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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>June 17,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>WILL BEGIN TOUR OF VIRGINIAN MONDAY</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Booker T. Washington to Investigate Conditions of
Negro Race Along Rogers' Railroad</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Norfolk, Va., June 16--Booker T. Washington,
the negro [<EM>sic</EM>] educator, carrying out the plans of the late H. H.
Rogers, will on Monday next begin a tour of the Virginian Railway, speaking and
investigating the conditions of the negro race along that system from Norfolk to
Deepwater, W. Va., a distance of over 440 miles. Washington will travel by
a special train provided by the Virginian Railway. He will speak first to
white people in Norfolk and next to negroes at Pine Beach, who will tender him a
banquet there.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>