The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 358, Dec. 1897, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WAS HINGTON Papers admired and loved him. I admire and love him first, because of his modest bearing. He is one of the few men who have learned that the sign of true worth, the sign of true greatness, is in modesty and simplicity, and I want to congratulate you that you have such a principal for this institution.'' Prillerman helped to care for BTW's sister Amanda in her last days and spoke at her funeral. To Ec~warc} Ware Barrett, Tuskegee, Ala.~tDecember 1897] Personal Dear sir: I thank you for your letter of recent date regarding my Chicago address. ~ had seen editorials bearing upon it in two or three Southern daily papers until your very kind letter came I had not decided to say anything for publication. Especially in view of the fact that such papers as the Age-Herald, the Advertiser, and the Mobile Register, had said nothing of an adverse nature thus seeming to indicate by their silence that they still had faith in me. I appreciate fully the harm that could result from any mistake on my part, and also the false position that any hypocritical utterances or actions on my part would place you and others in, who have so generously stood by me. It is this latter consideration mainly that has made me decide to send you the enclosed short article for publication. I want to thank you personally for calling the matter to my attention. When I am in Birmingham I shall see you and talk the whole matter over in a more satisfactory manner than I can now write. Yours very truly, Booker T. Washington] ALd Con. a7z BTW Papers DLC. ~ Edward Ware Barrett was born in Athens, Gal, in 1866. Though he studied civil engineering at Washington and Lee, Barrett early began the newspaper career he pursued all his life. He rose from typesetter to city editor at the Augusta Chroniclc before going to Washington in ~ 888 as correspondent for Henry Grady's Atlanta Constitution. After covering China and Japan for the Constitution and the New York World, Barrett bought control of the Birmingham Age-Herald in 1897 and was its editor until his death in 19~. During his Washington days, Barrett was political secretary to Speaker of the House Charles F. Crisp, and was thereafter involved in Democratic party affairs, serving as delegate to all but one national convention from 189a through 19~6, and as a member of the executive committee of the Democratic national committee in 19~. 358