Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-15
NUMBER 20.

condition refer you 10 DR. Jennifer of
the Metropolitan. which ] usually at.
tend. az Dr. John H. Brooks of the Nine.
tscn,h Street Baptist church, for here,
as In most places through the soutb, j
believe. tho Baptists are most numerous
among us We have q great many hns
people In the Catholic church, and thero
are probably 10. 900 colored Catholics In
this District In fact. Baltimore. Wash.
ington and New Orleans contain more
colored Catholics than all the other cit
les la the country. The oolOrcd man.
yuu know. IL Just like any other man
when he starts in religion"-this with
q short laugh-''he takes the flrt that
l. Offered him. and all this region, all
Maryland. In fact, Ns Catholic al tho
start II l. perfectly delightful 10 ~ to
that ~ Augustine Catholic church and
49, tho perfect froodoin which prevails
between white and solor,sL II Il 80 Ina
all the Catholic churches % the Dis.
tric,. but ~ Augustine IL the oolorvd
peoples pride Tao Catholics set very
fine example % their Protestant breth'
rem In that respect
50 % ~ Augustine I went and found
N q very beautiful and pleasant place
indeed. II Il ON Fifteenth street, be-
tween l. and NJ. northwest. Il of brick
faced with stone. yoy-finely finished in'
side aud will seat nearly 1000 pcrsons
Father Paul Grifiith. pastor in charge,
1. Welsh In race and an enthusiast In
his wok The first chapel known n ~
Augustine wa opened for scryico early
I'm 1864. The cornerstone ~ this church
was laid on Trinity sunday. 1874, and
On Trinity Sunday. 1870. the new church
was Dedicated. Attached u day school
for girls and little boys ia charge ~ the
Sisters ~ the Holy Cro--. and there Il
q Sunday school with an ayerag" attend
ance ~ over 500 There il another dis
tinctiyely col0rcd Catholic church Ia
the city callel 81 Cyprian, and IT, new
building will H. dedicated on the goth
Of other denominations the churches
are numerous indesd There aro 80 for
the oolorcd Baptists. 80 for the Metho-
dists. . Episcopalian. Q Congregational
and Presbyterian. making - churclo-
for some ~. 900 people. assuming tho
oolorud population o. have grUwn oqual'
ly with that of the whites
s~hool. ror the Coior.d.
Almost cIually numerous In proper
ton arr the schools fur the colorc,l, and
all u the finest molem finish and we'll
cquippod with the latest school appli.
ano. At the famous Sumner high
school. az the cDriIer Of Seventeenth and
NJ streets, northwest, found Prufcs-nr
q. y. 7. Cook. who 1. q scion u the
oldest family of oolorod educators In
Maryland aud superintendent Of all tho
oolorcd schools II Washington and
Georgetown II l. quite common mis-.
take To suppose that there was no e'iu-
cation here for oolorcd people till after
tho war Here, n In many other SO
tions ~ the border states. there was
early In this century great popular
movement In favor ~ omancipating and
educaiing the colorod people. a move
ment 80 strong that In two state the
emancipation act only lacked one No," II
passing the popular branch of the lcgis'
la,ure by one set q historians the sud
den ending ~ this movement Il aitrib-
utod 90 the Nat Turner insurrcctiOn AMI
by another 20 the rapidly increasing VAL
ue ~ slaves in the cotton culture
There Il no distinction In buildings,
equipment. standing OF pay q teaehers'
between white and colorcd schools Tho
average attendance nj the latter this
spring h. almost exactly 10, 900, and that
at the white schools about twice as many.
IN. Rsbbi..
And what u the common negroes. tho
rabble of the street the market place
AMI the low saloon. SDuth ~ the ayenusi
Well. they are like their Kind every