Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; - A dr~ at 001 Ooibit Th t9 . by t1iI no*not Pre- h ;ont of Tuskeegee Insttute. n o State, 25th. W "-fter his introductory remarks, m oker Washington addressed th6 ir as meeting at the Columbia theatke 01 ursady night in the following Ian- p: age: i) 'I count it a high privilege to be tl permitted to come here at your invi- a tation to speak at this race confer- tq ence. Not only am I glad to be here al .";'because of my faith in the good out- i come of sitch a policy bu.t because of I my faith in and respect for the leader I of this movement, Rev. Richard Car- a roll. t< "I was born here in the South, my early boyhood was spent in slavery here in the South, and there is no 84 spot on earth so dear to me as the h soil of -oui Southern States where we Y of both races for so many years have d lived and toiled. f '"We of,both races are to live here P ihm the South side by side for all time, ; no matter what theories may be ad- a vanced and emphasized. This, to any c sensible man, it seems to me, is the fact which we must face. Since we are to remain together, the question h which we should' constantly consider I is, How can we do it in peace, un harnony, and in a way that each race t will serve the best interest of the oth- n er, in a way that each race will be N% made more happy, more prosperous t because of the presence of the other? n "It is the extreme of folly, and al most a crime, for any individual, or group of individuals to pursue a course which will encourage racial ,strife when two peoples are to re- t main together for -all time. In the "case of the negro, as is known,, he d Us not here on account of his own h choice, but was forced into this coun- r try against his will. Since this is f e, a consideration is due him a .hich cannot perhaps be invoked for P y other race. f "The only way for any one to pass judgment upon the negro race, is him to place his hand 111)011 his D t and put himself into the posi- t n of the negro in South Carolina, g then ask, under such circum- a ces, how he himself would wish i, e treated. When each man has c lientiously answered for himself f t question, I believe he will have i a large degree solved all of our I lems. 'I was glad to see that a brave, ig white main from Mississippi a days ago et the Southern Cotton Crs' coivention held in Birming- t stood up and said that lie had en to that point where he was tir 'f hearing the negro continually r ed. That opinion represents the I tulde of thousands of our best | thiernt white people. The negrlo has Sfaults, heo has at the same time 4ood pinits, and you often get ht-- t 2'resu~lts by en (llintg atttentjin to the ong poits of it race titan b)y dwell- ~ too cont.inutously upon01 his weak - a Snts. The negro,, like any other 1 ~e of peop)le, neeOds encoturagemnent w~ell as chastisement. The Black Man's Opportunity. t "I waent to emphasize to my race, fact that we have many~ advan es before us in the Soutth--advan es scarcely afforded any other e of people anywhere in the world are in the same relatlive stage of itization. We must not yield to otemixtaut'ion of overlooking otnr va ntages, our opp)ortlunities. h phasizing and overst at ing ottr gi 'Any black main whto is 'worth his It' can butild a decent; htome, can tse a resp)ecta-b)le family, d'an seculre I of the work that Ihe wishes, can uteate his children, catn have free mn of religious wvoehtip, can secure (1 maintain the -respect ia confi ~nee of his neighbors of both races.1 urther, our op)portunities in the outh are not confined to these di etions. Any black man who has the bility and the ambition can go into usiness, can succeed in commercial and- banking directions as many are already succeeding here in the South. The negro race is given a free oppor tunity to enter the educational and rofessional field and can sue'eed as nany are doing in the city of Colum "a. *But we must not rest satisfied Ith what we have achieved .in the 't e must go forward and in r.that our. progress may still be osatisfactory, ' wanf, to emphas with you tcwight a; few matters *directly concern our future in coinmunity and throughout,the In the first place, we must face ethaut considerable criticism is uy brotught eagainet us as a 'beqause It Is said that 'the '$? ot reliable as a laborer' aeoand taaohor of our peo iange*u this respect. #r64 Must be Relie19to. It, said of us that (ifI ai black ovr, is paid off on a Satiday ight, the employer