The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 587, June 1908, U. of Illinois Press

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JUNE · 1908 another, namely, ''The world owes something to the man or woman no matter how humble, who has done a common thing in an uncommon way.'' 3 Yours truly, Booker T. Washington TLpSr Con. 385 BTW Papers DLC. Signed in Emmett J. Scott's hand. ~ Clarence E. Woods was the Democratic mayor of Richmond, Ky. 2 Woods had asked BTW for a suitable brief inscription ''to place upon the monument of two faithful old colored servants who died here some time ago, and who were the incarnation of those lofty principles you have so nobly taught to your race —honesty, industry, frugality, fidelity, etc.'' It was on the death of their former owners—''fine people here''—that the monument was being erected. (Con. 385, BTW Papers, DLC.) 3 Emmett I. Scott sent Woods's letter to Robert E. Park and asked Park to ''write what you think sh'd be sent to Mr. Woods....'' The utterance was, however, typical of what BTW had said on many occasions. (Scott to Park, June lo, 1908, Con. 4z, BTW Papers, DLC.) From Joseph W. Hendersoni Providence, R.I., June 30'o8 Respected Sir: Over eight months ago, T. Thomas Fortune over his own signature told the reading public that in another man's name you owned $gboo worth of stock in the New York Age and that this owned sum together with the amount that you controlled owned by your friends made you the virtual owner or put you in actual control of the New York Age. During these long laps of months, no public denial of these statements have been forth coming from you and thus the public is justified in the belief that Mr. Fortune's published statements concerning your veiled ownership of the New York Age are true. What of that? What is it my business if you do own or control the New York Age? None until June ~ 5, ~ goS when a marked copy of the New York Age was handed me containing tad false, slanderous and libelous article assassinatingly assailing my character.2 Sir, character is all that ~ have, and I believe that you would not respect me if I did not go to the limit to defend it. I will. So contrary to your public teaching or utterances that it becomes a task for me to believe that you yourself would maliciously order or sign such a slanderous article as appeared in the Editorials of your paper against me. ~ could not believe that 587