The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-11-07
AIDING THE NEGROES.
How Mr.. Hands Gift to the Colored People
of the South VIII be Expended.
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(From the Charicst"n World
The recent munificen: beque>i n.,,;ir by
Mr. Daniel Hand, of Connecticut. !"r The
benefit OF the negroes ul The soul; rsiu
cationally and otherwise will Il" a. uhi Il"
a great deal toward cheating the !:ici' :I':
orally in this part "t tie S'.'i'h. and lie
colore,l people Of Charleston should come
in for u good share of ,ir ben, ILL., u There
are a great many deserving, ambitious
members of the race in lhi> city who Only
need the means in order Ia h:ing :hcm
selves up to an educational auH. Ircil"c!ual
footing with their ,nn.c favored .Hcihtcn
Of the North.
The following from tn. Nrw l.'rk Tr
bunc gives u good idea "i Tie nIal'nci' III
which the money viii nc eNp>i':icti:
The establishment ui The u..i:ici Hard
Educational Fumd for Coi;:icd People.
with a gift Of i million dollars, is "n event
which deserves commcinurit:on. Mr. Hand
is an aged resident of Guilford. Conn, but
4 large part Of the fortune which he is dis
tributing so muniticently during his life,
time was acquired in business in the South,
where he obtained that knowledge of the
needs of The eol"red race which is now
bearing fruit so phii;,n,hrop:cally. 1t is
impossible to meHtinn Mr. Hand without
recalling another remarkable decd of which
he was the beneficiary Al the outbreak
of the Rebellion he. Uaion man. was in
| business at New Orleans. He made his
| way North. leaving ali his property III the
hands of Geo w Williams, his contden
| tial clerk and personal friend. Mr. vii,
| liams took such good care Of the interests
| contileU To him that the value OF the prop
erty increased greatly. and after the war
he made IN accounting i'y which Il hand
some fortune was turned over To Mr. Hand,
| who. in the hands Of Il less upright agent,
would probably have recovered nothing
! from his Southern estate. Thus II will be
seen that he is nov returning 10 the South
the gift he received lilcn%c, and in The
character Of his hclcf:;c;i n he Las sought
10 secure the greatest &""A 10 Tie greatest
number
''In making The Amrric;tu Missionary
Association OF this city The trustee Of this
splendid gift, Mr. Hand, has evidently
been influenced by the consideration that
this society already controls Il machinery
which is peculiarly adapted 10 the work in
hand. As the giver desires that tha col
ored people in every St;ltcin which slavery
was established by law in 1861 shal! be en-
| titled TO partake Of the beneiIS' the fund,
| i. is evident that an elaborate admlnlstra
| trative mechanism would have 20 b" created
| had not the idea of employing system al
| ready in existence occurred To Mr. Hand.
| 1t is, moreover. one of The special functions
of the Missionary Association to gather in
formation as to the deserving poor, and
especially the colored people at the South
! The choice of this agency, therefore, has
the advantage OF securing the most eco.
nomical and at the SAME time prudent and
intelligent use OF the fund, and the eXtrac-
tion from the gift Of tie greatest possible
good Mr. Hand has guarded the ;liStri-
button of his money by a few broad condi
tionS in no way calcula:ed 10 hamper or
interfere with the judgment of the admin
istrators. No doubt he is wisely anxious
that his gift shall rot become y source Of
weakness to the beneticlaries by diminishing
their inducements to help themselves. and
therefore he restricts the outlay to 800 in
any individual case This is probably a
very prudent provision.
''The income Of the capital turned over
to the Missionary Association will be suf-
fcient to do 3 great deal of good. Naturally
the intention is L seek out the most ambi.
tious, intelligent and energetic colored peo'
pie and assist them educa'ionally and other
wise. a large latitude is given the asso
citation and there does not appear to be ny
danger of difficulties as TO the construction
of the deed Of gift. The news of this mag
Diticent gift to their race ought to be re-
ceived with grateful satisfaction by the
colored people of the South and it is to be
hoped that one ot the effects will be Il
rouse in them determination to deserve
such muniticeuce by proving their ability
to profit by it.