The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-08

vas encours ging. and the personal in
tie est each exhibitor took in his exl iblts
Indicated just pride in the work or ais
bands.
Negro Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars
A large crowd assembled at O'Clock
| to hear the speech Of Rev. W w Brown,
of Richmond He is reported to Re
worth fifty Thousand dollars, and was
| for that reason, if for nothing else, an
object of curiosity. He was a slave, and
has undoubted elements of leadership. He
ia the President of bank called True
Reformers' Bank" at Richmond, and
is also the grand mogul OF society
known as The True Reformers. This
.ociety has an insurance, banking, real
estate. ophan's and widows home, and
other features. The speaker sid in his
speech yesterday that for all these OBJ
| iects he had raised in the last twenty
years one million and eight hundred
thousand dollars, having paid over 800, :
0U0 for the widows home. 1t seems
that recently he has sold out his interest
in "tthe True Reformer's Society for
$50, 900, and is now the head of the
order and is paid salary of $4,000.
This sounds wonder 'ul. 1t is wonderful,
but the speaker said in his public talk
that he had sold out for that amount
and prominent barber told me he was
in the receipt of a salary of So, 600 year.
1t was not very clear, from what Rav.
Brown said, exactly what he had sod to
The societies for $50 000 but it seems to
have been his plan. 81 went to Rich
moud," saio be, with little or no
monoy. But | had my plan on paper.
| was smart enough to have it copy
righted, and my company Incorporated,
aud having thus projected myself, my
pl IN could not be taken from me-" And
he waved printed pamphlet, presuma-
bly, his ''plan, above his head, and de
nounc3d severely fellow he called
Mitchell, who, it seems, was not sup
porter of the 'pian," or had criticized
some feature of the $500 trade.
His speech was on capital and labor.
Capital says: Il charge so much" Ii
Dor says "What will you give 2" He
maintained that any negro on any kind
wages could become wealthy or
independent ia ten years if be would
sacrifice his luxury, sports AM ease.
During all the panic, when six hun
dred banks were breaking, the bank of
the washerwomen, cooks, ditchers, and
other poo people was as solid as rock
Evety check was promptly honored."
There was much of good in the speech,
and il was delivered with fine effect
The reverend banker knows how to talk
and how to interest his hearers. The
burden of al his speech was to advise
all the negroes to save, to save, to save.
He told them that he had made and
saved money and they could all do it,
lit has been said that the negro is
newer of wood and drawer of water
If he can do t at well he shows he can
be taught to do other things. Teaching
is more than half of this life.
sMy mistress before the war wanted to
go in for fashion. My master told her
that he could not afford to give her
fashion and the negroes. their weekly
allowance of -four Saturday night And
so one night she came into the kitchen
and tried to persuade all the negroes to
give up biscuits, telling them how much
better off negroes on oth'r plantations
were who never tasted biscuits. One of
the slaves readily agreed saying that he
didn't love biscuits. told my mistress
/ couldn't give up my Saturday night
and Sunday biscuits. After she left the
kitchen, thought would test the man
| gave him piece of mine. After
eating it he grabbed for another piece. i
thought you didn't love biscuits, said
to him I never tasted any before, he
said. After that he never could get
enough. The negro was content until
he tasted the blessings of freedom. Now
he wants all the good there is in it,
''The negro is the most industrious
race in the word He makes everybody
else rich and keeps himself poor because
his brains are not used TO govern his
muscle.
Religion is good thing, but you
can't use your through ticker NATL you
get ready to go to heaven. You need
money every day you stay here. There
is no heaven on this earth without soeae
ease or comfort. Money buys both.
"A white man may get money By in
heritance Or BY marrying rich wife.
No negro can get it that way. II he tries
to marry any other than poor girl he
gets he'll and shot gun, too"
The fair continues to-day.
Races a the C0lored Fair
Yesterday morning at the Colored
Fair the running race OF Wednesday WAS
completed. "Biss," Mr.. E V. Denton's
horse, won over ''Sir Happy" owned b.
Mr.. W. K Tucker. Best time, 1866.
The trotting race yesterday afternoon
was won by Miss Meadows" fDenton's
fine mare) over 'Atlas D - "Atlas D,
won the first heat in 2:4934 "Mss Meaf
ows'' the sscond heat in 3; and the
third heat was won by miss Meadows"
in faster time than either Of the others.
The mare was never put to her speed.
She logged along at buggy pace, when
the stallion could have easily been dis
tanced
The track was very slow. Judges:
Arendell, Yearly, and John Turner.