is not sure that 3 will leturn to his place of labor itil all his wage has been spent.' We ust teach our people to be just as liable, in keeping their word.as any Aher race. We must tech our peo e, whatever their empl* ment, that key should never leave t% service of teir employer without due inotice, id that when they make a promise > perform a certain service, they iould keep that promis6, though *the 3avens fall. We must not only be re able, but progressive in our, labor. he kind of labor that would satisfy few years ago is wholly unsatisfac >ry today. "The Tuskeegee institute in Alaba ta, like -your own colored industrial -hools and colleges for colored youth I South Carolina, for a number of ears has been engaged in a tremen Dus task-that of education. In the rst place, we had to educate the rejudice out of our people with re )ect to industrial education. It took number of years of hard work to mnvince the colored people that they ionld receive education ,in farming, i mechanics, in cooking, sewing, tundering and what not. That pre Idice has been largely now over me' and I believe -that we are now > the poin.t where we can articulate egro edteation into the life of the hite people of the south so as to let I1 wvhite citizenship feel - and see tore of the benefits of negro educa on than has been true in the past. o section of the south is more inter 3ted from a financial point of view I the success of the negro than is :ue of this state. ''In the first place, it is tremien ously im)ortanIt that the negro be al)l)y, that )eacc Lxist between the Ices, because there can be no satis netory labor when the white man nid the black man are at daggers oints. The more the laborer is satis ied the better service will he render. The Dignity of Labor. "I have referred to the subject of inking negro labor reliable. One way ) do it (and that is what the Tuskee ce institute has been driving at mong other things) in the first place ; to teach the negro laborer the di inity of labor, to teach him that all rms of labor are ho'norable, and all Ileness a disgrace. In the second lace, to increase his wants. In a ommunity where wages are high, la or is often the most unsatisfactory. 'his grows out of the fact that when he laborer receives a high wage, at lie samle fime when lie is withiout edu atictn., ie does not, know how to spend isely the high rate of wages. The esult is, because of his few and simi 4c wants wheih he can satisfy by orkiung three (I four days in a week, e remains in ideess d(uring the :eek, and thuis his labor is unsiat isfac orv,. " Thriougli a proper syst em of elui at ion such as we arc itrying to give t the Tuskegee inst.itute, and such as a being given elsewhere in the south, ce are gradully trying~ to increase the egro)'s wants. We arc getting hin o the point where he has an ambition o buy a home, to p)aiint it, to put de ent furniture into it, a few pieces of arpet and some picturies. We at try ngu to get hinm to the point where he vilI wvant some books, somie newspa iers, some mnagazine's, wvhere lie will vant education for his child ren, and .s these wants increase lie will work ix days in the week in order to sat is v t hese increased wanuts. Thuns here, is it is thIiroughiout t hrecivilized1 vorb'l1, e'ducation musi~t go' hand iir " Labor must not only bie reliable. mtt intelligent and progressive, other. vise it will be inmposssible for the in histries of the south to compete withi ther sections of the count ry, wher< here is a trained brain behind th< rained hand. In flint same connection, it is im >ortant that members of my rae< earn to save money, to cease to seat. ,or it to the wid a.s they do in mana sases for whiskey, cheap jewelry ani >ther gewgaws which do not stay by ~hem. We must learn more and mor< is a race to invest our money in prop arty, to deposit it in the bank wher< it will he drawing inteset, and thut we can have something laid up fo the inevitable 'rainy day.' All thes essons properly practiced increase th~ amleiency and the1 satisfaction tha there is', in connection with labor. The Negro Women. ''I am glad to see that in South Daroina these lessons are being in stilled into our people. There is not white family in South Carolina tha ihould not ho vitally interested in th limprovement of the negrro woman specially in the improvsment of tlh regro cook, the negro 'nnrse. It is im Afy one instittionl, to te ont~ enou1 OokU orqt4e tioehold serVat -or place one ;W sh f the falilies in