived for beginning the exercises, every part of the room was closely packed with people. A short educational sermon was preached by Rev. P. J. McIntosh, a graduate of TaIladega College and present pastor of the Tuskegee Methodist Church, and several short addresses were made. A collection in which all joined heartily was taken up for the general support of the institution. The collection and the meeting throughout was a credit to the people of Tuskegee. At the suggestion of citizens of Montgomery, a very large and successful educational meeting was held in Montgomery a year ago for the purpose of giving the people a chance to show their interest in the work of this institution in a practical way. That meeting was very large and the best class of citizens were present, and nearly Too. was given towards furnishing rooms in Alabama Hall. On last Thursday night, Feb. ~ lath, a similar meeting was held, the 294