The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-16
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO,
DR.. NcYlCkerS Tells Of Their DeplOrable
Condition in the South.
NEGRO PREACHER CREATES 4 SENSATION
He Saws lie Don't Want ANY Help From
white People-Drs. Dickinson ana corey
speak-rrom over Virginia.

cy,srnrrrsyrrLF. Va, May IS. 49, lSpe-
c;aII-The second days session Of the VIZ
oinia BAPTIST State Convention tcoiored)
began Yesterday morning at O'Clock, fres'-
don't u "A. Mitchell in the chair. After de-
vo,;onal exercises Mrs. 4. A. Garland, OF
CHICAGO a missionary Of the Home MISSION
airy Society. addressed the convention. hes
olut;ons commemorative Of the character ana
,,or,h Of the Rev. William Simmons, ID. d.,
IL d.. Of Louisville, KY. recently deceased
were unanimously adopted, and the sum OF
SAC contributed by the delegates to be appheQ
20 the memorial fund being raised IN hoh9r oi
the deceased tbeOlOgln. Dr. =. II; S"i =
,,rcsident Of the Richmond Theological semi
narv then addressed the body, anu was i0i-
fowed low tho Rev. t. T. Teft, president Oh the
yJartsboru Memorial College. OF Rlchmohd.
A, the afternoon session the report OF me
E,ate Mission Board was read, when shoWeq
that n GREAT deal Of work had been d0he anu
much GOOD accomplished dunng me paso
Gear. Dr. +. A. Dickinson edit9f Oh we NJ
Ecions Herald. Richmond was then called on,
and he replied. beginning bis address5oy con
orotulatinp the convention on the progress
tbe colored people are making, ana tOid theIl
that thev could get Oh great ueal laSyci II
tbev would avail themselves Of the help ne
and others were ready and wiling 10 e1Atehu
10 them. why should you. he asked I'D,
sist on taking only such papers as are eoitqu
bv the black man. Why not go lnlo inc
market and buy where you can buy the pest
and cheapest without stopping 70 askas 10 the
color of the editor and the printers. when
i'm search of fat turkey you 40 not sop
10 ask whether black or white man raised H.,
but Won pOunce upon II II you want IL. JUST
81 il sbould be with reference 10 newspapers
Won read If can make the Religious Her
AID what you need the question OF color ought
not 10 hinder YOU from reading II"
DIR Dickinson then referred 10 the many
and fruitIess efforts made in this State TO es-
tablish a coored Baptist paper. and asked II
there was n brother present who had not al
Eome time tried TO run newspaper. blacks
and whites were alike III this respect They
al think that the one thing they can certainly
do is 10 run newspaper, and nInety-nlnt
ont of a hundred run their paper into the
pyound. lie called upon the 100000 coloreo
Baptists here represented 10 fall INTO line Will
their white brethren and subscribe Tor the
Religious Herald. 81,
Dr. Dickinson closed his address with as
surfing his audience that he and his white
brethren were ready TO help them.
Rev. Dr. McVickers of Toronto, Canada
followed DR.. Dickinson. Among other thing
he said: II hope DR.. Dickinson will follow NJ
his words by action. Why cannot nc rast
$4,000 from the Richmond Baptists Tor the
two colored academies we are now trying tc
establish" He drew a very gloomy picture OF
the colored people throughout the South
and said that after extending his tour
of observation TO every State IN the
South, he did not hesitate to affirm
that IN many sections the colored people
are worse off than they were thirty-fye years
ago DR.. McVickers spoke of what the Amer
ican Baptist Home Mission Society desired tt
do for the cOlOred people of this state
Rev d. NJ Armistead, pastor Of the tlrsi
Colored Baptist church OF Portsmouth, re-
piled to Dr. McVickers am" SAID he
opposed to any more such help from the
North. would say to the Home Mission
Board of New York. put your money some
where else and let us help ourselves. If We
are ever 10 stand alone it is time 10 do so, but
as long as our Northern brethren rock the
cradle for us we will be children and fifty
years from now we shall be as dependent Oh
Northern help as we are to-day" Inns create1I
great excitement and some very warm talH
followed, and the question was adjourned oyel
for the session to-day.
Professor Ormond Stone. of the University
of virginia, was then called on for a speech
He responded, making an excellent talk Oh
general subjects. education particularly. Rev
J. H. Johnston. president of the Virginia
Normal and Collegiate Institute, Petersburg
also addressed the convention. paper was
read by Rev. F. +. Morris of Lynchburg, IL
which it was recommended that two Other
academies be established, one at Lynchburs
and one in Gloucester county, at cost O
$50. 600. which drew out much discussion
which lasted until the close of the Afternoon
session. The benediction was pronounced by
DR.. Dickinson.
At the night session Rev. f. NJ. Brawley
ID. d., Of Petersburg, made an excellent talk
His subject was, Can the colored Baptist
of Virginia fully meet all the expenses Of thel
educationalhnd missionary work, If so, how
The condition of the State mission work Il
Southwest Virginia" was the subject OF tn
address of Rev William IL. Harris OF Graham
Va