se South Carofiwa;it. is not practioall go the few we could turn out -vould th prove a iere drop in the bucket. it What our institution can do, and is th doing, is to train leaders and teachers de in household ,work, who themselves co can go into local communities.and set at the example, and also train others. mi R1ight here in Columbian there should -be a large central training school for al the training of domestic servaits. fo Such a school should be in, every large .tij city in the South. We could furnish C, the teachers for these communities. go "The food that goes into the bodies fa of the majority of the white families bl in South Carolina is prepared and se served three times a day by the hands to of the negro woman. It is mighty im- ofl portant that this woman who prepares fo and serves the food which is to make blood and boue and flesh and brain ge for the white )eol)le, as well as mm ber.s of her dwn race, be just as intel- P ligent, skilled and conscientious as st possible. pc "Nine cases out of tenl, the indi- I vidual who sells and fits a shoe on n< the foot of his customer is clean, in- d< telligen-, and cultured. His duty is to NN put a piece of leather on the outside - of the foot. It is ten 'times more im portant that the woman who puts food on the inside of the stomach be equally clean, skilled and intelligent. Perhaps over half of the children of the white families in South Carolina sp)e)n,d a large )ropoi:tiol) of their lives in the presence and in direct contact withll colored girls, or (olored wonivi. ''It is tremendously important for the future happiness and prosperity of South Carolina that every black girl or woman who serves as a nurse to any white child be morally and physically clean; that she be conscien tious and intelligent, otherwise her filti, her ignorance, or her immorality will show themselves in connection svith the life of the white child. Tn all these matters the two races are vitally related to each other. In, all such matters the Tuskegee institute is trying to help the whole citizenship. Scarcity of Farm Labor. Disappointient has been express ed that the educated negro from Tus keegee and elsewhere is seldom found in farm work. I wish, in this respect, as in others, that the white citizens of the south would take more time to investigate, and if they would, they would be surprised to find the large number of Tuskeegee graduates who are on the farm as well as in other industries. It. is not, however, always an easy task to train the ie' ro youth to like farm-in. A boy giadu atos': at Ile Tuskeee institute in rick iasonry, for exapnile. At uem hi.! services are in deiand at a higI rate of wage in almost every city in the south. He neleds no capital to begin business except enol'.rh mloney with which to buy a trowel. With his 1rowetlihe cani betrini atI once to earP1 fromu $2 to $3 a day. If lie wvishes to enterr faringii. lhe this got to h ave~ land. and to secure enioughl money to live on for a year while lhe is piroduie ing his first erop. Notwithstanding this temptation it is our ceaistant en dleavor to teach a large proportion of our stud(enits to love farming, so that:i will goey get, their education they wlgoback to their homes aind raise more produce oin an aicre of laud than was Itrue he fore they !.ot thleiri :educatioll, buit thle -tremnendous dle mnand~ for skilled labor ini the cities (of Alabma is always a emist at ion for these boys to conic to the city rather thanii go bacik to the farm. The Negro as an Asset. ''in a word. in moy opiioni. white( peo pIe ofI SonuthI Carol ina hiave rihit at t hir doors a verit able go(ld mIin ie ini the shape of negro labor, and it is our amb)it ion to help to so enwouira.e, to so educiate, to so use this labor, that, it will prove an advantage to the negro~ himself and to evervy white citizen. The negro is unlike almost every other class of laborers. In thle first place lie spends his money at home, unlike the Chiinanman, unlike the Italian', who, when they earn their money go b)ack to their ancestral homes and invest it, and to spend it. The negro spends his with the mer eha,nt'.s and other' business men right in his owvn community, -and thus all share in the advantage. "More and more as a race of .peo pIe we must learn to draw the line between the moral and the immoral, between the good and the bad; wve must set the standard of life among our own people high, and let them uin derstand that we feel ourselves ashamed to