The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-04-26
South Cardinals Booker
Washington.
The Cosored Industrial Home
for Boys and Girls.


go the EiIser OF The State.
The ..Indastsisl Home ior Boys aud
eas;,lsn Is an assured fact. Before this
viii appear in print we Will nave
ssarsed the farm as arrangements are
s,lready made. The Murray Drug
s,ompsny will furnish ell seed free Of
charge. 0oe gentleman donates two
ions of guauo, another gave $25 on a
mule. Tue people Of Columbia are
taking hold IN earnest. laying the
Foundation. I have received three
inyHasions from white pastors saying
Gone TO ny town aed you can address
sny people in my church. /" One
hnsiness man asked me to come to hss
town and he will secure the coart house
sfor me 10 address the white citizens.
The Invitations from the preachers
mentioned come from eastern. middle
aud western South Carolina. A prom
ineus citizen asked me to come to
Green wood ;;..I and others will help
poa y he said. While have not
ssked to preach in any white church
and did NOT Iotend to, the invitations
riYan me already show the white
cisizeus OF South Carolina age anxious
,o do soneshing for the unfortunate
nsople of color among them. ihe
nas,ors s mentioned abose are amosg the
leading preachers IN the State and shey
are preaching to ex-slaYe owners and
their children.
Nearly two years ago I travelled ever
sha State in the interest OF reformssory
for juvenile criminals. | spoke at the
whise Baptist convention at Rock Hill
and the Methodist conference at
Florence, and must say I would not
have received better treatment 10
Massachusetts. Bishop Duncan aud
Judge Hadson introduced me to their
Respective assemblies most cordially.
Now I wish to ask for the cooperation
4of the people of South Carolina,
especially Of Columbia { will handle
no money. Mr. julius a. Walker OF
the Central National Bank will receive
;sli funds. Later ne will have board
os trustees composed Of the best busi-
ness men IL Columbia and elsewhere,
Who will carefully guard the interests
.o tie institution aud see that not one
dollar is wasted or misspant.
believe I am led CT the Lord.
More than six months ago .eceived
siessers from Eve prominent white
.usrsons in South Carolina urging me 20
leave the army, come home aod do this
work. These letters came from
ministers aud ladies'. Ooe OF these
women is the daughter Of an old aud
wealthy sea coast rice planter. Mr. }.
W. Psyue offered to donate 100 acres
Of lard at Chappell's. S. G. After
prayer and thought | decided to take
up tbiis wcrk. / am Dot trying to create
. Job for myself. served the
American Baptist Publication Society
al yeass aud they are ready to employ
me sgsio. will settle all my debts
and dedicate my life, time and means
10 lbs cause Of God and the young
generation Of my race uureserged'y-
TIE negroes greatest opportunities
are 10 the South. He must be taught
20 seize them. We canoos solve the
race problem until We solve the
individual problem We mast lay
hands ou the individual 10 the cradle
ars ssaia the heart, head and hands at
sha same time We will have to
produce great moshers before We can
hope to have great race. The bone
IS the greatest irs'itu,ion on earth for
good Of evil. The home builder aud
naser is The woman. She is the
educator, preserver, guardian and
.moa.dsr of toe race. l. is tie Anglo
Saxoa women that rule toe world ; 1t
IS the supremacy Of the white womao
aud not the white mao toc white men
are very much iiSe coiored gea, By
nature and practice I'ae co'ored
vonao shos!d te encouraged. educated,
projected. respected, helped and 1t will
no. DC lcog before We have race to be
proud Of.
We will 90. es,solish an orphsnsge.
Rev Mr. jenkins has ene, eu; an
;aass,tial home for boys aod girls 1t
x;.l be a booze fer the homeless
children Those who Will be criminals
;f sess without q trade. religious
sra;n;ag ssd sons> education. The
s:,es.s are full of boys aud girls Who
have no home or :rsiniog The most
needy and sbs poorest will be takeo.
they will be taught farming and ether
industries wherein there ls lise and