The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 181, Jan. 1907, U. of Illinois Press

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JANUARY · 1907 The prevailing conditions and methods suggested by the incidents in this sketch are not exaggerated. They will be recognized as true to life in many parts of the South, particularly throughout ''the black belt.'' The Jesup Wagon with its object lessons will do much to break through the hard crust of custom and prepare for a new agricultural era in the section over which its influence extends. World's Work, ~3 (Dec. 1906), 83~2-54. From Charles William Anderson New York, N.Y., January 4, 1907 (Personal) My dear Doctor: According to latest advices, Milholiand has not dropped the soldier matter, but has merely retreated behind the ramparts. I am this day in receipt of a letter from Sol Johnson, who is a very reliable person, and who keeps me informed of all that is said and done by Stewart. Johnson's letter reads thus: ''Roy Stokes, about whom you asked me this morning, has gone out West on a mission for MilholIand. He is supposed to take in Brownsville, Texas, and several other points. I have not been able to learn the particular errand, but it is in connection with the soldier matter.'' Thus you see Richmond is still in the field, but he is taking pains to conceal his hands. The indignation meeting at Cooper Union last night was addressed by General Tremaine. MiTholiand contributed toward its expenses, but I have not yet learned whether he was among the speakers. Wetmore has just returned from Washington, where he went to put some so-called information in the hands of Senator Foraker. While there, he was a companion and co-worker of Mrs. Terrell. Gilchrist Stewart is in town, and is informing his friends that Foraker's fight will kill the President's aspirations for another term, and thereby knock out ''The Booker T. Washington Cabinet.'' This statement about ''the cabinet'' has reached me from several different sources. So you see there is some difference be