The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.7, page 519, June 1904, U. of Illinois Press

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JUNE 1 904 did write the editorial above mentioned, and he clicl intend to publish it. His letter to me, which I have already forwarded to you, will prove this fact. You will notice that he says in it, that he had wired Peterson to return the editorial. I am writing somewhat at length on this heading, but I am very anxious that you shall understand that I am not cultivating Fortune in any way, I was merely making an effort to prevent him from doing a dishonorable turn to you. I shall make my headquarters, while in Chicago, at the Auditorium, in the headquarters of the New York Delegation to the Convention. I shall live at the place Mr. Williams so kindly provided for me, but will of course spend most of my time at the Auditorium. I sent you copy of a letter to Secretary Balk, of the New York Commission to the St. Louis Exposition on yesterday. It ought to put a quietus on that man Trotter. Kindly let me know when you will be this way again. Yours truly, Charles W. Anderson P.S. McKinTay & I can work together harmoniously. TLS Con. ~ BOW Papers DLC. ~ Charles A. Ball (b. two) was secretary of the New York State Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He was secretary of the New York State Senate for many years and then its executive officer. To William Henry BaTc~win, Jr. ''Tuskegee, Ala.] June 3, 1904 Dear Mr. Baldwin: Sometime during the week I shall perhaps send you some Alabama papers containing an account of a visit which I made with a number of our teachers to Uniontown, Perry Co., yesterday. Uniontown is 18 miles West of Tuskegee and right in the heart of the Black Belt. The occasion of our going was to visit a school built up by James A. Sneak, one of our graduates. The school has too or more pupils and five teachers, and it is supported by the combined efforts of the white and colored people in that community. The meeting where I spoke yesterday was held in a large cotton 519