associate with idlers and criminals. We must use our influence wherever possible to get rid of the large idle class that hang about the street corners and dens of misery in our large cities. This is the clemet ill nine aases ont of ten that erentes friction between thle races. We must see to it that ou" influence istalways on the side of law and order; we must see to it that we do not hide shield criminals, but do.du du'ty uyi1 Ding that the -officials '6t the Iaw t hold of such individuAs and that Dy are properly punished. Wherever is possible and practical, I believe At we should organize law and or r leagues, to the end that we can poerate with the officials of the law d bring to light the criminl ele mIt of our people . "While there has been disturbance d riot in other states in the south, r the most part I am glad to tes .y to the fact that here in South irolina there has been peace and od will. This is due hirgely to the et that. the educated and leading ick mten in South Carolina are con ivative aid sensible. It is also due the further fact that :we )$ave Icials who are not afraid to en ree the law. ''I repeat that we are to live to ther for all time, and can do so inl ace and in harmony. I am in con xn't touch with all classes of our ople in every part of America, and assert without hesitation that it is it the ambition of the negro to minate the white race in politics. hat the negro does desire is that he For Ti TRADE MARK 0 REGISTER ED F. S. ROY This man out acquaintir of SCHNAPP qualities that less expense t SCHNAPPS has been paper so that every ci opportunity to get acq facts and know that di to produce the cheering the famous Piedmont < tobaccos, and that SCH1' ought to chew. Stilli who accept other and that do not-give the sarr shall receive justice aid the absolut( protection of the law; protection ir his'h'ome, protection for his family protection in his (labor, protection ,from the wrongs of mob violence Secure to the negro justice and pro tection in every community, and wc have out- problem solved. "I wish more and more that every negro minister would make it a parl of his duty to invite the white min ister in his communty into his pulpil for an address or a sermon at leasi once a month. In that way the tw( races can be kept in constant tonel with each other. In that way th( white man can know something oJ the progqss that our people are mak ing throughout the south, where W4 are making progress at a rapid rati in securing property, in getting, edu. cation, 'in going into bt;siness, ani the standard of moral and religiow life is constantly being lifted. As th< Inegro is helped the white race i helped; we rise oy we fall together. ''The truly brave white man is al ways ready to extend a proteeCtin and helping hand to the weak and un fortunate races. We are not here t( be enemies, but each race is to b have been th because they from honest See that the is On every 1 genuine witho TER GUANO CO., bought a supply c ig himself with the S Tobacco, which I gratify his desire t han cheap tobacco. advertised in this Some day tl ewer has had an S'chnapps-1 uinted with the they've misse< ugs are not used -ln g-h quality found in ln g-h ountry flue-cured thceelves. IAPPS is what he SH AP :here are chewers SHNP cheaper tobaccos cent cuts, and 1 plasure. sure you ret; i a helper of the other, and in propor-, tion a$ this is true each will be morel. happy, more contented and more prosperous. Effecti. Washington Star. 'Do you think the effoects of the Brownsville affair will be far-roach ing?' asked the man who interviews everybody. ''Yaas, indeed,'' answered Mr. Erastus Pinkley. ''I know's a dozen children dat's done had der names changed f'um 'T. Roosevelt' back to 'George Washington.' LAYTON COTTON SEED. I Layton's improved cotton seed for sale in any quantities. This seed has stood at the head at. the Georgia Ex perimental station for three years; out of 26 varieties last year it was the best. J planted 300 acres last year of this seed, kept it. entirely separate, and made 250 bales. If it had been a good year would have made 300. Price of the seed 50 cents a bushel. G. C. Glasgow, Jalapa, S. C. SYears TS. e standard are made materials. trade mark a None Lt It. Norfolk,. Va. f tobacco with distinctive taste as the cheering o chew, and at 1ey'11 get a taste of the real hey'll realize what enjoyment I by not getting SCHNAPPS n they'll feel like kicking 3 is sold everywhere in 5 .10 and 15 cent plugs. Be he genuine.